tl: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of tl
- natl«Word Popularity Bar4/5
natl
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- intl3/5
intl
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- quetzalcoatl2/5
quetzalcoatl
- noun an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
- noun an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
- nahuatl2/5
nahuatl
- noun a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
- noun the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl
- noun a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico
- kwakiutl2/5
kwakiutl
- noun a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island
- noun a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl
- noun a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island
- shtetl2/5
shtetl
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- axolotl1/5
axolotl
- noun larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
mud puppy; Ambystoma mexicanum.
- noun larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
- atlatl1/5
atlatl
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- btl1/5
- popocatepetl1/5
popocatepetl
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- ioctl1/5
ioctl
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- exptl1/5
- tonalamatl1/5
- toxcatl1/5
- internatl1/5
- iztaccihuatl1/5
Suffixes of tl
- tlc«Word Popularity Bar3/5
tlc
- noun considerate and solicitous care
tender loving care.
- young children need lots of TLC
- noun considerate and solicitous care
- tlingit2/5
tlingit
- noun a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska
- noun the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit
- noun a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska
- tlr2/5
- tlaxcala2/5
tlaxcala
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- tlaloc2/5
tlaloc
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- tln2/5
- tlingits1/5
tlingit
- noun a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska
- noun the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit
- noun a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska
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- tlemcen1/5
Derived words of tl
- battle«Word Popularity Bar5/5
battle
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
engagement; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
struggle.
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle
- he fought a battle for recognition
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- settled5/5
settled
- adjective established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
- with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle; settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
- adjective established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
- partly5/5
partly
- adverb in part; in some degree; not wholly
part; partially.
- I felt partly to blame
- He was partially paralyzed
- adverb in part; in some degree; not wholly
- settle5/5
settle
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
settee.
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
- battles5/5
battle
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
engagement; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
struggle.
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle
- he fought a battle for recognition
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- startled5/5
startled
- adjective satellite excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
- students startled by the teacher's quiet return
- the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons
- her startled expression
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; startle; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- adjective satellite excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
- little5/5
little
- noun a small amount or duration
- he accepted the little they gave him
- adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
small.
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
- noun a small amount or duration
- title5/5
title
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
statute title; rubric.
- Title 8 provided federal help for schools
- noun the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title
- he refused to give titles to his paintings
- I can never remember movie titles
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- settlement5/5
settlement
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
colony.
- the American colony in Paris
- noun a community of people smaller than a town
small town; village.
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- bottle5/5
bottle
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- noun the quantity contained in a bottle
bottleful.
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- outline5/5
outline
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
lineation.
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
precis; synopsis; abstract.
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
- titles5/5
title
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
statute title; rubric.
- Title 8 provided federal help for schools
- noun the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title
- he refused to give titles to his paintings
- I can never remember movie titles
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- settlements5/5
settlement
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
colony.
- the American colony in Paris
- noun a community of people smaller than a town
small town; village.
- noun a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- settlers5/5
settler
- noun a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
colonist.
- noun a negotiator who settles disputes
- noun a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
- atlanta5/5
atlanta
(Zoöl.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod .
- bottles5/5
bottle
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- noun the quantity contained in a bottle
bottleful.
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- directly5/5
directly
- adverb without deviation
straight; direct.
- the path leads directly to the lake
- went direct to the office
- adverb without anyone or anything intervening
- these two factors are directly related
- he was directly responsible
- measured the physical properties directly
- adverb without deviation
- apparently5/5
apparently
- adverb from appearances alone
ostensibly; on the face of it; seemingly.
- irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
- the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
- had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy
- on the face of it the problem seems minor
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
patently; plainly; plain; obviously; manifestly; evidently.
- the answer is obviously wrong
- she was in bed and evidently in great pain
- he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
- it is all patently nonsense
- she has apparently been living here for some time
- I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
- adverb from appearances alone
- consequently5/5
consequently
- adverb (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
accordingly.
- consequently, he didn't do it
- continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor
- adverb as a consequence
therefore.
- he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held
- adverb (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
- entitled5/5
entitled
- adjective satellite qualified for by right according to law
- we are all entitled to equal protection under the law
- verb give the right to
entitle.
- The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
- adjective satellite qualified for by right according to law
- castle5/5
castle
- noun a large and stately mansion
palace.
- noun a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- noun a large and stately mansion
- cattle5/5
cattle
- noun domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
cows; kine; oxen; Bos taurus.
- so many head of cattle
- wait till the cows come home
- seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible
- a team of oxen
- noun domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
- gentle5/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- evidently5/5
evidently
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
patently; plainly; plain; obviously; manifestly; apparently.
- the answer is obviously wrong
- she was in bed and evidently in great pain
- he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
- it is all patently nonsense
- she has apparently been living here for some time
- I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
- independently5/5
independently
- adverb on your own; without outside help
- the children worked on the project independently
- adverb apart from others
severally.
- the clothes were hung severally
- adverb on your own; without outside help
- outlined5/5
outlined
- adjective satellite showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
defined.
- hills defined against the evening sky
- the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill
- verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch; outline; adumbrate.
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
- adjective satellite showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
- lightly5/5
lightly
- adverb without good reason
- one cannot say such things lightly
- adverb with few burdens
light.
- experienced travellers travel light
- adverb without good reason
- promptly5/5
promptly
- adverb with little or no delay
quick; quickly.
- the rescue squad arrived promptly
- come here, quick!
- adverb in a punctual manner
pronto; readily.
- he did his homework promptly
- adverb with little or no delay
- seattle5/5
seattle
- noun a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
- noun a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
- exactly5/5
exactly
- adverb indicating exactness or preciseness
precisely; just.
- he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do
- it was just as he said--the jewel was gone
- it has just enough salt
- adverb just as it should be
on the nose; on the dot; precisely; on the button.
- `Precisely, my lord,' he said
- adverb indicating exactness or preciseness
- significantly5/5
significantly
- adverb in a statistically significant way
- the two groups differed significantly
- adverb in a significant manner
- our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts
- adverb in a statistically significant way
- currently5/5
currently
- adverb at this time or period; now
presently.
- he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations
- currently they live in Connecticut
- adverb at this time or period; now
- perfectly5/5
perfectly
- adverb completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
absolutely; dead; utterly.
- an absolutely magnificent painting
- a perfectly idiotic idea
- you're perfectly right
- utterly miserable
- you can be dead sure of my innocence
- was dead tired
- dead right
- adverb in a perfect or faultless way
- She performed perfectly on the balance beam
- spoke English perfectly
- solved the problem perfectly
- adverb completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
- constantly5/5
constantly
- adverb without variation or change, in every case
always; invariably.
- constantly kind and gracious
- he always arrives on time
- adverb without interruption
incessantly; always; forever; perpetually.
- the world is constantly changing
- adverb without variation or change, in every case
- subsequently5/5
subsequently
- adverb happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
after; afterwards; later; later on; afterward.
- he apologized subsequently
- he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
- it didn't happen until afterward
- two hours after that
- adverb happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
- atlantic5/5
atlantic
Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called alsothe Atlantic ); theAtlantic basin; theAtlantic telegraph.
- gently5/5
gently
- adverb in a gradual manner
- a gently sloping terrain
- adverb in a gentle manner
mildly.
- he talked gently to the injured animal
- adverb in a gradual manner
- gentleman5/5
gentleman
- noun a man of refinement
- noun a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
valet de chambre; man; gentleman's gentleman; valet.
- Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
- noun a man of refinement
- subtle5/5
subtle
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
elusive.
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
- adjective satellite able to make fine distinctions
- a subtle mind
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- hitler5/5
hitler
- noun German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
Der Fuhrer; Adolf Hitler.
- noun German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
- aristotle5/5
aristotle
- noun one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
- noun one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
- gentlemen5/5
gentleman
- noun a man of refinement
- noun a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
valet de chambre; man; gentleman's gentleman; valet.
- Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
- noun a man of refinement
- importantly5/5
importantly
- adverb in an important way or to an important degree
significantly.
- more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself
- adverb in an important way
- for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion
- adverb in an important way or to an important degree
- instantly5/5
instantly
- adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
straightaway; forthwith; like a shot; at once; straight off; directly; right away; immediately; now.
- he answered immediately
- found an answer straightaway
- an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
- Come here now!
- adverb without any delay
instantaneously; in a flash; outright.
- he was killed outright
- adverb without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
- presently5/5
presently
- adverb in the near future
before long; shortly; soon.
- the doctor will soon be here
- the book will appear shortly
- she will arrive presently
- we should have news before long
- adverb at this time or period; now
currently.
- he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations
- currently they live in Connecticut
- adverb in the near future
- outlook5/5
outlook
- noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
mind-set; mentality; mindset.
- noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future
prospect; expectation.
- noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- tightly5/5
tightly
- adverb in a tight or constricted manner
- a tightly packed pub
- adverb securely fixed or fastened
- the window was tightly sealed
- adverb in a tight or constricted manner
- butler5/5
butler
- noun a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
pantryman.
- noun English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
Samuel Butler.
- noun a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
- indirectly5/5
indirectly
- adverb not in a forthright manner
- he answered very indirectly
- adverb not in a forthright manner
- costly5/5
costly
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
dearly-won.
- a dearly-won victory
- adjective satellite having a high price
dear; pricey; high-priced; pricy.
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
- predominantly5/5
predominantly
- adverb much greater in number or influence
preponderantly.
- the patients are predominantly indigenous
- adverb much greater in number or influence
- efficiently5/5
efficiently
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
expeditiously.
- he functions efficiently
- adverb with efficiency; in an efficient manner
- permanently5/5
permanently
- adverb for a long time without essential change
for good.
- he is permanently disabled
- adverb for a long time without essential change
- countless5/5
countless
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
unnumbered; numberless; unnumerable; innumerable; unnumberable; uncounted; myriad; multitudinous; infinite; innumerous.
- incalculable riches
- countless hours
- an infinite number of reasons
- innumerable difficulties
- the multitudinous seas
- myriad stars
- untold thousands
- adjective satellite too numerous to be counted
- abruptly5/5
abruptly
- adverb quickly and without warning
suddenly; short; dead.
- he stopped suddenly
- adverb quickly and without warning
- frequently5/5
frequently
- adverb many times at short intervals
oftentimes; often; oft; ofttimes.
- we often met over a cup of coffee
- adverb many times at short intervals
- slightly5/5
slightly
- adverb to a small degree or extent
somewhat; more or less.
- his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
- the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
- adverb in a slim or slender manner
slimly; slenderly.
- a slenderly built woman
- slightly built
- adverb to a small degree or extent
- shortly5/5
shortly
- adverb for a short time
- he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
- adverb in the near future
before long; soon; presently.
- the doctor will soon be here
- the book will appear shortly
- she will arrive presently
- we should have news before long
- adverb for a short time
- quietly5/5
quietly
- adverb with low volume
softly.
- speak softly but carry a big stick
- she spoke quietly to the child
- the radio was playing softly
- adverb with little or no sound
- the class was listening quietly and intently
- she was crying quietly
- adverb with low volume
- explicitly5/5
explicitly
- adverb in an explicit manner
- in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly
- adverb in an explicit manner
- sufficiently5/5
sufficiently
- adverb to a sufficient degree
- she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin
- adverb to a sufficient degree
- scotland5/5
scotland
- noun one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
- noun one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
- differently5/5
differently
- adverb in another and different manner;
other than; otherwise.
- very soon you will know differently
- she thought otherwise
- there is no way out other than the fire escape
- adverb in another and different manner;
- strictly5/5
strictly
- adverb restricted to something
purely.
- we talked strictly business
- adverb in a stringent manner
stringently.
- the laws are stringently enforced
- stringently controlled
- adverb restricted to something
- consistently5/5
consistently
- adverb in a systematic or consistent manner
systematically.
- they systematically excluded women
- adverb in a systematic or consistent manner
- softly5/5
softly
- adverb with low volume
quietly.
- speak softly but carry a big stick
- she spoke quietly to the child
- the radio was playing softly
- adverb in a manner that is pleasing to the senses
- she smiled softly
- adverb with low volume
- silently5/5
silently
- adverb without speaking
mutely; taciturnly; wordlessly.
- he sat mutely next to her
- adverb without speaking
- rightly5/5
rightly
- adverb with honesty
justly; justifiedly.
- he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time
- adverb with honesty
- distinctly5/5
distinctly
- adverb clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
clearly.
- it's distinctly possible
- I could clearly see myself in his situation
- adverb in a distinct and distinguishable manner
- the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion
- adverb clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
- recently5/5
recently
- adverb in the recent past
late; latterly; of late; lately.
- he was in Paris recently
- lately the rules have been enforced
- as late as yesterday she was fine
- feeling better of late
- the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also
- adverb in the recent past
- greatly5/5
greatly
- adverb to an extraordinary extent or degree
- he improved greatly
- adverb to an extraordinary extent or degree
- correctly5/5
correctly
- adverb in an accurate manner
aright; right.
- the flower had been correctly depicted by his son
- he guessed right
- adverb in an accurate manner
- mostly5/5
mostly
- adverb in large part; mainly or chiefly
for the most part; largely.
- These accounts are largely inactive
- adverb usually; as a rule
by and large; generally; more often than not.
- by and large it doesn't rain much here
- adverb in large part; mainly or chiefly
- outlaw4/5
outlaw
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; crook; criminal; felon.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- settling4/5
settling
- noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
subsidence; subsiding.
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle; settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
- noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
- mantle4/5
mantle
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders
- noun United States baseball player (1931-1997)
Mickey Mantle; Mickey Charles Mantle.
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- startling4/5
startling
- adjective satellite so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
- Sydney's startling new Opera House
- startling news
- startling earthquake shocks
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; startle; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- adjective satellite so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
- brightly4/5
brightly
- adverb with brightness
bright; brilliantly.
- the stars shone brilliantly
- the windows glowed jewel bright
- adverb with brightness
- wrestling4/5
wrestling
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
grappling; grapple; wrestle; hand-to-hand struggle.
- they had a fierce wrestle
- we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
- noun the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
rassling; grappling.
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- brilliantly4/5
brilliantly
- adverb with brightness
brightly; bright.
- the stars shone brilliantly
- the windows glowed jewel bright
- adverb in an extremely intelligent way
- he solved the problem brilliantly
- adverb with brightness
- outlines4/5
outline
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
lineation.
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
precis; synopsis; abstract.
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
- outlet4/5
outlet
- noun a place of business for retailing goods
mercantile establishment; sales outlet; retail store.
- noun receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
electrical outlet; electric outlet; wall plug; electric receptacle; wall socket.
- noun a place of business for retailing goods
- atlas4/5
atlas
- noun a collection of maps in book form
book of maps; map collection.
- noun (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- noun a collection of maps in book form
- whistle4/5
whistle
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
whistling.
- noun the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
whistling.
- the whistle signalled the end of the game
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
- outlets4/5
outlet
- noun a place of business for retailing goods
mercantile establishment; sales outlet; retail store.
- noun receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices
electrical outlet; electric outlet; wall plug; electric receptacle; wall socket.
- noun a place of business for retailing goods
- shuttle4/5
shuttle
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttlecock; bird; birdie.
- noun public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- brittle4/5
brittle
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
toffy; toffee.
- adjective satellite having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
brickle; brickly.
- brittle bones
- glass is brittle
- `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- kettle4/5
kettle
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
boiler.
- noun the quantity a kettle will hold
kettleful.
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- spotlight4/5
spotlight
- noun a focus of public attention
limelight; public eye; glare.
- he enjoyed being in the limelight
- when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
- noun a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
spot.
- noun a focus of public attention
- beetle4/5
beetle
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- noun a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
mallet.
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- rattle4/5
rattle
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
rale; rattling.
- the death rattle
- noun a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
- settler4/5
settler
- noun a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
colonist.
- noun a negotiator who settles disputes
- noun a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
- whistling4/5
whistling
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
whistle.
- noun the act of whistling a tune
- his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
- resettlement4/5
resettlement
- noun the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
relocation.
- noun the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
- beetles4/5
beetle
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- noun a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
mallet.
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- apostles4/5
apostle
- noun an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
- an apostle of revolution
- noun any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
Apostelic Father.
- noun an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
- titled4/5
titled
- adjective satellite belonging to the peerage
highborn; coroneted.
- the princess and her coroneted companions
- the titled classes
- verb give a title to
entitle; title.
- adjective satellite belonging to the peerage
- apostle4/5
apostle
- noun an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
- an apostle of revolution
- noun any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
Apostelic Father.
- noun an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
- swiftly4/5
swiftly
- adverb in a swift manner
fleetly.
- she moved swiftly
- adverb in a swift manner
- portland4/5
portland
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- noun largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- battlefield4/5
battlefield
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- turtle4/5
turtle
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtleneck; polo-neck.
- noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- wetlands4/5
wetland
- noun a low area where the land is saturated with water
- noun a low area where the land is saturated with water
- entitlement4/5
entitlement
- noun right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
- entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget
- noun right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
- newcastle4/5
newcastle
- noun a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- noun a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary)
- castles4/5
castle
- noun a large and stately mansion
palace.
- noun a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- noun a large and stately mansion
- bartlett4/5
bartlett
- noun juicy yellow pear
bartlett pear.
- noun United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
Robert Abram Bartlett; Captain Bob; Robert Bartlett.
- noun juicy yellow pear
- outlining4/5
outline
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
lineation.
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
precis; synopsis; abstract.
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
- turtles4/5
turtle
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtleneck; polo-neck.
- noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- coastline4/5
coastline
- noun the outline of a coast
- noun the outline of a coast
- unsettled4/5
unsettled
- adjective still in doubt
- an unsettled issue
- an unsettled state of mind
- verb disturb the composure of
faze; unsettle; enervate; unnerve.
