use: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of use
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abuse
- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
maltreatment; ill-treatment; ill-usage.
- the child showed signs of physical abuse
- noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
revilement; vilification; contumely; insult.
- when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
- they yelled insults at the visiting team
- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
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cause
- noun events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- they are trying to determine the cause of the crash
- noun a justification for something existing or happening
reason; grounds.
- he had no cause to complain
- they had good reason to rejoice
- noun events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
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house
- noun a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- he has a house on Cape Cod
- she felt she had to get out of the house
- noun the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
firm; business firm.
- he worked for a brokerage house
- noun a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
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mouse
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- noun a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
black eye; shiner.
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
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refuse
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scraps; food waste; garbage.
- verb show unwillingness towards
decline.
- he declined to join the group on a hike
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
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excuse
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
exculpation; alibi; self-justification.
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
- noun a note explaining an absence
- he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
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clause
- noun (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
- noun a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
article.
- noun (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
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spouse
- noun a person's partner in marriage
partner; married person; mate; better half.
- noun a person's partner in marriage
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pause
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
intermission; break; suspension; interruption.
- noun temporary inactivity
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- because5/5
because
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.
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reuse
- verb use again after processing
recycle; reprocess.
- We must recycle the cardboard boxes
- verb use again after processing
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misuse
- noun improper or excessive use
abuse.
- alcohol abuse
- the abuse of public funds
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
misapply.
- The words are misapplied in this context
- You are misapplying the name of this religious group
- noun improper or excessive use
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courthouse
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- noun a building that houses judicial courts
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- arouse4/5
arouse
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb stop sleeping
waken; come alive; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
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diffuse
- verb move outward
fan out; spread; spread out.
- The soldiers fanned out
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; imbue.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb move outward
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applause
- noun a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
hand clapping; clapping.
- noun a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
- confuse4/5
confuse
- verb mistake one thing for another
confound.
- you are confusing me with the other candidate
- I mistook her for the secretary
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bedevil; discombobulate; fox; confound; befuddle; fuddle; throw.
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
- verb mistake one thing for another
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fuse
- noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
electrical fuse; safety fuse.
- noun any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming.
- noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
- accuse4/5
accuse
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
charge.
- he charged the director with indifference
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
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rouse
- verb become active
bestir.
- He finally bestirred himself
- verb force or drive out
force out; rout out; drive out.
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
- verb become active
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greenhouse
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
glasshouse; nursery.
- adjective of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect
- greenhouse gases
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
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syracuse
A red wine of Italy.
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muse
- noun the source of an artist's inspiration
- Euterpe was his muse
- noun in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
- noun the source of an artist's inspiration
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farmhouse
- noun house for a farmer and family
- noun house for a farmer and family
- warehouse4/5
warehouse
- noun a storehouse for goods and merchandise
storage warehouse.
- verb store in a warehouse
- noun a storehouse for goods and merchandise
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menopause
- noun the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
climacteric; change of life.
- noun the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
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lighthouse
- noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
pharos; beacon; beacon light.
- noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
- blouse4/5
blouse
- noun a top worn by women
- noun a top worn by women
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overuse
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
overutilization; overexploitation; overutilisation.
- verb make use of too often or too extensively
overdrive.
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
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amuse
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
disport; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb make (somebody) laugh
- The clown amused the children
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
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meuse
- noun a European river; flows into the North Sea
Meuse River.
- noun an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
Argonne Forest; Argonne; Meuse-Argonne operation; Meuse River; Meuse-Argonne.
- noun a European river; flows into the North Sea
- ruse3/5
ruse
- noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
artifice.
- noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- profuse3/5
profuse
- adjective satellite produced or growing in extreme abundance
luxuriant; lush; riotous; exuberant.
- their riotous blooming
- adjective satellite produced or growing in extreme abundance
- infuse3/5
infuse
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
inculcate; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
impregnate; tincture; instill.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
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workhouse
- noun a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
- noun a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
- noun a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
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espouse
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
follow; adopt.
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; hook up with.
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
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powerhouse
- noun a highly energetic and indefatigable person
human dynamo; ball of fire; fireball.
- noun a team considered to be the best of its class
- noun a highly energetic and indefatigable person
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louse
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
sucking louse.
- noun a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
dirt ball; insect; worm.
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
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grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
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clubhouse
- noun a building that is occupied by a social club
club.
- the clubhouse needed a new roof
- noun a building that is occupied by a social club
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schoolhouse
- noun a building where young people receive education
school.
- the school was built in 1932
- he walked to school every morning
- noun a building where young people receive education
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marcuse
- noun United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)
Herbert Marcuse.
- noun United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)
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disuse
- noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
neglect.
- the house was in a terrible state of neglect
- noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
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westinghouse
- noun United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914)
George Westinghouse.
- noun United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914)
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obtuse
- adjective of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) rounded at the apex
- adjective of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
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recluse
- noun one who lives in solitude
solitary; troglodyte; solitudinarian; hermit.
- adjective satellite withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
reclusive; withdrawn.
- lived an unsocial reclusive life
- noun one who lives in solitude
- defuse3/5
defuse
- verb remove the triggering device from
- verb remove the triggering device from
- peruse3/5
peruse
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- Please peruse this report at your leisure
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- slaughterhouse3/5
slaughterhouse
- noun a building where animals are butchered
butchery; abattoir; shambles.
- noun a building where animals are butchered
- abstruse3/5
abstruse
- adjective satellite difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
recondite; deep.
- the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
- a deep metaphysical theory
- some recondite problem in historiography
- adjective satellite difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
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guesthouse
- noun a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
- noun a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
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toulouse
- noun a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
- noun a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
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playhouse
- noun plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
wendy house.
- noun plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
- storehouse3/5
storehouse
- noun a depository for goods
entrepot; depot; storage; store.
- storehouses were built close to the docks
- noun a depository for goods
- penthouse3/5
penthouse
- noun an apartment located on the top floors of a building
- noun an apartment located on the top floors of a building
- outhouse3/5
outhouse
- noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
earth-closet; jakes; privy.
- noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
- clearinghouse3/5
clearinghouse
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- woodhouse3/5
woodhouse
A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather.
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townhouse
A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
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jailhouse
- noun a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
slammer; pokey; gaol; jail; clink; poky.
- noun a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
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bathhouse
- noun a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
bathing machine.
- noun a building containing public baths
bagnio.
- noun a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
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guardhouse
- noun a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
- noun a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
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smokehouse
- noun a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish
meat house.
- noun a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish
- disabuse2/5
disabuse
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- icehouse2/5
icehouse
- noun a house for storing ice
- noun a house for storing ice
- enthuse2/5
enthuse
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- verb utter with enthusiasm
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- carouse2/5
carouse
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carousal; toot; bender; booze-up.
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
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gatehouse
- noun a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence
- noun a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence
- boardinghouse2/5
boardinghouse
- noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
boarding house.
- noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
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wodehouse
- noun English writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975)
P. G. Wodehouse; Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.
- noun English writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975)
- wheelhouse2/5
wheelhouse
- noun an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
pilothouse.
- noun an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
- poorhouse2/5
poorhouse
- noun an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
- noun an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
- whorehouse2/5
whorehouse
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
cathouse; bordello; bagnio; house of prostitution; brothel; sporting house; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- douse2/5
douse
- verb put out, as of a candle or a light
put out.
- Douse the lights
- verb wet thoroughly
dowse.
- verb put out, as of a candle or a light
- dollhouse2/5
dollhouse
- noun a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything
doll's house.
- noun a small model of a house used as a toy by children
doll's house.
- noun a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything
- glasshouse2/5
glasshouse
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
nursery; greenhouse.
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
- roadhouse2/5
roadhouse
- noun an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
- noun an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
- summerhouse2/5
summerhouse
- noun a small roofed building affording shade and rest
gazebo.
- noun a small roofed building affording shade and rest
- pilothouse2/5
pilothouse
- noun an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
wheelhouse.
- noun an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
- druse2/5
druse
(Min.) A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.
- cookhouse2/5
cookhouse
- noun the area for food preparation on a ship
ship's galley; galley; caboose.
- noun a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking
- the circus used a tent as their cookhouse
- noun the area for food preparation on a ship
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suffuse
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
perfuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
- His whole frame suffused with a cold dew
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
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antabuse
- noun a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested
disulfiram.
- noun a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested
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packinghouse
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
- they came from an apple packinghouse
- noun a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
packing plant.
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
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coffeehouse
- noun a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
coffee bar; cafe; coffee shop.
