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- abdur verb formally reject or disavow a
- formally held belief
- usually under pressure abscission
- noun the act of cutting something off
- shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit
- following formation of scar tissue in a
- plant
- abyss noun a bottomless gulf or pit
- any unfathomable or apparently
- unfathomable
- cavity or chasm or void extending below
- often used figuratively
- accent noun a diacritical mark used to
- indicate stress
- or placed above a vowel to indicate a
- special pronunciation
- distinctive manner of oral expression
- the relative prominence of a syllable or
- musical note
- especially with regard to stress or
- pitch the usage or vocabulary that is
- characteristic of a specific group of
- people
- special importance or significance verb
- put stress on
- utter with an accent to stress single
- out as important
- acquiesce verb to agree or express
- agreement
- admirable adjective deserving of the
- highest
- esteem or admiration inspiring
- admiration or approval
- ado noun a rapid active commotion
- affidavit noun written declaration made
- under oath
- a written statement sworn to be true
- before someone legally authorized to
- administer an oath
- ague noun a fit of shivering or shaking
- successive stages of chills and fever
- that is a symptom of malaria
- a mark placed above a vowel to indicate
- pronunciation
- i'll noun passageway between seating
- areas as in an auditorium or passenger
- vehicle or between
- areas of shelves of goods as in stores
- part of a church divided laterally from
- the knave proper by rows of pillars or
- columns
- along narrow passage as in a cave or
- woods
- alas adverb by bad luck
- albeit conjunction even though it be
- admitting that alibi noun
- law a defense by an accused person
- purporting to show that he or she could
- not have committed the crime in question
- a defense of some offensive behavior or
- some failure to keep a promise etc
- verb exonerate by means of an alibi
- alien adjective being or from or
- characteristic of another place or part
- of the world
- not contained in or deriving from the
- essential nature of something
- noun a form of life assumed to exist
- outside the earth or its atmosphere
- a person who comes from a foreign
- country someone who does not owe
- allegiance to your country
- anyone who does not belong in the
- environment in which they are found
- verb transfer property or ownership
- arouse hostility or indifference in
- where there had formerly been love
- affection or friendliness anemone
- noun any woodland plant of the genus
- anemone grown for its beautiful flowers
- and whirls of dissected leaves
- marine polyps that resemble flowers but
- have oral rings of tentacles
- differ from corals informing no hard
- skeleton
- antichrist noun christianity
- the adversary of christ or christianity
- mentioned in the new testament
- the antichrist will rule the world until
- overthrown by the second coming of
- christ
- antipodes noun any two places or regions
- on diametrically opposite sides of the
- earth
- arch adjective expert in skullduggery
- use of behavior or attitude
- characteristic of those who treat others
- with contraception
- noun architecture a masonry construction
- usually curved for spanning an opening
- and supporting the weight above it
- a passageway under a curved masonry
- construction a curved bony structure
- supporting or enclosing organs
- especially the inner sides of the feet a
- curved shape in the vertical plane that
- spans an
- opening verb form an arch or curve
- archaic adjective little evolved from or
- characteristic of an earlier ancestral
- type
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to
- an earlier period
- archangel noun an angel ranked above the
- highest rank in the celestial hierarchy
- a biennial cultivated herb its stems are
- candied and eaten and its roots are used
- medicinally
- agile noun a white clay especially a
- white clay used by potters
- arsenic noun a very poisonous metallic
- element that has three allotropic forms
- arsenic and arsenic compounds are used
- as herbicides and insecticides and
- various alloys found in arsenal pyrite
- and operment and realga
- a white powdered poisonous trioxide of
- arsenic
- used in manufacturing glass and as a
- pesticide
- rat poison and wheat killer artisan
- noun a skilled worker who practices some
- trade or handicraft
- asp noun cobra used by the pharaohs as a
- symbol of their power over life and
- death
- of southern europe similar to but
- smaller than the adder
- ass noun hardy ensure footed animals
- smaller and with longer ears than the
- horse
- a pompous fool slang for sexual
- intercourse
- the fleshy part of the human body that
- you sit on
- assert verb state categorically
- insist on having one's opinions and
- rights recognized
- assert to be true to declare or affirm
- solemnly and formally as true
- awry adjective not functioning properly
- turned or twisted toward one side adverb
- away from the correct or expected course
- turned or twisted to one side
- i interrogative archaic or dialectical
- form of yes
- balmoral noun a brimless dark blue
- scottish cap with a flat top and a plume
- on one side
- a sturdy laced walking shoe banjo
- noun a stringed instrument of the guitar
- family that has long neck and circular
- body
- banquet noun a meal that is well
- prepared and greatly enjoyed
- a ceremonial dinner party for many
- people verb
- partake in a feast or banquet provide a
- feast or banquet for
- base adjective having or denoting a low
- vocal or instrumental range
- bather noun a person who takes a bath
- a person who travels through the water
- by swimming battalion
- noun an army unit usually consisting of
- a headquarters and three or more
- companies
- a large indefinite number beau
- noun a man who is the lover of a girl or
- young woman
- a man who is much concerned with his
- dress and appearance
- beer noun a stand to support a corpse or
- a coffin prior to burial
- a coffin along with its stand billet
- noun lodging for military personnel
- especially in a private home
- a job in an organization a short
- personal letter
- verb provide housing for military
- personnel
- bison noun any of several large humped
- bovids having shaggy manis and large
- heads and short horns
- gleek adjective unpleasantly cold and
- damp
- offering little or no hope providing no
- shelter or sustenance
- blossom noun reproductive organ of
- angiosperm plants especially one having
- showy or colorful parts
- the period of greatest prosperity or
- productivity
- verb develop or come to a promising