- adjective still in doubt
- wetland4/5
wetland
- noun a low area where the land is saturated with water
- noun a low area where the land is saturated with water
- rattled4/5
rattled
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
perturbed; flustered; hot and bothered.
- verb make short successive sounds
rattle.
- adjective satellite thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
- restlessness4/5
restlessness
- noun the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
- the restlessness of the wind
- noun a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay
impatience.
- noun the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active
- pointless4/5
pointless
- adjective not having a point especially a sharp point
unpointed.
- my pencils are all pointless
- adjective satellite serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
senseless; purposeless; wasted; otiose; superfluous.
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
- adjective not having a point especially a sharp point
- gentleness4/5
gentleness
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
gradualness.
- noun acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
softness; mildness.
- his fingers have learned gentleness
- suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby
- even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough
- noun the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
- manifestly4/5
manifestly
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
patently; plainly; plain; obviously; apparently; evidently.
- the answer is obviously wrong
- she was in bed and evidently in great pain
- he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
- it is all patently nonsense
- she has apparently been living here for some time
- I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
- secretly4/5
secretly
- adverb in secrecy; not openly
on the QT; in secret; on the Q.T..
- met secretly to discuss the invasion plans
- the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library
- they arranged to meet in secret
- adverb not openly; inwardly
- they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment
- hoped secretly she would change her mind
- adverb in secrecy; not openly
- jointly4/5
jointly
- adverb in collaboration or cooperation
- this paper was written jointly
- adverb in conjunction with; combined
together with; collectively; conjointly.
- our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage
- we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together
- adverb in collaboration or cooperation
- restless4/5
restless
- adjective satellite worried and uneasy
unsatisfied; ungratified.
- adjective satellite ceaselessly in motion
- the restless sea
- the restless wind
- adjective satellite worried and uneasy
- violently4/5
violently
- adverb in a violent manner
- they attacked violently
- adverb in a violent manner
- conveniently4/5
conveniently
- adverb in a convenient manner
handily.
- the switch was conveniently located
- adverb in a convenient manner
- prominently4/5
prominently
- adverb in a prominent way
conspicuously.
- the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway
- adverb in a prominent way
- relentless4/5
relentless
- adjective satellite not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
unrelenting; inexorable; unappeasable; stern; unforgiving; grim.
- grim determination
- grim necessity
- Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
- relentless persecution
- the stern demands of parenthood
- adjective satellite never-ceasing
unrelenting; persistent.
- the relentless beat of the drums
- adjective satellite not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- intently4/5
intently
- adverb with strained or eager attention
- listened intently
- stood watching intently
- adverb with strained or eager attention
- epistle4/5
epistle
- noun a specially long, formal letter
- noun a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
- noun a specially long, formal letter
- inadvertently4/5
inadvertently
- adverb without knowledge or intention
unknowingly; unwittingly.
- he unwittingly deleted the references
- adverb without knowledge or intention
- priestly4/5
priestly
- adjective associated with the priesthood or priests
hieratical; sacerdotal; hieratic.
- priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments
- hieratic gestures
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
priestlike.
- priestly dedication to the people of his parish
- adjective associated with the priesthood or priests
- overtly4/5
overtly
- adverb in an overt manner
- he did it overtly
- adverb in an overt manner
- abundantly4/5
abundantly
- adverb in an abundant manner
profusely; copiously; extravagantly.
- they were abundantly supplied with food
- he thanked her profusely
- adverb in an abundant manner
- concurrently4/5
concurrently
- adverb overlapping in duration
at the same time.
- concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held
- going to school and holding a job at the same time
- adverb overlapping in duration
- aptly4/5
aptly
- adverb with competence; in a competent capable manner
ably; capably; competently.
- they worked competently
- adverb with competence; in a competent capable manner
- ghostly4/5
ghostly
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of a phantom
spectral; spiritual; ghostlike; phantasmal; apparitional.
- a ghostly face at the window
- a phantasmal presence in the room
- spectral emanations
- spiritual tappings at a seance
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of a phantom
- hartley4/5
hartley
- noun English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
David Hartley.
- noun English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
- ghastly4/5
ghastly
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
macabre; grisly; sick; gruesome; grim.
- ghastly wounds
- the grim aftermath of the bombing
- the grim task of burying the victims
- a grisly murder
- gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
- macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
- macabre tortures conceived by madmen
- adjective satellite gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
sepulchral; charnel.
- a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
- ghastly shrieks
- the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- inherently4/5
inherently
- adverb in an inherent manner
- the subject matter is sexual activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as inherently desirable and exciting
- adverb in an inherent manner
- reluctantly4/5
reluctantly
- adverb with reluctance
- adverb with reluctance
- vastly4/5
vastly
- adverb to an exceedingly great extent or degree
immensely.
- He had vastly overestimated his resources
- was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator
- adverb to an exceedingly great extent or degree
- earnestly4/5
earnestly
- adverb in a serious manner
seriously; in earnest.
- talking earnestly with his son
- she started studying snakes in earnest
- a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce
- adverb in a serious manner
- justly4/5
justly
- adverb with honesty
rightly; justifiedly.
- he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time
- adverb in accordance with moral or social standards
right.
- that serves him right
- do right by him
- adverb with honesty
- faintly4/5
faintly
- adverb to a faint degree or weakly perceived
- between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly
- stars shining faintly through the overcast
- could hear his distant shouts only faintly
- the rumors weren't even faintly true
- adverb to a faint degree or weakly perceived
- incorrectly4/5
incorrectly
- adverb in an incorrect manner
falsely.
- to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely
- adverb in an inaccurate manner
wrong; wrongly.
- he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly
- she guessed wrong
- adverb in an incorrect manner
- impatiently4/5
impatiently
- adverb with impatience; in an impatient manner
- he answered her impatiently
- adverb with impatience; in an impatient manner
- subtly4/5
subtly
- adverb in a subtle manner
- late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy
- adverb in a subtle manner
- pleasantly4/5
pleasantly
- adverb in a cheerful manner
cheerily; sunnily.
- `I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly
- adverb in an enjoyable manner
enjoyably; agreeably.
- we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon
- adverb in a cheerful manner
- urgently4/5
urgently
- adverb with great urgency
desperately.
- health care reform is needed urgently
- the soil desperately needed potash
- adverb with great urgency
- nightly4/5
nightly
- adjective satellite happening every night
- nightly television now goes on until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m.
- adverb at the end of each day
every night.
- she checks on her roses nightly
- adjective satellite happening every night
- eminently4/5
eminently
- adverb in an eminent manner
- two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution
- adverb in an eminent manner
- diligently4/5
diligently
- adverb with diligence; in a diligent manner
- we may diligently observe the Lord's supper on the first day of the week, diligently preach the gospel, or minister to the saint
- adverb with diligence; in a diligent manner
- persistently4/5
persistently
- adverb in a persistent manner
- he was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently...
- adverb with persistence
- adverb in a persistent manner
- implicitly4/5
implicitly
- adverb without doubting or questioning
- I implicitly trust him
- adverb without ever expressing so clearly
- he implicitly assumes that you know the answer
- adverb without doubting or questioning
- honestly4/5
honestly
- adverb (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
candidly; frankly.
- honestly, I don't believe it
- candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience
- frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn
- adverb in an honest manner
aboveboard.
- in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it
- was known for dealing aboveboard in everything
- adverb (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
- neatly4/5
neatly
- adverb with neatness
- she put the slippers under the bed neatly
- adverb with neatness
- patiently4/5
patiently
- adverb with patience; in a patient manner
- he patiently played with the child
- adverb with patience; in a patient manner
- lastly4/5
lastly
- adverb the item at the end
in conclusion; finally; last.
- last, I'll discuss family values
- adverb the item at the end
- confidently4/5
confidently
- adverb with confidence; in a confident manner
- we have to do what is right confidently
- adverb with confidence; in a confident manner
- beatles4/5
beatles
- noun a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
- noun a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
- infrequently4/5
infrequently
- adverb not many times
- in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room
- adverb not many times
- transatlantic4/5
transatlantic
- adjective crossing the Atlantic Ocean
- transatlantic flight
- adjective crossing the Atlantic Ocean
- doubtless4/5
doubtless
- adverb without doubt; certainly
undoubtedly; doubtlessly.
- it's undoubtedly very beautiful
- adverb without doubt; certainly
- firstly4/5
firstly
- adverb before anything else
first off; foremost; first of all; first.
- first we must consider the garter snake
- adverb before anything else
- bentley4/5
bentley
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- outlaws3/5
outlaw
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; crook; criminal; felon.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- settles3/5
settle
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
settee.
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
- throttle3/5
throttle
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
throttle valve; accelerator.
- noun a pedal that controls the throttle valve
gas pedal; accelerator pedal; accelerator; gas; gun.
- he stepped on the gas
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- dismantling3/5
dismantling
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
dismantlement; disassembly.
- Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; dismantle; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
- battling3/5
battle
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
engagement; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
struggle.
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle
- he fought a battle for recognition
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- subtlety3/5
subtlety
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; nuance; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
niceness.
- you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- dismantled3/5
dismantled
- adjective satellite torn down and broken up
demolished; razed.
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; dismantle; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- adjective satellite torn down and broken up
- outlawed3/5
outlawed
- adjective satellite contrary to or forbidden by law
illegitimate; illicit; outlaw; unlawful.
- an illegitimate seizure of power
- illicit trade
- an outlaw strike
- unlawful measures
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; outlaw; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- adjective satellite contrary to or forbidden by law
- motley3/5
motley
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
mixture; smorgasbord; variety; miscellanea; mixed bag; salmagundi; miscellany; assortment; potpourri.
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
- noun a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- wrestle3/5
wrestle
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
grappling; grapple; wrestling; hand-to-hand struggle.
- they had a fierce wrestle
- we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
- verb combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
- He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- wrestled3/5
wrestle
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
grappling; grapple; wrestling; hand-to-hand struggle.
- they had a fierce wrestle
- we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
- verb combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
- He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- subtleties3/5
subtlety
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; nuance; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
- noun the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
niceness.
- you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- battled3/5
battle
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
engagement; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
struggle.
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle
- he fought a battle for recognition
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- dismantle3/5
dismantle
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; break apart; disassemble.
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- priestley3/5
priestley
- noun English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)
Joseph Priestley.
- noun English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)
- mottled3/5
mottled
- adjective satellite having spots or patches of color
dappled.
- verb mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
streak; blotch; mottle.
- adjective satellite having spots or patches of color
- startle3/5
startle
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
jump; start.
- he awoke with a start
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
- bristles3/5
bristle
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- noun a stiff hair
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- beastly3/5
beastly
- adjective satellite very unpleasant
god-awful; hellish.
- hellish weather
- stop that god-awful racket
- adjective satellite resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
brutish; bestial; brute; brutal.
- beastly desires
- a bestial nature
- brute force
- a dull and brutish man
- bestial treatment of prisoners
- adjective satellite very unpleasant
- bristle3/5
bristle
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- noun a stiff hair
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- rattling3/5
rattling
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
rattle; rale.
- the death rattle
- verb make short successive sounds
rattle.
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
- bottled3/5
bottle
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- noun the quantity contained in a bottle
bottleful.
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- nestled3/5
nestled
- adjective satellite drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
snuggled.
- saw a number of small houses nestled against the hillside
- like a baby snuggled in its mother's arms
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; nestle; cuddle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- adjective satellite drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
- whistled3/5
whistle
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
whistling.
- noun the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
whistling.
- the whistle signalled the end of the game
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
- rustling3/5
rustling
- noun the stealing of cattle
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whispering; whisper; rustle.
- noun the stealing of cattle
- bottleneck3/5
bottleneck
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
chokepoint; constriction.
- noun the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- subtitle3/5
subtitle
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
caption.
- noun secondary or explanatory title
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- whistles3/5
whistle
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
whistling.
- noun the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
whistling.
- the whistle signalled the end of the game
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
- battleship3/5
battleship
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battlewagon.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- saintly3/5
saintly
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
angelic; sainted; beatific; saintlike; angelical.
- angelic beneficence
- a beatific smile
- a saintly concern for his fellow men
- my sainted mother
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- rustle3/5
rustle
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whispering; whisper; rustling.
- verb make a dry crackling sound
- rustling silk
- the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- battleships3/5
battleship
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battlewagon.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- bottlenecks3/5
bottleneck
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
chokepoint; constriction.
- noun the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- nestle3/5
nestle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
cuddle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; cuddle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- wrestler3/5
wrestler
- noun combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
matman; grappler.
- noun combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
- bristled3/5
bristled
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; thorny; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- verb be in a state of movement or action
abound; bristle; burst.
- The room abounded with screaming children
- The garden bristled with toddlers
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- doolittle3/5
doolittle
- noun United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
James Harold Doolittle; Jimmy Doolittle.
- noun United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
- bottling3/5
bottle
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- noun the quantity contained in a bottle
bottleful.
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- wrestlers3/5
wrestler
- noun combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
matman; grappler.
- noun combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
- rattles3/5
rattle
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
rale; rattling.
- the death rattle
- noun a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken
- noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
- nettle3/5
nettle
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
urticate.
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- hurtling3/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- rustled3/5
rustle
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whispering; whisper; rustling.
- verb make a dry crackling sound
- rustling silk
- the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- kettles3/5
kettle
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
boiler.
- noun the quantity a kettle will hold
kettleful.
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- nestling3/5
nestling
- noun young bird not yet fledged
baby bird.
- noun a young person of either sex
tiddler; nipper; tyke; small fry; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; minor; kid.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
- noun young bird not yet fledged
- nettles3/5
nettle
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
urticate.
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- subtitles3/5
subtitle
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
caption.
- noun secondary or explanatory title
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- sweetly3/5
sweetly
- adverb in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')
sweet.
- Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly
- how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare
- talking sweet to each other
- adverb in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')
- entitlements3/5
entitlement
- noun right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
- entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget
- noun right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits)
- bustling3/5
bustling
- adjective satellite full of energetic and noisy activity
- a bustling city
- verb move or cause to move energetically or busily
hustle; bustle; bustle about.
- The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
- adjective satellite full of energetic and noisy activity
- bustle3/5
bustle
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; ado; stir; hustle.
- noun a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
- noun a rapid active commotion
- heartland3/5
heartland
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- outlay3/5
outlay
- noun the act of spending or disbursing money
spending; disbursement; disbursal.
- noun money paid out; an amount spent
spending; outgo; expenditure.
- noun the act of spending or disbursing money
- heartless3/5
heartless
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
hardhearted.
- adjective satellite devoid of courage or enthusiasm
- adjective lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
- patently3/5
patently
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
plainly; plain; obviously; manifestly; apparently; evidently.
- the answer is obviously wrong
- she was in bed and evidently in great pain
- he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
- it is all patently nonsense
- she has apparently been living here for some time
- I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
- You are plainly wrong
- he is plain stubborn
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
- absently3/5
absently
- adverb in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
inattentively; absentmindedly; abstractedly.
- he read the letter absently
- adverb in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
- whistler3/5
whistler
- noun someone who makes a loud high sound
- noun United States painter (1834-1903)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
- noun someone who makes a loud high sound
- gentler3/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- entitle3/5
entitle
- verb give the right to
- The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
- verb give a title to
title.
- verb give the right to
- battlefields3/5
battlefield
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- outlays3/5
outlay
- noun the act of spending or disbursing money
spending; disbursement; disbursal.
- noun money paid out; an amount spent
spending; outgo; expenditure.
- noun the act of spending or disbursing money
- hustle3/5
hustle
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; confidence trick; con.
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; bustle; ado; stir.
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- battleground3/5
battleground
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battlefield; field; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- smartly3/5
smartly
- adverb in a clever manner
cleverly.
- they were cleverly arranged
- a smartly managed business
- adverb with vigor; in a vigorous manner
vigorously.
- he defended his ideas vigorously
- adverb in a clever manner
- gentlemanly3/5
gentlemanly
- adjective satellite befitting a man of good breeding
gentlemanlike.
- gentlemanly behavior
- adjective satellite befitting a man of good breeding
- nightlife3/5
nightlife
- noun the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion
night life.
- noun the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)
night life.
- a futile search for intelligent nightlife
- in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs
- noun the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion
- magnificently3/5
magnificently
- adverb extremely well
excellently; splendidly; famously.
- he did splendidly in the exam
- we got along famously
- adverb in an impressively beautiful manner
gorgeously; splendidly; resplendently.
- the Princess was gorgeously dressed
- adverb extremely well
- hustled3/5
hustle
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; confidence trick; con.
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; bustle; ado; stir.
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- bristling3/5
bristle
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- noun a stiff hair
- noun a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
- embattled3/5
embattled
- adjective satellite prepared for battle
- an embattled city
- verb fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense
embattle.
- an embattled castle
- adjective satellite prepared for battle
- settlor3/5
settlor
- noun (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
trustor.
- noun (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
- entitles3/5
entitle
- verb give the right to
- The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
- verb give a title to
title.
- verb give the right to
- listless3/5
listless
- adjective satellite lacking zest or vivacity
- he was listless and bored
- adjective satellite marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
dispirited.
- a dispirited and divided Party
- reacted to the crisis with listless resignation
- adjective satellite lacking zest or vivacity
- outlived3/5
outlive
- verb live longer than
survive; outlast.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- unsightly3/5
unsightly
- adjective satellite unpleasant to look at
- unsightly billboards
- adjective satellite unpleasant to look at
- battlements3/5
battlement
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
crenellation; crenelation.
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- jostling3/5
jostling
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
jostle.
- verb make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
jostle.
- We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
- cutlery3/5
cutlery
- noun a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
cutting tool; cutter.
- noun tableware implements for cutting and eating food
eating utensil.
- noun a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- resettled3/5
resettled
- adjective satellite settled in a new location
relocated.
- verb settle in a new place
resettle.
