sk: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of sk
- risk«Word Popularity Bar5/5
risk
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
endangerment; jeopardy; peril; hazard.
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
peril; danger.
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
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ask
- verb inquire about
inquire; enquire.
- I asked about their special today
- He had to ask directions several times
- verb make a request or demand for something to somebody
- She asked him for a loan
- verb inquire about
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task
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; undertaking; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; chore.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
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desk
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- mask5/5
mask
- noun a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- noun activity that tries to conceal something
- no mask could conceal his ignorance
- they moved in under a mask of friendship
- noun a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- dusk4/5
dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
crepuscle; fall; gloaming; gloam; evenfall; nightfall; twilight; crepuscule.
- he loved the twilight
- they finished before the fall of night
- verb become dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
- flask4/5
flask
- noun bottle that has a narrow neck
- noun the quantity a flask will hold
flaskful.
- noun bottle that has a narrow neck
- brisk4/5
brisk
- verb become brisk
brisk up; brisken.
- business brisked up
- adjective satellite quick and energetic
zippy; spanking; alert; snappy; lively; merry; rattling.
- a brisk walk in the park
- a lively gait
- a merry chase
- traveling at a rattling rate
- a snappy pace
- a spanking breeze
- verb become brisk
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whisk
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- noun a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
whisk broom.
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- asterisk3/5
asterisk
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
star.
- verb mark with an asterisk
star.
- Linguists star unacceptable sentences
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
- fisk3/5
fisk
To run about; to frisk; to whisk. Obs.He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. Latimer.
- musk3/5
musk
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
- noun the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
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rusk
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
zwieback; Brussels biscuit; twice-baked bread.
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
- kiosk3/5
kiosk
- noun small area set off by walls for special use
stall; cubicle; booth.
- noun small area set off by walls for special use
- husk3/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- cask3/5
cask
- noun the quantity a cask will hold
caskful.
- noun a cylindrical container that holds liquids
barrel.
- noun the quantity a cask will hold
- obelisk3/5
obelisk
- noun a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
dagger.
- noun a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- bask3/5
bask
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
enjoy; savor; savour; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- verb be exposed
- The seals were basking in the sun
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- damask3/5
damask
- noun a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- noun a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
- noun a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- minsk3/5
minsk
- noun the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
capital of Belarus.
- noun the capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- gdansk2/5
gdansk
- noun a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
Danzig.
- noun a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
- tusk2/5
tusk
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
ivory.
- noun a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- tsk2/5
tsk
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
tut-tut; tut.
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- unmask2/5
unmask
- verb reveal the true nature of
uncloak.
- The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician
- verb take the mask off
- unmask the imposter
- verb reveal the true nature of
- novosibirsk2/5
novosibirsk
- noun a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia
- noun a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia
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smolensk
- noun a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II
- noun a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II
- kursk2/5
kursk
- noun a city of southwestern Russia
- noun a city of southwestern Russia
- frisk2/5
frisk
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisking.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- norsk2/5
norsk
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- irkutsk2/5
irkutsk
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- murmansk2/5
murmansk
- noun a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
- noun a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
- mollusk2/5
mollusk
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
mollusc; shellfish.
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
- dansk2/5
dansk
Danish. Obs.
- lusk2/5
lusk
Lazy; slothful. Obs.
- okhotsk2/5
okhotsk
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- tamarisk2/5
tamarisk
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
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basilisk
- noun (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
- noun ancient brass cannon
- noun (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
- subtask2/5
subtask
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- omsk2/5
omsk
- noun a city in the Asian part of Russia
- noun a city in the Asian part of Russia
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tomsk
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- vitebsk2/5
vitebsk
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- sverdlovsk2/5
sverdlovsk
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- usk2/5
- krasnoyarsk2/5
krasnoyarsk
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- busk2/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
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khabarovsk
- noun a city on the Amur River on the border of China and the capital of Khabarovsk
- noun an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia
- noun a city on the Amur River on the border of China and the capital of Khabarovsk
- multitask2/5
multitask
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- helpdesk2/5
helpdesk
- noun a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network
help desk.
- noun a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network
- mosk2/5
- yakutsk2/5
yakutsk
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- rask2/5
rask
- noun Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
Rasmus Christian Rask.
- noun Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
- lask2/5
lask
A diarrhea or flux. Obs. Holland.
- facemask2/5
facemask
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- pinsk1/5
pinsk
- noun a city of southwestern Belarus
- noun a city of southwestern Belarus
- donetsk1/5
donetsk
- noun an industrial city in the Donets Basin
Stalino; Donetske.
- noun an industrial city in the Donets Basin
- sask1/5
sask
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- chelyabinsk1/5
chelyabinsk
- noun a city in the Asian part of Russia
- noun a city in the Asian part of Russia
- tobolsk1/5
- arkhangelsk1/5
arkhangelsk
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- photomask1/5
photomask
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- pask1/5
- csk1/5
- semipalatinsk1/5
- bryansk1/5
- petropavlovsk1/5
- bosk1/5
bosk
- noun a small wooded area
- noun a small wooded area
- dnepropetrovsk1/5
dnepropetrovsk
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- magnitogorsk1/5
magnitogorsk
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- nynorsk1/5
nynorsk
- noun one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
Landsmal; New Norwegian; Landsmaal.
- noun one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
- lisk1/5
lisk
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- lutefisk1/5
lutefisk
- noun dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency
lutfisk.
- noun dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency
- ulyanovsk1/5
ulyanovsk
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- lipetsk1/5
- cornhusk1/5
cornhusk
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- dvinsk1/5
dvinsk
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- podolsk1/5
podolsk
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- dnipropetrovsk1/5
dnipropetrovsk
- noun city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
Yekaterinoslav.
- noun city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
- cusk1/5
cusk
- noun the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- noun large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
torsk; Brosme brosme.
- noun the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- kuznetsk1/5
kuznetsk
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- tosk1/5
tosk
- noun the dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy
Tosk dialect.
- noun the dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy
- arabesk1/5
arabesk
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- pisk1/5
pisk
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- izhevsk1/5
izhevsk
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- minidisk1/5
minidisk
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- videodisk1/5
videodisk
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
DVD; videodisc.
- noun a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
- bisk1/5
bisk
Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. King.
- newsdesk1/5
- rybinsk1/5
- intertask1/5
- angarsk1/5
- flywhisk1/5
- komsomolsk1/5
komsomolsk
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- akmolinsk1/5
- gasmask1/5
gasmask
- noun a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases
respirator; gas helmet.
- noun a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases
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- brusk1/5
brusk
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
brusque; curt; short.
- try to cultivate a less brusque manner
- a curt reply
- the salesgirl was very short with him
- adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- hask1/5
hask
A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. Obs. Spenser.
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Suffixes of sk
- skills«Word Popularity Bar5/5
skill
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
acquirement; attainment; accomplishment; acquisition.
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
science.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
- skin5/5
skin
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
tegument; cutis.
- your skin is the largest organ of your body
- noun an outer surface (usually thin)
- the skin of an airplane
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
- sky5/5
sky
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- verb throw or toss with a light motion
toss; flip; pitch.
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
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skill
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
acquirement; attainment; accomplishment; acquisition.
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
science.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
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skilled
- adjective having or showing or requiring special skill
- only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team
- a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience
- a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow
- a skilled trade
- adjective having or showing or requiring special skill
- sketch5/5
sketch
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
study.
- he made several studies before starting to paint
- noun a brief literary description
vignette.
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- skull5/5
skull
- noun the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
- noun the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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skeletal
- adjective of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
- the skeletal system
- skeletal bones
- skeletal muscles
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
pinched; bony; emaciated; cadaverous; gaunt; wasted; haggard.
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
- adjective of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
- skirt4/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
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skeleton
- noun something reduced to its minimal form
- the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
- the bare skeleton of a novel
- noun a scandal that is kept secret
skeleton in the cupboard; skeleton in the closet.
- there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
- noun something reduced to its minimal form
- sketches4/5
sketch
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
study.
- he made several studies before starting to paint
- noun a brief literary description
vignette.
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
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skip
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- noun a mistake resulting from neglect
omission.
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- skies4/5
sky
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- verb throw or toss with a light motion
toss; flip; pitch.
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
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ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- verb move along on skis
- We love to ski the Rockies
- My children don't ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
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skin
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
tegument; cutis.
- your skin is the largest organ of your body
- noun an outer surface (usually thin)
- the skin of an airplane
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
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skeptical
- adjective satellite denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
disbelieving; unbelieving; sceptical.