- noun a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- cruse2/5
cruse
- noun small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
- noun small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
- hothouse2/5
hothouse
- noun a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
conservatory; indoor garden.
- noun a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
- roundhouse2/5
roundhouse
- noun workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
- noun a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
- noun workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
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chartreuse
- noun a shade of green tinged with yellow
yellow green; pea green; yellowish green; Paris green.
- noun aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France
- noun a shade of green tinged with yellow
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meetinghouse
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
conventicle.
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
- teahouse2/5
teahouse
- noun a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
tearoom; teashop; tea parlor; tea parlour.
- noun a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
- ouse2/5
- bouse2/5
bouse
- verb haul with a tackle
bowse.
- verb haul with a tackle
- steakhouse2/5
steakhouse
- noun a restaurant that specializes in steaks
chophouse.
- noun a restaurant that specializes in steaks
- doghouse2/5
doghouse
- noun outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
dog house; kennel.
- noun an idiomatic term for being in disfavor
- in the doghouse
- noun outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
- statehouse2/5
statehouse
The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol. U. S.
- duse2/5
duse
A demon or spirit. See Deuce .
- rittenhouse2/5
rittenhouse
- noun United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796)
David Rittenhouse.
- noun United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796)
- crouse2/5
crouse
Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. Scot. Burns.
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tropopause
- noun the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
- noun the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
- henhouse2/5
henhouse
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
hencoop; coop; chicken coop.
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
- masseuse2/5
masseuse
- noun a female massager
- noun a female massager
- birdhouse2/5
birdhouse
- noun a shelter for birds
- noun a shelter for birds
- dormouse2/5
dormouse
- noun small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
- noun small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
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customhouse
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
customshouse.
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
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hypotenuse
- noun the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
- noun the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
- boathouse2/5
boathouse
- noun a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats
- noun a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats
- madhouse2/5
madhouse
- noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; nut house; funny house.
- noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
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firehouse
- noun a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
fire station.
- noun a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
- alehouse2/5
alehouse
- noun a tavern where ale is sold
- noun a tavern where ale is sold
- cayuse2/5
cayuse
- noun a small native range horse
Indian pony.
- noun a small native range horse
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betelgeuse
- noun the second brightest star in Orion
Alpha Orionis.
- noun the second brightest star in Orion
- blockhouse2/5
blockhouse
- noun a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
- noun a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
- charterhouse2/5
charterhouse
- noun a Carthusian monastery
- noun a Carthusian monastery
- longhouse2/5
longhouse
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- suse2/5
suse
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- bunkhouse2/5
bunkhouse
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religieuse
A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
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choose
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
pick out; select; take.
- Take any one of these cards
- Choose a good husband for your daughter
- She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
- verb select as an alternative over another
opt; prefer.
- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
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almshouse
A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
- backhouse2/5
backhouse
A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
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subclause
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- nonuse2/5
nonuse
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- youse2/5
you
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye .Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. Chaucer.
Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.
In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior.
✍ Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. "Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?" Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. "The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods." Addison. "Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine." Addison. "It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt." Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. "Your highness shall repose you at the tower." Shak.
- treehouse2/5
treehouse
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- hause2/5
hause
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- recuse1/5
recuse
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- verb challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- souse1/5
souse
- noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
alcoholic; lush; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; soaker.
- noun pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled
- noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
- transfuse1/5
transfuse
- verb impart gradually
instill.
- Her presence instilled faith into the children
- transfuse love of music into the students
- verb pour out of one vessel into another
- verb impart gradually
- chouse1/5
chouse
- verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit
shaft; chicane; screw; cheat; jockey.
- verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- roughhouse1/5
roughhouse
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- verb engage in rough or disorderly play
- berceuse1/5
berceuse
- noun a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
cradlesong; lullaby.
- noun a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
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chapterhouse
- noun a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter
- noun a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity
frat house; fraternity house.
- noun a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter
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cathouse
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
bordello; bagnio; whorehouse; house of prostitution; brothel; sporting house; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- rehouse1/5
rehouse
- verb put up in a new or different housing
- verb put up in a new or different housing
- barrelhouse1/5
barrelhouse
- noun a cheap drinking and dancing establishment
honky-tonk.
- noun a cheap drinking and dancing establishment
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heliopause
- noun the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet
- noun the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet
- effuse1/5
effuse
- verb pour out
pour out.
- effused brine
- verb flow or spill forth
flow out.
- verb pour out
- bemuse1/5
bemuse
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
throw; bewilder; discombobulate.
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
- posthouse1/5
posthouse
- noun an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
post house.
- noun an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
- delouse1/5
delouse
- verb free of lice
- They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps
- verb free of lice
- bakehouse1/5
bakehouse
- noun a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
bakery; bakeshop.
- noun a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold
- flophouse1/5
flophouse
- noun a cheap lodging house
dosshouse.
- noun a cheap lodging house
- washhouse1/5
washhouse
- noun a building or outbuilding where laundry is done
- noun a building or outbuilding where laundry is done
- perfuse1/5
perfuse
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- perfuse a liver with a salt solution
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
suffuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- tollhouse1/5
tollhouse
- noun a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
tollbooth; tolbooth.
- noun a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
- pesthouse1/5
pesthouse
- noun hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
lazaretto; lazar house; lazarette; lazaret.
- noun hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
- pothouse1/5
pothouse
- noun tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
taphouse; public house; pub; saloon; gin mill.
- noun tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
- chophouse1/5
chophouse
- noun a restaurant that specializes in steaks
steakhouse.
- noun a restaurant that specializes in steaks
- ceruse1/5
ceruse
- noun a poisonous white pigment that contains lead
lead carbonate; white lead.
- noun a poisonous white pigment that contains lead
- customshouse1/5
customshouse
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
customhouse.
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
- danseuse1/5
danseuse
- noun a female ballet dancer
ballerina.
- noun a female ballet dancer
- scouse1/5
scouse
- noun a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors
lobscouse; lobscuse.
- noun a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors
- nuthouse1/5
nuthouse
- noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; madhouse; funny farm; sanatorium; nut house; funny house.
- noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
- countinghouse1/5
countinghouse
- noun office used by the accountants of a business
- noun office used by the accountants of a business
- cowhouse1/5
cowhouse
- noun a barn for cows
cowshed; cowbarn; cow barn; byre.
- noun a barn for cows
- fieldmouse1/5
fieldmouse
- noun any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
field mouse.
- noun any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
- titmouse1/5
titmouse
- noun small insectivorous birds
tit.
- noun small insectivorous birds
- porterhouse1/5
porterhouse
- noun large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
porterhouse steak.
- noun large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
- sandgrouse1/5
sandgrouse
- noun pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
sand grouse.
- noun pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
- woodlouse1/5
woodlouse
- noun any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
slater.
- noun any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
- mulhouse1/5
- huse1/5
huse
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- palouse1/5
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underuse
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- scuse1/5
scuse
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- deckhouse1/5
deckhouse
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- motherhouse1/5
- brewhouse1/5
brewhouse
A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.
- multiuse1/5
multiuse
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- chanteuse1/5
chanteuse
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- touse1/5
touse
To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. Prov. Eng. Shak.As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.
- creuse1/5
creuse
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- skuse1/5
- millhouse1/5
- malthouse1/5
- baghouse1/5
baghouse
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- shouse1/5
shouse
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- j'accuse1/5
j'accuse
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- resthouse1/5
resthouse
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- oncomouse1/5
- sugarhouse1/5
- mesopause1/5
- hypothenuse1/5
hypothenuse
Same as Hypotenuse .
- ventouse1/5
ventouse
A cupping glass. Obs. Chaucer.
- merveilleuse1/5
merveilleuse
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- coalhouse1/5
- mitrailleuse1/5
mitrailleuse
(Mil.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.
- smouse1/5
- bughouse1/5
bughouse
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- culverhouse1/5
culverhouse
A dovecote.
- prisonhouse1/5
- stratopause1/5
- gashouse1/5
gashouse
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- arquebuse1/5
arquebuse
A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. Written also harquebus .
- sweathouse1/5
- lodginghouse1/5
- packhouse1/5
packhouse
Warehouse for storing goods.
- charmeuse1/5
- bellhouse1/5
- dovehouse1/5
- beerhouse1/5
beerhouse
A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
- incuse1/5
incuse
(Numismatics) Cut or stamped in, or hollowed out by engraving. "Irregular incuse square." Dr. W. Smith.
- charthouse1/5
- fause1/5
fause
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- milkhouse1/5
- snowhouse1/5
- blanchisseuse1/5
- dyehouse1/5
dyehouse
A building in which dyeing is carried on.