- The immigrants had to resettle
- adjective satellite settled in a new location
- whittle3/5
whittle
- verb cut small bits or pare shavings from
pare.
- whittle a piece of wood
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
Sir Frank Whittle; Frank Whittle.
- verb cut small bits or pare shavings from
- jostled3/5
jostle
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
jostling.
- verb make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
- We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
- scuttled3/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- excellently3/5
excellently
- adverb extremely well
splendidly; famously; magnificently.
- he did splendidly in the exam
- we got along famously
- adverb extremely well
- portly3/5
portly
- adjective satellite euphemisms for `fat'
stout.
- men are portly and women are stout
- adjective satellite euphemisms for `fat'
- hustler3/5
hustler
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
floozy; streetwalker; floozie; slattern; street girl; hooker.
- noun a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
operator; wheeler dealer.
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- mettle3/5
mettle
- noun the courage to carry on
heart; spunk; nerve.
- he kept fighting on pure spunk
- you haven't got the heart for baseball
- noun the courage to carry on
- pestle3/5
pestle
- noun machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
stamp.
- noun a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
pounder; muller.
- noun machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- outlive3/5
outlive
- verb live longer than
survive; outlast.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- unsettling3/5
unsettle
- verb disturb the composure of
faze; enervate; unnerve.
- verb disturb the composure of
- fruitless3/5
fruitless
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
sleeveless; vain; bootless; futile.
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
- epistles3/5
epistle
- noun a specially long, formal letter
- noun a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
- noun a specially long, formal letter
- limitless3/5
limitless
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
measureless; illimitable.
- limitless vastness of our solar system
- adjective having no limits in range or scope
unlimited.
- to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv
- the limitless reaches of outer space
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
- eloquently3/5
eloquently
- adverb with eloquence
articulately.
- he expressed his ideas eloquently
- adverb in an articulate manner
articulately.
- he argued articulately for his plan
- adverb with eloquence
- elegantly3/5
elegantly
- adverb with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
- the room was elegantly decorated
- adverb in a gracefully elegant manner
- the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do
- adverb with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
- imperfectly3/5
imperfectly
- adverb in an imperfect or faulty way
amiss.
- The lobe was imperfectly developed
- Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen
- adverb in an imperfect or faulty way
- atlantis3/5
atlantis
- noun according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
- noun according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
- outliers3/5
outlier
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- noun an extreme deviation from the mean
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- disgruntled3/5
disgruntled
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
dissatisfied.
- verb put into a bad mood or into bad humour
disgruntle.
- The employees were disgruntled by their bad working conditions
- adjective satellite in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
- cutler3/5
cutler
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- defiantly3/5
defiantly
- adverb in a rebellious manner
rebelliously; contumaciously.
- he rejected her words rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
- maitland3/5
maitland
- noun English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
Frederic William Maitland.
- noun English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
- spotless3/5
spotless
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
spick; speckless; spick-and-span; spic-and-span; spic; immaculate.
- the apartment was immaculate
- in her immaculate white uniform
- a spick-and-span kitchen
- their spic red-visored caps
- adjective satellite completely neat and clean
- blatantly3/5
blatantly
- adverb in a blatant manner
- they blatantly violated the laws
- adverb in a blatant manner
- thistle3/5
thistle
- noun any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- noun any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- expertly3/5
expertly
- adverb in an expert manner
like an expert.
- he repaired the TV set expertly
- adverb in an expert manner
- rattlesnake3/5
rattlesnake
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
rattler.
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- rutledge3/5
rutledge
- noun United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)
John Rutledge.
- noun United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)
- obediently3/5
obediently
- adverb in an obedient manner
yieldingly.
- obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking
- adverb in an obedient manner
- gauntlet3/5
gauntlet
- noun to offer or accept a challenge
gantlet.
- threw down the gauntlet
- took up the gauntlet
- noun a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
metal glove; gantlet.
- noun to offer or accept a challenge
- outlier3/5
outlier
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- noun an extreme deviation from the mean
- noun a person who lives away from his place of work
- prudently3/5
prudently
- adverb in a prudent manner
providentially.
- I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom.
- adverb in a prudent manner
- subtler3/5
subtle
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
elusive.
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
- adjective satellite able to make fine distinctions
- a subtle mind
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- shetland3/5
shetland
- noun an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Shetland Islands; Zetland.
- noun a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands
Shetland sheepdog; Shetland sheep dog.
- noun an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
- transparently3/5
transparently
- adverb so as to be easily understood or seen through
- his transparently lucid prose
- his transparently deceitful behavior
- adverb so as to allow the passage of light
- the red brilliance of the claret shines transparently in our glasses
- adverb so as to be easily understood or seen through
- coherently3/5
coherently
- adverb in a coherent manner
- she could not talk coherently after the accident
- adverb in a coherent manner
- negligently3/5
negligently
- adverb in a negligent manner
- he did his work negligently
- adverb in a negligent manner
- abstractly3/5
abstractly
- adverb in abstract terms
- adverb in abstract terms
- competently3/5
competently
- adverb with competence; in a competent capable manner
ably; capably; aptly.
- they worked competently
- adverb with competence; in a competent capable manner
- outlooks3/5
outlook
- noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
mind-set; mentality; mindset.
- noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future
prospect; expectation.
- noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- attlee3/5
attlee
- noun British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
Clement Attlee; 1st Earl Attlee; Clement Richard Attlee.
- noun British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
- mistletoe3/5
mistletoe
- noun American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
false mistletoe.
- noun Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
Old World mistletoe; Viscum album.
- noun American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
- faultless3/5
faultless
- adjective satellite without fault or error
impeccable; immaculate.
- faultless logic
- speaks impeccable French
- timing and technique were immaculate
- an immaculate record
- adjective satellite without fault or error
- knightly3/5
knightly
- adjective satellite characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
medieval; chivalric.
- chivalric rites
- the knightly years
- adjective satellite being attentive to women like an ideal knight
chivalrous; gallant.
- adjective satellite characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
- courtly3/5
courtly
- adjective satellite refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
stately; formal.
- a courtly gentleman
- adjective satellite refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- vehemently3/5
vehemently
- adverb in a vehement manner
- he vehemently denied the accusations against him
- adverb in a vehement manner
- relentlessly3/5
relentlessly
- adverb in a relentless manner
unrelentingly.
- he worked relentlessly
- adverb in a relentless manner
- incessantly3/5
incessantly
- adverb with unflagging resolve
ceaselessly; unceasingly; continuously; endlessly; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
- adverb without interruption
always; forever; constantly; perpetually.
- the world is constantly changing
- adverb with unflagging resolve
- succinctly3/5
succinctly
- adverb with concise and precise brevity; to the point
compactly.
- Please state your case as succinctly as possible
- he wrote compactly but clearly
- adverb with concise and precise brevity; to the point
- outlying3/5
outlying
- adjective satellite relatively far from a center or middle
- outlying settlements
- adjective satellite relatively far from a center or middle
- triumphantly3/5
triumphantly
- adverb in a triumphant manner
- she shouted triumphantly
- adverb in a triumphant manner
- unjustly3/5
unjustly
- adverb in an unjust manner
- he was unjustly singled out for punishment
- adverb in an unjust manner
- untitled3/5
untitled
- adjective satellite not of the nobility
ungentle; ignoble.
- of ignoble (or ungentle) birth
- untitled civilians
- adjective satellite not of the nobility
- intermittently3/5
intermittently
- adverb in an intermittent manner
- intermittently we questioned the barometer
- adverb in an intermittent manner
- innocently3/5
innocently
- adverb in a not unlawful manner
- he claimed to have purchased the contraband innocently
- adverb in a naively innocent manner
- she smiled at him innocently
- adverb in a not unlawful manner
- intelligently3/5
intelligently
- adverb in an intelligent manner
- she acted intelligently in this difficult situation
- adverb in an intelligent manner
- insufficiently3/5
insufficiently
- adverb to an insufficient degree
- he was insufficiently prepared
- adverb to an insufficient degree
- deftly3/5
deftly
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
dexterously; dextrously.
- dextrously he untied the knots
- adverb in a deft manner
- Lois deftly removed her scarf
- adverb with dexterity; in a dexterous manner
- indignantly3/5
indignantly
- adverb in an indignant manner
- Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry
- adverb in an indignant manner
- thoughtless3/5
thoughtless
- adjective showing lack of careful thought
- the debate turned into thoughtless bickering
- adjective satellite without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'"
unthinking; uncaring.
- the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread
- adjective showing lack of careful thought
- steadfastly3/5
steadfastly
- adverb with resolute determination
firm; unwaveringly; firmly.
- we firmly believed it
- you must stand firm
- adverb with resolute determination
- hesitantly3/5
hesitantly
- adverb with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
hesitatingly.
- he finally accepted hesitantly
- adverb with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
- outlandish3/5
outlandish
- adjective satellite conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
gonzo; freakish; eccentric; outre; flaky; bizarre; freaky; off-the-wall; flakey.
- restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit
- famed for his eccentric spelling
- a freakish combination of styles
- his off-the-wall antics
- the outlandish clothes of teenagers
- outre and affected stage antics
- adjective satellite conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- effortless3/5
effortless
- adjective requiring or apparently requiring no effort
- the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air
- adjective satellite not showing effort or strain
casual.
- a difficult feat performed with casual mastery
- careless grace
- adjective requiring or apparently requiring no effort
- wheatley3/5
wheatley
- noun American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)
Phillis Wheatley.
- noun American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784)
- covertly3/5
covertly
- adverb in a covert manner
- he did it covertly
- adverb in a covert manner
- indifferently3/5
indifferently
- adverb with indifference; in an indifferent manner
- she shrugged indifferently
- adverb with indifference; in an indifferent manner
- expectantly3/5
expectantly
- adverb in an expectant manner
- she looked at him expectantly
- adverb in an expectant manner
- antlers3/5
antler
- noun deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
- noun deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
- fluently3/5
fluently
- adverb in a fluent manner
- she speaks French fluently
- adverb in a fluent manner
- distantly3/5
distantly
- adverb from or at a distance
- dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness
- adverb from or at a distance
- rutland3/5
rutland
- noun a town in central Vermont
- noun a town in central Vermont
- insistently3/5
insistently
- adverb in an insistent manner
- adverb in an insistent manner
- gallantly3/5
gallantly
- adverb in a gallant manner
chivalrously.
- he gallantly offered to take her home
- adverb in a gallant manner
- adamantly3/5
adamantly
- adverb inflexibly; unshakably
- adamantly opposed to the marriage
- adverb inflexibly; unshakably
- devoutly3/5
devoutly
- adverb in a devout and pious manner
piously.
- she was devoutly Catholic
- adverb in a devout and pious manner
- nonchalantly3/5
nonchalantly
- adverb in a composed and unconcerned manner
coolly; nervelessly.
- without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher
- adverb in an unconcerned manner
casually.
- glanced casually at the headlines
- adverb in a composed and unconcerned manner
- stoutly3/5
stoutly
- adverb in a resolute manner
- he was stoutly replying to his critics
- adverb in a resolute manner
- poignantly3/5
poignantly
- adverb in a poignant or touching manner
touchingly; affectingly.
- she spoke poignantly
- adverb in a poignant or touching manner
- antler3/5
antler
- noun deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
- noun deciduous horn of a member of the deer family
- fortnightly3/5
fortnightly
- adjective satellite occurring every two weeks
biweekly.
- adverb every two weeks
biweekly.
- he visited his cousins fortnightly
- adjective satellite occurring every two weeks
- fraudulently3/5
fraudulently
- adverb in a dishonest and fraudulent manner
- this money was fraudulently obtained
- adverb in a dishonest and fraudulent manner
- modestly3/5
modestly
- adverb with modesty; in a modest manner
- the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'
- adverb with modesty; in a modest manner
- bluntly3/5
bluntly
- adverb in a blunt direct manner
brusquely; bluffly; roundly; flat out.
- he spoke bluntly
- he stated his opinion flat-out
- he was criticized roundly
- adverb in a blunt direct manner
- flatly3/5
flatly
- adverb in an unqualified manner
unconditionally; categorically.
- he flatly denied the charges
- adverb in an unqualified manner
- hotly3/5
hotly
- adverb in a heated manner
heatedly.
- `To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly
- the children were arguing hotly
- adverb in a heated manner
- fervently3/5
fervently
- adverb with passionate fervor
fierily; fervidly.
- both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people
- a fierily opinionated book
- adverb with passionate fervor
- myrtle3/5
myrtle
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Vinca minor.
- noun any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
- effortlessly3/5
effortlessly
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- she danced gracefully and effortlessly
- swallows gliding effortlessly through the air
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- reverently3/5
reverently
- adverb with reverence; in a reverent manner
reverentially.
- he gazed reverently at the handiwork
- adverb with reverence; in a reverent manner
- ardently3/5
ardently
- adverb in an ardent manner
- the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired
- adverb in an ardent manner
- restlessly3/5
restlessly
- adverb in a restless manner
- he cracked his knuckles restlessly
- adverb in a restless manner
- decently3/5
decently
- adverb in a decent manner
- they don't know how to dress decently
- adverb in the right manner
right; decent; in good order; properly; the right way.
- please do your job properly!
- can't you carry me decent?
- adverb in a decent manner
- valiantly3/5
valiantly
- adverb with valor; in a valiant manner
valorously.
- he fought valiantly until the end
- adverb with valor; in a valiant manner
- discreetly3/5
discreetly
- adverb with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
- I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this
- adverb with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
- tacitly3/5
tacitly
- adverb in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement
- they are tacitly expected to work 10 hours a day
- adverb in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement
- curtly3/5
curtly
- adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
short; shortly.
- he told me curtly to get on with it
- he talked short with everyone
- he said shortly that he didn't like it
- adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- startlingly3/5
startlingly
- adverb in a startling manner
- a startlingly modern voice
- adverb in a startling manner
- gottlieb3/5
gottlieb
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- frontline3/5
frontline
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- caitlin3/5
caitlin
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- hotline3/5
hotline
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- equivalently3/5
equivalent
- noun a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
- send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps
- noun the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
combining weight; eq; equivalent weight.
- noun a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
- whitley3/5
whitley
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- covalently3/5
covalent
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by covalence
- covalent bond
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by covalence
- concomitantly3/5
concomitant
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
attendant; accompaniment; co-occurrence.
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
accompanying; incidental; consequent; attendant; resultant; sequent; ensuant.
- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
- noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- jetliner2/5
jetliner
- noun a large jet plane that carries passengers
- noun a large jet plane that carries passengers
- belittle2/5
belittle
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; derogate; denigrate.
- Don't belittle his influence
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; disparage.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
- outlawing2/5
outlaw
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; crook; criminal; felon.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
- belittling2/5
belittling
- noun a belittling comment
denigration.
- noun the act of belittling
- noun a belittling comment
- belittled2/5
belittled
- adjective satellite made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
small; diminished.
- her comments made me feel small
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; derogate; denigrate; belittle.
- Don't belittle his influence
- adjective satellite made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
- mantles2/5
mantle
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders
- noun United States baseball player (1931-1997)
Mickey Mantle; Mickey Charles Mantle.
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- bootleg2/5
bootleg
- noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
moonshine; corn liquor.
- noun the part of a boot above the instep
- noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
- rattler2/5
rattler
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
rattlesnake.
- noun a railroad train consisting of freight cars
freight train.
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- startles2/5
startle
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
jump; start.
- he awoke with a start
- verb to stimulate to action
galvanise; galvanize.
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
- noun a sudden involuntary movement
- wrestles2/5
wrestle
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
grappling; grapple; wrestling; hand-to-hand struggle.
- they had a fierce wrestle
- we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
- verb combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
- He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- throttles2/5
throttle
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
throttle valve; accelerator.
- noun a pedal that controls the throttle valve
gas pedal; accelerator pedal; accelerator; gas; gun.
- he stepped on the gas
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- mantled2/5
mantled
- adjective satellite covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
clothed; draped; wrapped; cloaked.
- leaf-clothed trees
- fog-cloaked meadows
- a beam draped with cobwebs
- cloud-wrapped peaks
- verb spread over a surface, like a mantle
mantle.
- adjective satellite covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
- bootleggers2/5
bootlegger
- noun someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
moonshiner.
- noun someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
- mottling2/5
mottling
- noun the act of coloring with areas of different shades
- verb mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
streak; blotch; mottle.
- noun the act of coloring with areas of different shades
- bootlegger2/5
bootlegger
- noun someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
moonshiner.
- noun someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
- rattlers2/5
rattler
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
rattlesnake.
- noun a railroad train consisting of freight cars
freight train.
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- mottle2/5
mottle
- noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color
- it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green
- verb mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
streak; blotch.
- noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color
- belittles2/5
belittle
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; derogate; denigrate.
- Don't belittle his influence
- verb express a negative opinion of
pick at; disparage.
- She disparaged her student's efforts
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
- dismantles2/5
dismantle
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
rase; level; take down; pull down; tear down; raze.
- The building was levelled
- verb take apart into its constituent pieces
take apart; break up; break apart; disassemble.
- verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- spotlights2/5
spotlight
- noun a focus of public attention
limelight; public eye; glare.
- he enjoyed being in the limelight
- when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
- noun a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
spot.
- noun a focus of public attention
- shuttles2/5
shuttle
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttlecock; bird; birdie.
- noun public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- subtitled2/5
subtitle
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
caption.
- noun secondary or explanatory title
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- spittle2/5
spittle
- noun a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
saliva; spit.
- noun a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
- atlases2/5
atlas
- noun (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- noun a collection of maps in book form
book of maps; map collection.
- noun (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
- wattle2/5
wattle
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet.
- noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- gentlewoman2/5
gentlewoman
- noun a woman of refinement
madam; ma'am; lady; dame.
- a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
- noun a woman of refinement
- hurtled2/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- throttling2/5
throttling
- noun the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
strangling; strangulation; choking.