- a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles
- adjective satellite marked by or given to doubt
doubting; sceptical; questioning.
- a skeptical attitude
- a skeptical listener
- adjective satellite denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
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skepticism
- noun doubt about the truth of something
mental rejection; incredulity; disbelief.
- noun the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
scepticism; agnosticism.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
- skirts4/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- skinner4/5
skinner
- noun a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
- noun United States actor (1858-1942)
Otis Skinner.
- noun a person who prepares or deals in animal skins
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skinned
- adjective having skin of a specified kind
- verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
shin; shinny; skin; sputter; clamber; scramble; struggle.
- adjective having skin of a specified kind
- skinny4/5
skinny
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- sketched4/5
sketch
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
study.
- he made several studies before starting to paint
- noun a brief literary description
vignette.
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- skiing4/5
skiing
- noun a sport in which participants must travel on skis
- verb move along on skis
ski.
- We love to ski the Rockies
- My children don't ski
- noun a sport in which participants must travel on skis
- skipped4/5
skip
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- noun a mistake resulting from neglect
omission.
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- skillful4/5
skillful
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
good; practiced; expert; proficient; adept; skilful.
- adept in handicrafts
- an adept juggler
- an expert job
- a good mechanic
- a practiced marksman
- a proficient engineer
- a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
- the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
- adjective satellite done with delicacy and skill
nice.
- a nice bit of craft
- a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
- a nice shot
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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skeleton
- noun something reduced to its minimal form
- the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
- the bare skeleton of a novel
- noun a scandal that is kept secret
skeleton in the cupboard; skeleton in the closet.
- there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
- noun something reduced to its minimal form
- skating4/5
skating
- noun the sport of gliding on skates
- verb move along on skates
skate.
- The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter
- noun the sport of gliding on skates
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skewed
- adjective satellite having an oblique or slanting direction or position
skew.
- the picture was skew
- verb turn or place at an angle
skew.
- the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed
- adjective satellite having an oblique or slanting direction or position
- skipper4/5
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
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skilful
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
good; practiced; expert; skillful; proficient; adept.
- adept in handicrafts
- an adept juggler
- an expert job
- a good mechanic
- a practiced marksman
- a proficient engineer
- a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
- the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- skipping4/5
skip
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- noun a mistake resulting from neglect
omission.
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- skillet3/5
skillet
- noun a pan used for frying foods
frypan; frying pan.
- noun a pan used for frying foods
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skull
- noun the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
- noun the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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skim
- noun a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
- there was a thin skim of oil on the water
- noun reading or glancing through quickly
skimming.
- noun a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
- skillfully3/5
skillfully
- adverb with skill
skilfully.
- fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology
- adverb with skill
- skyline3/5
skyline
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
visible horizon; sensible horizon; horizon; apparent horizon.
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- sketching3/5
sketch
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
study.
- he made several studies before starting to paint
- noun a brief literary description
vignette.
- noun preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- skew3/5
skew
- verb turn or place at an angle
- the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed
- adjective satellite having an oblique or slanting direction or position
skewed.
- the picture was skew
- verb turn or place at an angle
- skirmish3/5
skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
encounter; brush; clash.
- verb engage in a skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
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skeptic
- noun someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
sceptic; doubter.
- noun someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
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skate
- noun sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
- noun large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
- noun sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
- skimming3/5
skimming
- noun the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- noun reading or glancing through quickly
skim.
- noun the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- skye3/5
sky
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- verb throw or toss with a light motion
toss; flip; pitch.
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
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skimmed
- adjective satellite used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
skim.
- yogurt made with skim milk
- she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter
- verb travel on the surface of water
plane; skim.
- adjective satellite used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
- skis3/5
ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- verb move along on skis
- We love to ski the Rockies
- My children don't ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
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skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
encounter; brush; clash.
- verb engage in a skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
- skilfully3/5
skilfully
- adverb with skill
skillfully.
- fragments of a nearly complete jug, skillfully restored at the institute of archaeology
- adverb with skill
- skeptic3/5
skeptic
- noun someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
sceptic; doubter.
- noun someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
- skunk3/5
skunk
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
shutout.
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- skates3/5
skate
- noun sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
- noun large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
- noun sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
- skyscrapers3/5
skyscraper
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- sketchy3/5
sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
unelaborated.
- a sketchy account
- details of the plan remain sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
- skid3/5
skid
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
shoe; brake shoe.
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- skirted3/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- skyscraper3/5
skyscraper
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- noun a very tall building with many stories
- skylight3/5
skylight
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
fanlight.
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
- skiers3/5
- skelton3/5
- skirting3/5
skirting
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
encircling.
- his encircling arms
- the room's skirting board needs painting
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
dodge; fudge; sidestep; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
- adjective satellite being all around the edges; enclosing
- skyward3/5
skyward
- adjective satellite directed toward heaven or the sky
heavenward.
- the soul in its heavenward flight
- adverb toward the sky
skywards.
- look skywards!
- adjective satellite directed toward heaven or the sky
- skiff3/5
skiff
- noun any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
- noun any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
- skewness3/5
skewness
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
lopsidedness.
- noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry
- skidded3/5
skid
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
shoe; brake shoe.
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- skips3/5
skip
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- noun a mistake resulting from neglect
omission.
- noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- skaters3/5
- skirmishers2/5
skirmisher
- noun someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
- noun someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
- skater2/5
skater
- noun someone who skates
- noun someone who skates
- skier2/5
skier
- noun someone who skis
- noun someone who skis
- skinning2/5
skin
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
tegument; cutis.
- your skin is the largest organ of your body
- noun an outer surface (usually thin)
- the skin of an airplane
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
- sketchbook2/5
sketchbook
- noun a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn
sketch pad; sketch block.
- noun a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn
- skimpy2/5
skimpy
- adjective satellite containing little excess
lean.
- a lean budget
- a skimpy allowance
- adjective satellite containing little excess
- skyrocketed2/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skewers2/5
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
- skit2/5
skit
- noun a short theatrical episode
- noun a short theatrical episode
- skilling2/5
skill
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
acquirement; attainment; accomplishment; acquisition.
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
science.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
- skirmishing2/5
skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
encounter; brush; clash.
- verb engage in a skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
- skeptically2/5
skeptically
- adverb with scepticism; in a sceptical manner
sceptically.
- he looked at her sceptically
- adverb with scepticism; in a sceptical manner
- skidding2/5
skid
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
shoe; brake shoe.
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- skewer2/5
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
- skateboard2/5
skateboard
- noun a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot
- verb ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom
- noun a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot
- skylights2/5
skylight
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
fanlight.
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
- skits2/5
- skype2/5
skype
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skittish2/5
skittish
- adjective satellite unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
flighty; spooky; nervous.
- adjective satellite unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
- skated2/5
skate
- noun sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
- noun large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
- noun sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
- skein2/5
skein
- noun coils of worsted yarn
- noun coils of worsted yarn
- skulking2/5
skulking
- noun evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
malingering.
- they developed a test to detect malingering
- verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
skulk; lurk.
- noun evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
- skunks2/5
skunk
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
shutout.
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- ska2/5
ska
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skopje2/5
skopje
- noun capital of modern Macedonia
Skoplje; Uskub.
- noun capital of modern Macedonia
- skinheads2/5
skinheads
- noun a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
bootboys.
- noun a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
skinhead.
- noun a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism
- skateboarding2/5
skateboarding
- noun the sport of skating on a skateboard
- verb ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom
skateboard.
- noun the sport of skating on a skateboard
- skippers2/5
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
- skinless2/5
skinless
- adjective having no skin
- adjective having no skin
- skids2/5
skid
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- noun a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
shoe; brake shoe.
- noun one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
- skelter2/5
skelter
To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off. Colloq. A. R. Wallace.
- skylark2/5
skylark
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
Alauda arvensis.
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
- skyrocketing2/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skene2/5
skene
See C. Kingsley.Skean .
- skittered2/5
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
- skewing2/5
skew
- verb turn or place at an angle
- the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed
- adjective satellite having an oblique or slanting direction or position
skewed.
- the picture was skew
- verb turn or place at an angle
- skimmer2/5
skimmer
- noun a rapid superficial reader
- noun a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
- noun a rapid superficial reader
- skewered2/5
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
- skullcap2/5
skullcap
- noun rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- noun a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
helmetflower.