- stage produce or yield flowers
- boon adjective very close and convivial
- noun a desirable state bosom
- noun cloth that covers the chest or
- breasts
- a person's breast or chest the chest
- considered as the place where secret
- thoughts are kept
- a close affectionate and protective
- acceptance either of two soft fleshy
- milk secreting glandular organs on the
- chest of a woman
- the locus of feelings and intuitions
- verb hide in one's bosom
- squeeze someone tightly in your arms
- usually with fondness bow noun
- any of the larger branches of a tree
- bravado noun a swaggering show of
- courage
- breeches noun trousers ending above the
- knee
- briar noun tangled mass of prickly
- plants
- a thorny stem or twig evergreen
- tree-like mediterranean shrub having
- fragrant white flowers in large terminal
- panicles and hard woody roots used to
- make tobacco pipes
- a very prickly woody vine of the eastern
- united states growing in tangled masses
- having tough round stems with shiny
- leathery leaves and small greenish
- flowers followed by clusters of inedible
- shiny blackberries
- eurasian rose with prickly stems and
- fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers
- followed by scarlet hips
- brooch noun a decorative pin worn by
- women
- verb fasten with or as if with a broach
- brood noun the young of an animal cared
- for at one
- time verb sit on eggs
- think moodily or anxiously about
- something hang over
- as of something threatening dark or
- menacing
- be in a huff be silent or sullen be in a
- huff and display one's displeasure
- brook now a natural stream of water
- smaller than a river
- and often a tributary of a river verb
- put up with something or somebody
- unpleasant broom noun a sedan that has
- no roof
- over the driver's seat light carriage
- pulled by a single horse
- buffet noun a piece of furniture that
- stands at the side of a dining room
- has shelves and drawers a meal set out
- on a buffet at which guests help
- themselves
- usually inexpensive bar verb strike
- beat repeatedly strike against
- forcefully
- bull noun a serious and ludicrous
- blunder
- mature male of various mammals of which
- the female is called cow
- for example whales or elephants or
- especially cattle
- uncastrated adult male of domestic
- cattle a formal proclamation issued by
- the pope
- usually written in antiquated characters
- and sealed with a lead and buller
- a large and strong and heavyset man an
- investor with an optimistic market
- outlook
- an investor who expects prices to rise
- and so buys now for resale later
- on complementary terms for a policeman
- obscene words for unacceptable behavior
- the center of a target
- the second sign of the zodiac the sun is
- in this sign from about april 20th to
- may 20th
- astrology a person who is born while the
- sun is in taurus
- verb advance in price try to raise the
- price of stocks through speculative
- buying
- push or force talk through one's hat
- bullion
- noun gold or silver in bars or ingots
- a mass of precious metal buoyant
- adjective characterized by liveliness
- and light-heartedness
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in
- air or gas
- calf noun young of domestic cattle
- young of various large placental mammals
- for example whale or giraffe or elephant
- or buffalo the muscular back part of the
- shank fine leather from the skin of a
- calf
- camel noun cut chewing mammal used as a
- draft or saddle animal in desert regions
- canal noun long and narrow strip of
- water made for boats or for irrigation
- astronomy an indistinct surface feature
- of mars once thought to be a system of
- channels
- they are now believed to be an optical
- illusion a bodily passage or tube lined
- with epithelial cells and conveying a
- secretion or other substance
- verb provide a city with a canal
- canary adjective having the colour of a
- canary
- of a light to moderate yellow noun any
- of several small old world finches
- a female singer a moderate yellow with a
- greenish tinge
- someone acting as an informer or decoy
- for the police
- canoe noun small and light boat
- pointed at both ends propelled with a
- paddle
- verb travel by canoe cast
- noun a social class separated from
- others by distinctions of hereditary
- rank or profession or wealth
- hinduism a hereditary social class among
- hindus
- stratified according to ritual purity
- social status or position conferred by a
- system based on class
- cautious adjective cautious in attitude
- and careful inactions
- prudent showing careful forethought
- avoiding excess
- noun people who are fearful and cautious
- shays noun a carriage consisting of two
- wheels and a kalash top
- drawn by a single horse a long chair for
- reclining
- chalet noun a swiss house with a sloping
- roof and wide eaves or a house built in
- this style
- chalice noun a bowl-shaped drinking
- vessel
- especially the eucharistic cup chamois
- leather
- noun a soft suede leather formerly from
- the skin of the shamwow antelope but now
- from sheepskin
- chaos noun physics a dynamical system
- that is extremely sensitive to its
- initial conditions
- greek mythology the most ancient of gods
- the personification of the infinity of
- space preceding creation of the universe
- the formless and disordered state of
- matter before the creation of the cosmos
- a state of extreme confusion and
- disorder
- chaste adjective morally pure
- especially not having experienced sexual
- intercourse
- abstaining from unlawful sexual
- intercourse pure and simple in design or
- style
- choir noun the area occupied by singers
- the part of the chancel between
- sanctuary and nave a chorus that sings
- as part of a religious ceremony
- a family of similar musical instrument
- playing together
- verb sing in a choir cigar
- noun a role of tobacco for smoking
- clamour
- noun loud and persistent outcry from
- many people
- verb make loud demands utter or proclaim
- insistently
- and nicely clanger noun
- a loud resonant repeating noise verb
- make a loud resonant noise
- cleanse verb clean one's body or parts
- thereof
- as by washing purge of an ideology bad
- thoughts or sins climber
- noun someone who climbs as a sport
- especially someone who climbs mountains
- a vine or climbing plant that readily
- grows up a support or over other plants
- an iron spike attached to the shoe to
- prevent slipping on ice when walking or
- climbing
- someone who ascends on foot someone
- seeking social prominence by obsequious
- behavior
- comb noun the act of drawing a cone
- through hair
- the fleshy red crest on the head of the
- domestic foul
- and other galanais birds ciliated