- incluse1/5
- jalouse1/5
- watchhouse1/5
watchhouse
A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
- womanhouse1/5
- winehouse1/5
- deadhouse1/5
deadhouse
A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
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Suffixes of use
- used«Word Popularity Bar5/5
used
- adjective employed in accomplishing something
- the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker
- verb put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
employ; apply; use; utilize; utilise.
- use your head!
- we only use Spanish at home
- I can't use this tool
- Apply a magnetic field here
- This thinking was applied to many projects
- How do you utilize this tool?
- I apply this rule to get good results
- use the plastic bags to store the food
- He doesn't know how to use a computer
- adjective employed in accomplishing something
- user5/5
user
- noun a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- noun a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
exploiter.
- noun a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- uses5/5
use
- noun the act of using
utilization; utilisation; usage; employment; exercise.
- he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
- skilled in the utilization of computers
- noun what something is used for
function; role; purpose.
- the function of an auger is to bore holes
- ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
- noun the act of using
- users5/5
user
- noun a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- noun a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
exploiter.
- noun a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- useful5/5
useful
- adjective being of use or service
utile.
- the girl felt motherly and useful
- a useful job
- a useful member of society
- adjective satellite having a useful function
utilitarian.
- utilitarian steel tables
- adjective being of use or service
- useless5/5
useless
- adjective having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
- a kitchen full of useless gadgets
- she is useless in an emergency
- adjective having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
- usefulness4/5
usefulness
- noun the quality of being of practical use
utility.
- noun the quality of being of practical use
- username4/5
username
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- usefully3/5
usefully
- adverb in a useful manner
- extra money could be usefully spent on this project
- adverb in a useful manner
- usenet3/5
usenet
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useable
- adjective satellite fit or ready for use or service
usable; operable; functional; operational.
- the toaster was still functional even after being dropped
- the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable
- an operational aircraft
- the dishwasher is now in working order
- adjective satellite capable of being put to use
usable.
- usable byproducts
- adjective satellite fit or ready for use or service
- uselessness2/5
uselessness
- noun the quality of having no practical use
unusefulness; inutility.
- noun the quality of having no practical use
- uselessly2/5
uselessly
- adverb in a useless manner
- the furniture was sitting around uselessly
- adverb in a useless manner
- usernames2/5
usernames
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- usee1/5
usee
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Derived words of use
- causes«Word Popularity Bar5/5
cause
- noun events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- they are trying to determine the cause of the crash
- noun a justification for something existing or happening
reason; grounds.
- he had no cause to complain
- they had good reason to rejoice
- noun events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- caused5/5
cause
- noun events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- they are trying to determine the cause of the crash
- noun a justification for something existing or happening
reason; grounds.
- he had no cause to complain
- they had good reason to rejoice
- noun events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
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house
- noun a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- he has a house on Cape Cod
- she felt she had to get out of the house
- noun the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
firm; business firm.
- he worked for a brokerage house
- noun a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- refused5/5
refuse
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scraps; food waste; garbage.
- verb show unwillingness towards
decline.
- he declined to join the group on a hike
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- accused5/5
accused
- noun a defendant in a criminal proceeding
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- noun a defendant in a criminal proceeding
- focused5/5
focused
- adjective being in focus or brought into focus
focussed.
- verb direct one's attention on something
center; centre; pore; focus; concentrate; rivet.
- Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
- adjective being in focus or brought into focus
- confused5/5
confused
- adjective satellite perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
baffled; bewildered; bemused; lost; confounded; befuddled; at sea; mazed; mixed-up.
- obviously bemused by his questions
- bewildered and confused
- a cloudy and confounded philosopher
- just a mixed-up kid
- she felt lost on the first day of school
- verb mistake one thing for another
confound; confuse.
- you are confusing me with the other candidate
- I mistook her for the secretary
- adjective satellite perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- focuses5/5
focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
direction; centering; focussing; focal point; focusing.
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
- noun maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- in focus
- out of focus
- noun the concentration of attention or energy on something
- paused5/5
pause
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
intermission; break; suspension; interruption.
- noun temporary inactivity
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- clauses5/5
clause
- noun (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
- noun a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
article.
- noun (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
- viruses5/5
virus
- noun (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- noun a harmful or corrupting agency
- bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread
- the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone
- noun (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
- household5/5
household
- noun a social unit living together
house; menage; family; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun a social unit living together
- households5/5
household
- noun a social unit living together
house; menage; family; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun a social unit living together
- museum5/5
museum
- noun a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
- noun a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
- massachusetts5/5
massachusetts
- noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
MA; Old Colony; Bay State.
- noun a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
Massachuset.
- noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
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museum
- noun a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
- noun a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
- abused4/5
abused
- adjective satellite used improperly or excessively especially drugs
- an abused substance
- verb treat badly
ill-use; ill-treat; maltreat; step; abuse; mistreat.
- This boss abuses his workers
- She is always stepping on others to get ahead
- adjective satellite used improperly or excessively especially drugs
- abuses4/5
abuse
- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
maltreatment; ill-treatment; ill-usage.
- the child showed signs of physical abuse
- noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
revilement; vilification; contumely; insult.
- when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
- they yelled insults at the visiting team
- noun cruel or inhumane treatment
- amusement4/5
amusement
- noun a feeling of delight at being entertained
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
entertainment.
- noun a feeling of delight at being entertained
- refuses4/5
refuse
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scraps; food waste; garbage.
- verb show unwillingness towards
decline.
- he declined to join the group on a hike
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- aroused4/5
aroused
- adjective satellite aroused to action
- the aroused opposition
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; arouse; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- adjective satellite aroused to action
- amused4/5
amused
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
diverted; entertained.
- We are not amused" -Queen Victoria
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
disport; amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
- excuses4/5
excuse
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
exculpation; alibi; self-justification.
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
- noun a note explaining an absence
- he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
- noun a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- excused4/5
excused
- adjective satellite granted exemption
- one of the excused jurors planned to write a book
- verb accept an excuse for
excuse; pardon.
- Please excuse my dirty hands
- adjective satellite granted exemption
- housekeeping4/5
housekeeping
- noun the work of cleaning and running a house
housework.
- verb maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
housekeep.
- noun the work of cleaning and running a house
- housed4/5
house
- noun a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- he has a house on Cape Cod
- she felt she had to get out of the house
- noun the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
firm; business firm.
- he worked for a brokerage house
- noun a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
- spouses4/5
spouse
- noun a person's partner in marriage
partner; married person; mate; better half.
- noun a person's partner in marriage
- fused4/5
fused
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
amalgamate; amalgamated; coalesced; consolidated.
- United Industries
- the amalgamated colleges constituted a university
- a consolidated school
- verb mix together different elements
mix; conflate; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; combine; merge; blend; meld.
- The colors blend well
- adjective satellite joined together into a whole
- roused4/5
rouse
- verb become active
bestir.
- He finally bestirred himself
- verb force or drive out
force out; rout out; drive out.
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
- verb become active
- pauses4/5
pause
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
intermission; break; suspension; interruption.
- noun temporary inactivity
- noun a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- infused4/5
infuse
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
inculcate; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
impregnate; tincture; instill.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- diffused4/5
diffused
- adjective satellite (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material
- diffused light
- verb move outward
fan out; spread; diffuse; spread out.
- The soldiers fanned out
- adjective satellite (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material
- espoused4/5
espouse
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
follow; adopt.
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; hook up with.
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- nausea4/5
nausea
- noun the state that precedes vomiting
sickness.
- noun disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
- noun the state that precedes vomiting
- buses4/5
bus
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; charabanc; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar
bus topology.
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- unused4/5
unused
- adjective satellite not yet used or soiled
fresh.
- a fresh shirt
- a fresh sheet of paper
- an unused envelope
- adjective satellite not yet put into use
- we bought an unused car for a change
- adjective satellite not yet used or soiled
- housekeeper4/5
housekeeper
- noun a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
- noun a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
- mused4/5
muse
- noun in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
- noun the source of an artist's inspiration
- Euterpe was his muse
- noun in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
- trousers4/5
trouser
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
pant.
- he had a sharp crease in his trousers
- noun a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers
- in his trouser's pocket
- he ripped his left trouser on the fence
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- warehouses4/5
warehouse
- noun a storehouse for goods and merchandise
storage warehouse.
- verb store in a warehouse
- noun a storehouse for goods and merchandise
- campuses4/5
campus
- noun a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
- noun a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
- reused3/5
reuse
- verb use again after processing
recycle; reprocess.
- We must recycle the cardboard boxes
- verb use again after processing
- misused3/5
misused
- adjective used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose
- misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
misuse; misapply.