- noun rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- skinhead2/5
skinhead
- noun a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
- noun a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
- skeeter2/5
mosquito
- noun two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
- noun two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
- skied2/5
ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- verb move along on skis
- We love to ski the Rockies
- My children don't ski
- noun narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
- skeet2/5
skeet
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
trapshooting; skeet shooting.
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
- skyrocket2/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skeins2/5
- 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
- skeat2/5
skeat
- noun English philologist (1835-1912)
Walter William Skeat.
- noun English philologist (1835-1912)
- skydiving2/5
skydiving
- noun performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute
- verb jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
skydive; sky dive.
- noun performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute
- skelly2/5
skelly
To squint. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Sir W. Scott.
- skylab2/5
skylab
- noun United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979
- noun United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979
- skagway2/5
skagway
- noun a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush
- noun a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush
- skippy2/5
skippy
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skanda2/5
skanda
- noun Hindu god of war
- noun Hindu god of war
- sketchpad2/5
sketchpad
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skews2/5
skew
- verb turn or place at an angle
- the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed
- adjective satellite having an oblique or slanting direction or position
skewed.
- the picture was skew
- verb turn or place at an angle
- skimp2/5
skimp
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
scant.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
scant.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- sketchbooks2/5
sketchbook
- noun a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn
sketch pad; sketch block.
- noun a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn
- skiffs2/5
skiff
- noun any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
- noun any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
- skateboards2/5
skateboard
- noun a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot
- verb ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom
- noun a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot
- skittles2/5
skittles
- noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
ninepins.
- noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
skittle; ninepin; skittle pin.
- noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins
- skims2/5
skim
- noun a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
- there was a thin skim of oil on the water
- noun reading or glancing through quickly
skimming.
- noun a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
- skulked2/5
skulk
- verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
lurk.
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
malinger.
- verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- skink2/5
skink
- noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
scincid lizard; scincid.
- noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
- skulk2/5
skulk
- verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
lurk.
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
malinger.
- verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- skinners2/5
skinner
- noun United States actor (1858-1942)
Otis Skinner.
- noun United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)
Cornelia Otis Skinner.
- noun United States actor (1858-1942)
- skipjack2/5
skipjack
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack tuna; Euthynnus pelamis.
- noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda.
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
- skal2/5
skal
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skeggs2/5
- skagit2/5
skagit
- noun a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington
- noun a Salishan dialect spoken by the Skagit
- noun a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington
- skandhas2/5
- skintight2/5
skintight
- adjective satellite so tight as to cling to the skin
skin-tight.
- skintight jeans
- adjective satellite so tight as to cling to the skin
- skateboarders2/5
skateboarder
- noun someone who skates on a skateboard
- noun someone who skates on a skateboard
- sketcher2/5
sketcher
- noun someone who draws sketches
- noun an implement for sketching
- noun someone who draws sketches
- skirmished2/5
skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
encounter; brush; clash.
- verb engage in a skirmish
- noun a minor short-term fight
- skitter2/5
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
- skywards2/5
skywards
- adverb toward the sky
skyward.
- look skywards!
- adverb toward the sky
- skimmers2/5
skimmer
- noun a rapid superficial reader
- noun a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
- noun a rapid superficial reader
- skyway2/5
skyway
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
air lane; airway; flight path.
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- skua2/5
skua
- noun gull-like jaeger of northern seas
bonxie.
- noun gull-like jaeger of northern seas
- skaldic1/5
skaldic
See Max Müller.Scaldic .
- skillets1/5
skillet
- noun a pan used for frying foods
frypan; frying pan.
- noun a pan used for frying foods
- sketchily1/5
sketchily
- adverb in a sketchy incomplete manner
- he explained sketchily
- the dishes were only sketchily washed
- adverb in a sketchy incomplete manner
- skinks1/5
skink
- noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
scincid lizard; scincid.
- noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
- skeletally1/5
skeletal
- adjective of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
- the skeletal system
- skeletal bones
- skeletal muscles
- adjective satellite very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
pinched; bony; emaciated; cadaverous; gaunt; wasted; haggard.
- emaciated bony hands
- a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
- eyes were haggard and cavernous
- small pinched faces
- kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
- adjective of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
- skinnier1/5
skinny
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- skeen1/5
skeen
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skerry1/5
skerry
A rocky isle; an insulated rock. Scot.
- skuas1/5
skua
- noun gull-like jaeger of northern seas
bonxie.
- noun gull-like jaeger of northern seas
- 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
- skylines1/5
skyline
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- noun the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
visible horizon; sensible horizon; horizon; apparent horizon.
- noun the outline of objects seen against the sky
- skeletonized1/5
skeletonize
To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
- skald1/5
skald
See 5th Scald .
- skincare1/5
skincare
- noun care for the skin
skin care.
- noun care for the skin
- skiffle1/5
skiffle
- noun a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
- noun a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
- skinflint1/5
skinflint
- noun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
churl; niggard; scrooge.
- noun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
- skagerrak1/5
skagerrak
- noun a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
Skagerak.
- noun a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
- skateboarder1/5
skateboarder
- noun someone who skates on a skateboard
- noun someone who skates on a skateboard
- skivvies1/5
skivvy
- noun a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
slavey.
- noun a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
- skyrockets1/5
skyrocket
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
rocket.
- noun sends a firework display high into the sky
rocket.
- noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
- skat1/5
skat
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skylarks1/5
skylark
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
Alauda arvensis.
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
- skulduggery1/5
skulduggery
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
trickery; hanky panky; slickness; jiggery-pokery; hocus-pocus; skullduggery.
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
- skerries1/5
- skullduggery1/5
skullduggery
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
trickery; hanky panky; skulduggery; slickness; jiggery-pokery; hocus-pocus.
- noun verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
- skiddaw1/5
skiddaw
(Zoöl.) The black guillemot. Prov. Eng.
- skimping1/5
skimp
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
scant.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
scant.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- skookum1/5
- skydiver1/5
skydiver
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- skinnerian1/5
skinnerian
- noun a follower of the theories or methods of B. F. Skinner
- adjective of or relating to B. F. Skinner or his behaviorist psychology
- noun a follower of the theories or methods of B. F. Skinner
- skeered1/5
- skedaddle1/5
skedaddle
- noun a hasty flight
- verb run away, as if in a panic
- noun a hasty flight
- skillfulness1/5
skillfulness
- noun the state of being cognitively skillful
- noun the state of being cognitively skillful
- skybox1/5
skybox
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- skel1/5
skel
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skank1/5
skank
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
crud; filth.
- noun a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
- skeletonization1/5
- sklodowska1/5
sklodowska
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skullcaps1/5
skullcap
- noun rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- noun a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
helmetflower.
- noun rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
- skyros1/5
- sked1/5
sked
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- skuse1/5
- skimped1/5
skimp
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
scant.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
scant.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
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skydiver
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
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skidder
- noun a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
slipper; slider.
- noun a worker who uses a skid to move logs
- noun a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
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skee
A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding. now spelled ski
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skittle
- noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
ninepin; skittle pin.
- verb play skittles
- noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
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skylark
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
Alauda arvensis.
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
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skeel
A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Grose.
- skulled1/5
skull
- noun the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
- noun the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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- skippered1/5
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
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skill
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
acquirement; attainment; accomplishment; acquisition.
- noun ability to produce solutions in some problem domain
science.
- the skill of a well-trained boxer
- the sweet science of pugilism
- noun an ability that has been acquired by training
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skidoo
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- skedaddled1/5
skedaddle
- noun a hasty flight
- verb run away, as if in a panic
- noun a hasty flight
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skyhook
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- noun a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
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skemp
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skepsis
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skanky
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- skag1/5
skag
- noun street names for heroin
nose drops; thunder; hell dust; big H; smack; scag.
- noun street names for heroin
- skep1/5
skep
- noun a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
- noun a domed beehive made of twisted straw
- noun a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
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skall
To scale; to mount. Obs.
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skydive
- verb jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
sky dive.
- verb jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
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skyway
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
air lane; airway; flight path.
- noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- skirl1/5
skirl
- noun the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
- verb make a shrill, wailing sound
- skirling bagpipes
- noun the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
- skulks1/5
skulk
- verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
lurk.
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
malinger.
- verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
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skoal
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- skywriting1/5
skywriting
- noun writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
- noun writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
- skell1/5
skell
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skylit
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skittishness
- noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
restiveness.
- noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
- skar1/5
skar
Wild; timid; shy. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
- skivvy1/5
skivvy
- noun a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
slavey.