- comb-like swimming plate of atenopore
- a flat device with narrow pointed teeth
- on one edge
- disentangles or arranges hair any of
- several tools for straightening
- fibers a fleshy and deeply serrated
- outgrowth atop the heads of certain
- birds especially domestic foul
- verb smoothen and neaten with or as with
- a comb
- search thoroughly straighten with a comb
- calmly
- adjective very pleasing to the eye
- according with custom
- or propriety conduit noun
- a passage a pipe or tunnel through which
- water or electric wires can pass
- conquer verb overcome by conquest
- to put down by force or authority take
- possession of by force
- as after an invasion conquest
- noun success in mastering something
- difficult the act of conquering
- an act of winning the love or sexual
- favor of someone
- conscience noun conformity to one's own
- sense of right conduct
- a feeling of shame when you do something
- immoral motivation deriving logically
- from ethical or moral principles that
- govern a person's thoughts and actions
- console noun an ornamental scroll-shaped
- bracket
- especially one used to support a wall
- fixture a scientific instrument
- consisting of displays and an input
- device that an operator can use to
- monitor and control a system
- especially a computer system housing for
- electronic instruments
- as radio or television a small table
- fixed to a wall or designed to stand
- against a wall
- verb give moral or emotional strength to
- constable noun a law man with less
- authority and jurisdiction than a
- sheriff
- a police officer of the lowest rank
- english landscape painter
- 1776-1837
- cork noun the plug in the mouth of a
- bottle
- especially a wine bottle a port city in
- southern ireland
- outer bark of the cork oak used for
- stoppers for bottles etc
- a small float usually made of cork
- attached to a fishing line
- botany outer tissue of bark a protective
- layer of dead cells
- verb stuffed with cork close a bottle
- with a cork
- cornice noun the top most projecting
- part of an end tablature
- a molding at the corner between the
- ceiling and the top of a wall
- a decorative framework to conceal
- curtain fixtures at the top of a window
- casing
- verb furnish with a cornice cause
- noun an army unit usually consisting of
- two
- or more divisions and their support a
- body of people associated together
- corpse noun the dead body of a human
- being
- couchant adjective lying down or
- crouching
- especially of an animal and especially
- in heraldry
- countenance noun the appearance conveyed
- by a person's face
- the human face kisser and smiler and mug
- are in formal terms for face
- formal and explicit approval verb
- consent to
- give permission courier noun
- a person who carries a message courtier
- noun an attendant at the court of a
- sovereign
- cove noun a small inlet
- small narrow cave in the side of a cliff
- or mountain
- koi adjective modestly or warily
- rejecting approaches or overtures
- showing marked and often playful or
- irritating evasiveness or reluctance to
- make a definite or committing statement
- effectively modest or shy especially in
- a playful or provocative way
- crevice now a long narrow depression in
- a surface
- a long narrow opening crocheting
- noun creating a garment of needlework
- needlework done by interlocking looped
- stitches with a hooked needle
- croquet noun a game in which players hit
- a wooden ball through a series of hoops
- the winner is the first to traverse all
- the hoops and hit a peg
- verb play a game in which players hit a
- wooden ball through a series of hoops
- drive away by hitting with one's ball
- croquet the opponent's ball
- crumbly adjective out to break into
- small fragments or disintegrate
- dandelion noun any of several herbs of
- the genus to raxicum having long tap
- roots and deeply notched leaves and
- bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy
- seed pools
- davitt now a crane-like device
- usually one of a pair for suspending or
- lowering equipment
- as a lifeboat dearest noun
- a beloved person used as terms of
- endearment
- domain noun territory over which rule or
- control is exercised
- extensive landed property especially in
- the country
- retained by the owner for his own use
- demon
- noun someone extremely diligent or
- skillful
- one of the evil spirits of traditional
- jewish and christian belief
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person denial
- noun the act of asserting that something
- alleged is not true
- the act of refusing to comply as with a
- request
- psychiatry a defense mechanism that
- denies painful thoughts
- renunciation of your own interests in
- favor of the interests of others
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the
- truth of the charges against him
- desirable adjective worth having or
- seeking or achieving
- worthy of being chosen especially as a
- spouse
- devour verb eat greedily
- eat a moderately completely enjoy avidly
- disciple noun someone who believes and
- helps to spread the doctrine of another
- divers adjective many and different
- dizzy adjective having or causing a
- whirling sensation
- liable to falling lacking seriousness
- given to frivolity
- verb make dizzy or giddy doctrine
- noun a belief or system of beliefs
- accepted as authoritative by some group
- or school
- the doll noun a small replica of a
- person
- used as a toy in formal terms for a
- young woman donkey noun
- the symbol of the democratic party
- introduced in cartoons by thomas nast in
- 1874
- domestic beast of burden descended from
- the african wild ass
- patient but stubborn dose noun
- a measured portion of medicine taken at
- any one time
- the quantity of an active agent
- substance or radiation
- taken in or absorbed at any one time
- street name for lysergic acid
- diethylamide
- a communicable infection transmitted by
- sexual intercourse or genital contact
- verb treat with an agent add an agent
- to administer a drug to dust
- verb archaic form of second person
- singular present simple of the auxiliary
- verb
- do duff verb archaic form a third person
- present simple of the auxiliary verb
- do do adjective harshly uninviting or
- formidable in manner or appearance
- showing a brooding ill humour stubbornly
- unyielding
- dover noun the capital of the state of
- delaware
- dowry noun money or property brought by
- a woman to her husband at marriage
- dram noun a unit of capacity or volume
- in the apothecary system equal to 1
- 8 of a fluid ounce a british imperial
- capacity measure
- liquid or dry equal to 60 minims or
- 3.5516 cubic centimeters
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to an