- The words are misapplied in this context
- You are misapplying the name of this religious group
- adjective used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose
- housework3/5
housework
- noun the work of cleaning and running a house
housekeeping.
- noun the work of cleaning and running a house
- amusements3/5
amusement
- noun a feeling of delight at being entertained
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
entertainment.
- noun a feeling of delight at being entertained
- choruses3/5
chorus
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a chorus of boos
- noun a group of people assembled to sing together
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- arouses3/5
arouse
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise; fire; enkindle; elicit; evoke; kindle; provoke.
- arouse pity
- raise a smile
- evoke sympathy
- verb stop sleeping
waken; come alive; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
- She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
- verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- statuses3/5
status
- noun the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
position.
- he had the status of a minor
- the novel attained the status of a classic
- atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life
- noun a state at a particular time
condition.
- a condition (or state) of disrepair
- the current status of the arms negotiations
- noun the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- bonuses3/5
bonus
- noun anything that tends to arouse
fillip.
- his approval was an added fillip
- noun an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
incentive.
- noun anything that tends to arouse
- housewife3/5
housewife
- noun a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
woman of the house; lady of the house; homemaker.
- noun a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
- abusers3/5
abuser
- noun someone who abuses
maltreater.
- noun someone who abuses
- housewives3/5
housewife
- noun a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
woman of the house; lady of the house; homemaker.
- noun a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
- profusely3/5
profusely
- adverb in an abundant manner
abundantly; copiously; extravagantly.
- they were abundantly supplied with food
- he thanked her profusely
- adverb in an abundant manner
- fuses3/5
fuse
- noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
electrical fuse; safety fuse.
- noun any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
fusee; fuze; fuzee; primer; priming.
- noun an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
- accuses3/5
accuse
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
charge.
- he charged the director with indifference
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
- causeway3/5
causeway
- noun a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
- verb provide with a causeway
- A causewayed swamp
- noun a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
- abuser3/5
abuser
- noun someone who abuses
maltreater.
- noun someone who abuses
- householder3/5
householder
- noun someone who owns a home
homeowner.
- noun someone who owns a home
- geniuses3/5
genius
- noun someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
Einstein; brainiac; mastermind; brain.
- Mozart was a child genius
- he's smart but he's no Einstein
- noun unusual mental ability
brilliance.
- noun someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- confuses3/5
confuse
- verb mistake one thing for another
confound.
- you are confusing me with the other candidate
- I mistook her for the secretary
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bedevil; discombobulate; fox; confound; befuddle; fuddle; throw.
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
- verb mistake one thing for another
- accuser3/5
accuser
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- accusers3/5
accuser
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- noun someone who imputes guilt or blame
- diffuses3/5
diffuse
- verb move outward
fan out; spread; spread out.
- The soldiers fanned out
- verb spread or diffuse through
riddle; permeate; interpenetrate; pervade; penetrate; imbue.
- An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
- music penetrated the entire building
- His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
- verb move outward
- householders3/5
householder
- noun someone who owns a home
homeowner.
- noun someone who owns a home
- enthused3/5
enthuse
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- verb utter with enthusiasm
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- muses3/5
muse
- noun in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
- noun the source of an artist's inspiration
- Euterpe was his muse
- noun in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
- fetuses3/5
fetus
- noun an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
foetus.
- noun an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
- suffused3/5
suffuse
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
perfuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
- His whole frame suffused with a cold dew
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
- censuses3/5
census
- noun a periodic count of the population
nose count; nosecount.
- verb conduct a census
- They censused the deer in the forest
- noun a periodic count of the population
- bemused3/5
bemused
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
deep in thought; preoccupied; lost.
- as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
- lost in thought
- a preoccupied frown
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
bemuse; throw; bewilder; discombobulate.
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
- clausewitz3/5
clausewitz
- noun Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)
Karl von Clausewitz.
- noun Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)
- apparatuses3/5
apparatus
- noun equipment designed to serve a specific function
setup.
- noun (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- the breathing apparatus
- noun equipment designed to serve a specific function
- nauseous3/5
nauseous
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- adjective satellite feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
queasy; nauseated; sick; sickish.
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
- greenhouses3/5
greenhouse
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
glasshouse; nursery.
- adjective of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect
- greenhouse gases
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
- surpluses3/5
surplus
- noun a quantity much larger than is needed
nimiety; surplusage; excess.
- adjective satellite more than is needed, desired, or required
supererogatory; extra; redundant; 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
- noun a quantity much larger than is needed
- sinuses3/5
sinus
- noun an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
fistula.
- noun any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
- noun an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
- eusebius3/5
eusebius
- noun Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340)
Eusebius of Caesarea.
- noun Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340)
- carousel3/5
carousel
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage carrousel; luggage carousel; carrousel.
- noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
roundabout; whirligig; carrousel; merry-go-round.
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- trouser3/5
trouser
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
pant.
- he had a sharp crease in his trousers
- noun a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers
- in his trouser's pocket
- he ripped his left trouser on the fence
- noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- fuselage3/5
fuselage
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- blouses3/5
blouse
- noun a top worn by women
- noun a top worn by women
- unfocused3/5
unfocused
- adjective (of an image) not being in or brought into focus
unfocussed.
- at their edges things were pretty much out of focus
- adjective satellite not concentrated at one point or upon one objective
unfocussed.
- diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister
- adjective (of an image) not being in or brought into focus
- giuseppe3/5
giuseppe
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- overused2/5
overuse
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
overutilization; overexploitation; overutilisation.
- verb make use of too often or too extensively
overdrive.
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
- misuses2/5
misuse
- noun improper or excessive use
abuse.
- alcohol abuse
- the abuse of public funds
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
misapply.
- The words are misapplied in this context
- You are misapplying the name of this religious group
- noun improper or excessive use
- reuses2/5
reuse
- verb use again after processing
recycle; reprocess.
- We must recycle the cardboard boxes
- verb use again after processing
- courthouses2/5
courthouse
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- noun a building that houses judicial courts
- noun a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- amuses2/5
amuse
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
disport; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb make (somebody) laugh
- The clown amused the children
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- pluses2/5
plus
- noun a useful or valuable quality
asset.
- noun the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
summation; addition.
- the summation of four and three gives seven
- four plus three equals seven
- noun a useful or valuable quality
- chorused2/5
chorus
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- a chorus of boos
- noun a group of people assembled to sing together
- noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- soused2/5
soused
- adjective satellite very drunk
pixilated; sozzled; soaked; tight; sloshed; slopped; blotto; plastered; crocked; besotted; cockeyed; squiffy; wet; pie-eyed; fuddled; smashed; blind drunk; stiff; loaded; pissed.
- verb cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
drench; souse; soak; sop; douse; dowse.
- souse water on his hot face
- adjective satellite very drunk
- housewifery2/5
housewifery
- noun the work of a housewife
- noun the work of a housewife
- caucuses2/5
caucus
- noun a closed political meeting
- verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
- noun a closed political meeting
- espouses2/5
espouse
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
follow; adopt.
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; hook up with.
- verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- infuses2/5
infuse
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
inculcate; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
impregnate; tincture; instill.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- transfused2/5
transfuse
- verb impart gradually
instill.
- Her presence instilled faith into the children
- transfuse love of music into the students
- verb pour out of one vessel into another
- verb impart gradually
- workhouses2/5
workhouse
- noun a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
- noun a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
- noun a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
- calloused2/5
calloused
- adjective satellite having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
thickened; callous.
- calloused skin
- with a workman's callous hands
- verb make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
cauterise; callous; cauterize.
- adjective satellite having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
- mousetrap2/5
mousetrap
- noun a trap for catching mice
- noun (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
trap play.
- noun a trap for catching mice
- methuselah2/5
methuselah
- noun (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
- noun a man who is very old
graybeard; old man; greybeard.
- noun (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
- rouses2/5
rouse
- verb become active
bestir.
- He finally bestirred himself
- verb force or drive out
force out; rout out; drive out.
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
- verb become active
- syllabuses2/5
syllabus
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
course of study; curriculum; program; programme.
- he was admitted to a new program at the university
- noun an integrated course of academic studies
- ruses2/5
rus
- noun the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
- noun a rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum
ruthenium; Ru; atomic number 44.
- noun the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
- bathhouses2/5
bathhouse
- noun a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
bathing machine.
- noun a building containing public baths
bagnio.
- noun a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
- causeways2/5
causeway
- noun a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
- verb provide with a causeway
- A causewayed swamp
- noun a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
- disabused2/5
disabused
- adjective satellite freed of a mistaken or misguided notion
undeceived.