- noun a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
- skitters1/5
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
- skol1/5
skol
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- skirling1/5
skirl
- noun the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
- verb make a shrill, wailing sound
- skirling bagpipes
- noun the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
- skete1/5
skete
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- skint1/5
skint
- adjective satellite lacking funds
stone-broke; stony-broke; bust; broke.
- `skint' is a British slang term
- adjective satellite lacking funds
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skilfulness
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skeet
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
trapshooting; skeet shooting.
- noun the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird
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skeg
- noun a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
- noun a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost
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skywalk
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- skunked1/5
skunk
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; puke; dirty dog; bum; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
shutout.
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
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skuld
- noun goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future
- noun goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future
- skeeters1/5
skeeters
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- skive1/5
skive
- verb remove the surface of
- skive leather
- verb remove the surface of
- skiable1/5
skiable
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- sketchiest1/5
sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
unelaborated.
- a sketchy account
- details of the plan remain sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
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skilling
A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage. Prov. Eng.
- skirmisher1/5
skirmisher
- noun someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
- noun someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party)
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- skinniest1/5
skinny
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
- he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; scrawny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- noun confidential information about a topic or person
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skulker
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
malingerer; shammer.
- noun someone waiting in concealment
lurcher; lurker.
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
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skybox
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
- noun an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
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skyscape
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skraeling
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skey
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- skulker1/5
skulker
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
malingerer; shammer.
- noun someone waiting in concealment
lurcher; lurker.
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
- skiving1/5
skive
- verb remove the surface of
- skive leather
- verb remove the surface of
- sketchiness1/5
sketchiness
- noun incompleteness of details
- noun incompleteness of details
- skilly1/5
skilly
- noun a thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat)
- noun a thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat)
- skimpily1/5
skimpily
- adverb in a skimpy manner
- a skimpily dressed woman
- adverb in a skimpy manner
- skidders1/5
skidder
- noun a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
slipper; slider.
- noun a worker who uses a skid to move logs
- noun a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- skirtings1/5
skirt
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- noun a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- noun cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- skittishly1/5
skittishly
- adverb in a skittish manner
- the horse pranced around skittishly
- adverb in a skittish manner
- skegg1/5
skegg
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skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
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skimmington
A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.
- sketchier1/5
sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
unelaborated.
- a sketchy account
- details of the plan remain sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
- skycap1/5
skycap
- noun a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport
- noun a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport
- skiddy1/5
skiddy
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skyey
Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky. "Skyey regions." Thackeray.Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers, Lightning, my pilot, sits. Shelley.
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skinful
- noun a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk
- someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful
- noun a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk
- skeer1/5
skee
A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding. now spelled ski
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skewbald
Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.
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skink
- noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
scincid lizard; scincid.
- noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
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- skees1/5
skee
A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding. now spelled ski
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skyhook
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- noun a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky
- noun helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
- skiver1/5
skive
- verb remove the surface of
- skive leather
- verb remove the surface of
- skutterudite1/5
skutterudite
(Min.) A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consist of arsenic and cobalt.
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skelp
A blow; a smart stroke. Prov. Eng. Brockett.
- skimmings1/5
skimming
- noun the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- noun reading or glancing through quickly
skim.
- noun the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
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- skimpiest1/5
skimpy
- adjective satellite containing little excess
lean.
- a lean budget
- a skimpy allowance
- adjective satellite containing little excess
- skoplje1/5
skoplje
- noun capital of modern Macedonia
Skopje; Uskub.
- noun capital of modern Macedonia
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skarbek
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- skare1/5
skare
Wild; timid; shy. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
- sketchers1/5
sketcher
- noun someone who draws sketches
- noun an implement for sketching
- noun someone who draws sketches
- skinniness1/5
skinniness
- noun the bodily property of lacking flesh
scrawniness.
- noun the bodily property of lacking flesh
- skeps1/5
skep
- noun a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
- noun a domed beehive made of twisted straw
- noun a large round wicker basket (used on farms)
- skimpier1/5
skimpy
- adjective satellite containing little excess
lean.
- a lean budget
- a skimpy allowance
- adjective satellite containing little excess
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skittery
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skyscraping
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skepticism
- noun doubt about the truth of something
mental rejection; incredulity; disbelief.
- noun the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
scepticism; agnosticism.
- noun doubt about the truth of something
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skeletonize
To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
- skysail1/5
skysail
- noun the sail above the royal on a square-rigger
- noun the sail above the royal on a square-rigger
- sket1/5
sket
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skipjack
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack tuna; Euthynnus pelamis.
- noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda.
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
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- skylighted1/5
skylight
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
fanlight.
- noun a window in a roof to admit daylight
- sker1/5
sker
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- skying1/5
sky
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
- verb throw or toss with a light motion
toss; flip; pitch.
- flip me the beachball
- toss me newspaper
- noun the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
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skurry
See Scurry .
- skart1/5
skart
(Zoöl.) The shag. Prov. Eng.
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skidoos
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- skiwear1/5
skiwear
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- skyjacker1/5
skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- skirled1/5
skirl
- noun the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
- verb make a shrill, wailing sound
- skirling bagpipes
- noun the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
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skywalk
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- noun an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed)
- 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
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skyjack
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
- the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan
- verb subject an aircraft to air piracy
Derived words of sk
- asked«Word Popularity Bar5/5
ask
- verb inquire about
inquire; enquire.
- I asked about their special today
- He had to ask directions several times
- verb make a request or demand for something to somebody
- She asked him for a loan
- verb inquire about
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task
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; undertaking; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; chore.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
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asking
- noun the verbal act of requesting
request.
- verb inquire about
ask; inquire; enquire.
- I asked about their special today
- He had to ask directions several times
- noun the verbal act of requesting
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risk
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
endangerment; jeopardy; peril; hazard.
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
peril; danger.
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
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ask
- verb inquire about
inquire; enquire.
- I asked about their special today
- He had to ask directions several times
- verb make a request or demand for something to somebody
- She asked him for a loan
- verb inquire about
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basket
- noun a container that is usually woven and has handles
handbasket.
- noun the quantity contained in a basket
basketful.
- noun a container that is usually woven and has handles
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alaska
- noun a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
AK; Last Frontier.
- Alaska is the largest state in the United States
- noun a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
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basketball
- noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
hoops; basketball game.
- noun an inflated ball used in playing basketball
- noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
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desktop
- noun the top of a desk
- noun (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
screen background; background.
- noun the top of a desk
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risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
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nebraska
- noun a midwestern state on the Great Plains
NE; Cornhusker State.
- noun a midwestern state on the Great Plains
- masks4/5
mask
- noun a covering to disguise or conceal the face
- noun activity that tries to conceal something
- no mask could conceal his ignorance
- they moved in under a mask of friendship
- noun a covering to disguise or conceal the face
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disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
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sanskrit
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit , andVeda .
- whiskey4/5
whiskey
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
whisky.
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- baskets4/5
basket
- noun a container that is usually woven and has handles
handbasket.
- noun the quantity contained in a basket
basketful.
- noun a container that is usually woven and has handles
- masked4/5
masked
- adjective satellite having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
cloaked; disguised.
- hidden agenda
- masked threat
- verb hide under a false appearance
mask; dissemble; cloak.
- He masked his disappointment
- adjective satellite having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
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outskirts
- noun outlying areas (as of a city or town)
- they lived on the outskirts of Houston
- they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
fringe; outskirt.
- they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
- noun outlying areas (as of a city or town)
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unskilled
- adjective not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
- unskilled in the art of rhetoric
- an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber
- unskilled labor
- workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities
- unskilled workmanship
- adjective satellite lacking professional skill or expertise
amateurish; amateur; inexpert.
- a very amateurish job
- inexpert but conscientious efforts
- an unskilled painting
- adjective not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
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masking
- noun the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
cover; screening; covering.
- the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft
- noun the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation
- he studied auditory masking by pure tones
- noun the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
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chomsky
- noun United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
A. Noam Chomsky; Noam Chomsky.
- noun United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
- desks4/5
desk
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- noun a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
- risked4/5
risk
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
endangerment; jeopardy; peril; hazard.
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
peril; danger.
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- whisky4/5
whisky
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
whiskey.
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
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ruskin
- noun British art critic (1819-1900)
John Ruskin.
- noun British art critic (1819-1900)
- briskly4/5
briskly
- adverb in a brisk manner
- she walked briskly in the cold air
- `after lunch,' she said briskly
- adverb in a brisk manner
- risking3/5
risk
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
endangerment; jeopardy; peril; hazard.