- no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
- verb place limits on (extent or access)
throttle; bound; restrict; trammel; restrain; limit; confine.
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
- noun the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
- shuttling2/5
shuttle
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttlecock; bird; birdie.
- noun public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- throttled2/5
throttle
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
throttle valve; accelerator.
- noun a pedal that controls the throttle valve
gas pedal; accelerator pedal; accelerator; gas; gun.
- he stepped on the gas
- noun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
- nestlings2/5
nestling
- noun young bird not yet fledged
baby bird.
- noun a young person of either sex
tiddler; nipper; tyke; small fry; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; minor; kid.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
- noun young bird not yet fledged
- shuttled2/5
shuttle
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttlecock; bird; birdie.
- noun public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- bristly2/5
bristly
- adjective satellite very irritable
waspish; prickly; splenetic.
- bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
- he became prickly and spiteful
- witty and waspish about his colleagues
- adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed; burry; briary; briery; setaceous; thorny; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
- adjective satellite very irritable
- rustlers2/5
rustler
- noun someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
cattle thief.
- noun someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
- dishonestly2/5
dishonestly
- adverb in a corrupt and deceitful manner
deceitfully; venally.
- he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend
- adverb in a corrupt and deceitful manner
- littlest2/5
little
- noun a small amount or duration
- he accepted the little they gave him
- adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
small.
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
- noun a small amount or duration
- listlessness2/5
listlessness
- noun a feeling of lack of interest or energy
languor; lassitude.
- noun inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
torpor; torpidity; torpidness.
- noun a feeling of lack of interest or energy
- radiantly2/5
radiantly
- adverb in a radiant manner
- the bride smiled radiantly
- adverb in a radiant manner
- gentlewomen2/5
gentlewoman
- noun a woman of refinement
madam; ma'am; lady; dame.
- a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady
- noun a woman of refinement
- plantlets2/5
- bootlegging2/5
bootlegging
- noun the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally
- the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable
- noun the act of selling illegally or without permission
- the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia
- noun the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally
- spiritless2/5
spiritless
- adjective lacking ardor or vigor or energy
- a spiritless reply to criticism
- adjective satellite evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
meek.
- compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others
- a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott
- she looked meek but had the heart of a lion
- was submissive and subservient
- adjective lacking ardor or vigor or energy
- littler2/5
littler
- adjective satellite small or little relative to something else
smaller.
- adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
small; little.
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
- adjective satellite small or little relative to something else
- nettled2/5
nettled
- adjective satellite aroused to impatience or anger
riled; pissed off; peeved; stung; miffed; roiled; steamed; annoyed; pissed; irritated.
- made an irritated gesture
- feeling nettled from the constant teasing
- peeved about being left out
- felt really pissed at her snootiness
- riled no end by his lies
- roiled by the delay
- verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
nettle; urticate.
- adjective satellite aroused to impatience or anger
- outlawry2/5
outlawry
- noun illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
lawlessness.
- noun illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
- wattles2/5
wattle
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet.
- noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- illicitly2/5
illicitly
- adverb in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom
illegitimately.
- He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold
- adverb in an illegal manner
illegally; lawlessly.
- they dumped the waste illegally
- adverb in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom
- nestles2/5
nestle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
cuddle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; cuddle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- battlefront2/5
battlefront
- noun the line along which opposing armies face each other
front; front line.
- noun the line along which opposing armies face each other
- hurtle2/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- spotlighted2/5
spotlight
- noun a focus of public attention
limelight; public eye; glare.
- he enjoyed being in the limelight
- when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
- noun a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
spot.
- noun a focus of public attention
- rustler2/5
rustler
- noun someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
cattle thief.
- noun someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
- spotlighting2/5
spotlight
- noun a focus of public attention
limelight; public eye; glare.
- he enjoyed being in the limelight
- when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
- noun a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
spot.
- noun a focus of public attention
- subtitling2/5
subtitle
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
caption.
- noun secondary or explanatory title
- noun translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- beetling2/5
beetling
- adjective satellite jutting or overhanging
beetle.
- beetle brows
- verb be suspended over or hang over
overhang; beetle.
- This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
- adjective satellite jutting or overhanging
- rustles2/5
rustle
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whispering; whisper; rustling.
- verb make a dry crackling sound
- rustling silk
- the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- sprightly2/5
sprightly
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- a sprightly young girl
- a sprightly dance
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- forecastle2/5
forecastle
- noun living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
fo'c'sle.
- noun living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
- transiently2/5
transiently
- adverb for a very short time
- these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process
- adverb for a very short time
- bustled2/5
bustle
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; ado; stir; hustle.
- noun a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
- noun a rapid active commotion
- hustling2/5
hustle
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; confidence trick; con.
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; bustle; ado; stir.
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- coastlines2/5
coastline
- noun the outline of a coast
- noun the outline of a coast
- artless2/5
artless
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
ingenuous.
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility
- adjective simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
- an artless manner
- artless elegance
- adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- scuttle2/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- jutland2/5
jutland
- noun peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany
Jylland.
- noun an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark
battle of Jutland.
- noun peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany
- gentlest2/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- whittled2/5
whittle
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
Sir Frank Whittle; Frank Whittle.
- verb cut small bits or pare shavings from
pare.
- whittle a piece of wood
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
- outlast2/5
outlast
- verb live longer than
survive; outlive.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- cutlass2/5
cutlass
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
- entitling2/5
entitle
- verb give the right to
- The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
- verb give a title to
title.
- verb give the right to
- rootless2/5
rootless
- adjective satellite wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
vagabond.
- led a vagabond life
- a rootless wanderer
- verb dig with the snout
rout; root; rootle.
- the pig was rooting for truffles
- adjective satellite wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
- potlatch2/5
potlatch
- noun a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
- noun a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
- prattle2/5
prattle
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
chin music; prate; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- turtleneck2/5
turtleneck
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtle; polo-neck.
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- jostle2/5
jostle
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
jostling.
- verb make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
- We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
- scuttling2/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- titling2/5
title
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
statute title; rubric.
- Title 8 provided federal help for schools
- noun the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title
- he refused to give titles to his paintings
- I can never remember movie titles
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- resettle2/5
resettle
- verb settle in a new place
- The immigrants had to resettle
- verb settle in a new place
- hustlers2/5
hustler
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
floozy; streetwalker; floozie; slattern; street girl; hooker.
- noun a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
operator; wheeler dealer.
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
- weightlessness2/5
weightlessness
- noun the property of being comparatively small in weight
lightness.
- the lightness of balsa wood
- noun the property of being comparatively small in weight
- brittleness2/5
brittleness
- noun firm but easily broken
crispness; crispiness.
- noun firm but easily broken
- resistless2/5
resistless
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
irresistible.
- irresistible (or resistless) impulses
- what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; unresisting.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
- whittling2/5
whittle
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
Sir Frank Whittle; Frank Whittle.
- verb cut small bits or pare shavings from
pare.
- whittle a piece of wood
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
- littleness2/5
littleness
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
smallness.
- noun the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
smallness.
- the smallness of her voice
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
- tattle2/5
tattle
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
telling; singing.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- exuberantly2/5
exuberantly
- adverb in an exuberant manner
riotously.
- the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church
- adverb in an ebullient manner
ebulliently; expansively.
- Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression
- adverb in an exuberant manner
- meatloaf2/5
meatloaf
- noun a baked loaf of ground meat
meat loaf.
- noun a baked loaf of ground meat
- weightlifting2/5
weightlifting
- noun bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights
weightlift.
- verb lift weights
press; weight-lift; weightlift.
- This guy can press 300 pounds
- noun bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights
- saintliness2/5
saintliness
- noun the quality of resembling a saint
- noun the quality of resembling a saint
- petulantly2/5
petulantly
- adverb in a petulant manner; `Go away!'"
pettishly; irritably; testily.
- he said testily
- adverb in a petulant manner; `Go away!'"
- outlasted2/5
outlast
- verb live longer than
survive; outlive.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- potently2/5
potently
- adverb in a manner having a powerful influence
powerfully.
- Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind
- adverb in a manner having a powerful influence
- gristle2/5
gristle
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
cartilage.
- noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
- rootlets2/5
rootlet
- noun small root or division of a root
- noun small root or division of a root
- heartlands2/5
heartland
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
- ostler2/5
ostler
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
hostler; groom; stableboy; stableman.
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- sutler2/5
sutler
- noun a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
victualer; victualler; provisioner.
- noun a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
- teakettle2/5
teakettle
- noun kettle for boiling water to make tea
- noun kettle for boiling water to make tea
- resettling2/5
resettle
- verb settle in a new place
- The immigrants had to resettle
- verb settle in a new place
- shortlist2/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- cutlasses2/5
cutlass
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
- prattling2/5
prattle
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
chin music; prate; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- mazatlan2/5
mazatlan
- noun a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center
- noun a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center
- luxuriantly2/5
luxuriantly
- adverb in an abundant and luxuriant manner
- whiskers grew luxuriantly from his ample jowls
- adverb in an elegantly luxuriant way
- this suave, culture-loving and luxuriantly good-looking M.P.represents the car-workers of Coventry
- adverb in an abundant and luxuriant manner
- battlegrounds2/5
battleground
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battlefield; field; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- shortlisted2/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- belligerently2/5
belligerently
- adverb with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner
hostilely.
- he pushed her against the wall belligerently
- adverb with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner
- corruptly2/5
corruptly
- adverb in a corrupt manner
corruptedly.
- adverb in a corrupt manner
- bottlers2/5
bottler
- noun a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages
- noun a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages
- brattle2/5
brattle
- verb make a rattling sound
clatter; clack.
- clattering dishes
- verb make a rattling sound
- battlement2/5
battlement
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
crenellation; crenelation.
- noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- hostler2/5
hostler
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
ostler; groom; stableboy; stableman.
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- dismantlement2/5
dismantlement
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
dismantling; disassembly.
- Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons
- noun the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
- pestles2/5
pestle
- noun machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
stamp.
- noun a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
pounder; muller.
- noun machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- bustles2/5
bustle
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; ado; stir; hustle.
- noun a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
- noun a rapid active commotion
- gentles2/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- prattled2/5
prattle
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
chin music; prate; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- outliving2/5
outlive
- verb live longer than
survive; outlast.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- ungentlemanly2/5
ungentlemanly
- adjective satellite not befitting a gentleman
ungentlemanlike.
- adjective satellite not befitting a gentleman
- weightless2/5
weightless
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- floating freely in a weightless condition
- a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth
- jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- extravagantly2/5
extravagantly
- adverb in an abundant manner
abundantly; profusely; copiously.
- they were abundantly supplied with food
- he thanked her profusely
- adverb in a wasteful manner
lavishly.
- the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap
- adverb in an abundant manner
- trestle2/5
trestle
- noun a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- noun sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
- noun a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- unpleasantly2/5
unpleasantly
- adverb in an unpleasant manner
- he had been unpleasantly surprised
- adverb in an unpleasant manner
- tittle2/5
tittle
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
smidge; smidgeon; scintilla; iota; smidgin; shred; whit; smidgen.
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- thistles2/5
thistle
- noun any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- noun any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- rattlesnakes2/5
rattlesnake
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
rattler.
- noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- streetlights2/5
streetlight
- noun a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
street lamp.
- noun a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
- inconsistently2/5
inconsistently
- adverb without showing consistency
- he acted inconsistently when he bought these stocks
- adverb without showing consistency
- dauntless2/5
dauntless
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
brave; fearless; audacious; hardy; intrepid; unfearing.
- audacious explorers
- fearless reporters and photographers
- intrepid pioneers
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- listlessly2/5
listlessly
- adverb in a listless manner
- they shook hands rather listlessly
- adverb in a listless manner
- koestler2/5
koestler
- noun British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
Arthur Koestler.
- noun British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
- robustly2/5
robustly
- adverb in a robust manner
- he was robustly built
- adverb in a robust manner
- guiltless2/5
guiltless
- adjective free from evil or guilt
clean-handed; innocent.
- an innocent child
- the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
- adjective free from evil or guilt
- waistline2/5
waistline
- noun the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
waist.
- noun the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
- unsettle2/5
unsettle
- verb disturb the composure of
faze; enervate; unnerve.
- verb disturb the composure of
- anciently2/5
anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- a concern with what may have happened anciently
- adverb in ancient times; long ago
- sightless2/5
sightless
- adjective satellite lacking sight
unseeing; eyeless.
- blind as an eyeless beggar
- adjective satellite lacking sight
- whistleblower2/5
whistleblower
- noun an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
whistle-blower; whistle blower.
- the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on
- the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
- noun an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
- thoughtlessness2/5
thoughtlessness
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
inconsiderateness; inconsideration.
- noun the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
unthoughtfulness.
- noun the quality of failing to be considerate of others
- cutlets2/5
cutlet
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
escallop; scollop; scallop.
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
- streetlight2/5
streetlight
- noun a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
street lamp.
- noun a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
- chortled2/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- indistinctly2/5
indistinctly
- adverb in a dim indistinct manner
dimly.
- we perceived the change only dimly
- adverb in a dim indistinct manner
- subtlest2/5
subtle
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
elusive.
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
- adjective satellite able to make fine distinctions
- a subtle mind
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- witless2/5
witless
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
senseless; soft-witted; nitwitted.
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- tactless2/5
tactless
- adjective lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
untactful.
- in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age
- adjective satellite revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
inept.
- an inept remark
- it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable
- adjective lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
- butlers2/5
butler
- noun a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
pantryman.
- noun English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
Samuel Butler.
- noun a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
- potluck2/5
potluck
- noun whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all
- having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck
- a potluck supper
- noun whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all
- footloose2/5
footloose
- adjective satellite free to go or do as one pleases
- Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on
- a footloose young man eager to see the big city
- adjective satellite free to go or do as one pleases
- christlike2/5
christlike
- adjective satellite resembling or showing the spirit of Christ
christly.
- adjective satellite resembling or showing the spirit of Christ
- hitlers2/5
hitler
- noun German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
Der Fuhrer; Adolf Hitler.
- noun German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
- conjointly2/5
conjointly
- adverb in conjunction with; combined
together with; collectively; jointly.
- our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage
- we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together
- adverb in conjunction with; combined
- relevantly2/5
relevantly
- adverb with relevance
- adverb with relevance
- whistleblowers2/5
whistleblower
- noun an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
whistle-blower; whistle blower.
- the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on
- the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
- noun an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
- trestles2/5
trestle
- noun a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- noun sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
- noun a supporting tower used to support a bridge
- vigilantly2/5
vigilantly
- adverb in a watchful manner
watchfully.
- adverb in a watchful manner
- gatling2/5
gatling
- noun United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
Richard Jordan Gatling.
- noun United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
- inconveniently2/5
inconveniently
- adverb in an inconvenient manner
- he arrived at an inconveniently late hour
- adverb in an inconvenient manner
- imminently2/5
imminently
- adverb in an imminent manner
- adverb in an imminent manner
- boatload2/5
boatload
- noun the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
carload; shipload.
- he imported wine by the boatload
- noun the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
- antecedently2/5
antecedently
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
previously.
- she had previously lived in Chicago
- he was previously president of a bank
- better than anything previously proposed
- a previously unquestioned attitude
- antecedently arranged
- adverb at an earlier time or formerly
- apostleship2/5
apostleship
- noun the position of apostle
- noun the position of apostle
- fauntleroy2/5
fauntleroy
- noun an excessively polite and well-dressed boy
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
- noun an excessively polite and well-dressed boy
- gauntlets2/5
gauntlet
- noun to offer or accept a challenge
gantlet.
- threw down the gauntlet
- took up the gauntlet
- noun a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
metal glove; gantlet.
- noun to offer or accept a challenge
- costlier2/5
costly
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
dearly-won.
- a dearly-won victory
- adjective satellite having a high price
dear; pricey; high-priced; pricy.
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
- costliest2/5
costly
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
dearly-won.
- a dearly-won victory
- adjective satellite having a high price
dear; pricey; high-priced; pricy.
- costly jewelry
- high-priced merchandise
- much too dear for my pocketbook
- a pricey restaurant
- adjective satellite entailing great loss or sacrifice
- insignificantly2/5
insignificantly
- adverb in an insignificant manner
- some people living insignificantly among us
- adverb not to a significant degree or amount
- Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts
- adverb in an insignificant manner
- unsettles2/5
unsettle
- verb disturb the composure of
faze; enervate; unnerve.
- verb disturb the composure of
- impudently2/5
impudently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
pertly; impertinently; freshly; saucily.
- a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
- 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
- ghostlike2/5
ghostlike
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of a phantom
spectral; spiritual; phantasmal; ghostly; apparitional.
- a ghostly face at the window
- a phantasmal presence in the room
- spectral emanations
- spiritual tappings at a seance
- adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of a phantom
- whitlow2/5
whitlow
- noun a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
felon.
- noun a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
- heartlessness2/5
heartlessness
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
hardheartedness; coldheartedness.
- noun an absence of concern for the welfare of others
- fetlock2/5
fetlock
- noun the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
fetlock joint.
- noun projection behind and above a horse's hoof
- noun the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
- scuttlebutt2/5
scuttlebutt
- noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
comment; gossip.
- the divorce caused much gossip
- noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
- pointlessly2/5
pointlessly
- adverb in a pointless manner
- he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery
- adverb in a pointless manner
- costliness2/5
costliness
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
preciousness; dearness.
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
- shuttlecock2/5
shuttlecock
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttle; bird; birdie.
- verb send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- uprightly2/5
uprightly
- adverb in an honorable manner
honorably.
- he acted honorably
- adverb in an upright position
- adverb in an honorable manner
- cutlet2/5
cutlet
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
escallop; scollop; scallop.
- noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
- pointlessness2/5
pointlessness
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
vacuity; senselessness; mindlessness; inanity.