- eighth of an ounce or to sixty grains
- dumbly adverb in an inarticulate manner
- in a stupid manner eagle noun
- any of various large keen diurnal birds
- of prey noted for their broad wings and
- strong soaring flight
- an emblem representing power a former
- gold coin in the united states worth ten
- dollars
- golf a score of two strokes under par on
- a whole
- verb shoot in two strokes under par
- enamor
- verb attract cause to be enamored
- endeavor noun earnest and conscientious
- activity
- intended to do or accomplish something a
- purposeful or industrious undertaking
- especially one that requires effort or
- boldness
- verb attempt by employing effort envelop
- verb in close or enfold completely with
- or as if with a covering
- episode noun a brief section of a
- literary or dramatic work that forms
- part of a connected series
- a part of a broadcast serial a happening
- that is distinctive in a series of
- related events
- film consisting of a succession of
- related shots that develop a given
- subject in a movie
- air adverb prep conjunction
- archaic term for earlier or before
- erring
- adjective capable of making an error
- airy
- noun any habitation of a high altitude
- the lofty nest of a bird of prey
- such as a hawk or eagle feffer
- noun a legal term denoting a person to
- whom is given a freehold estate in land
- fiend
- now one of the evil spirits of
- traditional jewish and christian belief
- a person motivated by a rational
- enthusiasm
- as for a cause a cruel wicked and
- inhuman person
- fiver now a paper note of five pounds
- sterling
- flighty adjective guided by whim and
- fancy
- unpredictably excitable especially of
- horses
- foliage noun architecture
- leaf-like architectural ornament the
- main organ of photosynthesis and
- transpiration in higher plants
- font noun a specific size and style of
- type within a type family
- bowl for baptismal water forthwith
- adverb without delay or hesitation with
- no time intervening
- foul adjective of a baseball not hit
- between the foul lines
- especially of a ship's lines etc
- disgustingly dirty filled or smeared
- with offensive matter
- characterized by obscenity violating
- accepted standards or rules
- offensively malodorous of a manuscript
- defaced with changes
- highly offensive arousing aversion or
- disgust
- noun an act that violates of the rules
- of a sport
- verb become soiled and dirty make
- unclean
- spot stain or pollute commit a foul
- break the rules hit a foul ball make him
- pure
- become or cause to become obstructed
- fraud
- noun something intended to deceive
- deliberate trickery
- intended to gain an advantage
- intentional deception resulting in
- injury to another person a person who
- makes deceitful pretenses
- fuchsia noun a dark purple red
- the dye was discovered in 1859 the year
- of the battle of magenta
- any of various tropical shrubs widely
- cultivated for their showy drooping
- purplish or reddish or white flowers
- central and south america and new
- zealand and tahiti
- fury noun a feeling of intense anger
- classical mythology the hideous snake
- haired monsters
- usually three in number who pursued
- unpunished criminals
- the property of being wild or turbulent
- state of violent mental agitation
- jail 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
- verb lock up or confine in or as in a
- jail
- gauge noun a measuring instrument for
- measuring and indicating a quantity such
- as the thickness of wire or the amount
- of rain etc
- the thickness of wire the distance
- between the rails of a railway or
- between the wheels of a train
- accepted or approved instance or example
- of a quantity or quality against which
- others
- are judged or measured or compared
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- verb mix in specific proportions adapt
- to a specified measurement
- measure precisely and against a standard
- determine the capacity
- volume or contents of by measurement and
- calculation
- rug to a uniform size judge tentatively
- or form an estimate of
- quantities or time gaunt adjective
- very thin especially from disease or
- hunger or cold
- gauze noun a net of transparent fabric
- with a loose open weave
- medicine bleached cotton cloth of plain
- we've used for bandages and dressings
- gem noun art highly prized for its
- beauty
- or perfection a crystalline rock that
- can be cut and polished for jewelry
- a precious or semi-precious stone
- incorporated into a piece of jewelry
- a sweet quick bread baked in a
- cup-shaped pan a person who is a
- brilliant and precious as a piece of
- jewelry
- geezer noun a spring that discharges hot
- water and steam
- verb to overflow like a geezer court
- noun stairway in india leading down to a
- landing on the water
- ghoul noun an evil spirit or ghost
- someone who takes bodies from graves and
- sells them for anatomical dissection
- chibit noun alternative terms for
- gallows
- verb hang on an execution instrument
- exposed to ridicule or public scorn
- gibbon noun smallest and most perfectly
- anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms
- and no tail
- of southern asia and east indies english
- historian best known for his history of
- the roman
- empire 1737-1794
- gill noun respiratory organ of aquatic
- animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in
- water
- any of the radiating leaf-like spore
- producing structures on the underside of
- the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
- a united states liquid unit equal to
- four fluid ounces
- a british imperial capacity unit liquid
- or dry
- equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic
- centimeters
- gin noun a form of rummy in which a
- player can go out if the cards remaining
- in their hand total less than 10 points
- strong liquor flavored with juniper
- berries a machine that separates the
- seeds from raw cotton fibers
- a trap for birds or small mammals often
- has a slip noose
- verb trap with a snare separate the
- seeds from
- cotton with a cotton gin ginger
- adjective used especially of hair or fur
- having a bright orange brown color noun
- pungent rhizome of the common ginger
- plant
- used fresh as a seasoning especially in
- oriental cookery
- dried ground ginger root perennial
- plants having thick branching aromatic
- rhizomes and leafy reed-like stems
- liveliness and energy verb add ginger to
- in order to add flavor
- gist noun the choicest or most essential
- or most vital part of some idea or
- experience
- the central meaning or theme of a speech
- or literary work
- glumly adverb in a sullen manner
- nat noun british usage mosquito
- any of various small biting flies midges