- some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
disabuse.
- adjective satellite freed of a mistaken or misguided notion
- bemusement2/5
bemusement
- noun confusion resulting from failure to understand
puzzlement; mystification; bewilderment; befuddlement; bafflement; obfuscation.
- noun confusion resulting from failure to understand
- powerhouses2/5
powerhouse
- noun a highly energetic and indefatigable person
human dynamo; ball of fire; fireball.
- noun a team considered to be the best of its class
- noun a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- housebreaking2/5
housebreaking
- noun trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
break-in; breaking and entering.
- verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
house-train; housebreak.
- noun trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
- perused2/5
peruse
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- Please peruse this report at your leisure
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- nauseated2/5
nauseated
- adjective satellite feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
queasy; nauseous; sick; sickish.
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- adjective satellite feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
- farmhouses2/5
farmhouse
- noun house for a farmer and family
- noun house for a farmer and family
- doused2/5
douse
- verb put out, as of a candle or a light
put out.
- Douse the lights
- verb wet thoroughly
dowse.
- verb put out, as of a candle or a light
- nauseating2/5
nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
- circuses2/5
circus
- noun a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- he ran away from home to join the circus
- noun a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- the children always love to go to the circus
- noun a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- housekeepers2/5
housekeeper
- noun a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
- noun a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household
- refocused2/5
refocus
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- verb focus anew
- The group needs to refocus its goals
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- confusedly2/5
confusedly
- adverb in a confused manner
- Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him
- adverb in a confused manner
- defused2/5
defuse
- verb remove the triggering device from
- verb remove the triggering device from
- prospectuses2/5
prospectus
- noun a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise
- a prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision
- noun a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university
course catalog; course catalogue.
- noun a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise
- mauser2/5
mauser
- noun German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
Peter Paul Mauser; P. P. von Mauser; von Mauser.
- noun trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol
- noun German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
- houseman2/5
houseman
- noun an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
intern; medical intern; interne.
- noun an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
- slaughterhouses2/5
slaughterhouse
- noun a building where animals are butchered
butchery; abattoir; shambles.
- noun a building where animals are butchered
- housecleaning2/5
housecleaning
- noun (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
- more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms
- many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners
- noun the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house
- efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time
- noun (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
- groused2/5
grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- houseplants2/5
houseplant
- noun any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
- noun any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
- omnibuses2/5
omnibus
- noun an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; bus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; charabanc; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author
- guesthouses2/5
guesthouse
- noun a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
- noun a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
- uncaused2/5
uncaused
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
causeless; fortuitous.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
- foetuses2/5
foetus
- noun an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
fetus.
- noun an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
- schoolhouses2/5
schoolhouse
- noun a building where young people receive education
school.
- the school was built in 1932
- he walked to school every morning
- noun a building where young people receive education
- recluses2/5
recluse
- noun one who lives in solitude
solitary; troglodyte; solitudinarian; hermit.
- adjective satellite withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
reclusive; withdrawn.
- lived an unsocial reclusive life
- noun one who lives in solitude
- housemates2/5
housemate
- noun someone who resides in the same house with you
- noun someone who resides in the same house with you
- boardinghouses2/5
boardinghouse
- noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
boarding house.
- noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
- houseguest2/5
houseguest
- noun a guest entertained in your house
house guest.
- noun a guest entertained in your house
- druses2/5
druse
- noun an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
Druze.
- a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives
- noun an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
- causeless2/5
causeless
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
reasonless.
- a senseless, causeless murder
- a causeless war that never had an aim
- an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
fortuitous; uncaused.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
- suffuses2/5
suffuse
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
perfuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
- His whole frame suffused with a cold dew
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
- rendezvoused2/5
rendezvous
- noun a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- noun a place where people meet
- he was waiting for them at the rendezvous
- noun a meeting planned at a certain time and place
- housemate2/5
housemate
- noun someone who resides in the same house with you
- noun someone who resides in the same house with you
- houseguests2/5
houseguest
- noun a guest entertained in your house
house guest.
- noun a guest entertained in your house
- perfused2/5
perfuse
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- perfuse a liver with a salt solution
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
suffuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- lighthouses2/5
lighthouse
- noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
pharos; beacon; beacon light.
- noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
- diffuser2/5
diffuser
- noun baffle that distributes sound waves evenly
diffusor.
- noun optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly
diffusor.
- noun baffle that distributes sound waves evenly
- pusey2/5
pusey
- noun English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
Edward Bouverie Pusey; Edward Pusey.
- noun English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
- housemaid2/5
housemaid
- noun a female domestic
maid; maidservant; amah.
- noun a female domestic
- storehouses2/5
storehouse
- noun a depository for goods
entrepot; depot; storage; store.
- storehouses were built close to the docks
- noun a depository for goods
- coffeehouses2/5
coffeehouse
- noun a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
coffee bar; cafe; coffee shop.
- noun a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
- calluses2/5
callus
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
callosity.
- noun bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
- outhouses2/5
outhouse
- noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
earth-closet; jakes; privy.
- noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
- callused2/5
callus
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
callosity.
- noun bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
- noun an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
- playhouses2/5
playhouse
- noun plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
wendy house.
- noun plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
- minuses2/5
minus
- noun an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
subtraction.
- the subtraction of three from four leaves one
- four minus three equals one
- adjective on the negative side or lower end of a scale
- minus 5 degrees
- a grade of B minus
- noun an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
- diffusers2/5
diffuser
- noun baffle that distributes sound waves evenly
diffusor.
- noun optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly
diffusor.
- noun baffle that distributes sound waves evenly
- housemaids2/5
housemaid
- noun a female domestic
maid; maidservant; amah.
- noun a female domestic
- bused2/5
bus
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; charabanc; jitney; autobus; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar
bus topology.
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
- obtuseness2/5
obtuseness
- noun the quality of being slow to understand
dullness.
- noun the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point
- noun the quality of being slow to understand
- minibuses2/5
minibus
- noun a light bus (4 to 10 passengers)
- noun a light bus (4 to 10 passengers)
- housebound2/5
housebound
- adjective satellite confined usually by illness
homebound; shut-in.
- adjective satellite confined usually by illness
- housecoat2/5
housecoat
- noun a loose dressing gown for women
neglige; negligee; peignoir; wrapper.
- noun a loose dressing gown for women
- housetops2/5
housetop
- noun the roof of a house
- shout it from the housetops
- noun the roof of a house
- teahouses2/5
teahouse
- noun a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
tearoom; teashop; tea parlor; tea parlour.
- noun a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
- warehoused2/5
warehouse
- noun a storehouse for goods and merchandise
storage warehouse.
- verb store in a warehouse
- noun a storehouse for goods and merchandise
- warehouseman2/5
warehouseman
- noun a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
warehouser.
- noun a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
- carrousel2/5
carrousel
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage carrousel; luggage carousel; carousel.
- noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
roundabout; whirligig; carousel; merry-go-round.
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- housewarming2/5
housewarming
- noun a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home
- noun a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home
- disused2/5
disused
- adjective satellite no longer in use
obsolete.
- obsolete words
- adjective satellite no longer in use
- retroviruses2/5
retrovirus
- noun any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
- noun any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
- houseboat2/5
houseboat
- noun a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
- noun a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
- munchausen2/5
munchausen
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
Baron Munchausen; Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen; Munchhausen.
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
- adenoviruses2/5
adenovirus
- noun any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye
- noun any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye
- plexuses2/5
plexus
- noun a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
rete.
- noun a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
- drusen2/5
drusen
- noun (plural) an eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retina
- noun (plural) an eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retina
- boluses2/5
bolus
- noun a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
- noun a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
- noun a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
- octopuses2/5
octopus
- noun tentacles of octopus prepared as food
- noun bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
devilfish.
- noun tentacles of octopus prepared as food
- houseful2/5
houseful
- noun as many as a house will accommodate
- they entertained a houseful of guests
- noun as many as a house will accommodate
- houseboats2/5
houseboat
- noun a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
- noun a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
- alehouses2/5
alehouse
- noun a tavern where ale is sold
- noun a tavern where ale is sold
- diffusely2/5
diffusely
- adverb in a diffuse manner
- the arteries were diffusely narrowed
- adverb in a diffuse manner
- lotuses2/5
lotus
- noun native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
Indian lotus; Nelumbo nucifera; sacred lotus.
- noun annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
genus Lotus.
- noun native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- crocuses2/5
crocus
- noun any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- noun any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
- walruses2/5
walrus
- noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
seahorse; sea horse.