- noun total lack of meaning or ideas
- gutless2/5
gutless
- adjective lacking courage or vitality
- he was a yellow gutless worm
- a spineless craven fellow
- adjective satellite weak in willpower, courage or vitality
wishy-washy; namby-pamby; spineless.
- adjective lacking courage or vitality
- lightless2/5
lightless
- adjective satellite giving no light
- lightless stars `visible' only to radio antennae
- adjective satellite without illumination
unilluminated; unlighted; unlit.
- came up the lightless stairs
- the unilluminated side of Mars
- through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets
- adjective satellite giving no light
- courtliness2/5
courtliness
- noun elegance suggestive of a royal court
- noun elegance suggestive of a royal court
- tautly2/5
tautly
- adverb in a taut manner
- the rope was tautly stretched
- adverb in a taut manner
- impotently2/5
impotently
- adverb in a helpless manner
helplessly; unable to help.
- the crowd watched him helplessly
- adverb in a helpless manner
- irrelevantly2/5
irrelevantly
- adverb in an irrelevant manner
- suddenly and irrelevantly, she asked him for money
- adverb in an irrelevant manner
- cantle2/5
cantle
- noun the back of a saddle seat
- noun the back of a saddle seat
- adroitly2/5
adroitly
- adverb with adroitness; in an adroit manner
- he handled the situation adroitly
- adverb with adroitness; in an adroit manner
- fitly2/5
fitly
- adverb in an appropriate manner
appropriately; befittingly; fittingly; suitably.
- he was appropriately dressed
- adverb in an appropriate manner
- cattlemen2/5
cattleman
- noun a man who raises (or tends) cattle
cow man; beef man.
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
puncher; cowherd; cowboy; cowpuncher; cowpoke; cowman; cowhand.
- noun a man who raises (or tends) cattle
- flagrantly2/5
flagrantly
- adverb in a flagrant manner
- he is flagrantly disregarding the law
- adverb in a flagrant manner
- indulgently2/5
indulgently
- adverb in an indulgent manner
- I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised
- adverb in an indulgent manner
- footlights2/5
footlights
- noun theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors
- noun theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors
- compactly2/5
compactly
- adverb in a compact manner or state
- The children were packed compactly into the car
- adverb with concise and precise brevity; to the point
succinctly.
- Please state your case as succinctly as possible
- he wrote compactly but clearly
- adverb in a compact manner or state
- tartly2/5
tartly
- adverb in a tart manner
- `Never mind your immortal soul,' she said tartly
- adverb in a tart manner
- benevolently2/5
benevolently
- adverb in a benevolent manner
- she looked on benevolently
- adverb in a benevolent manner
- stringently2/5
stringently
- adverb in a stringent manner
strictly.
- the laws are stringently enforced
- stringently controlled
- adverb in a stringent manner
- insolently2/5
insolently
- adverb in an insolent manner
- he had replied insolently to his superiors
- adverb in an insolent manner
- comfortless2/5
comfortless
- adjective satellite without comfort
- a comfortless room
- adjective satellite without comfort
- recurrently2/5
recurrently
- adverb in a recurrent manner
- adverb in a recurrent manner
- fruitlessly2/5
fruitlessly
- adverb in an unproductive manner
unproductively; unprofitably.
- adverb in an unproductive manner
- stridently2/5
stridently
- adverb in a strident manner
- the cheap clock ticked stridently
- adverb in a strident manner
- flintlock2/5
flintlock
- noun a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
firelock.
- noun an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
- noun a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
- pertinently2/5
pertinently
- adverb in a pertinent way
- what is singular about his use of them is that no other artist, of his time or any other, has painted them so directly, intimately and pertinently
- adverb in a pertinent way
- cattleman2/5
cattleman
- noun a man who raises (or tends) cattle
cow man; beef man.
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
puncher; cowherd; cowboy; cowpuncher; cowpoke; cowman; cowhand.
- noun a man who raises (or tends) cattle
- imprudently2/5
imprudently
- adverb in an imprudent manner
- imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy
- adverb in an imprudent manner
- leniently2/5
leniently
- adverb in a permissively lenient manner
laxly.
- he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime
- adverb in a permissively lenient manner
- brattleboro2/5
brattleboro
- noun a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River
- noun a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River
- virulently2/5
virulently
- adverb in a virulent manner
- an old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face
- adverb in a virulent manner
- irreverently2/5
irreverently
- adverb without respect
- the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence
- adverb in an irreverent manner; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used"
- in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war
- adverb without respect
- catling2/5
catling
- noun a long double-edged knife used for amputations
- noun a long double-edged knife used for amputations
- jubilantly2/5
jubilantly
- adverb in a joyous manner
blithely; happily; merrily; gayly; mirthfully.
- they shouted happily
- adverb in a joyous manner
- spotlessly2/5
spotlessly
- adverb in a spotless manner
- spotlessly clean
- adverb in a spotless manner
- flamboyantly2/5
flamboyantly
- adverb in a fancy colorful manner
showily; flashily.
- he dresses rather flamboyantly
- adverb in a fancy colorful manner
- circumspectly2/5
circumspectly
- adverb in a cagey manner
cagily.
- `I don't know yet,' he answered cagily
- adverb in a cagey manner
- exultantly2/5
exultantly
- adverb in an exultant manner
exultingly.
- it was exultingly easy
- adverb in an exultant manner
- shitless2/5
shitless
- adjective satellite extremely frightened
- he was scared shitless
- adjective satellite extremely frightened
- alertly2/5
alertly
- adverb in mentally perceptive and responsive way
- she got through the day alertly, despite being on drugs
- adverb in mentally perceptive and responsive way
- indecently2/5
indecently
- adverb in an indecent manner
- she was rather indecently dressed
- adverb in an indecent manner
- footlocker2/5
footlocker
- noun a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
locker.
- noun a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
- faultlessly2/5
faultlessly
- adverb without a fault; in a faultless manner
- he solved all the problems faultlessly
- adverb without a fault; in a faultless manner
- trenchantly2/5
trenchantly
- adverb in a vigorous and effective manner
- he defended his client's civil rights trenchantly
- adverb in a vigorous and effective manner
- expediently2/5
expediently
- adverb in an expedient manner
inadvisably.
- adverb in an expedient manner
- arrogantly2/5
arrogantly
- adverb in an arrogant manner; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid"
- in the old days she had been harsh and stiff
- adverb in an arrogant manner; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid"
- complacently2/5
complacently
- adverb in a self-satisfied manner
- he complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher
- adverb in a self-satisfied manner
- preeminently2/5
preeminently
- adverb to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner
pre-eminently.
- a wide variety of pre-eminently contemporary scenes
- adverb to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner
- thoughtlessly2/5
thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
unthinkingly; unthinking.
- he stared thoughtlessly at the picture
- adverb showing thoughtlessness
- he treated his parents thoughtlessly
- adverb in a thoughtless manner
- quaintly2/5
quaintly
- adverb in a strange but not unpleasant manner
- the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly
- adverb in a quaint old-fashioned manner
- the room was quaintly furnished
- adverb in a strange but not unpleasant manner
- inefficiently2/5
inefficiently
- adverb in an inefficient manner
- he dealt inefficiently with the crisis
- adverb in an inefficient manner
- incoherently2/5
incoherently
- adverb in an incoherent manner
- he talked incoherently when he drank too much
- adverb in an incoherent manner
- vacantly2/5
vacantly
- adverb in a vacant manner
- she was staring vacantly into the room
- adverb in a vacant manner
- ignorantly2/5
ignorantly
- adverb in ignorance; in an ignorant manner
- they lived ignorantly in their own small world
- adverb in ignorance; in an ignorant manner
- shiftless2/5
shiftless
- adjective satellite lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy
- a shiftless student
- studied in a shiftless way
- adjective satellite lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy
- bottlenose2/5
bottlenose
- noun any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
bottlenose dolphin; bottle-nosed dolphin.
- noun northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
bottlenose whale; bottle-nosed whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus.
- noun any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- cortland2/5
cortland
- noun large apple with a red skin
- noun large apple with a red skin
- cuttlefish2/5
cuttlefish
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
cuttle.
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
- cuttle2/5
cuttle
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
cuttlefish.
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
- myrtles2/5
myrtle
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Vinca minor.
- noun any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
- noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
- unsubtle2/5
unsubtle
- adjective satellite lacking subtlety; obvious
broad.
- gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
- adjective satellite lacking subtlety; obvious
- tolerantly2/5
tolerantly
- adverb in a tolerant manner
- he reacts rather tolerantly toward his son's juvenile behavior
- adverb in a tolerant manner
- indolently2/5
indolently
- adverb in an indolent manner
- he lives indolently with his relatives
- adverb in an indolent manner
- forthrightly2/5
forthrightly
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
squarely; forthright.
- to face a problem squarely
- the responsibility lies squarely with them
- spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point
- adverb directly and without evasion; not roundabout
- costless2/5
costless
- adjective satellite costing nothing
complimentary; gratis; free; gratuitous.
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
- adjective satellite costing nothing
- flippantly2/5
flippantly
- adverb in a flippant manner
airily.
- he answered the reporters' questions flippantly
- this cannot be airily explained to your children
- adverb in a flippant manner
- profitless2/5
profitless
- adjective satellite without profit or reward
- let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower
- How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare
- adjective satellite without profit or reward
- despondently2/5
despondently
- adverb with desperation
despairingly.
- `Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly
- adverb with desperation
- abjectly2/5
abjectly
- adverb in a hopeless resigned manner
resignedly.
- she shrugged her shoulders abjectly
- adverb in a hopeless resigned manner
- diffidently2/5
diffidently
- adverb in a diffident manner
- `Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'
- adverb in a diffident manner
- presciently2/5
presciently
- adverb with foresight
cannily.
- more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation
- adverb with foresight
- chipotle2/5
chipotle
- noun a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
- noun a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
- doubtlessly2/5
doubtlessly
- adverb without doubt; certainly
doubtless; undoubtedly.
- it's undoubtedly very beautiful
- adverb without doubt; certainly
- flightless2/5
flightless
- adjective satellite incapable of flying
- adjective satellite incapable of flying
- meatless2/5
meatless
- adjective lacking meat
- meatless days
- adjective lacking meat
- hatless2/5
hatless
- adjective not wearing a hat
- stood hatless in the rain with water dripping down his neck
- adjective not wearing a hat
- westlaw2/5
- catlin2/5
catlin
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- tenochtitlan2/5
tenochtitlan
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- huntley2/5
huntley
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- castlereagh2/5
castlereagh
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- warrantless2/5
warrantless
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- unfrequently2/5
unfrequent
Infrequent. J. H. Newman. --Un*fre"quent*ly adv.
- fremantle2/5
- dominantly2/5
dominant
- noun (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
- noun an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
dominant allele.
- noun (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
- cogently2/5
cogent
- adjective satellite powerfully persuasive
telling; weighty.
- a cogent argument
- a telling presentation
- a weighty argument
- adjective satellite powerfully persuasive
- contingently2/5
contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics
- noun a temporary military unit
detail.
- the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent
- noun a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- eastland2/5
eastland
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- aztlan2/5
aztlan
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- shirtless2/5
shirtless
Not having or wearing a shirt. Pope. --Shirt"less*ness , n.
- portlet2/5
portlet
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- bartle2/5
bartle
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- embrittlement2/5
- westland2/5
westland
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- atlantean2/5
atlantean
Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.
- flatland2/5
flatland
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- hotlines2/5
hotlines
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- whistleblowing2/5
whistleblowing
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- sutlej2/5
- forestland2/5
forestland
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- retitled2/5
retitled
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- tatler2/5
tatler
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- gotland2/5
gotland
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- kittler2/5
kittle
(Zoöl.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
- flatlands2/5
flatlands
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- ratliff2/5
ratliff
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- catlett2/5
catlett
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- atlantoaxial2/5
- militantly2/5
militant
- noun a militant reformer
activist.
- adjective satellite disposed to warfare or hard-line policies
hawkish; warlike.
- militant nations
- hawkish congressman
- warlike policies
- noun a militant reformer
- ambivalently2/5
ambivalent
- adjective satellite uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- was ambivalent about having children
- adjective satellite uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- catlike2/5
catlike
Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.
- atlee2/5
- kaitlin2/5
kaitlin
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- oldcastle2/5
- latently2/5
latent
- adjective satellite potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- a latent fingerprint
- latent talent
- adjective satellite (pathology) not presently active
- latent infection
- latent diabetes
- adjective satellite potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- leetle2/5
little
- noun a small amount or duration
- he accepted the little they gave him
- adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
small.
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
- noun a small amount or duration
- rootlessness2/5
rootlessness
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- vibrantly2/5
vibrant
- adjective satellite vigorous and animated
vivacious.
- a vibrant group that challenged the system
- a charming and vivacious hostess
- a vivacious folk dance
- adjective satellite of sounds that are strong and resonating
- the men's vibrant voices
- adjective satellite vigorous and animated
- dependently2/5
dependent
- noun a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
dependant.
- adjective relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- dependent children
- dependent on moisture
- noun a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- streetlamps2/5
streetlamps
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- incontinently2/5
incontinent
- adjective not having control over urination and defecation
- adjective not having control over urination and defecation
- accidently2/5
accident
- noun an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
- noun anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
fortuity; stroke; chance event.
- winning the lottery was a happy accident
- the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
- it was due to an accident or fortuity
- noun an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
- redundantly2/5
redundant
- adjective satellite more than is needed, desired, or required
supererogatory; extra; surplus; spare; excess; superfluous; supernumerary.
- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
- adjective satellite repetition of same sense in different words
pleonastic; tautological; tautologic.
- `a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions
- the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological
- at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
- adjective satellite more than is needed, desired, or required
- streetlamp2/5
streetlamp
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- frontlines2/5
- adeptly2/5
adept
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
mavin; champion; ace; genius; wizard; sensation; virtuoso; maven; whiz; superstar; hotshot; star; whizz; wiz.
- adjective satellite having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
good; practiced; expert; skillful; proficient; 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
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- sandcastle2/5
sandcastle
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- outland2/5
outland
Foreign; outlandish. Obs. Strutt.
- plotline2/5
plotline
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- suttles2/5
suttle
(Com.) The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. MCulloch.
- atlantica2/5
atlantica
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- nestler2/5
nestle
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
cuddle; snuggle.
- verb move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
nuzzle; nest; cuddle; draw close; snuggle.
- We cuddled against each other to keep warm
- The children snuggled into their sleeping bags
- noun a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
- outliner2/5
outline
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
lineation.
- noun a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
precis; synopsis; abstract.
- noun the line that appears to bound an object
- tuxtla2/5
tuxtla
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- wetly2/5
wet
- noun wetness caused by water
moisture.
- drops of wet gleamed on the window
- verb cause to become wet
- Wet your face
- noun wetness caused by water
- hitlerism2/5
hitlerism
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- jetliners1/5
jetliner
- noun a large jet plane that carries passengers
- noun a large jet plane that carries passengers
- embrittled1/5
- embrittling1/5
- embrittle1/5
embrittle
- verb make brittle
- verb make brittle
- mantling1/5
mantle
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders
- noun United States baseball player (1931-1997)
Mickey Mantle; Mickey Charles Mantle.
- noun the cloak as a symbol of authority
- battler1/5
battler
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
scrapper; combatant; fighter; belligerent.
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
- outlander1/5
outlander
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
alien; noncitizen; foreigner.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- outlanders1/5
outlander
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
alien; noncitizen; foreigner.
- noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
- bootlegs1/5
bootleg
- noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
moonshine; corn liquor.
- noun the part of a boot above the instep
- noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
- mottles1/5
mottle
- noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color
- it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green
- verb mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
streak; blotch.
- noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color
- battlers1/5
battler
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
scrapper; combatant; fighter; belligerent.
- noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
- wrestlings1/5
wrestling
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
grappling; grapple; wrestle; hand-to-hand struggle.
- they had a fierce wrestle
- we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully
- noun the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
rassling; grappling.
- noun the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
- pentlandite1/5
pentlandite
- noun a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
- noun a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
- robotlike1/5
robotlike
- adjective satellite resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
machinelike; automatonlike; automatic; robotic.
- an automatic `thank you'
- machinelike efficiency
- adjective satellite resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
- settlings1/5
settlings
- noun sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
dregs.
- noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
settling; subsidence; subsiding.
- noun sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
- dottle1/5
dottle
- noun the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
- noun the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
- sprightliness1/5
sprightliness
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
liveliness; life; spirit.
- it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
- wattled1/5
wattle
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet.
- noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- hurtles1/5
hurtle
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- The cars hurtled by
- verb make a thrusting forward movement
lunge; thrust; hurl.
- verb move with or as if with a rushing sound
- rustlings1/5
rustling
- noun the stealing of cattle
- noun a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
whispering; whisper; rustle.
- noun the stealing of cattle
- weightlifter1/5
weightlifter
- noun an athlete who lifts barbells
lifter.
- noun an athlete who lifts barbells
- bootlegged1/5
bootleg
- noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
moonshine; corn liquor.
- noun the part of a boot above the instep
- noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
- weightlifters1/5
weightlifter
- noun an athlete who lifts barbells
lifter.
- noun an athlete who lifts barbells
- beastliness1/5
beastliness
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
meanness.
- noun unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
- noun the quality of being deliberately mean
- plantlet1/5
plantlet
- noun a young plant or a small plant
- noun a young plant or a small plant
- ratlines1/5
ratline
- noun (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
ratlin.
- noun (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
- nettlesome1/5
nettlesome
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
pestering; plaguey; plaguy; galling; teasing; vexing; pesky; bothersome; vexatious; annoying; pestiferous; irritating.
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
- adjective satellite easily irritated or annoyed
peckish; testy; tetchy; petulant; cranky; techy; fractious; irritable; scratchy; pettish; peevish.