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
peril; danger.
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
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saskatchewan
- noun one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada
- vast fields of wheat grow on Saskatchewan's prairies
- noun one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada
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musculoskeletal
- adjective relating to muscles and skeleton
- adjective relating to muscles and skeleton
- casket3/5
casket
- noun box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
coffin.
- noun small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
jewel casket.
- noun box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
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musket
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
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whiskers
- noun the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
face fungus; beard.
- noun a very small distance or space
hair; hair's-breadth; whisker; hairsbreadth.
- they escaped by a hair's-breadth
- they lost the election by a whisker
- noun the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
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trotsky
- noun Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
Lev Davidovich Bronstein; Leon Trotsky.
- noun Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940)
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dostoevsky
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Dostoevski; Fyodor Dostoevski; Feodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Dostoevski; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Dostoyevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Feodor Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski.
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
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husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- muskets3/5
musket
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- dusky3/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
- fiske3/5
fiske
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- eskimo3/5
eskimo
(Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. Written also Esquimau .
- alaskan3/5
alaskan
- noun a native or resident of Alaska
- adjective relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska
- noun a native or resident of Alaska
- stravinsky3/5
stravinsky
- noun composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)
Igor Stravinsky; Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky.
- noun the music of Stravinsky
- Stravinsky no longer causes riots in the streets
- noun composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971)
- erskine3/5
erskine
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tuskegee3/5
tuskegee
- noun a town in eastern Alabama
- noun a town in eastern Alabama
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- whisked3/5
whisk
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- noun a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
whisk broom.
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- malinowski3/5
malinowski
- noun British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942)
Bronislaw Malinowski; Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski.
- noun British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942)
- basking3/5
bask
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
enjoy; savor; savour; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- verb be exposed
- The seals were basking in the sun
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- cytoskeleton3/5
cytoskeleton
- noun a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
- noun a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
- tasked3/5
task
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; undertaking; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; chore.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- askew3/5
askew
- adjective satellite turned or twisted toward one side
skew-whiff; lopsided; wonky; cockeyed; awry.
- a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
- his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
- adverb turned or twisted to one side
skew-whiff; awry.
- rugs lying askew
- with his necktie twisted awry
- adjective satellite turned or twisted toward one side
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tusk
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
ivory.
- noun a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- noun a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- flasks3/5
flask
- noun bottle that has a narrow neck
- noun the quantity a flask will hold
flaskful.
- noun bottle that has a narrow neck
- eskimos3/5
eskimo
- noun a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
Inuit; Esquimau.
- noun the language spoken by the Eskimo
Esquimau.
- noun a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
- casks3/5
cask
- noun the quantity a cask will hold
caskful.
- noun a cylindrical container that holds liquids
barrel.
- noun the quantity a cask will hold
- gasket3/5
gasket
- noun seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
- noun seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
- gaskell3/5
gaskell
- noun English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell; Elizabeth Gaskell.
- noun English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)
- lewinsky3/5
lewinsky
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- buckskin3/5
buckskin
- noun horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
- noun a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
- noun horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
- tchaikovsky3/5
tchaikovsky
- noun important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky; Peter Tchaikovsky; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
- noun important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
- kiosks3/5
kiosk
- noun small area set off by walls for special use
stall; cubicle; booth.
- noun small area set off by walls for special use
- unmasked3/5
unmask
- verb reveal the true nature of
uncloak.
- The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician
- verb take the mask off
- unmask the imposter
- verb reveal the true nature of
- multitasking3/5
multitasking
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- husks3/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- kandinsky3/5
kandinsky
- noun Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
Wassily Kandinski; Kandinski; Wassily Kandinsky.
- noun Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
- musketry3/5
musketry
- noun musketeers and their muskets collectively
- noun the technique of using small arms (especially in battle)
- noun musketeers and their muskets collectively
- askance3/5
askance
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
askant; sidelong; asquint; squinty; squint; squint-eyed.
- her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- sidelong glances
- adverb with suspicion or disapproval
- he looked askance at the offer
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
- dyskinesia3/5
dyskinesia
- noun abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
- noun abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
- asterisks3/5
asterisk
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
star.
- verb mark with an asterisk
star.
- Linguists star unacceptable sentences
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
- riskier2/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- mollusks2/5
mollusk
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
mollusc; shellfish.
- noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
- blavatsky2/5
blavatsky
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- whisker2/5
whisker
- noun a very small distance or space
hair; hair's-breadth; hairsbreadth.
- they escaped by a hair's-breadth
- they lost the election by a whisker
- noun a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
sensory hair; vibrissa.
- noun a very small distance or space
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brzezinski
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- musketeers2/5
musketeer
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- pesky2/5
pesky
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; nettlesome; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; 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
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- dostoyevsky2/5
dostoyevsky
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Dostoevski; Fyodor Dostoevski; Feodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Dostoevski; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Feodor Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski.
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
- pulaski2/5
pulaski
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- foreskin2/5
foreskin
- noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
prepuce.
- noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
prepuce.
- noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
- unmasking2/5
unmasking
- noun the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
expose.
- he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
- verb reveal the true nature of
unmask; uncloak.
- The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician
- noun the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
- diskette2/5
diskette
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
floppy; floppy disk.
- floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- redskins2/5
redskin
- noun (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
red man; Injun.
- noun (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
- cytoskeletal2/5
- desktops2/5
desktop
- noun the top of a desk
- noun (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
screen background; background.
- noun the top of a desk
- panofsky2/5
panofsky
- noun art historian (1892-1968)
Erwin Panofsky.
- noun art historian (1892-1968)
- sheepskin2/5
sheepskin
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
fleece.
- noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
parchment; lambskin.
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
- saskatoon2/5
saskatoon
- noun edible purple or red berries
juneberry; shadberry; serviceberry.
- noun a city in central Saskatchewan; the largest city in the province
- noun edible purple or red berries
- minkowski2/5
minkowski
- noun German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909)
Hermann Minkowski.
- noun German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909)
- laski2/5
laski
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- huskily2/5
huskily
- adverb in a hoarse or husky voice
hoarsely.
- `Excuse me,' he said hoarsely
- adverb in a hoarse or husky voice
- wastebasket2/5
wastebasket
- noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
waste-paper basket; wastepaper basket; circular file; waste basket.
- noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
- minsky2/5
minsky
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- caskets2/5
casket
- noun box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
coffin.
- noun small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
jewel casket.
- noun box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
- gaskets2/5
gasket
- noun seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
- noun seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
- muskrat2/5
muskrat
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
muskrat fur.
- noun beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
Ondatra zibethica; musquash.
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
- stanislavsky2/5
stanislavsky
- noun Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)
Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev; Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky; Konstantin Stanislavsky.
- noun Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)
- basked2/5
bask
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
enjoy; savor; savour; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- verb be exposed
- The seals were basking in the sun
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- raskolnikov2/5
raskolnikov
- noun a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil
Rodya Raskolnikov.
- noun a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil
- polanski2/5
polanski
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- whisking2/5
whisk
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- noun a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
whisk broom.
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- musky2/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- tasking2/5
task
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; undertaking; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; chore.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- tasker2/5
task
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; undertaking; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; chore.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- basketry2/5
basketry
- noun the craft of basket making
- noun the craft of basket making
- lasker2/5
lask
A diarrhea or flux. Obs. Holland.
- subtasks2/5
subtasks
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- riskless2/5
riskless
- adjective satellite thought to be devoid of risk
risk-free; unhazardous.
- adjective satellite thought to be devoid of risk
- baskerville2/5
baskerville
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- moskva2/5
- frisky2/5
frisky
- adjective satellite playful like a lively kitten
kittenish.
- adjective satellite playful like a lively kitten
- obelisks2/5
obelisk
- noun a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
dagger.
- noun a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
- unasked2/5
unasked
- adjective satellite not asked for
unsolicited.
- unasked advice
- unsolicited junk mail
- adjective satellite not asked for
- perovskite2/5
perovskite
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- exoskeleton2/5
exoskeleton
- noun the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs
- noun the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs
- catskill2/5
catskill
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- kerensky2/5
kerensky
- noun Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970)
Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky.
- noun Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970)
- deerskin2/5
deerskin
- noun leather from the hide of a deer
- noun leather from the hide of a deer
- muskie2/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- riskiness2/5
riskiness
- noun a state of danger involving risk
peril.
- noun a state of danger involving risk
- catskills2/5
catskills
- noun a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
Catskill Mountains.