- biting midges black flies sand flies
- nor verb bite or chew on with the teeth
- become ground down or deteriorate goose
- noun web-footed long-necks typically
- gregarious migratory aquatic birds
- usually larger and less aquatic than
- ducks
- flesh of a goose domestic or wild a man
- who is a stupid incompetent fool
- verb give a spurt of fuel to prod into
- action
- pinch in the buttocks gooseberry noun
- current like berry used primarily in
- jams and jellies
- spiny eurasian shrub having greenish
- purple tinged flowers and avoid yellow
- green or red purple berries granary
- noun a storehouse for threshed grain or
- animal feed
- granite noun something having the
- quality of granite
- unyielding firmness plutonic igneous
- rock having visibly crystalline texture
- generally composed of feldspar and mica
- and quartz
- grasp noun the act of grasping
- a firm controlling influence the limit
- of capability
- understanding of the nature or meaning
- or quality or magnitude of something
- verb whole firmly get the meaning of
- something
- grease noun a thick fatty oil
- especially one used to lubricate
- machinery the state of being covered
- with
- unclean things verb lubricate with
- grease
- greasy adjective smeared or soiled with
- grease or oil
- containing an unusual amount of grease
- or oil
- grieve verb feel grief eat one's heart
- out
- cause to feel sorrow gramace noun
- a contorted facial expression verb
- contort the face to indicate a certain
- mental or
- emotional state grist noun grain
- intended to be all that has been ground
- grits noun coarsely ground hulled corn
- boiled as a breakfast dish in the
- southern united states
- groat noun a former english silver coin
- worth four pennies
- guinea noun a republic in western africa
- on the atlantic
- formerly a french colony achieved
- independence from france in 1958
- a former british gold coin worth 21
- shillings
- a west african bird having dark plumage
- mottled with white
- native to africa but raised for food in
- many parts of the world
- offensive terms for a person of italian
- descent
- gunnel noun whale at the top of the side
- of boat
- topmost clanking of a wooden vessel gush
- noun an unrestrained expression of
- emotion a sudden rapid flow
- as of water verb praise enthusiastically
- issue in a jet come out in a jet stream
- or spring
- forth gush forth in a sudden stream or
- jet
- gyrate verb to wind or move in a spiral
- course
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around
- one's own axis
- hallowed adjective worthy of religious
- veneration
- harken verb listen used mostly in the
- imperative
- hearse noun a vehicle for carrying a
- coffin to a church or a cemetery
- formerly drawn by horses but now usually
- a motor vehicle
- heathen adjective not acknowledging the
- god of christianity and judaism and
- islam noun a person who does not
- acknowledge your god
- heather now common old world heath
- represented by many varieties
- low evergreen grown widely in the
- northern hemisphere
- interwoven yarns of mixed colors
- producing muted grayish shades with
- flecks of color
- heave now throwing something heavy
- with great effort an involuntary spasm
- of ineffectual vomiting
- the act of lifting something with great
- effort geology
- a horizontal dislocation an upward
- movement
- especially a rhythmical rising and
- falling the act of raising something
- verb bend out of shape as under pressure
- or from heat
- utter a sound as with obvious effort
- lift or elevate
- throw with great effort move or cause to
- move in a specified way
- direction or position breathe nicely as
- when one is exhausted
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit
- strain to vomit
- rise and move as in waves or billows
- heifer noun young cow
- heir noun a person who is entitled by
- law or by the terms of a will to inherit
- the estate of another
- a person who inherits some title or
- office
- heron noun gray or white wading bird
- with long neck and long legs
- and usually long bill greek
- mathematician and inventor who devised a
- way to determine the area of a triangle
- and who described various mechanical
- devices
- first century herring noun
- commercially important food fish of
- northern waters of both atlantic and
- pacific
- valuable flesh of fatty fish from
- shallow waters of northern atlantic or
- pacific
- usually salted or pickled hiccup
- noun usually plural the state of having
- reflex
- spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a
- rapid closure of the glot is producing
- an audible sound
- sometimes a symptom of indigestion verb
- breathe spasmodically
- and make a sound higher adjective
- of education beyond the secondary level
- advanced in complexity or elaboration
- hint noun a slight indication
- an indirect suggestion an indication of
- potential opportunity
- a just detectable amount a slight but
- appreciable addition
- verb drop a hint intimate by a hint
- hoist noun lifting device for raising
- heavy or cumbersome objects
- verb raise or haul up with or as if with
- mechanical help
- raise move from one place to another by
- lifting
- holly noun any tree or shrub of the
- genus ilex having red berries and shiny
- evergreen leaves with prickly edges
- home noun a small island or a piece of
- flat
- low-lying land near a river or stream
- which is often submerged
- or surrounded in times of flood hooded
- noun protective covering consisting of a
- metal part
- that covers the engine a headdress that
- protects the head and face
- the folding roof of a carriage metal
- covering leading to a vent that exhausts
- smoke or fumes an aggressive and violent
- young criminal
- verb cover with a hood hoot
- noun a loud raucous cry as of an owl
- something of little value a cry or noise
- made to express displeasure or contempt
- verb to utter a loud clamorous shout
- utter the characteristic sound of owls
- housewife noun a wife who manages a
- household while her husband earns the
- family income
- hover verb hang in the air fly or be
- suspended above
- move to and fro be undecided about
- something waver between conflicting
- positions or courses of action
- be suspended in the air as if in
- defiance of gravity
- hangover as of something threatening
- dark or menacing
- hug noun a tight or amorous embrace
- verb fit closely or tightly squeeze
- someone tightly in your arms usually
- with fondness
- hussy noun a woman an adulterer
- hygienic adjective tending to promote or
- preserve health
- hyphen noun a punctuation mark
- used between parts of a compound word or
- between the syllables of a word when the
- word is divided at the end of a line of