- noun either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
- enteroviruses2/5
enterovirus
- noun any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)
- noun any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)
- blockhouses2/5
blockhouse
- noun a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
- noun a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire
- hausen2/5
hausen
- noun valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
white sturgeon; beluga; Acipenser huso.
- noun valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
- multiuser2/5
- ceausescu2/5
ceausescu
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- compuserve2/5
compuserve
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- tannhauser2/5
tannhauser
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- townhouses2/5
townhouse
A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
- stockhausen2/5
stockhausen
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- houser2/5
houser
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- underused2/5
underused
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- housewares2/5
housewares
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- almshouses2/5
almshouse
A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
- religieuses2/5
religieuse
A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
- superuser2/5
superuser
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- nauseam2/5
nauseam
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- longhouses2/5
longhouses
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- nonusers2/5
nonuser
A not using; failure to use. An office may be forfeited by misuser or nonuser. Blackstone.
- herpesviruses2/5
- clearinghouses2/5
clearinghouses
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- causey2/5
causey
A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden.
The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.
- houseboy2/5
houseboy
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- houseless2/5
houseless
Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a .houseless wanderer
- causer2/5
causer
One who or that which causes.
- unfused2/5
- overuses1/5
overuse
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
overutilization; overexploitation; overutilisation.
- verb make use of too often or too extensively
overdrive.
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
- recused1/5
recuse
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- verb challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
- verb disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- mouses1/5
mouse
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- noun a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
black eye; shiner.
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- nonplused1/5
nonplused
- adjective satellite filled with bewilderment
at a loss; nonplussed; puzzled.
- at a loss to understand those remarks
- puzzled that she left without saying goodbye
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- adjective satellite filled with bewilderment
- consensuses1/5
consensus
- noun agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
- the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions
- those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus
- noun agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
- corpuses1/5
corpus
- noun capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
principal sum; principal.
- noun a collection of writings
- he edited the Hemingway corpus
- noun capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
- uteruses1/5
uterus
- noun a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
womb.
- noun a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
- tauruses1/5
taurus
- noun Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
Sanchez; Ilich Sanchez; Glen Gebhard; Salim; Andres Martinez; Carlos the Jackal; Michael Assat; Ilich Ramirez Sanchez; Hector Hevodidbon; Carlos.
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
Bull.
- noun Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
- carousers1/5
carouser
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
wassailer.
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
- excuser1/5
excuser
- noun a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
forgiver; pardoner.
- noun a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
- carouser1/5
carouser
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
wassailer.
- noun someone who enjoys riotous drinking
- ignoramuses1/5
ignoramus
- noun an ignorant person
uneducated person; know nothing.
- noun an ignorant person
- curiouser1/5
curious
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
funny; rum; singular; queer; odd; peculiar; rummy.
- a curious hybrid accent
- her speech has a funny twang
- they have some funny ideas about war
- had an odd name
- the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
- something definitely queer about this town
- what a rum fellow
- singular behavior
- adjective eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- a curious child is a teacher's delight
- a trap door that made me curious
- curious investigators
- traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
- curious about the neighbor's doings
- adjective satellite beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- causewayed1/5
causeway
- noun a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
- verb provide with a causeway
- A causewayed swamp
- noun a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
- enthuses1/5
enthuse
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- verb utter with enthusiasm
- verb cause to feel enthusiasm
- mousey1/5
mousey
- adjective infested with mice
mousy.
- adjective satellite of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
mousy; mouse-colored; mouselike.
- a mousy brownish-grey color
- mousy hair
- mouse-colored hair
- adjective infested with mice
- mousetraps1/5
mousetrap
- noun a trap for catching mice
- noun (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
trap play.
- noun a trap for catching mice
- caroused1/5
carouse
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carousal; toot; bender; booze-up.
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- applauses1/5
applause
- noun a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
hand clapping; clapping.
- noun a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
- impetuses1/5
impetus
- noun a force that moves something along
drift; impulsion.
- noun the act of applying force suddenly
impulse; impulsion.
- the impulse knocked him over
- noun a force that moves something along
- callouses1/5
callous
- verb make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
cauterise; cauterize.
- adjective satellite emotionally hardened
pachydermatous; indurate.
- a callous indifference to suffering
- cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion
- verb make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
- smokehouses1/5
smokehouse
- noun a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish
meat house.
- noun a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish
- nouses1/5
nous
- noun common sense
- she has great social nous
- noun that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
psyche; brain; head; mind.
- his mind wandered
- I couldn't get his words out of my head
- noun common sense
- fusees1/5
fusee
- noun a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
fusee drive.
- noun a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
fuzee.
- noun a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
- guardhouses1/5
guardhouse
- noun a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
- noun a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
- abstruseness1/5
abstruseness
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
reconditeness; obscureness; obscurity.
- noun wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
reconditeness; abstrusity; profoundness; profundity.
- the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs
- noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
- icehouses1/5
icehouse
- noun a house for storing ice
- noun a house for storing ice
- moused1/5
mouse
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- noun a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
black eye; shiner.
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- caucused1/5
caucus
- noun a closed political meeting
- verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
- noun a closed political meeting
- funguses1/5
fungus
- noun an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
- noun an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
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stylus
- noun a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
- noun a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
style.
- he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
- noun a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
- excursuses1/5
excursus
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
divagation; digression; aside; parenthesis.
- noun a message that departs from the main subject
- housebreak1/5
housebreak
- verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
house-train.
- verb train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
- louses1/5
louse
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
sucking louse.
- noun a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
dirt ball; insect; worm.
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
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housebuilder
- noun someone who builds houses as a business
homebuilder; house-builder; home-builder.
- noun someone who builds houses as a business
- disabuses1/5
disabuse
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- verb free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
- carouses1/5
carouse
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
carousal; toot; bender; booze-up.
- verb engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
riot; roister.
- They were out carousing last night
- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- opuses1/5
opus
- noun a musical work that has been created
piece of music; musical composition; piece; composition.
- the composition is written in four movements
- noun a musical work that has been created
- housekeep1/5
housekeep
- verb maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
- verb maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
- poorhouses1/5
poorhouse
- noun an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
- noun an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
- clubhouses1/5
clubhouse
- noun a building that is occupied by a social club
club.
- the clubhouse needed a new roof
- noun a building that is occupied by a social club
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glasshouse
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
nursery; greenhouse.
- noun a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions
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whorehouse
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
cathouse; bordello; bagnio; house of prostitution; brothel; sporting house; bawdyhouse; house of ill repute.
- noun a building where prostitutes are available
- rouser1/5
rouser
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
arouser; waker.
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
- houseplant1/5
houseplant
- noun any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
- noun any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
- refocuses1/5
refocus
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- verb focus anew
- The group needs to refocus its goals
- verb focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
- contused1/5
contuse
- verb injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
bruise.
- I bruised my knee
- verb injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
- rousers1/5
rouser
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
arouser; waker.
- noun someone who rouses others from sleep
- housewifely1/5
housewifely
- adjective satellite related or suited to a housewife
- housewifely virtues
- adjective satellite related or suited to a housewife
- defuses1/5
defuse
- verb remove the triggering device from
- verb remove the triggering device from
- effused1/5
effuse
- verb pour out
pour out.
- effused brine
- verb flow or spill forth
flow out.
- verb pour out
- rehoused1/5
rehouse
- verb put up in a new or different housing
- verb put up in a new or different housing
- fusee1/5
fusee
- noun a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
fusee drive.
- noun a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
fuzee.
- noun a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
- peruses1/5
peruse
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- Please peruse this report at your leisure
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- dollhouses1/5
dollhouse
- noun a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything
doll's house.
- noun a small model of a house used as a toy by children
doll's house.
- noun a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything
- gatehouses1/5
gatehouse
- noun a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence
- noun a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence
- roadhouses1/5
roadhouse
- noun an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
- noun an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
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packinghouse
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
- they came from an apple packinghouse
- noun a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
packing plant.
- noun a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
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mauser
- noun German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
Peter Paul Mauser; P. P. von Mauser; von Mauser.
- noun trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol
- noun German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)
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conceptus
- noun an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
embryo; fertilized egg.
- noun an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
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nauseate
- verb upset and make nauseated
sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
sicken; revolt; churn up; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
- verb upset and make nauseated
- causeries1/5
causerie
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
chin wag; chit-chat; chitchat; chin-wagging; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gossip; gab.
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
- deloused1/5
delouse
- verb free of lice
- They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps
- verb free of lice
- rebuses1/5
rebus
- noun a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
- noun a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
- douses1/5
douse
- verb put out, as of a candle or a light
put out.