- noun a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
- brisket2/5
brisket
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- taskmaster2/5
taskmaster
- noun someone who imposes hard or continuous work
- noun someone who imposes hard or continuous work
- polska2/5
polska
- noun a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
Republic of Poland; Poland.
- noun a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
- taskforce2/5
taskforce
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- hammarskjold2/5
hammarskjold
- noun Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold; Dag Hammarskjold.
- noun Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)
- dobzhansky2/5
- haskalah2/5
- diskettes2/5
diskette
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
floppy; floppy disk.
- floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price
- noun a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
- nijinsky2/5
nijinsky
- noun Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
Waslaw Nijinsky; Vaslav Nijinsky.
- noun Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
- semiskilled2/5
semiskilled
- adjective satellite possessing or requiring limited skills
- semiskilled dockworkers
- a semiskilled job
- adjective satellite possessing or requiring limited skills
- bearskin2/5
bearskin
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- noun tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
busby; shako.
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- nevsky2/5
nevsky
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- muskogee2/5
muskogee
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- noun a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- sikorsky2/5
sikorsky
- noun United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972)
Igor Sikorsky; Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky.
- noun United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972)
- paderewski2/5
paderewski
- noun Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)
Ignace Jan Paderewski; Ignace Paderewski.
- noun Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)
- miniskirt2/5
miniskirt
- noun a very short skirt
mini.
- noun a very short skirt
- whiskered2/5
whiskered
- adjective satellite having hair on the cheeks and chin
bewhiskered; bearded; barbate; whiskery.
- verb furnish with whiskers
bewhisker; whisker.
- a whiskered jersey
- adjective satellite having hair on the cheeks and chin
- trotskyist2/5
trotskyist
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyite; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- babinski2/5
babinski
- noun extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons
Babinski sign; Babinski reflex.
- noun extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons
- dyskinesias2/5
dyskinesia
- noun abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
- noun abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements
- gaitskell2/5
- tarkovsky2/5
tarkovsky
- noun Russian filmmaker (1932-1986)
Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky; Andrei Tarkovsky.
- noun Russian filmmaker (1932-1986)
- pilsudski2/5
- huskies2/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- askari2/5
askari
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- alaskans2/5
alaskan
- noun a native or resident of Alaska
- adjective relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska
- noun a native or resident of Alaska
- sealskin2/5
sealskin
- noun the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
seal.
- a coat of seal
- noun a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin
- noun the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- goatskin2/5
goatskin
- noun the hide of a goat
- noun the hide of a goat
- musketeer2/5
musketeer
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
- gaskin2/5
gaskin
- noun lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
- noun lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
- muskrats2/5
muskrat
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
muskrat fur.
- noun beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
Ondatra zibethica; musquash.
- noun the brown fur of a muskrat
- iskcon2/5
iskcon
- noun a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy
Hare Krishna; International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
- noun a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy
- masker2/5
masker
- noun a participant in a masquerade
masquer; masquerader.
- noun a participant in a masquerade
- pskov2/5
- frisked2/5
frisk
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisking.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- deskilling2/5
deskilling
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- stokowski2/5
stokowski
- noun United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977)
Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski; Leopold Stokowski.
- noun United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977)
- unskilful2/5
unskilful
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- breadbasket2/5
breadbasket
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
tummy; stomach; tum.
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- redskin2/5
redskin
A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. Cooper.2. (Football) A member of the Washington Redskins.
- whiskies2/5
whisky
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
whiskey.
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- basketmaker2/5
basketmaker
- noun someone skilled in weaving baskets
basketweaver.
- noun someone skilled in weaving baskets
- whisks2/5
whisk
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- noun a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
whisk broom.
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- pigskin2/5
pigskin
- noun leather from the skin of swine
- noun leather from the skin of swine
- husking2/5
husking
- noun the removal of covering
uncovering; stripping; baring; denudation.
- verb remove the husks from
shell; husk.
- husk corn
- noun the removal of covering
- snakeskin2/5
snakeskin
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- kieslowski2/5
kieslowski
- noun Polish filmmaker who made ten films based on the Ten Commandments (1941-1996)
Krzysztof Kieslowski.
- noun Polish filmmaker who made ten films based on the Ten Commandments (1941-1996)
- frisking2/5
frisking
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisk.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- asklepios2/5
asklepios
- noun son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
Aesculapius; Asclepius.
- noun son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
- miskito2/5
miskito
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- laskar2/5
laskar
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- waterskiing2/5
waterskiing
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- miniskirts2/5
miniskirt
- noun a very short skirt
mini.
- noun a very short skirt
- trotskyists2/5
trotskyist
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyite; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- oilskin2/5
oilskin
- noun a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
slicker.
- noun a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
- buckskins2/5
buckskins
- noun breeches made of buckskin
- noun horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
buckskin.
- noun breeches made of buckskin
- unmasks2/5
unmask
- verb reveal the true nature of
uncloak.
- The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician
- verb take the mask off
- unmask the imposter
- verb reveal the true nature of
- sheepskins2/5
sheepskin
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
fleece.
- noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
parchment; lambskin.
- noun tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
- trotskyism2/5
trotskyism
- noun the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat
- noun the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat
- sanskritic2/5
- basketballs2/5
basketball
- noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
hoops; basketball game.
- noun an inflated ball used in playing basketball
- noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
- deerskins2/5
deerskin
- noun leather from the hide of a deer
- noun leather from the hide of a deer
- athapaskan2/5
athapaskan
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
Athapaskan language; Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
- reskin2/5
reskin
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- riskiest2/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- siskiyou2/5
siskiyou
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- trotskyite2/5
trotskyite
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyist; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- wineskins2/5
wineskin
- noun an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine
- noun an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine
- husked2/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- brisker2/5
brisk
- verb become brisk
brisk up; brisken.
- business brisked up
- adjective satellite quick and energetic
zippy; spanking; alert; snappy; lively; merry; rattling.
- a brisk walk in the park
- a lively gait
- a merry chase
- traveling at a rattling rate
- a snappy pace
- a spanking breeze
- verb become brisk
- mussorgsky2/5
mussorgsky
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
Modest Mussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky; Moussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky; Modest Moussorgsky.
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
- gaskins2/5
gaskin
- noun lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
- noun lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle
- maskers2/5
masker
- noun a participant in a masquerade
masquer; masquerader.
- noun a participant in a masquerade
- athabaskan2/5
athabaskan
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
Athabascan; Athapaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
Athapaskan language; Athabascan; Athapaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
- kosciusko2/5
kosciusko
- noun Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
Thaddeus Kosciusko; Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko; Kosciuszko.
- noun Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)
- groundskeeper2/5
groundskeeper
- noun someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
groundkeeper; groundsman.
- noun someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
- asker2/5
asker
- noun someone who asks a question
questioner; enquirer; querier; inquirer.
- noun someone who asks a question
- briskness2/5
briskness
- noun liveliness and eagerness
alacrity; smartness.
- he accepted with alacrity
- the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
- noun liveliness and eagerness
- taskmasters2/5
taskmaster
- noun someone who imposes hard or continuous work
- noun someone who imposes hard or continuous work
- askar1/5
askar
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- siskin1/5
siskin
- noun small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
Carduelis spinus.
- noun small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
- chomskyan1/5
- basketful1/5
basketful
- noun the quantity contained in a basket
basket.
- noun the quantity contained in a basket
- euskadi1/5
euskadi
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- basks1/5
bask
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
enjoy; savor; savour; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- verb be exposed
- The seals were basking in the sun
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- rumpelstiltskin1/5
rumpelstiltskin
- noun a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself
- noun a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself
- samskara1/5
samskara
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- oilskins1/5
oilskin
- noun a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
slicker.
- noun a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
- spassky1/5
spassky
- noun Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
Boris Spassky; Boris Vasilevich Spassky.
- noun Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
- unskillful1/5
unskillful
- adjective satellite poorly done
botchy; butcherly.
- a botchy piece of work
- it was an unskillful attempt
- adjective satellite poorly done
- calfskin1/5
calfskin
- noun fine leather from the skin of a calf
calf.
- noun fine leather from the skin of a calf
- exoskeletons1/5
exoskeleton
- noun the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs
- noun the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs
- buskin1/5
buskin
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
desert boot; half boot; combat boot; top boot.
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
- tunguska1/5
tunguska
- noun a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
Stony Tunguska.
- noun a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River
Lower Tunguska.