- text
- verb divide or connect with a hyphen
- impeach
- adjective lacking piety or reverence for
- a god
- lacking piety and reverence for a god
- lacking due respect
- or dutifulness impune verb
- attack as false or wrong included
- adjective enclosed in the same envelope
- or package
- indict verb accuse formerly of a crime
- invalid adjective no longer valid
- having no cogency or legal force invade
- verb speak against in an impassioned
- manner
- complain bitterly invagel verb
- influence or urge by gentle urging
- caressing
- or flattering i'll noun
- a small island ivy noun
- old world vine with lobed evergreen
- leaves and blackberry-like fruits
- jerk noun an abrupt spasmodic movement
- raising a weight from shoulder height to
- above the head by straightening the arms
- a dull stupid fatuous person mechanics
- the rate of change of acceleration a
- sudden abrupt pull
- meat especially beef cut in strips and
- dried in the sun
- verb throw or toss with a quick motion
- move with abrupt
- seemingly uncontrolled motions make an
- uncontrolled
- short jerky motion pull or move with a
- sudden movement
- jump vertically with legs stiff and back
- arched
- choust noun a combat between two mounted
- knights tilting against each other with
- blunted lances
- verb just against somebody in a
- tournament by fighting on horseback
- khaki adjective of a yellowish-brown
- color
- noun a sturdy twilled cloth of a
- yellowish-brown color used especially
- for military uniforms
- kindred adjective related by blood or
- marriage
- similar or related in quality or
- character noun
- group of people related by blood or
- marriage
- labyrinth noun complex system of paths
- or tunnels in which it is easy to get
- lost
- a complex system of interconnecting
- cavities concerned with hearing and
- equilibrium
- laid adjective set down according to a
- plan
- a carefully laid table with places set
- for four people
- lather noun the foam resulting from
- excessive sweating
- as on a horse a workman who puts up
- laughs the froth produced by soaps or
- detergents
- agitation resulting from active worry
- verb
- form a lather cover with soap rub soap
- all over
- usually with the purpose of cleaning
- meet severely with a whip or rod
- laughter noun the activity of laughing
- the manifestation of joy or mirth or
- scorn the sound of laughing
- laundry noun workplace where clothes are
- washed and ironed
- garments or white goods that can be
- cleaned by laundering
- laurel noun antiquity a wreath of laurel
- foliage worn on the head as an emblem of
- victory
- any of various aromatic trees of the
- laurel family
- leech noun carnivorous or blood-sucking
- aquatic or terrestrial worms
- typically having a sucker at each end a
- follower who hangs around a host
- without benefit to the host in hope of
- gain or advantage
- verb troll blood lee noun
- english film actress 1913-1967
- leopard noun large feline of african and
- asian forests usually having a tawny
- coat with black spots
- the pelt of a leopard liable adjective
- held legally responsible often followed
- biter
- likely to be affected with subject to
- legal action
- at risk of or subject to experiencing
- something usually
- unpleasant liberty noun
- freedom of choice personal freedom from
- servitude or confinement or oppression
- an act of undue intimacy immunity from
- arbitrary exercise of authority
- political independence leave granted to
- a sailor or naval
- officer laos noun wingless usually
- flattened blood-sucking insect parasitic
- on warm blooded animals wingless insect
- with mouth parts adapted for biting
- mostly parasitic on birds any of several
- small
- insects especially aphids that feed by
- sucking the juices from plants
- a person who has a nasty or unethical
- character and deserving of respect
- lycan noun any thelophytic plant of the
- division likeness
- occurs crusty patches or bushy growths
- on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground
- etc
- any of several eruptive skin diseases
- characterized by hard thick lesions
- grouped together
- and resembling lichens growing on rocks
- lion
- noun the right to take another's
- property if an obligation is not
- discharged
- a large dark red oval organ on the left
- side of the body between the stomach and
- the diaphragm
- produces cells involved in immune
- responses
- lu now the post or function properly or
- customarily occupied or served by
- another lieutenant
- noun an officer in a police force a
- commissioned military officer
- an assistant with power to act when his
- superior is absent
- lighten verb become lighter become more
- cheerful
- reduce the weight on make lighter make
- more cheerful
- alleviate or remove pressure or stress
- or make less oppressive
- become brighter make lighter or brighter
- limb noun the graduated arc that is
- attached to an instrument for measuring
- angles
- either of the two halves of a bow from
- handle to tip one of the jointed
- appendages of an animal used for
- locomotion or grasping
- arm leg wing flipper astronomy the
- circumferential edge of the apparent
- disk of the sun
- or the moon or a planet any of the main
- branches arising from the trunk or a bow
- of a tree
- any projection that is thought to
- resemble a human arm
- linen noun white goods or clothing made
- with linen cloth
- a fabric woven with fibers from the flax
- plant a high quality paper made of linen
- fibers or with a linen finish
- linger verb take one's time
- proceed slowly remain present although
- waning or gradually dying
- leave slowly and hesitantly be about
- move to and fro
- lion noun large gregarious predatory
- feline of africa and
- india having a tawny coat with a shaggy
- mane in the mail
- a celebrity who is lionized much sought
- after the fifth sign of the zodiac
- the sun is in this sign from about july
- 23rd to august 22nd
- astrology a person who is born while the
- sun is in
- leo liqueur noun strong highly flavored
- sweet licker usually drunk after a meal
- liquor now the liquid in which
- vegetables or meat have been cooked
- an alcoholic beverage that is distilled
- rather than fermented
- a liquid substance that is a solution or
- emulsion or suspension
- used or obtained in an industrial
- process
- lock noun scottish word for a lake
- a long narrow inlet of the sea in
- scotland especially when it is nearly
- landlocked
- loathe adjective usually followed by ter
- strongly opposed unwillingness to do
- something contrary to your custom
- lullaby noun a quiet song that lulls a
- child to sleep
- a quiet song intended to lull a child to
- sleep
- lumber noun the wood of trees cut and
