undulate
- verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
ripple; riffle; ruffle; cockle.
- verb occur in soft rounded shapes
roll.
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magnetic
- adjective of or relating to or caused by magnetism
- adjective having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel
magnetized; magnetised.
- the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material
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dynamic
- noun an efficient incentive
moral force.
- they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches
- adjective characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
dynamical.
- a dynamic market
- a dynamic speaker
- the dynamic president of the firm
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hitch
- noun a period of time spent in military service
tour; term of enlistment; enlistment; duty tour; tour of duty.
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
halt; stoppage; stop; arrest; stay; check.
- the negotiations were in arrest
- held them in check
- during the halt he got some lunch
- the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
- he spent the entire stop in his seat
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moldable
- adjective satellite capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
fictile; plastic.
- plastic substances such as wax or clay
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entropy
- noun (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
selective information; information.
- the signal contained thousands of bits of information
- noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
randomness; S.
- entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
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hanging
- noun decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
wall hanging.
- the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
- noun a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
- in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment
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vitalise
- verb give life to
vitalize.
- verb make more lively or vigorous
vitalize.
- The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man
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shamble
- noun walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
shambling; shuffle; shuffling.
- from his shambling I assumed he was very old
- verb walk by dragging one's feet
shuffle; scuffle.
- he shuffled out of the room
- We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
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tilting_board
- noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
teeter; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
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briskness
- noun liveliness and eagerness
alacrity; smartness.
- he accepted with alacrity
- the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
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trolley
- noun a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
tram; tramcar; trolley car; streetcar.
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liveliness
- noun general activity and motion
animation.
- noun animation and energy in action or expression
life; sprightliness; spirit.
- it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
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swag
- noun valuable goods
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
booty; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.
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ventilate
- verb expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
vent; air out; air.
- air the old winter clothes
- air out the smoke-filled rooms
- verb expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
- Wheat should be well ventilated
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oxidise
- verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
oxidize; oxidate.
- verb enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide
oxidize; oxidate.
- This metal oxidizes easily
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physiological
- adjective of or relating to the biological study of physiology
- physiological psychology
- Pavlov's physiological theories
- adjective satellite of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning
physiologic.
- physiologic functions
- physiological processes
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curve_ball
- noun a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
breaking ball; curve; bender.
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swan
- noun stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- verb to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
avow; affirm; verify; assert; swear; aver.
- Before God I swear I am innocent
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sinew
- noun a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
tendon.
- noun possessing muscular strength
brawn; heftiness; brawniness; muscle; muscularity.
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tickle
- noun a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking
- noun the act of tickling
titillation; tickling.
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bike
- noun a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
motorcycle.
- noun a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
wheel; bicycle; cycle.
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under
- adjective satellite located below or beneath something else
nether.
- nether garments
- the under parts of a machine
- adjective satellite lower in rank, power, or authority
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sputter
- noun the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
splatter; spatter; spattering; sputtering; splattering; splutter.
- he heard a spatter of gunfire
- noun an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
splutter.
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sway
- noun controlling influence
- noun pitching dangerously to one side
tilt; careen; rock.
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spec
- noun a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
specification.
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sinking
- noun a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
- they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic
- noun a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)
- after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market
- he could not control the sinking of his legs
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swivel
- noun a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin
- verb turn on a pivot
pivot.
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stick_out
- verb extend out or project in space
project; protrude; jut out; jut.
- His sharp nose jutted out
- A single rock sticks out from the cliff
- verb be highly noticeable
jump; jump out; leap out; stand out.
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activation
- noun stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical
- noun the activity of causing to have energy and be active
energizing; activating.
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rise
- noun a growth in strength or number or importance
- noun the act of changing location in an upward direction
ascension; ascent; ascending.
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rabidness
- noun unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
rabidity; madness.
- poetry is a sort of divine madness
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wriggler
- noun one who can't stay still (especially a child)
wiggler; squirmer.
- the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips
- noun larva of a mosquito
wiggler.
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gratification
- noun state of being gratified or satisfied
satisfaction.
- dull repetitious work gives no gratification
- to my immense gratification he arrived on time
- noun the act or an instance of satisfying
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rotary_motion
- noun the act of rotating as if on an axis
rotation.
- the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music
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tumesce
- verb expand abnormally
swell up; swell; intumesce; tumefy.
- The bellies of the starving children are swelling
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pull_through
- verb continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
survive; pull round; make it; come through.
- He survived the cancer against all odds
- verb bring into safety
bring through; save; carry through.
- We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
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school
- noun an educational institution
- the school was founded in 1900
- noun a building where young people receive education
schoolhouse.
- the school was built in 1932
- he walked to school every morning
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vitality
- noun an energetic style
verve.
- noun a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
energy; vim.
- jogging works off my excess energy
- he seemed full of vim and vigor
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whisk
- noun a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- noun a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
whisk broom.
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pinch
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- the pinch of the recession
- noun an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
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artistic_production
- noun the creation of beautiful or significant things
artistic creation; art.
- art does not need to be innovative to be good
- I was never any good at art
- he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully
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strayer
- noun someone who strays or falls behind
straggler.
- adjective satellite not close together in time
isolated; stray.
- isolated instances of rebellion
- a few stray crumbs
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disc
- noun sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
phonograph recording; platter; phonograph record; record; disk.
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disk; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
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crotch
- noun the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
fork.
- they took the south fork
- he climbed into the crotch of a tree
- noun the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
fork.
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move_through
- verb make a passage or journey from one place to another
transit; pass through; pass across; pass over.
- The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
- "Some travelers pass through the desert
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ice_yacht
- noun a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
iceboat; scooter.