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
- adjective satellite causing irritation or annoyance
- resettlements1/5
resettlement
- noun the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
relocation.
- noun the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
- battlefronts1/5
battlefront
- noun the line along which opposing armies face each other
front; front line.
- noun the line along which opposing armies face each other
- spotlit1/5
spotlight
- noun a focus of public attention
limelight; public eye; glare.
- he enjoyed being in the limelight
- when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
- noun a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
spot.
- noun a focus of public attention
- bottlenecked1/5
bottleneck
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
chokepoint; constriction.
- noun the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- kastler1/5
kastler
- noun French physicist (1902-1984)
Alfred Kastler.
- noun French physicist (1902-1984)
- ratline1/5
ratline
- noun (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
ratlin.
- noun (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
- saintlike1/5
saintlike
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
saintly; angelic; sainted; beatific; angelical.
- angelic beneficence
- a beatific smile
- a saintly concern for his fellow men
- my sainted mother
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- bottlings1/5
bottle
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- noun the quantity contained in a bottle
bottleful.
- noun a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- beetled1/5
beetle
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- noun a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
mallet.
- noun insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- whistlings1/5
whistling
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
whistle.
- noun the act of whistling a tune
- his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work
- noun the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
- bottlenecking1/5
bottleneck
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
chokepoint; constriction.
- noun the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- noun a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- wattless1/5
wattle
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet.
- noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- nettling1/5
nettle
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
urticate.
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- nutlike1/5
nutlike
- adjective satellite having the flavor of nuts
nutty.
- a nutty sherry
- adjective satellite resembling a nut in shape and size
- adjective satellite having the flavor of nuts
- battlewagons1/5
battlewagon
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battleship.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- surtitles1/5
surtitle
- noun translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
supertitle.
- noun translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
- wattling1/5
wattle
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
lappet.
- noun framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- noun a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
- ratlin1/5
ratlin
- noun (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
ratline.
- noun (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
- battlewagon1/5
battlewagon
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
battleship.
- noun large and heavily armoured warship
- tattling1/5
tattling
- adjective satellite prone to communicate confidential information
talebearing; leaky; blabbermouthed.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- adjective satellite prone to communicate confidential information
- bottler1/5
bottler
- noun a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages
- noun a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages
- gentlefolk1/5
gentlefolk
- noun people of good family and breeding and high social status
- noun people of good family and breeding and high social status
- outlives1/5
outlive
- verb live longer than
survive; outlast.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- gentled1/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- scuttles1/5
scuttle
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle.
- noun an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
opening; hatchway.
- noun container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
- kirtle1/5
kirtle
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- noun a long dress worn by women
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- gentlemanlike1/5
gentlemanlike
- adjective satellite befitting a man of good breeding
gentlemanly.
- gentlemanly behavior
- adjective satellite befitting a man of good breeding
- settlors1/5
settlor
- noun (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
trustor.
- noun (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
- sutlers1/5
sutler
- noun a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
victualer; victualler; provisioner.
- noun a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
- whistlers1/5
whistler
- noun United States painter (1834-1903)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
- noun someone who makes a loud high sound
- noun United States painter (1834-1903)
- hustles1/5
hustle
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; con game; confidence game; gyp; bunco; confidence trick; con.
- noun a rapid active commotion
fuss; flurry; bustle; ado; stir.
- noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- ductless1/5
ductless
- adjective not having a duct
- ductless glands
- adjective not having a duct
- limitlessness1/5
limitlessness
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
infinitude; unboundedness; infiniteness; boundlessness.
- noun the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit
- outlasts1/5
outlast
- verb live longer than
survive; outlive.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- coastlands1/5
- potlatches1/5
potlatch
- noun a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
- noun a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
- scentless1/5
scentless
- adjective lacking the sense of smell
- adjective satellite emitting or holding no odor
- scentless wisps of straw
- a scentless stretch of rocky ground
- adjective lacking the sense of smell
- scantling1/5
scantling
- noun an upright in house framing
stud.
- noun an upright in house framing
- outlasting1/5
outlast
- verb live longer than
survive; outlive.
- She outlived her husband by many years
- verb live longer than
- meritless1/5
meritless
- adjective satellite without merit
no-good; no-account; good-for-naught; no-count; sorry; good-for-nothing.
- a sorry horse
- a sorry excuse
- a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
- the car was a no-good piece of junk
- adjective satellite without merit
- gentling1/5
gentle
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; pacify; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
ennoble; entitle.
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- turtlenecks1/5
turtleneck
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtle; polo-neck.
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- hitless1/5
hitless
- adjective satellite (of a batter) without a hit
- he went hitless for three innings
- adjective satellite having no points scores
scoreless; goalless.
- a scoreless inning
- adjective satellite (of a batter) without a hit
- tootle1/5
tootle
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up
- verb play (a musical instrument) casually
- the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- gentlefolks1/5
gentlefolk
- noun people of good family and breeding and high social status
- noun people of good family and breeding and high social status
- jostles1/5
jostle
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
jostling.
- verb make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
- We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform
- noun the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
- sightly1/5
sightly
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
comely; bonnie; fair; bonny.
- my bonny lass
- there's a bonny bay beyond
- a comely face
- young fair maidens
- adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
- mettlesome1/5
mettlesome
- adjective satellite having a proud and unbroken spirit
- adjective satellite willing to face danger
gritty; spunky; gamy; spirited; game; gamey.
- adjective satellite having a proud and unbroken spirit
- gristly1/5
gristly
- adjective satellite difficult to chew
rubbery; cartilaginous.
- adjective satellite difficult to chew
- bottlebrush1/5
bottlebrush
- noun a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles
- noun a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles
- footless1/5
footless
- adjective having no feet or analogous appendages
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; tarry; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- adjective having no feet or analogous appendages
- fruitlessness1/5
fruitlessness
- noun a lack of creative imagination
- noun the quality of yielding nothing of value
aridity; barrenness.
- noun a lack of creative imagination
- resplendently1/5
resplendently
- adverb in an impressively beautiful manner
gorgeously; splendidly; magnificently.
- the Princess was gorgeously dressed
- adverb in an impressively beautiful manner
- rootlet1/5
rootlet
- noun small root or division of a root
- noun small root or division of a root
- tightlipped1/5
tightlipped
- adjective satellite inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
close; closelipped; closemouthed; secretive.
- although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it
- adjective satellite inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- gantlet1/5
gantlet
- noun to offer or accept a challenge
gauntlet.
- threw down the gauntlet
- took up the gauntlet
- noun a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
gauntlet; metal glove.
- noun to offer or accept a challenge
- scantlings1/5
scantling
- noun an upright in house framing
stud.
- noun an upright in house framing
- whittles1/5
whittle
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
Sir Frank Whittle; Frank Whittle.
- verb cut small bits or pare shavings from
pare.
- whittle a piece of wood
- noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
- tootles1/5
tootle
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up
- verb play (a musical instrument) casually
- the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- shortlisting1/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- hostlers1/5
hostler
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
ostler; groom; stableboy; stableman.
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- coastland1/5
coastland
- noun land in a coastal area
- noun land in a coastal area
- footling1/5
footling
- adjective satellite (informal) small and of little importance
little; petty; piffling; niggling; trivial; piddling; fiddling; picayune; lilliputian.
- a fiddling sum of money
- a footling gesture
- our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
- a little (or small) matter
- a dispute over niggling details
- limited to petty enterprises
- piffling efforts
- giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; linger; lollygag; lurk; tarry; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- adjective satellite (informal) small and of little importance
- frontlet1/5
frontlet
- noun an adornment worn on the forehead
frontal.
- noun an adornment worn on the forehead
- tattled1/5
tattle
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
telling; singing.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- ostlers1/5
ostler
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
hostler; groom; stableboy; stableman.
- noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
- netlike1/5
netlike
- adjective satellite having open interstices or resembling a web
weblike; netted; webby; lacy; webbed.
- adjective satellite having open interstices or resembling a web
- frontlets1/5
frontlet
- noun an adornment worn on the forehead
frontal.
- noun an adornment worn on the forehead
- wristlets1/5
wristlet
- noun a band or bracelet worn around the wrist
wrist band.
- noun a band or bracelet worn around the wrist
- prattles1/5
prattle
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
chin music; prate; blether; idle talk.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- fleetly1/5
fleetly
- adverb in a swift manner
swiftly.
- she moved swiftly
- adverb in a swift manner
- bartletts1/5
bartlett
- noun United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
Robert Abram Bartlett; Captain Bob; Robert Bartlett.
- noun United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
John Bartlett.
- noun United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
- unsightliness1/5
unsightliness
- noun ugliness that is unpleasant to look at
- noun ugliness that is unpleasant to look at
- shortlists1/5
shortlist
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
short list.
- verb put someone or something on a short list
- noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen
- yeastlike1/5
yeastlike
- adjective of or resembling or containing yeast
yeasty.
- adjective of or resembling or containing yeast
- piquantly1/5
piquantly
- adverb with strong spices; in a spicy manner
spicily.
- the soup was spicily flavored
- adverb with strong spices; in a spicy manner
- providently1/5
providently
- adverb in a provident manner
- providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies
- adverb in a provident manner
- wristlet1/5
wristlet
- noun a band or bracelet worn around the wrist
wrist band.
- noun a band or bracelet worn around the wrist
- spotlessness1/5
spotlessness
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
immaculateness.
- noun the state of being spotlessly clean
- wartlike1/5
wartlike
- adjective satellite (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
warty; verrucose.
- adjective satellite (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
- whittler1/5
whittler
- noun someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)
- noun someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)
- fruitlets1/5
fruitlet
- noun a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit
- noun a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit
- littlenesses1/5
littleness
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
smallness.
- noun the property of having relatively little strength or vigor
smallness.
- the smallness of her voice
- noun the property of having a relatively small size
- mantlet1/5
mantlet
- noun portable bulletproof shelter
mantelet.
- noun portable bulletproof shelter
- kirtles1/5
kirtle
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- noun a long dress worn by women
- noun a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
- sightlessness1/5
sightlessness
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
blindness; cecity.
- noun the state of being blind or lacking sight
- teakettles1/5
teakettle
- noun kettle for boiling water to make tea
- noun kettle for boiling water to make tea
- forecastles1/5
forecastle
- noun living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
fo'c'sle.
- noun living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
- antlion1/5
antlion
- noun the larva of any of several insects
ant lion; doodlebug.
- noun winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
antlion fly; ant lion.
- noun the larva of any of several insects
- turtling1/5
turtle
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
turtleneck; polo-neck.
- noun any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
- antlions1/5
antlion
- noun the larva of any of several insects
ant lion; doodlebug.
- noun winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
antlion fly; ant lion.
- noun the larva of any of several insects
- repellently1/5
repellently
- adverb in a repellent manner
repellingly.
- repellently fat
- adverb in a repellent manner
- portlands1/5
portland
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- noun largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state
- noun freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
- tattles1/5
tattle
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
telling; singing.
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
- noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- ungentlemanlike1/5
ungentlemanlike
- adjective satellite not befitting a gentleman
ungentlemanly.
- adjective satellite not befitting a gentleman
- resettles1/5
resettle
- verb settle in a new place
- The immigrants had to resettle
- verb settle in a new place
- sprightlier1/5
sprightly
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- a sprightly young girl
- a sprightly dance
- adjective satellite full of spirit and vitality
- proficiently1/5
proficiently
- adverb in a proficient manner
- he dealt proficiently with the problem
- adverb in a proficient manner
- pottle1/5
pottle
- noun a pot that holds 2 quarts
- noun a pot that holds 2 quarts
- shetlands1/5
shetland
- noun an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Shetland Islands; Zetland.
- noun a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands
Shetland sheepdog; Shetland sheep dog.
- noun an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
- chortle1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- bootless1/5
bootless
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
fruitless; sleeveless; vain; futile.
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- adjective satellite unproductive of success
- preponderantly1/5
preponderantly
- adverb much greater in number or influence
predominantly.
- the patients are predominantly indigenous
- adverb much greater in number or influence
- chortling1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- boatloads1/5
boatload
- noun the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
carload; shipload.
- he imported wine by the boatload
- noun the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
- artlessness1/5
artlessness
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
naturalness; ingenuousness; innocence.
- noun ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit
- noun the quality of innocent naivete
- thistledown1/5
thistledown
- noun pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle
- noun pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle
- exorbitantly1/5
exorbitantly
- adverb to an exorbitant degree
usuriously; extortionately.
- prices are exorbitantly high in the capital
- adverb to an exorbitant degree
- battlemented1/5
battlemented
- adjective satellite protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through
- adjective satellite having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
embattled; castellated; castled.
- a crenelated molding
- adjective satellite protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through
- zetland1/5
zetland
- noun an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Shetland; Shetland Islands.
- noun an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
- buoyantly1/5
buoyantly
- adverb in a cheerfully buoyant manner
chirpily.
- we accepted the opportunity buoyantly
- adverb in a cheerfully buoyant manner
- coincidently1/5
coincidently
- adverb happening at the same time
coincidentally.
- adverb happening at the same time
- cartloads1/5
cartload
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- straitlaced1/5
straitlaced
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
puritanical; prissy; square-toed; straight-laced; strait-laced; tight-laced; victorian; prudish; prim; straightlaced; priggish.
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
- kettledrums1/5
kettledrum
- noun a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
timpani; kettle; tympanum; tympani.
- noun a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- fettle1/5
fettle
- noun a state of fitness and good health
- in fine fettle
- verb remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
- noun a state of fitness and good health
- bluebottle1/5
bluebottle
- noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
cornflower; bachelor's button; Centaurea cyanus.
- noun blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
Calliphora vicina.
- noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- tattler1/5
tattler
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
telltale; blabbermouth; taleteller; tattletale; talebearer.
- noun any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
- impertinently1/5
impertinently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
pertly; impudently; freshly; saucily.
- a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
- cartload1/5
cartload
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- noun the quantity that a cart holds
- pertly1/5
pertly
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
impertinently; impudently; freshly; saucily.
- a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently
- adverb in an impudent or impertinent manner
- effortlessness1/5
effortlessness
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- such effortlessness is achieved only after hours of practice
- noun the quality of requiring little effort
- cutlers1/5
cutler
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- noun a dealer in cutlery
- waistlines1/5
waistline
- noun the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
waist.
- noun the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
- inelegantly1/5
inelegantly
- adverb without elegance
- adverb without elegance
- littles1/5
little
- noun a small amount or duration
- he accepted the little they gave him
- adjective limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
small.
- a little dining room
- a little house
- a small car
- a little (or small) group
- noun a small amount or duration
- tattletale1/5
tattletale
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
telltale; blabbermouth; tattler; taleteller; talebearer.
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
- pungently1/5
pungently
- adverb with pungency; in a pungent manner
- he wrote pungently about his contemporaries
- adverb with a pungent taste or smell
- the soup was pungently flavored
- adverb with pungency; in a pungent manner
- kettledrum1/5
kettledrum
- noun a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
timpani; kettle; tympanum; tympani.
- noun a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
- fetlocks1/5
fetlock
- noun the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
fetlock joint.
- noun projection behind and above a horse's hoof
- noun the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
- reminiscently1/5
reminiscently
- adverb in a reminiscent manner
- she spoke reminiscently of her days in college
- adverb in a reminiscent manner
- potlucks1/5
potluck
- noun whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all
- having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck
- a potluck supper
- noun whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all
- skittle1/5
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
- chortles1/5
chortle
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle.
- verb laugh quietly or with restraint
laugh softly; chuckle.
- noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
- mistletoes1/5
mistletoe
- noun American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
false mistletoe.
- noun Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
Old World mistletoe; Viscum album.
- noun American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
- fartlek1/5
fartlek
- noun a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise
- noun a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise
- sheetlike1/5
sheetlike
- adjective satellite resembling a sheet
- adjective satellite resembling a sheet
- chitlins1/5
chitlins
- noun small intestines of hogs prepared as food
chitlings; chitterlings.
- noun small intestines of hogs prepared as food
- bootlaces1/5
bootlace
- noun a long lace for fastening boots
- noun a long lace for fastening boots
- mantlepiece1/5
mantlepiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
mantelpiece; chimneypiece; mantel; mantle.
- in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
- noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
- castled1/5
castled
- adjective satellite having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
embattled; castellated; battlemented.
- a crenelated molding
- verb move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
castle.
- adjective satellite having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
- bluebottles1/5
bluebottle
- noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
cornflower; bachelor's button; Centaurea cyanus.
- noun blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
Calliphora vicina.
- noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- bootlace1/5
bootlace
- noun a long lace for fastening boots
- noun a long lace for fastening boots
- turbulently1/5
turbulently
- adverb in a turbulent manner; with turbulence
- the river rolls turbulently boiling
- adverb in a stormy or violent manner
passionately; stormily.
- adverb in a turbulent manner; with turbulence
- castling1/5
castling
- noun interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
castle.
- verb move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
castle.
- noun interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- inexactly1/5
inexactly
- adverb in an imprecise manner
imprecisely.
- he expressed himself imprecisely
- adverb in an imprecise manner
- erectly1/5
erectly
- adverb in a straight-backed manner
straight-backed.
- the old man still walks erectly
- adverb in a straight-backed manner
- brittles1/5
brittle
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
toffy; toffee.
- adjective satellite having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
brickle; brickly.
- brittle bones
- glass is brittle
- `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- licitly1/5
licitly
- adverb in a manner acceptable to common custom
lawfully; legitimately.
- you cannot do this legitimately!
- adverb in a manner acceptable to common custom
- shuttlecocks1/5
shuttlecock
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
shuttle; bird; birdie.