- noun a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
- tusker1/5
tusker
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- hrvatska1/5
hrvatska
- noun a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
Croatia; Republic of Croatia.
- noun a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
- muskeg1/5
muskeg
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- esker1/5
esker
- noun (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
- noun (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
- oriskany1/5
oriskany
(Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
- dostoevski1/5
dostoevski
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Fyodor Dostoevski; Feodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Dostoevski; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Dostoyevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky; Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Feodor Dostoevsky; Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski.
- noun Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
- baskervilles1/5
- wineskin1/5
wineskin
- noun an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine
- noun an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine
- sierpinski1/5
sierpinski
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- miskolc1/5
- ziska1/5
ziska
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- moleskin1/5
moleskin
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- askaris1/5
askaris
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- perovskites1/5
- diskless1/5
diskless
Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.
- trotskyites1/5
trotskyite
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
Trotskyist; Trot.
- noun radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
- whiskeys1/5
whiskey
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
whisky.
- noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
- russkie1/5
russkie
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cheapskate1/5
cheapskate
- noun a miserly person
tightwad.
- noun a miserly person
- subskills1/5
- dzerzhinsky1/5
dzerzhinsky
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- coonskin1/5
coonskin
- noun a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back
coonskin cap.
- noun a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back
- karnofsky1/5
- korzybski1/5
korzybski
- noun United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950)
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski; Alfred Korzybski.
- noun United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950)
- naskapi1/5
- tsiolkovsky1/5
tsiolkovsky
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- passkey1/5
passkey
- noun key that secures entrance everywhere
master; passe-partout; master key.
- noun key that secures entrance everywhere
- lambskin1/5
lambskin
- noun the skin of a lamb with the wool still on
- noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
sheepskin; parchment.
- noun the skin of a lamb with the wool still on
- sharkskin1/5
sharkskin
- noun a smooth crisp fabric
- noun a smooth crisp fabric
- nonskid1/5
nonskid
- adjective satellite designed to reduce or prevent skidding
- nonskid tires
- adjective satellite designed to reduce or prevent skidding
- wastebaskets1/5
wastebasket
- noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
waste-paper basket; wastepaper basket; circular file; waste basket.
- noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
- yastrzemski1/5
yastrzemski
- noun United States baseball player (born in 1939)
Carl Yastrzemski.
- noun United States baseball player (born in 1939)
- szymanowski1/5
- foreskins1/5
foreskin
- noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
prepuce.
- noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
prepuce.
- noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
- doeskin1/5
doeskin
- noun soft leather from deerskin or lambskin
- noun a fine smooth soft woolen fabric
- noun soft leather from deerskin or lambskin
- goatskins1/5
goatskin
- noun the hide of a goat
- noun the hide of a goat
- miskin1/5
miskin
(Mus.) A little bagpipe. Obs. Drayton.
- deskilled1/5
deskilled
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- bosky1/5
bosky
- adjective satellite covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
brushy.
- brushy undergrowth
- `bosky' is a literary term
- a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty
- adjective satellite covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
- asterisked1/5
asterisked
- adjective satellite marked with an asterisk
starred.
- the starred items
- verb mark with an asterisk
asterisk; star.
- Linguists star unacceptable sentences
- adjective satellite marked with an asterisk
- dyskinetic1/5
- kolinsky1/5
kolinsky
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- buskins1/5
buskin
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
desert boot; half boot; combat boot; top boot.
- noun a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
- huskiness1/5
huskiness
- noun the property of being big and strong
ruggedness; toughness.
- noun a throaty harshness
hoarseness; gruffness.
- noun the property of being big and strong
- jansky1/5
jansky
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- chayefsky1/5
chayefsky
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- lobachevsky1/5
lobachevsky
- noun Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856)
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.
- noun Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856)
- tusked1/5
tusked
- adjective satellite having tusks
- verb stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
tusk; horn.
- the rhino horned the explorer
- adjective satellite having tusks
- endoskeleton1/5
endoskeleton
- noun the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)
- noun the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates)
- muskmelon1/5
muskmelon
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
Cucumis melo; sweet melon; sweet melon vine.
- noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
sweet melon.
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
- masklike1/5
- eskers1/5
esker
- noun (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
- noun (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
- tsked1/5
tsk
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
tut-tut; tut.
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- buskers1/5
busker
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- multiskilled1/5
- bewhiskered1/5
bewhiskered
- adjective satellite having hair on the cheeks and chin
bearded; whiskered; barbate; whiskery.
- verb furnish with whiskers
bewhisker; whisker.
- a whiskered jersey
- adjective satellite having hair on the cheeks and chin
- askesis1/5
- underskirt1/5
underskirt
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
petticoat; half-slip.
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
- dyskeratosis1/5
- rusks1/5
rusk
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
zwieback; Brussels biscuit; twice-baked bread.
- noun slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
- muskox1/5
muskox
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- bosker1/5
- nebraskan1/5
nebraskan
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
Cornhusker.
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
- damasks1/5
damask
- noun a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- noun a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
- noun a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- groundskeepers1/5
groundskeeper
- noun someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
groundkeeper; groundsman.
- noun someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)
- muskogean1/5
muskogean
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
Muskhogean.
- noun a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States
Muskhogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean language.
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
- bearskins1/5
bearskin
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- noun tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
busby; shako.
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- whiskery1/5
whiskery
- adjective satellite having hair on the cheeks and chin
bewhiskered; bearded; whiskered; barbate.
- adjective satellite having hair on the cheeks and chin
- sealskins1/5
sealskin
- noun the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
seal.
- a coat of seal
- noun a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin
- noun the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal
- ruskinian1/5
- busker1/5
busker
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- noun a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money
- lifeskills1/5
- biskra1/5
- busking1/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- wyszynski1/5
wyszynski
- noun Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)
Stefan Wyszynski.
- noun Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981)
- muskellunge1/5
muskellunge
- noun flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
- noun large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America
Esox masquinongy.
- noun flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
- husker1/5
husk
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
stubble; chaff; straw; stalk; shuck.
- noun outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
- noun material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- nebraskans1/5
nebraskan
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
Cornhusker.
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
- frisks1/5
frisk
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisking.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- chomskian1/5
- muskies1/5
musky
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- adjective satellite resembling the smell of musk
- korzeniowski1/5
korzeniowski
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- onionskin1/5
onionskin
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
flimsy.
- noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
- tamarisks1/5
tamarisk
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
- handbasket1/5
handbasket
- noun a container that is usually woven and has handles
basket.
- noun a container that is usually woven and has handles
- disking1/5
disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- namaskar1/5
namaskar
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- basketwork1/5
basketwork
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- blasko1/5
blasko
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- szymborska1/5
szymborska
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- landowska1/5
landowska
- noun United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959)
Wanda Landowska.
- noun United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959)
- eskalith1/5
eskalith
- noun a white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder
lithium carbonate; Lithane; Lithonate.
- noun a white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder
- numbskull1/5
numbskull
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- musks1/5
musk
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
- noun the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer
- noun an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
- basker1/5
bask
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
enjoy; savor; savour; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- verb be exposed
- The seals were basking in the sun
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- maskable1/5
maskable
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- unhusked1/5
unhusked
Pref. un- not +husked .Not husked; having the husk on. #2. "husked" here means having the husk removed. This word has opposite meanings.
- waterskin1/5
waterskin
- noun a container of skin for holding water
water skin.
- noun a container of skin for holding water
- unskilfully1/5
- wolfskin1/5
- outskirt1/5
outskirt
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
fringe.
- they built a factory on the outskirts of the city
- noun a part of the city far removed from the center
- nevski1/5
nevski
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- basilisks1/5
basilisk
- noun (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
- noun ancient brass cannon
- noun (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
- athapaskans1/5
athapaskan
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
Athapaskan language; Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
- miskitos1/5
- multiskilling1/5
- overskirt1/5
overskirt
- noun an outer skirt worn over another skirt
- noun an outer skirt worn over another skirt
- huskier1/5
husky
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
Eskimo dog.
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; beefy; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- noun breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog
- cowskin1/5
cowskin
- noun leather made from the hide of a cow
cowhide.
- noun leather made from the hide of a cow
- numskull1/5
numskull
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- athabaska1/5
athabaska
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- cornhuskers1/5
cornhusker
- noun a worker who husks corn
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
Nebraskan.
- noun a worker who husks corn
- moussorgsky1/5
moussorgsky
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
Modest Mussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky; Mussorgsky; Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky; Modest Moussorgsky.
- noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)
- muskoxen1/5
muskoxen
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- askatasuna1/5
askatasuna
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- tuskers1/5
tusker
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- noun any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar)
- cornhusker1/5
cornhusker
- noun a worker who husks corn
- noun a native or resident of Nebraska
Nebraskan.
- noun a worker who husks corn
- duskiness1/5
duskiness
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
dimness.
- noun a swarthy complexion
darkness; swarthiness.
- noun the state of being poorly illuminated
- facemasks1/5
- dostoevskian1/5
dostoevskian
- adjective of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
Dostoyevskian.
- adjective of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
- iskenderun1/5
- seraskier1/5
seraskier
A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.
- eskisehir1/5
- siskins1/5
siskin
- noun small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
Carduelis spinus.
- noun small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
- huskers1/5
huskers
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- dostoyevski1/5
dostoyevski
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tsking1/5
tsk
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
tut-tut; tut.
- verb utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- overtasked1/5
- rathskeller1/5
rathskeller
- noun a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall
- noun a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall
- reskilling1/5
- burushaski1/5
- exoskeletal1/5
exoskeletal
(Anat.) Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles.
- muskmelons1/5
muskmelon
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
Cucumis melo; sweet melon; sweet melon vine.
- noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
sweet melon.
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
- groundskeeping1/5
- cornhusks1/5
cornhusk
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- noun the husk of an ear of corn
- komensky1/5
komensky
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- photomasks1/5
- endoskeletal1/5
endoskeletal
(Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, .endoskeletal muscles
- damaskin1/5
damaskin
A sword of Damask steel. No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell .
- glisky1/5
- disklike1/5
disklike
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
discoidal; discoid; disc-shaped; disk-shaped; disclike.
- adjective satellite having a flat circular shape
- russkies1/5
- transkeian1/5
- vishinsky1/5
vishinsky
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- frisket1/5
frisket
(Print.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
- kidskin1/5
kidskin
- noun soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
kid.
- kid gloves
- noun soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat
- unskilfulness1/5
- kolinski1/5
- sanskritist1/5
sanskritist
One versed in Sanskrit.
- basketfuls1/5
basketful
- noun the quantity contained in a basket
basket.
- noun the quantity contained in a basket
- subskill1/5
subskill
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- dusks1/5
dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
crepuscle; fall; gloaming; gloam; evenfall; nightfall; twilight; crepuscule.
- he loved the twilight
- they finished before the fall of night
- verb become dusk
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset
- disked1/5
disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
- leopardskin1/5
- eskilstuna1/5
- basketmaking1/5
- eduskunta1/5
- basketweave1/5
- underskirts1/5
underskirt
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
petticoat; half-slip.
- noun undergarment worn under a skirt
- askers1/5
asker
- noun someone who asks a question
questioner; enquirer; querier; inquirer.
- noun someone who asks a question
- russki1/5
russki
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- diskos1/5
- muskat1/5
muskat
- noun any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
muscat.
- noun any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
- dogskin1/5
dogskin
The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.
- workbasket1/5
workbasket
- noun container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
workbox; workbag.
- noun container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing)
- russky1/5
- dostoievski1/5
- cheapskates1/5
cheapskate
- noun a miserly person
tightwad.
- noun a miserly person
- nonskilled1/5
nonskilled
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- diskography1/5
- esky1/5
esky
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- hoopskirts1/5
hoopskirt
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
crinoline.
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- cytoskeletons1/5
cytoskeleton
- noun a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
- noun a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
- deskbound1/5
deskbound
- adjective satellite restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
desk-bound.
- adjective satellite restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
- deskwork1/5
deskwork
Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer. Tennyson.
- taskwork1/5
taskwork
Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.
- lusky1/5
lusky
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rollerskating1/5
rollerskating
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- unskillfully1/5
unskillful
- adjective satellite poorly done
botchy; butcherly.
- a botchy piece of work
- it was an unskillful attempt
- adjective satellite poorly done
- iceskating1/5
- duskily1/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
- triskelion1/5
triskelion
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
triskele.
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
- perovskia1/5
- muleskinner1/5
muleskinner
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- nonmaskable1/5
- muskhogean1/5
muskhogean
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
Muskogean.
- noun a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States
Muskogean; Muskhogean language; Muskogean language.
- noun a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
- mudskippers1/5
mudskipper
- noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
mudspringer.
- noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
- duskier1/5
dusky
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
twilight; twilit.
- The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
- the twilight glow of the sky
- a boat on a twilit river
- adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
swart; swarthy; dark-skinned.
- a dark-skinned beauty
- gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
- a smile on his swarthy face
- `swart' is archaic
- adjective satellite lighted by or as if by twilight
- sanskritists1/5
- athabaskans1/5
athabaskan
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
Athabascan; Athapaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
Athapaskan language; Athabascan; Athapaskan; Athapascan.
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
- damasked1/5
damask
- noun a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- noun a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
- noun a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- deskill1/5
deskill
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tusky1/5
tusky
Having tusks. "The scar indented by the tusky oar." Dryden.
- shcharansky1/5
shcharansky
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- miniskirted1/5
miniskirt
- noun a very short skirt
mini.
- noun a very short skirt
- landskip1/5
landskip
A landscape. Obs. except in poetry.Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton.
- catskin1/5
- hoopskirt1/5
hoopskirt
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
crinoline.
- noun a skirt stiffened with hoops
- seskin1/5
- antiskid1/5
antiskid
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- landsknechts1/5
- muskegs1/5
muskegs
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- muskogees1/5
muskogee
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- noun a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy
- naiskos1/5
- chelyuskin1/5
- heyrovsky1/5
heyrovsky
- noun Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967)
Joroslav Heyrovsky.
- noun Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967)
- buski1/5
buski
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- landsknecht1/5
landsknecht
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- whiskbroom1/5
- riskily1/5
riskily
- adverb in a dangerously risky manner
- he lost the game by playing too riskily
- adverb in a dangerously risky manner
- askos1/5
- visken1/5
visken
- noun an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension
pindolol.
- noun an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension
- taskings1/5
task
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
project; undertaking; labor.
- he prepared for great undertakings
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; chore.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
- noun any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- nusku1/5
nusku
- noun god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru
- noun god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru
- friskiness1/5
friskiness
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
frolicsomeness; sportiveness.
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
- bosket1/5
bosket
(Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.
- numbskulls1/5
numbskulls
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- weskit1/5
weskit
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- zakuski1/5
- dostoyevskian1/5
dostoyevskian
- adjective of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
Dostoevskian.
- adjective of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
- askant1/5
askant
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
askance; sidelong; asquint; squinty; squint; squint-eyed.
- her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- sidelong glances
- adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
- numskulls1/5
numskull
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
bonehead; shithead; hammerhead; dunce; knucklehead; dunderhead; blockhead; fuckhead; dumbass; loggerhead; lunkhead; muttonhead.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- mudskipper1/5
mudskipper
- noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
mudspringer.
- noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
- kandinski1/5
kandinski
- noun Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
Wassily Kandinski; Kandinsky; Wassily Kandinsky.
- noun Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
- minidisks1/5
minidisks
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- unmasker1/5
unmask
- verb reveal the true nature of
uncloak.
- The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician
- verb take the mask off
- unmask the imposter
- verb reveal the true nature of
- busked1/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- multitasked1/5
- triskele1/5
triskele
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
triskelion.
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
- przewalskii1/5
przewalskii
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- breadbaskets1/5
breadbasket
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
tummy; stomach; tum.
- noun a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
- snakeskins1/5
- waterski1/5
waterski
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- baske1/5
bask
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
enjoy; savor; savour; relish.
- She relished her fame and basked in her glory
- verb be exposed
- The seals were basking in the sun
- verb derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- moleskins1/5
moleskin
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
- nonskeletal1/5
- molluskan1/5
molluskan
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- musketoon1/5
musketoon
A short musket.
- silverskin1/5
- piskies1/5
- briskets1/5
brisket
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- huskie1/5
huskie
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- greenskeeper1/5
greenskeeper
- noun someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course
- noun someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course
- deskman1/5
deskman
- noun the police sergeant on duty in a police station
desk sergeant; station keeper.
- noun the police sergeant on duty in a police station
- busks1/5
busk
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- three young men were busking in the plaza
- verb play music in a public place and solicit money for it
- gasking1/5
- blatherskite1/5
blatherskite
- noun foolish gibberish
blather.
- noun foolish gibberish
- muskiness1/5
muskiness
- noun having the olfactory properties of musk
- noun having the olfactory properties of musk
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