- Douse the lights
- verb wet thoroughly
dowse.
- verb put out, as of a candle or a light
- censused1/5
census
- noun a periodic count of the population
nose count; nosecount.
- verb conduct a census
- They censused the deer in the forest
- noun a periodic count of the population
- causerie1/5
causerie
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
chin wag; chit-chat; chitchat; chin-wagging; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gossip; gab.
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
- summerhouses1/5
summerhouse
- noun a small roofed building affording shade and rest
gazebo.
- noun a small roofed building affording shade and rest
- exoduses1/5
exodus
- noun a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
hegira; hejira.
- noun the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus
Book of Exodus.
- noun a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
- muser1/5
muser
- noun a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
ruminator; muller; ponderer.
- noun a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
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radius
- noun the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
r.
- noun a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)
- noun the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere
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grouse
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
- noun popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- noun flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
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puseyism
(Ch. of Eng.) The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " Tracts for the Times;" tractarianism. SeeTractarianism .
- nauseates1/5
nauseate
- verb upset and make nauseated
sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
sicken; revolt; churn up; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
- verb upset and make nauseated
- profuseness1/5
profuseness
- noun the property of being extremely abundant
profusion; cornucopia; richness.
- the profusion of detail
- the idiomatic richness of English
- noun the property of being extremely abundant
- discuses1/5
discus
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
- noun a disk used in throwing competitions
saucer.
- noun an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible
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houseman
- noun an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
intern; medical intern; interne.
- noun an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
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autobus
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
coach; omnibus; bus; motorbus; motorcoach; passenger vehicle; charabanc; jitney; double-decker.
- he always rode the bus to work
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
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gallus
- noun elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
suspender; brace.
- noun common domestic birds and related forms
genus Gallus.
- noun elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
- wheelhouses1/5
wheelhouse
- noun an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
pilothouse.
- noun an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
- genuses1/5
genus
- noun a general kind of something
- ignore the genus communism
- noun (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
- noun a general kind of something
- effuses1/5
effuse
- verb pour out
pour out.
- effused brine
- verb flow or spill forth
flow out.
- verb pour out
- cookhouses1/5
cookhouse
- noun the area for food preparation on a ship
ship's galley; galley; caboose.
- noun a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking
- the circus used a tent as their cookhouse
- noun the area for food preparation on a ship
- housefather1/5
housefather
- noun a man in charge of children in an institution
- noun a man in charge of children in an institution
- diffuseness1/5
diffuseness
- noun the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
- noun the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume
- musette1/5
musette
- noun a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
shepherd's pipe.
- noun a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
- birdhouses1/5
birdhouse
- noun a shelter for birds
- noun a shelter for birds
- housemaster1/5
housemaster
- noun teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
- noun teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
- housetop1/5
housetop
- noun the roof of a house
- shout it from the housetops
- noun the roof of a house
- carousels1/5
carousel
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
luggage carrousel; luggage carousel; carrousel.
- noun a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
roundabout; whirligig; carrousel; merry-go-round.
- noun a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
- warehousemen1/5
warehouseman
- noun a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
warehouser.
- noun a workman who manages or works in a warehouse
- arboviruses1/5
arbovirus
- noun a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
arborvirus.
- noun a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
- hothouses1/5
hothouse
- noun a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
conservatory; indoor garden.
- noun a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
- bouses1/5
bouse
- verb haul with a tackle
bowse.
- verb haul with a tackle
- meetinghouses1/5
meetinghouse
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
conventicle.
- noun a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
- hippopotamuses1/5
hippopotamus
- noun massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
Hippopotamus amphibius; hippo; river horse.
- noun massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
- venuses1/5
venus
- noun the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
- before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer
- noun goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite
Urania.
- noun the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
- penthouses1/5
penthouse
- noun an apartment located on the top floors of a building
- noun an apartment located on the top floors of a building
- roundhouses1/5
roundhouse
- noun workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
- noun a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
- noun workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
- housemother1/5
housemother
- noun a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
- noun a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
- streusel1/5
streusel
- noun pastry with a topping of streusel
- noun a crumbly topping for a pastry
- noun pastry with a topping of streusel
- hiatuses1/5
hiatus
- noun an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
reprieve; suspension; abatement; respite.
- noun a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
- noun an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- obtusely1/5
obtusely
- adverb in a stupid manner
dumbly; densely.
- he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
- adverb in a stupid manner
- housebreaker1/5
housebreaker
- noun a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
cat burglar.
- noun a wrecker of houses
housewrecker.
- in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker
- noun a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
- nexuses1/5
nexus
- noun the means of connection between things linked in series
link.
- noun a connected series or group
- noun the means of connection between things linked in series
- masseuses1/5
masseuse
- noun a female massager
- noun a female massager
- flophouses1/5
flophouse
- noun a cheap lodging house
dosshouse.
- noun a cheap lodging house
- massachusets1/5
massachuset
- noun the Algonquian language of the Massachuset
Massachusetts.
- noun a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts.
- noun the Algonquian language of the Massachuset
- housebreakers1/5
housebreaker
- noun a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
cat burglar.
- noun a wrecker of houses
housewrecker.
- in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker
- noun a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
- anuses1/5
anus
- noun the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
- noun the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
- steakhouses1/5
steakhouse
- noun a restaurant that specializes in steaks
chophouse.
- noun a restaurant that specializes in steaks
- statehouses1/5
statehouse
- noun a government building in which a state legislature meets
- noun a government building in which a state legislature meets
- augustuses1/5
augustus
- noun Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus; Gaius Octavianus; Octavian.
- noun Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
- househusband1/5
househusband
- noun a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
house husband.
- noun a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
- washhouses1/5
washhouse
- noun a building or outbuilding where laundry is done
- noun a building or outbuilding where laundry is done
- trolleybuses1/5
trolleybus
- noun a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires
trolley coach; trackless trolley.
- noun a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires
- doghouses1/5
doghouse
- noun outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
dog house; kennel.
- noun an idiomatic term for being in disfavor
- in the doghouse
- noun outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
- customhouses1/5
customhouse
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
customshouse.
- noun a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
- perfuses1/5
perfuse
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- perfuse a liver with a salt solution
- verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
suffuse.
- The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
- verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
- isthmuses1/5
isthmus
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
- noun a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
band.
- noun a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
- abortuses1/5
abortus
- noun a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
- noun a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
- housemasters1/5
housemaster
- noun teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
- noun teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse
- housecoats1/5
housecoat
- noun a loose dressing gown for women
neglige; negligee; peignoir; wrapper.
- noun a loose dressing gown for women
- massachuset1/5
massachuset
- noun the Algonquian language of the Massachuset
Massachusetts.
- noun a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts.
- noun the Algonquian language of the Massachuset
- henhouses1/5
henhouse
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
hencoop; coop; chicken coop.
- noun a farm building for housing poultry
- abacuses1/5
abacus
- noun a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
- noun a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
- noun a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
- houseroom1/5
houseroom
- noun space for accommodation in a house
- I wouldn't give that table houseroom
- noun space for accommodation in a house
- housemothers1/5
housemother
- noun a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
- noun a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
- nautiluses1/5
nautilus
- noun a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
nuclear-powered submarine; nuclear submarine.
- noun cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
paper nautilus; Argonauta argo; Argonaut.
- noun a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
- househusbands1/5
househusband
- noun a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
house husband.
- noun a husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income
- housecraft1/5
housecraft
- noun skill in domestic management
- noun skill in domestic management
- housefly1/5
housefly
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Musca domestica; house fly.
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
- cactuses1/5
cactus
- noun any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
- noun any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
- mouser1/5
mouser
- noun a cat proficient at mousing
- noun a cat proficient at mousing
- unexcused1/5
unexcused
- adjective satellite not excused
- too many unexcused absences
- adjective satellite not excused
- poxviruses1/5
poxvirus
- noun any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
- noun any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates
- houseflies1/5
housefly
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Musca domestica; house fly.
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
- madhouses1/5
madhouse
- noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
crazy house; cuckoo's nest; Bedlam; snake pit; loony bin; booby hatch; nuthouse; funny farm; sanatorium; nut house; funny house.
- noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum
- phalluses1/5
phallus
- noun genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
genus Phallus.
- noun the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
penis; member.
- noun genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
- fuselages1/5
fuselage
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- noun the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
- picornaviruses1/5
picornavirus
- noun a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat
- noun a group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat
- parvoviruses1/5
parvovirus
- noun any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease
parvo.
- noun any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease
- thesauruses1/5
thesaurus
- noun a book containing a classified list of synonyms
synonym finder.