- verb send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
- noun badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- ratlike1/5
ratlike
- adjective resembling or characteristic of a rat
- adjective resembling or characteristic of a rat
- unintelligently1/5
unintelligently
- adverb in an unintelligent manner
- he acted rather unintelligently in this crisis
- adverb in an unintelligent manner
- fettling1/5
fettle
- noun a state of fitness and good health
- in fine fettle
- verb remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
- noun a state of fitness and good health
- tootling1/5
tootle
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up
- verb play (a musical instrument) casually
- the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody
- noun the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
- christly1/5
christly
- adjective satellite resembling or showing the spirit of Christ
christlike.
- adjective satellite resembling or showing the spirit of Christ
- prattler1/5
prattler
- noun someone who speaks in a childish way
- noun someone who speaks in a childish way
- straightlaced1/5
straightlaced
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
puritanical; prissy; square-toed; straight-laced; straitlaced; strait-laced; tight-laced; victorian; prudish; prim; priggish.
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
- guiltlessness1/5
guiltlessness
- noun a state of innocence
inculpableness; inculpability; blamelessness.
- noun a state of innocence
- ebulliently1/5
ebulliently
- adverb in an ebullient manner
exuberantly; expansively.
- Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression
- adverb in an ebullient manner
- whistlestop1/5
whistlestop
- verb tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election
- verb tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election
- heatless1/5
heatless
- adjective satellite without generating heat
- luminescent organisms emit heatless light
- adjective satellite without generating heat
- fettled1/5
fettle
- noun a state of fitness and good health
- in fine fettle
- verb remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
- noun a state of fitness and good health
- gentlemens1/5
gentleman
- noun a man of refinement
- noun a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
valet de chambre; man; gentleman's gentleman; valet.
- Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man
- noun a man of refinement
- tattletales1/5
tattletale
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
telltale; blabbermouth; tattler; taleteller; talebearer.
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
- tattlers1/5
tattler
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
telltale; blabbermouth; taleteller; tattletale; talebearer.
- noun any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
- noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
- trotline1/5
trotline
- noun a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
setline; trawl; spiller; trawl line.
- noun a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
- advertently1/5
advertently
- adverb in a careful deliberate manner
mindfully; heedfully.
- adverb in a careful deliberate manner
- ghastliest1/5
ghastly
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
macabre; grisly; sick; gruesome; grim.
- ghastly wounds
- the grim aftermath of the bombing
- the grim task of burying the victims
- a grisly murder
- gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
- macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
- macabre tortures conceived by madmen
- adjective satellite gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
sepulchral; charnel.
- a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
- ghastly shrieks
- the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- bootlicking1/5
bootlicking
- adjective satellite attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
obsequious; toadyish; fawning; sycophantic.
- verb try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
fawn; kowtow; kotow; bootlick; toady; suck up; truckle.
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
- adjective satellite attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- priestlike1/5
priestlike
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
priestly.
- priestly dedication to the people of his parish
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
- brittlebush1/5
brittlebush
- noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
Encelia farinosa; incienso; brittle bush.
- noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
- dustlike1/5
dustlike
- adjective satellite as fine and powdery as dust
- adjective satellite as fine and powdery as dust
- witloof1/5
witloof
- noun widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
Cichorium endivia; endive.
- noun young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head
French endive; Belgian endive.
- noun widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
- trotlines1/5
trotline
- noun a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
setline; trawl; spiller; trawl line.
- noun a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
- tittles1/5
tittle
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
smidge; smidgeon; scintilla; iota; smidgin; shred; whit; smidgen.
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- ineptly1/5
ineptly
- adverb with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner
fecklessly.
- he performed his functions ineptly
- adverb in an infelicitous manner
- this function is ineptly left to a small voice
- adverb with ineptitude; in an incompetent manner
- relentlessness1/5
relentlessness
- noun mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
inexorableness; inexorability.
- the relentlessness or their pursuit
- noun mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
- postlude1/5
postlude
- noun a voluntary played at the end of a religious service
- noun a voluntary played at the end of a religious service
- disgruntlement1/5
disgruntlement
- noun a feeling of sulky discontent
- noun a feeling of sulky discontent
- bartlesville1/5
bartlesville
- noun a town in northeastern Oklahoma
- noun a town in northeastern Oklahoma
- cattleya1/5
cattleya
- noun any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
- noun any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
- ungentle1/5
ungentle
- adjective satellite not of the nobility
untitled; ignoble.
- of ignoble (or ungentle) birth
- untitled civilians
- adjective satellite not of the nobility
- tartlets1/5
tartlet
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- incompetently1/5
incompetently
- adverb in an incompetent manner
displaying incompetence.
- he did the job rather incompetently
- adverb in an incompetent manner
- hitlerian1/5
hitlerian
- adjective of or relating to or suggestive of Adolf Hitler or his Nazi regime in Germany
- adjective of or relating to or suggestive of Adolf Hitler or his Nazi regime in Germany
- pintle1/5
pintle
- noun a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge
- noun a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge
- truculently1/5
truculently
- adverb in an aggressively truculent manner
- they strive for security by truculently asserting their own interests
- adverb in a defiantly truculent manner
- the boy looked up truculently at his teacher
- adverb in an aggressively truculent manner
- tactlessness1/5
tactlessness
- noun the quality of lacking tact
- noun the quality of lacking tact
- malignantly1/5
malignantly
- adverb in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads
- adverb in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads
- flintlocks1/5
flintlock
- noun a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
firelock.
- noun an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
- noun a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
- penitently1/5
penitently
- adverb showing remorse
penitentially; repentantly.
- adverb showing remorse
- ghastliness1/5
ghastliness
- noun the quality of being ghastly
gruesomeness; grimness; luridness.
- noun the quality of being ghastly
- tartlet1/5
tartlet
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- noun a small tart usually used as a canape
- rampantly1/5
rampantly
- adverb in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
wild.
- weeds grew rampantly around here
- adverb in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
- battledore1/5
battledore
- noun a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
badminton racquet; badminton racket.
- noun an ancient racket game
battledore and shuttlecock.
- noun a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
- opulently1/5
opulently
- adverb in a sumptuous and opulent manner
sumptuously.
- this government building is sumptuously appointed
- adverb in a sumptuous and opulent manner
- tactlessly1/5
tactlessly
- adverb without tact; in a tactless manner
- at the moment of the murder, he is standing in front of television cameras and talking tactlessly
- adverb without tact; in a tactless manner
- discordantly1/5
discordantly
- adverb in a discordant manner
unharmoniously.
- the piece ended discordantly
- adverb in a discordant manner
- ghostliness1/5
ghostliness
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
eeriness.
- noun strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear
- grandiloquently1/5
grandiloquently
- adverb in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner
magniloquently.
- the orator spoke magniloquently
- adverb in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner
- throstle1/5
throstle
- noun a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
- noun common Old World thrush noted for its song
mavis; song thrush; Turdus philomelos.
- noun a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously
- nightlong1/5
nightlong
- adjective satellite lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
all-night; overnight.
- a nightlong vigil
- an all-night drugstore
- an overnight trip
- adjective satellite lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
- nutlets1/5
- benignantly1/5
benignantly
- adverb in a benign manner
benignly.
- this drug is benignly soporific
- adverb in a benign manner
- munificently1/5
munificently
- adverb in a generous manner
generously; liberally.
- he gave liberally to several charities
- adverb in a generous manner
- footlockers1/5
footlocker
- noun a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
locker.
- noun a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
- velvetleaf1/5
velvetleaf
- noun arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
tree mallow; velvet-leaf; Lavatera arborea.
- noun tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States
Abutilon theophrasti; China jute; velvet-leaf; velvetweed; butter-print; Indian mallow.
- noun arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
- whortleberry1/5
whortleberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; bilberry.
- noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
European blueberry; bilberry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- inconsequently1/5
inconsequently
- adverb lacking consequence
inconsequentially.
- `You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'
- adverb lacking consequence
- cattleyas1/5
cattleya
- noun any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
- noun any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
- moistly1/5
moistly
- adverb in a damp manner
damply.
- a scarf was tied round her head but the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her left eye
- adverb in a damp manner
- littleneck1/5
littleneck
- noun a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York
littleneck clam.
- noun a young quahog
littleneck clam.
- noun a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York
- dauntlessly1/5
dauntlessly
- adverb without fear
intrepidly; fearlessly.
- fearlessly, he led the troops into combat
- adverb without fear
- whortleberries1/5
whortleberry
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
whinberry; blaeberry; Viccinium myrtillus; bilberry.
- noun blue-black berries similar to American blueberries
European blueberry; bilberry.
- noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
- subserviently1/5
subserviently
- adverb in an obsequious manner
obsequiously; servilely.
- she acts obsequiously toward her boss
- adverb in an obsequious manner
- outlandishness1/5
outlandishness
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
bizarreness; weirdness.
- noun strikingly out of the ordinary
- observantly1/5
observantly
- adverb in an observant manner
observingly.
- adverb in an observant manner
- faultlessness1/5
faultlessness
- noun the quality of being without an error or fault
impeccability.
- noun the quality of being without an error or fault
- pintles1/5
- repentantly1/5
repentantly
- adverb showing remorse
penitentially; penitently.
- adverb showing remorse
- parrotlike1/5
parrotlike
- adjective satellite mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding
- a mere parrotlike word-calling process
- a voice quality sounding parrotlike
- adjective satellite mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding
- intolerantly1/5
intolerantly
- adverb in an intolerant manner
- adverb in a narrow-minded manner
illiberally.
- his illiberally biased way of thinking
- adverb in an intolerant manner
- thriftlessness1/5
thriftlessness
- noun the trait of wasting resources
wastefulness; waste.
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
- the wastefulness of missed opportunities
- noun the trait of wasting resources
- spittlebugs1/5
spittlebug
- noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
spittle insect.
- noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
- turtlehead1/5
turtlehead
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
Chelone glabra; shellflower; snake-head; shell-flower; snakehead.
- noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
- spittlebug1/5
spittlebug
- noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
spittle insect.
- noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
- nutlet1/5
nutlet
- noun a small nut
- noun a small nut
- battledores1/5
battledore
- noun a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
badminton racquet; badminton racket.
- noun an ancient racket game
battledore and shuttlecock.
- noun a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
- postludes1/5
postlude
- noun a voluntary played at the end of a religious service
- noun a voluntary played at the end of a religious service
- unentitled1/5
unentitled
- adjective satellite having no right or entitlement
unqualified.
- a distinction to which he was unentitled
- adjective satellite having no right or entitlement
- disobediently1/5
disobediently
- adverb in a disobedient manner
- he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do
- adverb in a disobedient manner
- dauntlessness1/5
dauntlessness
- noun resolute courageousness
intrepidity.
- noun resolute courageousness
- malevolently1/5
malevolently
- adverb in a malevolent manner
- she gossips malevolently
- adverb in a malevolent manner
- heartlessly1/5
heartlessly
- adverb in a heartless manner
- she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers
- adverb in a heartless manner
- artlessly1/5
artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
inexpertly; crudely.
- an inexpertly constructed lean-to
- adverb in an ingenuous manner
ingenuously.
- she answered the judge's questions artlessly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
- nonviolently1/5
nonviolently
- adverb without violence
- the government was overthrown nonviolently, but the dictator was killed
- adverb without violence
- immodestly1/5
immodestly
- adverb without modesty; in an immodest manner
- the book was entitled, immodestly, `All about Wisdom'
- adverb without modesty; in an immodest manner
- thriftless1/5
thriftless
- adjective satellite careless of the future
- adjective satellite careless of the future
- outlandishly1/5
outlandishly
- adverb in an outlandish manner
- the Bavarian was outlandishly dressed in lederhosen
- adverb in an outlandish manner
- shiftlessness1/5
shiftlessness
- noun a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
- noun a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
- improvidently1/5
improvidently
- adverb in an improvident manner
- he lived improvidently for the moment
- adverb in an improvident manner
- inexpertly1/5
inexpertly
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
artlessly; crudely.
- an inexpertly constructed lean-to
- adverb in a crude and unskilled manner
- talentless1/5
talentless
- adjective devoid of talent; not gifted
untalented.
- adjective devoid of talent; not gifted
- pennywhistle1/5
pennywhistle
- noun an inexpensive fipple flute
tin whistle; whistle.
- noun an inexpensive fipple flute
- swiftlet1/5
swiftlet
- noun swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest
Collocalia inexpectata.
- noun swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest
- swiftlets1/5
swiftlet
- noun swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest
Collocalia inexpectata.
- noun swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest
- axolotls1/5
axolotl
- noun larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
mud puppy; Ambystoma mexicanum.
- noun larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
- antlered1/5
antlered
- adjective satellite having antlers
- adjective satellite having antlers
- indiscreetly1/5
indiscreetly
- adverb without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
- she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health
- adverb without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
- unrepentantly1/5
unrepentantly
- adverb in an impenitent manner
impenitently.
- he repeated his position unrepentantly
- adverb in an impenitent manner
- reticently1/5
reticently
- adverb with reticence; in a reticent manner
- she answered the questions reticently
- adverb with reticence; in a reticent manner
- turtledove1/5
turtledove
- noun small Australian dove
Stictopelia cuneata; Australian turtledove.
- noun any of several Old World wild doves
- noun small Australian dove
- turtledoves1/5
turtledove
- noun small Australian dove
Stictopelia cuneata; Australian turtledove.
- noun any of several Old World wild doves
- noun small Australian dove
- chipotles1/5
chipotle
- noun a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
- noun a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
- parentless1/5
parentless
- adjective having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
unparented.
- adjective having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
- pilotless1/5
pilotless
- adjective satellite lacking a pilot
- a drone is a pilotless aircraft
- adjective satellite lacking a pilot
- momently1/5
momently
- adverb for an instant or moment
momentarily.
- we paused momentarily before proceeding
- a cardinal perched momently on the dogwood branch
- adverb at any moment
momentarily.
- she will be with you momently
- adverb for an instant or moment
- gauntleted1/5
gauntleted
- adjective satellite wearing a protective glove
- gestured with his gauntleted hand
- adjective satellite wearing a protective glove
- christless1/5
christless
- adjective satellite not believing in Christ
nonchristian.
- adjective satellite not believing in Christ
- beltless1/5
beltless
- adjective lacking a belt
unbelted.
- unbelted jackets are in this season
- adjective lacking a belt
- breastless1/5
breastless
- adjective without a breast
- adjective without a breast
- resonantly1/5
resonant
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
resonating; resounding; reverberating; reverberative.
- a resonant voice
- hear the rolling thunder
- adjective satellite serving to bring to mind
reminiscent; remindful; evocative; redolent.
- cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson
- a campaign redolent of machine politics
- adjective satellite characterized by resonance
- objectless1/5
objectless
Having no object; purposeless.
- vittles1/5
vittles
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- interdependently1/5
interdependent
- adjective satellite mutually dependent
mutualist; mutually beneficial.
- adjective satellite mutually dependent
- dolittle1/5
- immanently1/5
immanent
- adjective of a mental act performed entirely within the mind
subjective.
- a cognition is an immanent act of mind
- adjective satellite of qualities that are spread throughout something
- ambition is immanent in human nature
- we think of God as immanent in nature
- adjective of a mental act performed entirely within the mind
- forestlands1/5
- exhaustless1/5
exhaustless
Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an .exhaustless fund or store
- mortlake1/5
- wheatland1/5
wheatland
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- kittle1/5
kittle
(Zoöl.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
- suttle1/5
subtle
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
elusive.
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
- adjective satellite able to make fine distinctions
- a subtle mind
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- nightlight1/5
nightlight
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- uitlanders1/5
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- bristlecone1/5
bristlecone
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- plotlines1/5
- battleaxe1/5
battleaxe
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- buntline1/5
buntline
(Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.
- sightlines1/5
sightlines
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- raptly1/5
rapt
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
rhapsodic; rapturous; enraptured; ecstatic.
- adjective satellite feeling great rapture or delight
- difficultly1/5
difficult
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
hard.
- a difficult task
- nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access
- difficult times
- why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
- adjective hard to control
unmanageable.
- a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation
- adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- atli1/5
atli
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- beatlemania1/5
beatlemania
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- shitload1/5
- intitled1/5
entitle
- verb give the right to
- The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
- verb give a title to
title.
- verb give the right to
- transcendently1/5
transcendent
- adjective satellite exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
surpassing.
- adjective satellite beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
- the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought
- adjective satellite exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
- wintle1/5
- prevalently1/5
prevalent
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
rife; dominant; predominant; prevailing.
- prevailing winds
- adjective satellite most frequent or common
- bootle1/5
bootle
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- shuttlecraft1/5
- buttle1/5
buttle
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- kettler1/5
kettle
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
boiler.
- noun the quantity a kettle will hold
kettleful.
- noun a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
- atlantans1/5
- bootloader1/5
- congruently1/5
congruent
- adjective corresponding in character or kind
congruous.
- adjective coinciding when superimposed
- adjective corresponding in character or kind
- saliently1/5
salient
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- adjective satellite having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
striking; prominent; spectacular; outstanding.
- an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom
- a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book
- salient traits
- a spectacular rise in prices
- a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center
- a striking resemblance between parent and child
- noun (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- subjectless1/5
subjectless
Having no subject.
- westling1/5
- costlessly1/5
costless
- adjective satellite costing nothing
complimentary; gratis; free; gratuitous.
- complimentary tickets
- free admission
- adjective satellite costing nothing
- atlanticist1/5
atlanticist
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- contentless1/5
contentless
Discontented; dissatisfied. R. Shak.
- aberrantly1/5
aberrant
- noun one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
- adjective satellite markedly different from an accepted norm
deviant; deviate.
- aberrant behavior
- deviant ideas
- noun one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
- emergently1/5
emergent
- adjective satellite occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- emergent repair of an aorta
- adjective satellite coming into existence
emerging.
- an emergent republic
- adjective satellite occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- straightly1/5
straight
- noun a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
straight person; heterosexual person; heterosexual.
- noun a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- noun a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- atlanticus1/5
atlanticus
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- coatless1/5
coatless
Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.