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shlep
- noun (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
schlep; schlepper; shlepper.
- noun a tedious or difficult journey
schlep.
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triumph
- noun a successful ending of a struggle or contest
victory.
- a narrow victory
- the general always gets credit for his army's victory
- clinched a victory
- convincing victory
- the agreement was a triumph for common sense
- noun the exultation of victory
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chew
- noun a wad of something chewable as tobacco
plug; wad; quid; cud; chaw.
- noun biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
manduction; chewing; mastication.
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rollick
- verb play boisterously
disport; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
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bicycle
- noun a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
wheel; bike; cycle.
- verb ride a bicycle
wheel; pedal; bike; cycle.
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lessen
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range
diminish; fall; decrease.
- The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
- The cabin pressure fell dramatically
- her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
- his voice fell to a whisper
- verb make smaller
minify; decrease.
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bubbling
- adjective satellite emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
bubbly; foaming; spumy; effervescing; foamy; frothy.
- bubbling champagne
- foamy (or frothy) beer
- verb form, produce, or emit bubbles
bubble.
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direct
- verb command with authority
- He directed the children to do their homework
- verb intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
aim; point; place; target.
- He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
- criticism directed at her superior
- direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
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pulse
- noun (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
pulsing; pulsation; impulse.
- the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
- noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
beat; heartbeat; pulsation.
- he could feel the beat of her heart
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horn
- noun a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
- noun one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
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approximation
- noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
estimate; estimation; idea.
- an estimate of what it would cost
- a rough idea how long it would take
- noun the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
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stock_car
- noun a car kept in dealers' stock for regular sales
- noun a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car
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infiltration
- noun a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
- noun the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
percolation.
- the percolation of rainwater through the soil
- the infiltration of seawater through the lava
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wobble
- noun an unsteady rocking motion
- verb move unsteadily
coggle.
- His knees wobbled
- The old cart wobbled down the street
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panda
- noun large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
Ailuropoda melanoleuca; giant panda; panda bear; coon bear.
- noun reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
Ailurus fulgens; red panda; bear cat; lesser panda; cat bear.
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even
- noun the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
eventide; evening; eve.
- he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
- verb make level or straight
even out; level; flush.
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disk
- noun something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
disc; saucer.
- the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky
- noun a flat circular plate
disc.
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thunder
- noun a deep prolonged loud noise
roar; roaring; boom.
- noun a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
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boogie
- noun an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
boogie-woogie.
- verb dance to boogie music
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schism
- noun division of a group into opposing factions
split.
- another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
- noun the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
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poison
- noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
toxicant; poisonous substance.
- noun anything that harms or destroys
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driving_force
- noun the act of applying force to propel something
thrust; drive.
- after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off
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plodder
- noun someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
slogger; trudger.
- noun someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
slogger.
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resilient
- adjective satellite recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
- adjective satellite elastic; rebounds readily
bouncy; springy; live; lively.
- clean bouncy hair
- a lively tennis ball
- as resilient as seasoned hickory
- springy turf
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marching
- noun the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
march.
- it was a long march
- we heard the sound of marching
- verb march in a procession
process; march.
- They processed into the dining room
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recessional
- noun the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
recession.
- noun a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
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station_wagon
- noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
station waggon; wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car; waggon.
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cut_back
- verb return in time
flash back.
- the film cut back to an earlier event in the story
- verb cut down on; make a reduction in
trim; cut; bring down; reduce; cut down; trim down; trim back.
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
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avert
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
stave off; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; fend off; ward off; forfend.
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
- verb turn away or aside
turn away.
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
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muzzle
- noun the open circular discharging end of a gun
gun muzzle.
- noun forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
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teetertotter
- noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
tilting board; teeter; teeter-totter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
- verb ride on a plank
seesaw; teeter-totter.
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herd
- noun a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
- noun a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
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preserver
- noun a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
restorer; refinisher; renovator.
- noun a cook who preserves fruits or meat
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tornado
- noun a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
twister.
- noun a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
crack cocaine; crack.
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pursuit
- noun the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
following; pursual; chase.
- the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
- noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
quest; pursuance.
- the pursuit of love
- life is more than the pursuance of fame
- a quest for wealth
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active
- noun chemical agent capable of activity
active agent.
- noun the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
active voice.
- `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice
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chink
- noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
Chinaman.
- noun a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
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spark_off
- verb put in motion or move to act
activate; touch off; trigger off; actuate; set off; trigger; spark; trip.
- trigger a reaction
- actuate the circuits
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undulation
- noun an undulating curve
wave.
- noun wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves
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property
- noun something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
belongings; holding.
- that hat is my property
- he is a man of property
- noun a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
- a study of the physical properties of atomic particles
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vellication
- noun a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
twitching; twitch.
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swing
- noun a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- the party went with a swing
- it took time to get into the swing of things
- noun mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
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ductility
- noun the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets
ductileness.
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succuss
- verb shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
shake up.
- noun any of several liquids of the body
succus; juice.
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maunder
- verb wander aimlessly
- verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
mussitate; mumble; mutter.
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changer
- noun a person who changes something
modifier.
- an inveterate changer of the menu
- noun an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention
auto-changer; record changer.
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fantastic
- adjective satellite ludicrously odd
grotesque; antic; fantastical.
- Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
- fantastic Halloween costumes
- a grotesque reflection in the mirror
- adjective satellite extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
marvelous; marvellous; grand; terrific; howling; wonderful; wondrous; rattling; tremendous.
- a fantastic trip to the Orient
- the film was fantastic!
- a howling success
- a marvelous collection of rare books
- had a rattling conversation about politics
- a tremendous achievement