- noun a book containing a classified list of synonyms
- firehouses1/5
firehouse
- noun a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
fire station.
- noun a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
- cayuses1/5
cayuse
- noun a small native range horse
Indian pony.
- noun a small native range horse
- boathouses1/5
boathouse
- noun a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats
- noun a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats
- reoviruses1/5
reovirus
- noun any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis
- noun any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis
- munchhausen1/5
munchhausen
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
Baron Munchausen; Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen; Munchausen.
- noun German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
- houselights1/5
houselights
- noun lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium
- noun lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium
- rhabdoviruses1/5
rhabdovirus
- noun any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies
- noun any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies
- mouselike1/5
mouselike
- adjective satellite of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
mousy; mouse-colored; mousey.
- a mousy brownish-grey color
- mousy hair
- mouse-colored hair
- adjective satellite of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
- danseuses1/5
danseuse
- noun a female ballet dancer
ballerina.
- noun a female ballet dancer
- papovaviruses1/5
papovavirus
- noun any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas
- noun any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas
- mousepad1/5
mousepad
- noun a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse
mouse mat.
- noun a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse
- mousers1/5
mouser
- noun a cat proficient at mousing
- noun a cat proficient at mousing
- scouser1/5
scouser
- noun a native or resident of Liverpool
Liverpudlian.
- noun a native or resident of Liverpool
- trousered1/5
trousered
- adjective satellite dressed in trousers
breeched; pantalooned.
- adjective satellite dressed in trousers
- arquebuses1/5
arquebus
- noun an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
hagbut; hackbut; harquebus.
- noun an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
- rhinoviruses1/5
rhinovirus
- noun any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections
- noun any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections
- rotaviruses1/5
rotavirus
- noun the reovirus causing infant enteritis
- noun the reovirus causing infant enteritis
- paramyxoviruses1/5
paramyxovirus
- noun a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles
- noun a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles
- rhombuses1/5
rhombus
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
rhomb; diamond.
- noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- harquebuses1/5
harquebus
- noun an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
hagbut; hackbut; arquebus.
- noun an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
- proviruses1/5
provirus
- noun cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell
- noun cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell
- orthomyxoviruses1/5
orthomyxovirus
- noun a group of viruses including those causing influenza
- noun a group of viruses including those causing influenza
- burnouses1/5
burnous
- noun a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors
burnouse; burnoose.
- noun a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors
- platypuses1/5
platypus
- noun small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
duckbill; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; duckbilled platypus; duck-billed platypus.
- noun small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
- polioviruses1/5
poliovirus
- noun the virus causing poliomyelitis
- noun the virus causing poliomyelitis
- coxsackieviruses1/5
coxsackievirus
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus.
- noun enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
- echoviruses1/5
echovirus
- noun any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants
- noun any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants
- ousel1/5
ousel
- noun common black European thrush
ouzel; Turdus merula; merle; merl; European blackbird; blackbird.
- noun common black European thrush
- housebroken1/5
housebroken
- adjective satellite (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place
house-trained.
- housebroken pets
- `house-trained' is chiefly British
- adjective satellite (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place
- unconfused1/5
unconfused
- adjective satellite not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements
unbaffled.
- adjective satellite not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements
- papillomaviruses1/5
- schaffhausen1/5
- museology1/5
- housedress1/5
housedress
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- museological1/5
- defocused1/5
- housebuilding1/5
- housetraining1/5
- interfused1/5
interfuse
To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter. The ambient air, wide interfused, Embracing round this florid earth. Milton.
- misusers1/5
misuser
One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language." Coleridge.
- clausewitzian1/5
- baculoviruses1/5
- refuseniks1/5
- nordhausen1/5
- lentiviruses1/5
- hauses1/5
- amusedly1/5
amused
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
diverted; entertained.
- We are not amused" -Queen Victoria
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
disport; amuse; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- adjective satellite pleasantly occupied
- refuser1/5
refuse
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scraps; food waste; garbage.
- verb show unwillingness towards
decline.
- he declined to join the group on a hike
- noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- clouseau1/5
clouseau
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- fusebox1/5
- oberhausen1/5
- nauseum1/5
- bunkhouses1/5
bunkhouses
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- cusecs1/5
- unamused1/5
unamused
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- hantaviruses1/5
hantaviruses
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- refusers1/5
refuser
One who refuses or rejects.
- subclauses1/5
subclauses
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- antinausea1/5
- focuser1/5
focuser
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- bemusedly1/5
bemused
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
deep in thought; preoccupied; lost.
- as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
- lost in thought
- a preoccupied frown
- verb cause to be confused emotionally
bemuse; throw; bewilder; discombobulate.
- adjective satellite deeply absorbed in thought
- mousehole1/5
mousehole
A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.
- housepainter1/5
housepaint
- noun paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house
house paint.
- noun paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house
- householding1/5
household
- noun a social unit living together
house; menage; family; home.
- he moved his family to Virginia
- It was a good Christian household
- I waited until the whole house was asleep
- the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- noun a social unit living together
- fusel1/5
fusel
(Chem.) A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.
- houseboys1/5
houseboys
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- massachusett1/5
massachusett
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- nauseatingly1/5
nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
- unhoused1/5
unhoused
Properly p. p. of unhouse .Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.
- reinfused1/5
reinfused
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- beauseant1/5
beauseant
The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.
- eusebian1/5
eusebian
(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.
- polyomaviruses1/5
- nonuser1/5
nonuser
A not using; failure to use. An office may be forfeited by misuser or nonuser. Blackstone.
- tannhäuser1/5
- housel1/5
housel
The eucharist. Archaic Rom. of R. Tennyson.
- bloused1/5
blouse
- noun a top worn by women
- noun a top worn by women
- chuses1/5
choose
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
pick out; select; take.
- Take any one of these cards
- Choose a good husband for your daughter
- She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
- verb select as an alternative over another
opt; prefer.
- I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
- She opted for the job on the East coast
- verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- refusenik1/5
refusenik
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- housecleaner1/5
houseclean
- verb clean and tidy up the house
clean; clean house.
- She housecleans every week
- verb clean and tidy up the house
- causelessly1/5
causeless
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
reasonless.
- a senseless, causeless murder
- a causeless war that never had an aim
- an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change
- adjective satellite having no cause or apparent cause
fortuitous; uncaused.
- a causeless miracle
- fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune
- we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times
- adjective satellite having no justifying cause or reason
- housecat1/5
housecat
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- puseyite1/5
puseyite
One who holds the principles of Puseyism; -- often used opprobriously.
- treehouses1/5
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- housedresses1/5
- infuser1/5
infuse
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
inculcate; instill.
- inculcate values into the young generation
- verb fill, as with a certain quality
impregnate; tincture; instill.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
- verb teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
- housecarls1/5
housecarl
(Eng. Archæol.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.
- causers1/5
causer
One who or that which causes.
- unuseful1/5
- houseleek1/5
houseleek
(Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum ), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called alsoayegreen .
- mitrailleuses1/5
mitrailleuse
(Mil.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.
- housewright1/5
housewright
A builder of houses.
- lousewort1/5
lousewort
(Bot.) Any species of Pedicularis , a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.
- unaroused1/5
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- baghouses1/5
- superfused1/5
superfuse
To pour (something) over or on something else. Obs. Evelyn.
- loused1/5
louse
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
sucking louse.
- noun a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
dirt ball; insect; worm.
- noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- puseyites1/5
puseyite
One who holds the principles of Puseyism; -- often used opprobriously.
- superusers1/5
superusers
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- houseparents1/5
houseparents
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- microbuses1/5
microbuses
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- cusec1/5
cusec
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- peruser1/5
peruse
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- Please peruse this report at your leisure
- verb examine or consider with attention and in detail
- housey1/5
housey
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- amuser1/5
amuse
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
disport; divert.
- The play amused the ladies
- verb make (somebody) laugh
- The clown amused the children
- verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- misuser1/5
misuse
- noun improper or excessive use
abuse.
- alcohol abuse
- the abuse of public funds
- verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
misapply.
- The words are misapplied in this context
- You are misapplying the name of this religious group
- noun improper or excessive use
- focusers1/5
focusers
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- beerhouses1/5
beerhouse
A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
- overfocused1/5
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- confuser1/5
confuse
- verb mistake one thing for another
confound.
- you are confusing me with the other candidate
- I mistook her for the secretary
- verb be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bedevil; discombobulate; fox; confound; befuddle; fuddle; throw.
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
- verb mistake one thing for another
- reuseable1/5
reuseable
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