- unsettlement1/5
unsettlement
The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance. J. H. Newman.
- christlikeness1/5
- adultlike1/5
- kgotla1/5
- sandcastles1/5
sandcastles
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- bantling1/5
bantling
A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. W. Irving.
- incipiently1/5
incipient
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
inchoate.
- incipient civil disorder
- an incipient tumor
- a vague inchoate idea
- adjective satellite only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- presettlement1/5
- sightlessly1/5
sightless
- adjective satellite lacking sight
unseeing; eyeless.
- blind as an eyeless beggar
- adjective satellite lacking sight
- waitlist1/5
waitlist
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- sequently1/5
sequent
- adjective satellite in regular succession without gaps
consecutive; serial; sequential; successive.
- serial concerts
- adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
concomitant; accompanying; incidental; consequent; attendant; resultant; ensuant.
- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
- adjective satellite in regular succession without gaps
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- inaptly1/5
inapt
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; clumsy; cumbersome.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
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- hartline1/5
hartline
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- rattletrap1/5
rattletrap
Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly. Colloq. A. Trollope.
- hitlerite1/5
hitlerite
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- titleholder1/5
titleholder
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- plotless1/5
plotless
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- firstlings1/5
firstling
The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; Milton.as, the .firstlings of his flock
- beneficently1/5
beneficent
- adjective doing or producing good
- the most beneficent regime in history
- adjective satellite generous in assistance to the poor
benevolent; eleemosynary; philanthropic.
- a benevolent contributor
- eleemosynary relief
- philanthropic contributions
- adjective doing or producing good
- stedfastly1/5
steadfast
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
firm; unbendable; stiff; steady; unfaltering; unshakable; unwavering.
- firm convictions
- a firm mouth
- steadfast resolve
- a man of unbendable perseverence
- unwavering loyalty
- adjective satellite firm and dependable especially in loyalty
staunch; unswerving.
- a steadfast ally
- a staunch defender of free speech
- unswerving devotion
- unswerving allegiance
- adjective satellite marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- estlin1/5
estlin
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- outrightly1/5
outright
- adjective satellite without reservation or exception
unlimited; straight-out.
- adverb without restrictions or stipulations or further payments
- buy outright
- adjective satellite without reservation or exception
- belittlement1/5
belittlement
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- straitly1/5
strait
- noun a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
sound.
- noun a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
straits; pass.
- noun a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- incidently1/5
incident
- noun a single distinct event
- noun a public disturbance
- the police investigated an incident at the bus station
- noun a single distinct event
- battledress1/5
battledress
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- tenantless1/5
tenantless
Having no tenants; unoccupied; Shak.as, a .tenantless mansion
- hotlinks1/5
hotlinks
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- footlong1/5
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- plantlike1/5
plantlike
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- divergently1/5
divergent
- adjective satellite diverging from another or from a standard
- a divergent opinion
- adjective tending to move apart in different directions
diverging.
- adjective satellite diverging from another or from a standard
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- outler1/5
- gentlemanliness1/5
gentlemanliness
The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.
- driftless1/5
driftless
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
- limitlessly1/5
limitless
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
measureless; illimitable.
- limitless vastness of our solar system
- adjective having no limits in range or scope
unlimited.
- to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv
- the limitless reaches of outer space
- adjective satellite without limits in extent or size or quantity
- partless1/5
- flatlanders1/5
- beltline1/5
beltline
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- compliantly1/5
compliant
- adjective disposed or willing to comply
- children compliant with the parental will
- adjective disposed or willing to comply
- matless1/5
matless
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- titleholders1/5
titleholders
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- uitlander1/5
uitlander
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- inertly1/5
inert
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- adjective satellite having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
neutral; indifferent.
- inert matter
- an indifferent chemical in a reaction
- adjective satellite unable to move or resist motion
- intitle1/5
entitle
- verb give the right to
- The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file
- verb give a title to
title.
- verb give the right to
- unsettlingly1/5
unsettle
- verb disturb the composure of
faze; enervate; unnerve.
- verb disturb the composure of
- mettled1/5
mettle
- noun the courage to carry on
heart; spunk; nerve.
- he kept fighting on pure spunk
- you haven't got the heart for baseball
- noun the courage to carry on
- sightline1/5
sightline
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- firstling1/5
firstling
The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; Milton.as, the .firstlings of his flock
- resultantly1/5
resultant
- noun the final point in a process
end point.
- noun something that results
final result; termination; outcome; result.
- he listened for the results on the radio
- noun the final point in a process
- clairvoyantly1/5
clairvoyant
- noun someone who has the power of clairvoyance
- adjective satellite perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- noun someone who has the power of clairvoyance
- slitlike1/5
- weightlessly1/5
weightless
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
- floating freely in a weightless condition
- a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth
- jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric
- adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
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- desertlike1/5
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- jetlag1/5
jetlag
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- shortleaf1/5
shortleaf
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- mordantly1/5
mordant
- noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
- adjective satellite harshly ironic or sinister
black; grim.
- black humor
- a grim joke
- grim laughter
- fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
- noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
- affectless1/5
affectless
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- atle1/5
atle
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- titler1/5
title
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
statute title; rubric.
- Title 8 provided federal help for schools
- noun the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title
- he refused to give titles to his paintings
- I can never remember movie titles
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
- atlantes1/5
atlantes
(Arch.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also Oxf. Gloss.telamones . SeeCaryatides .
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- scantly1/5
scant
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
skimp.
- verb limit in quality or quantity
skimp.
- verb work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
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- fretless1/5
fretless
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- rattlin1/5
rattlin
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- equidistantly1/5
equidistant
- adjective satellite the same distance apart at every point
- adjective satellite the same distance apart at every point
- chitlin1/5
chitlin
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- cutline1/5
cutline
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- outlands1/5
outland
Foreign; outlandish. Obs. Strutt.
- eventless1/5
eventless
Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
- footlight1/5
footlight
One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith.
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- tottle1/5
tottle
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- dustless1/5
dustless
Without dust; as a dustless path.
- nightlights1/5
nightlights
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- fatly1/5
fat
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- pizza has too much fat
- noun a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
fatty tissue; adipose tissue.
- fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold
- noun a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
- flatlander1/5
flatlander
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- contently1/5
content
- noun everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- he emptied the contents of his pockets
- the two groups were similar in content
- noun what a communication that is about something is about
message; substance; subject matter.
- noun everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- insouciantly1/5
insouciant
- adjective satellite marked by blithe unconcern
nonchalant; casual.
- an ability to interest casual students
- showed a casual disregard for cold weather
- an utterly insouciant financial policy
- an elegantly insouciant manner
- drove his car with nonchalant abandon
- was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner
- adjective satellite marked by blithe unconcern
- unsettledness1/5
unsettledness
The quality or state of being unsettled.
- fragrantly1/5
fragrant
- adjective pleasant-smelling
- adjective pleasant-smelling
- intransigently1/5
intransigent
- adjective satellite impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
adamant; adamantine; inexorable.
- he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind
- Cynthia was inexorable
- an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency
- adjective satellite impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
- subtleness1/5
subtleness
The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
- ticketless1/5
- hartly1/5
hart
- noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
Moss Hart.
- noun United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943)
Lorenz Milton Hart; Lorenz Hart.
- noun United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
- convergently1/5
convergent
- adjective tending to come together from different directions
- adjective tending to come together from different directions
- martlet1/5
martlet
(Zoöl.) The European house martin.
- settleability1/5
settleability
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- tittler1/5
tittle
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
smidge; smidgeon; scintilla; iota; smidgin; shred; whit; smidgen.
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- fastly1/5
fast
- noun abstaining from food
fasting.
- verb abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
- Catholics sometimes fast during Lent
- noun abstaining from food
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antlike
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- textless1/5
textless
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- stalwartly1/5
stalwart
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
loyalist.
- adjective satellite having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
hardy; stout; sturdy.
- hardy explorers of northern Canada
- proud of her tall stalwart son
- stout seamen
- sturdy young athletes
- noun a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- nettler1/5
nettle
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- verb sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
urticate.
- noun any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- targetlike1/5
- invariantly1/5
invariant
- noun a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it
- adjective satellite unaffected by a designated operation or transformation
- noun a feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it
- resistlessly1/5
resistless
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
irresistible.
- irresistible (or resistless) impulses
- what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
- adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; unresisting.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
- adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
- adjacently1/5
adjacent
- adjective satellite nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
side by side; next.
- had adjacent rooms
- in the next room
- the person sitting next to me
- our rooms were side by side
- adjective satellite having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
neighboring; conterminous; contiguous.
- Rhode Island has two bordering states
- the side of Germany conterminous with France
- Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho
- neighboring cities
- adjective satellite nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
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- kittles1/5
kittle
(Zoöl.) To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
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- resiliently1/5
resilient
- adjective satellite recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
bouncy; springy; live; lively.
- clean bouncy hair
- a lively tennis ball
- as resilient as seasoned hickory
- springy turf
- adjective satellite recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
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decadent
- noun a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
- adjective satellite marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
effete.
- a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility
- a group of effete self-professed intellectuals
- noun a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
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- potlatching1/5
potlatch
- noun a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
- noun a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
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- spatlese1/5
- disentitled1/5
disentitle
To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
- rootlike1/5
rootlike
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battleaxes
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- omnipotently1/5
omnipotent
- adjective satellite having unlimited power
almighty; all-powerful.
- adjective satellite having unlimited power
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- disentitlement1/5
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- turtleback1/5
turtleback
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- superabundantly1/5
superabundant
- adjective satellite most excessively abundant
- adjective satellite most excessively abundant
- nonsignificantly1/5
nonsignificant
- adjective attributable to chance
- adjective attributable to chance
- catlinite1/5
catlinite
A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.
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- uncourtly1/5
- hottle1/5
hottle
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- concordantly1/5
concordant
- adjective satellite in keeping
agreeable; consonant; accordant; conformable.
- salaries agreeable with current trends
- plans conformable with your wishes
- expressed views concordant with his background
- adjective satellite being of the same opinion
concurring.
- adjective satellite in keeping
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battle
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
engagement; conflict; fight.
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- noun an energetic attempt to achieve something
struggle.
- getting through the crowd was a real struggle
- he fought a battle for recognition
- noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- knotless1/5
knotless
Free from knots; without knots. "Silver firs with knotless trunks." Congreve.
- startlement1/5
- witling1/5
witling
A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness. A beau and witing perished in the forming. Pope.
Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
- cattley1/5
cattley
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- atlantal1/5
atlantal
(Anat.) (a) Relating to the atlas. (b) Anterior; cephalic. Barclay.
- ungently1/5
ungently
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- accentless1/5
accentless
Without accent.
- retitling1/5
retitling
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- fortlet1/5
fortlet
A little fort. R. Bailey.
- guiltlessly1/5
guiltless
- adjective free from evil or guilt
clean-handed; innocent.
- an innocent child
- the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
- adjective free from evil or guilt
- saltless1/5
saltless
Destitute of salt; insipid.
- occipitoatlantal1/5
- featly1/5
feat
- noun a notable achievement
effort; exploit.
- he performed a great feat
- the book was her finest effort
- noun a notable achievement
- rattly1/5
rattly
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- seattleites1/5
- jointless1/5
jointless
Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
- incongruently1/5
incongruent
- adjective not congruent
- adjective not congruent
- embattlement1/5
embattlement
An intended parapet; a battlement.
- disentitle1/5
disentitle
To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
- antlerless1/5
- pendently1/5
pendent
- noun an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
pendant.
- noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
chandelier; pendant.
- noun an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
- wortle1/5
wortle
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rightless1/5
rightless
Destitute of right. Sylvester.
- unfitly1/5
unfit
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; disqualify.
- Your income disqualifies you
- adjective below the required standards for a purpose
- an unfit parent
- unfit for human consumption
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
- goatlike1/5
goatlike
Like a goat; goatish.
- frontlist1/5
- witlings1/5
witling
A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness. A beau and witing perished in the forming. Pope.
Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks! Goldsmith.
- serpentlike1/5
- mistle1/5
mistle
To fall in very fine drops, as rain.
- goatly1/5
goat
- noun any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
caprine animal.
- noun a victim of ridicule or pranks
stooge; laughingstock; butt.
- noun any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
- dartle1/5
dartle
To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart. My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning.
- hotlink1/5
hotlink
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- lickspittle1/5
- deficiently1/5
deficient
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
wanting; lacking.
- a deficient education
- deficient in common sense
- lacking in stamina
- tested and found wanting
- adjective of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
insufficient.
- insufficient funds
- adjective satellite inadequate in amount or degree
- errantly1/5
errant
- adjective satellite straying from the right course or from accepted standards
- errant youngsters
- adjective satellite uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable
- an errant breeze
- adjective satellite straying from the right course or from accepted standards
- retitle1/5
retitle
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ungallantly1/5
ungallant
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
unchivalrous; caddish.
- adjective satellite offensively discourteous
- priestless1/5
priestless
Without a priest. Pope.
- paintless1/5
paintless
Not capable of being painted or described. "In paintless patience." Savage.
- shetlanders1/5
- knittle1/5
knittle
A string that draws together a purse or bag. Prov. Eng. Wright.
- martlets1/5
martlet
(Zoöl.) The European house martin.
- atlantan1/5
atlantan
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- fortlets1/5
- putlog1/5
putlog
(Arch.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose. Oxf. Gloss.
- occultly1/5
occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
supernatural.
- She doesn't believe in the supernatural
- noun supernatural practices and techniques
occult arts.
- he is a student of the occult
- noun supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- cuttlebone1/5
cuttlebone
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- witlessly1/5
witless
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
senseless; soft-witted; nitwitted.
- adjective satellite (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
- carpetless1/5
carpetless
Without a carpet.
- buttles1/5
- cutlines1/5
cutlines
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- pregnantly1/5
pregnant
- adjective carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
- adjective satellite rich in significance or implication
meaning; significant.
- a meaning look
- adjective carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
- translucently1/5
translucent
- adjective satellite allowing light to pass through diffusely
semitransparent.
- translucent amber
- semitransparent curtains at the windows
- adjective satellite allowing light to pass through diffusely
- ettle1/5
ettle
To earn. Obs. See Boucher.Addle , to earn.
- postlaunch1/5
- westlin1/5
westlin
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- complaisantly1/5
complaisant
- adjective satellite showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
obliging.
- to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover
- the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave
- adjective satellite showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
- cuttler1/5
cuttle
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
cuttlefish.
- noun ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
- fatling1/5
fatling
A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food. He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 Sam. vi. 13.
- settledness1/5
settledness
The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. R. Bp. Hall.
- portliness1/5
portliness
The quality or state of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness. Such pride is praise; such portliness is honor. Spenser.
- littleleaf1/5
- taintless1/5
taintless
Free from taint or infection; pure.
- operantly1/5
operant
- adjective satellite having influence or producing an effect
- many emotional determinants at work
- an operant conscience
- adjective satellite having influence or producing an effect
- setling1/5
settle
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
settee.
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
settle down.
- dust settled on the roofs
- noun a long wooden bench with a back
- buntlines1/5
buntline
(Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.
- attle1/5
attle
(Mining) Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore. Weale.
- potlach1/5
potlach
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- unprecedently1/5
- wheatless1/5
- dismantlers1/5
- meetly1/5
meet
- noun a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
sports meeting.
- verb come together
see; come across; run into; run across; encounter.
- I'll probably see you at the meeting
- How nice to see you again!
- noun a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
- kentledge1/5
kentledge
(Naut.) Pigs of iron used for ballast. Written also kintlidge .
- unsubtly1/5
unsubtly
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- semipermanently1/5
semipermanent
- adjective satellite relating to or extending over a relatively long time
long-term; long-run.
- the long-run significance of the elections
- the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war
- a long-term investment
- adjective satellite relating to or extending over a relatively long time
- throatlatch1/5
throatlatch
A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
- gemutlichkeit1/5
gemutlichkeit
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- omnisciently1/5
omniscient
- adjective satellite infinitely wise
all-knowing.
- adjective satellite infinitely wise
- catlins1/5
- unaptly1/5
- partlet1/5
partlet
A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff. Obs. Fuller.
- rastle1/5
- subtlely1/5
subtle
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
elusive.
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
- adjective satellite able to make fine distinctions
- a subtle mind
- adjective satellite difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- clientless1/5
clientless
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- sweetling1/5
- printline1/5
- incandescently1/5
incandescent
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
candent.
- an incandescent bulb
- adjective satellite characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- an incandescent performance
- adjective satellite emitting light as a result of being heated
- ettling1/5
ettle
To earn. Obs. See Boucher.Addle , to earn.
- countercurrently1/5
countercurrent
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
tide rip; crosscurrent; riptide; rip.
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
crosscurrent.
- political crosscurrents disrupted the conference
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- postliminium1/5
postliminium
(Rom. Antiq.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy. Burrill.
- unambivalently1/5
- fatlike1/5
- saintliest1/5
saintly
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
angelic; sainted; beatific; saintlike; angelical.
- angelic beneficence
- a beatific smile
- a saintly concern for his fellow men
- my sainted mother
- adjective satellite marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- quiescently1/5
quiescent
- adjective satellite not active or activated
- the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation
- adjective satellite marked by a state of tranquil repose
- the quiescent melancholy of the town
- adjective satellite not active or activated
- fatlings1/5
fatling
A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food. He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 Sam. vi. 13.
- conjunctly1/5
conjunct
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- conjunct motion of an ascending scale
- adjective satellite bound in close association
- conjunct influences
- conjunct ideas
- adjective progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- eastlands1/5
- servantless1/5
- ixtli1/5
ixtli
(Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida , which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called alsopita , andTampico fiber .Written also istle .
- unknightly1/5
- guttler1/5
guttle
- verb eat greedily
raven; devour; pig.
- he devoured three sandwiches
- verb eat greedily
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