- prepared for use as building material
- an implement used in baseball by the
- batter verb
- move heavily or clumsily cut lumber as
- in woods and forests
- maiden adjective serving to set in
- motion
- noun an unmarried girl especially a
- virgin
- cricket an over in which no runs are
- scored
- malaria noun an infective disease
- caused by sporozoan parasites that are
- transmitted through the bite of an
- infected anopheles mosquito
- marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
- mallet now a tool resembling a hammer
- but with a large head
- usually wooden used to drive wedges or
- ram down paving stones or for crushing
- or beating or flattening or smoothing
- a light drumstick with a rounded head
- that is used to strike percussion
- instruments
- a sports implement with a long handle
- and a head like a hammer
- used in sports polo or croquet to hit a
- ball
- manifold adjective many and varied
- having many features or forms noun a
- pipe that has several lateral outlets to
- or from other pipes
- a set of points such as those of a
- closed surface or an analog
- in three or more dimensions a
- lightweight paper used with carbon paper
- to make multiple copies
- verb make multiple copies of combine or
- increase by multiplication
- mankind noun all of the living human
- inhabitants of the earth
- maneuver noun an action aimed at evading
- an opponent
- a move made to gain a tactical end a
- deliberate coordinated movement
- requiring dexterity and skill
- a military training exercise a plan for
- attaining a particular goal
- verb perform a movement in military or
- naval tactics in order to secure an
- advantage in attack or defense
- direct the course determine the
- direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- maria
- noun valuable timber tree of panama a
- dark region of
- considerable extent on the surface of
- the moon marine
- adjective native to or inhabiting the
- sea of all relating to the sea
- of or relating to military personnel who
- serve both on land and at sea
- specifically the u.s marine corps
- relating to or involving
- ships or shipping or navigation or
- seamen noun
- a soldier who serves both on shipboard
- and on land
- mature adjective fully considered and
- perfected
- having reached full natural growth or
- development characteristic of maturity
- of birds having developed feathers or
- plumage
- often used in combination fully
- developed or matured and ready to be
- eaten or used
- verb develop and reach maturity undergo
- maturation
- become due for repayment develop and
- work out fully in one's mind
- caused to ripen and discharge pus grow
- old or older
- caused to ripen or develop fully move
- adjective of a pale to moderate grayish
- violet color
- noun a moderate purple meandering
- adjective of a path for example measles
- noun an acute and highly contagious
- viral disease
- marked by distinct red spots followed by
- a rash
- occurs primarily in children menial
- adjective used of unskilled work
- especially domestic work
- noun a domestic servant method
- noun print produced by an engraving that
- has been scraped to represent light or
- shade
- mica noun any of various minerals
- consisting of hydrosilicates of
- aluminium
- or potassium etc that crystallize in
- forms that allow perfect cleavage into
- very thin leaves
- used as dielectrics because of their
- resistance to electricity
- mining noun the act of extracting oars
- or coal etc from the earth
- laying explosive mines in concealed
- places to destroy
- enemy personnel and equipment mirage
- noun something illusory and unattainable
- an
- optical illusion in which atmospheric
- refraction by a layer of hot air
- distorts or inverts reflections of
- distant objects
- mischief noun reckless or malicious
- behavior that causes discomfort or
- annoyance in others
- the quality or nature of being harmful
- or evil
- missile now a rocket carrying a warhead
- of conventional
- or nuclear explosives may be ballistic
- or directed by remote control
- a weapon that is forcibly thrown or
- projected at a targets but is not
- self-propelled
- monkey noun any of various long-tailed
- primates
- excluding the prosimians one who is
- playfully mischievous
- verb do random unplanned work or
- activities or spend time idly
- play around with or alter or falsify
- usually secretively or dishonestly
- moss noun tiny leafy stemmed flowerless
- plants
- mold noun container into which liquid is
- poured to create a given shape when it
- hardens
- sculpture produced by molding a fungus
- that produces a superficial growth on
- various kinds of damp or decaying
- organic matter
- loose soil rich in organic matter verb
- make something usually for a specific
- function
- formed by pouring for example wax or hot
- metal
- into a cast or mold forming clay wax
- etc mover noun a company that moves the
- possessions of a family or business from
- one site to another
- someone who moves workman employed by a
- moving company
- parliamentary procedure someone who
- makes a formal motion
- muscular adjective having or suggesting
- great physical power or force
- of or relating to or consisting of
- muscle having a robust muscular body
- build characterized by predominance of
- structures
- bone and muscle and connective tissue
- developed from the embryonic mesodermal
- layer
- of a person possessing physical strength
- and weight
- rugged and powerful names noun
- verbal abuse a crude substitute for
- argument
- nauseous adjective feeling nausea
- feeling about to vomit causing or able
- to cause nausea
- nay noun the characteristic sounds made
- by a horse
- verb make a characteristic sound of a
- horse
- nibble noun gentle biting
- a small bite verb eat intermittently
- take small bites of bite gently bite off
- very small pieces
- ninth adjective coming next after the
- eighth and just before the tenth in
- position
- noun position nine in a countable series
- of things
- one part in nine equal parts nonce
- noun the present occasion oath
- noun a commitment to tell the truth
- especially in a court of law
- to lie under oath is to become subject
- to prosecution for perjury
- a solemn promise usually invoking a
- divine witness
- regarding your future acts or behavior
- profane or obscene expression usually of
- surprise or anger
- obsequies noun always plural
- funeral rites or ceremonies omit
- verb leave undone or leave out prevent
- from being included or considered or
- accepted
- a pugnant adjective opposing
- antagonistic contrary repugnant
- opuna noun one who challenges the
- accuracy
- probity or propriety of something orphan
- adjective deprived of parents by death
- or desertion
- noun a young animal without a mother the
- first line of a paragraph that is set as
- the last line of a page or column
- a child who has lost both parents
- someone or something who lacks support
- or care or supervision verb deprive of
- parents
- oust verb remove from a position
- or office remove and replace pacific
- adjective promoting peace disposed to
- peace or of a peaceful nature
- relating to or bordering the pacific
- ocean noun
- the largest ocean in the world pian
- noun ancient greece a hymn of praise
- especially one sung in ancient greece to
- invoke or thank a deity
- a formal expression of praise paid
- adjective marked by the reception of pay
- involving gainful employment in
- something often done
- as a hobby yielding a fair profit powell
- noun a close friend who accompanies his
- buddies in their activities
- verb become friends act friendly towards
- paling noun a fence made of upright
- pickets
- paul noun burial garment in which a
- corpse is wrapped
- hanging cloth used as a blind especially
- for a window
- a sudden numbing dread verb lose
- strength or effectiveness
- become or appear boring insipid or
- tiresome
- 2. become less interesting or attractive
- cause to become flat
- cover with a pool get tired of something
- or somebody
- lose sparkle or bouquet core surf it
- through excess though initially pleasing
- caused to lose courage pallid adjective
- abnormally deficient in color as
- suggesting physical or emotional
- distress
- lacking in vitality or interest or
- effectiveness
- of light lacking in intensity or
- brightness
- dim or feeble paradigm noun
- the generally accepted perspective of a
- particular discipline
- at a given time systematic arrangement
- of all the inflected forms of a word
- a standard or typical example the class
- of all items that can be substituted
- into the same position or slot in a
- grammatical sentence
- are in paradigmatic relation with one
- another paradise
- noun christianity the abode of righteous
- souls after death
- any place of complete bliss and delight
- and peace
- paramore noun a woman who cohabits with
- an important man
- a woman's lover parquet noun
- seating on the main floor between the
- orchestra and the parquet circle a floor
- made of parquetry
- parry noun fencing locking a lunge or
- deflecting it with a circular motion of
- the sword
- a return punch especially by a boxer
- verb
- impede the movement of an opponent or a
- ball
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling
- answering or performing
- duties questions or issues patrol
- noun the activity of going around or
- through an area at regular intervals for
- security purposes
- a detachment used for security or
- reconnaissance
- a group that goes through a region at
- regular intervals for the purpose of
- security
- verb maintain the security of by
- carrying out a control
- poor noun a clawed foot of an animal
- especially a quadruped
- the prehensile extremity of the superior
- limb
- verb touch clumsily scrape with the
- pause
- peel noun the rind of a fruit or
- vegetable
- british politician 1788-1850
- the tissue forming the hard outer layer
- of for example a fruit
- verb get undressed come off in flakes or
- thin small pieces
- strip the skin off penal adjective
- subject to punishment by law serving as
- or designed to impose punishment
- of or relating to punishment pennant
- now a long flag often tapering the award
- given to the champion
- a flag longer than it is wide and often
- tapering
- perjure verb knowingly tell an untruth
- in a legal court and render oneself
- guilty of perjury
- perseverance noun the act of persisting
- or persevering
- continuing or repeating behavior
- persistent determination
- petal noun part of the perianth that is
- usually brightly coloured
- phaeton noun large open car seating 4
- with folding top
- phlegm noun expectorated matter
- saliva mixed with discharges from the
- respiratory passages
- in ancient and medieval physiology it
- was believed to cause sluggishness
- inactivity showing an unusual lack of
- energy
- apathy demonstrated by an absence of
- emotional reactions
- phlegmatic adjective showing little
- emotion
- phonetic adjective of all relating to
- the scientific study of speech sounds
- of or relating to speech sounds piebald
- adjective having sections or patches
- colored differently and usually brightly
- pier noun a platform built out from the
- shore into the water and supported by
- piles
- provides access to ships and boats a
- support for two adjacent bridge spans
- architecture a vertical supporting
- structure as a portion of wall between
- two doors or windows
- pious adjective having or showing or
- expressing reference for a deity
- devoutly religious paquette noun
- a card game for two players using a
- reduced pack of 32 cards
- a form of military punishment used by
- the british in the late 17th century
- in which a soldier was forced to stand
- on one foot on a pointed stake
- pivot noun the act of turning on
- or as if on a pivot axis consisting of a
- short shaft that supports something that
- turns
- the person in a rank around whom the
- others will and maneuver
- verb turn on a pivot plague
- noun an annoyance any large-scale
- calamity
- especially when thought to be sent by
- god any epidemic disease with a high
- death rate
- a serious sometimes fatal infection of
- rodents caused by yesinia pestis and
- accidentally transmitted to humans by
- the bite of a flea that has bitten an
- infected animal
- a swarm of insects that attack plants
- verb
- and eye continually or chronically
- caused to suffer a blight
- plaid noun a cloth having a crisscross
- design
- platt noun any of various types of fold
- formed by doubling fabric back upon
- itself and then pressing or stitching
- into shape
- a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting
- the hair
- verb weave into plaits make by braiding
- or interlacing
- plinth noun an architectural support or
- base
- as for a column or statue clover
- noun any of numerous chiefly shorebirds
- of relatively compact build having
- straight bills and large pointed wings
- closely related to the sandpipers
- plumber
- now a craftsman who installs and repairs
- pipes and fixtures and appliances
- poor noun any small opening in the skin
- or outer surface of an animal
- any tiny hole admitting passage of a
- liquid fluid or gas
- a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or
- stem through which gases and water vapor
- can pass
- verb direct one's attention on something
- poor
- verb move in large numbers flowing in a
- spurt
- cause to run supply in large amounts or
- quantities
- rain heavily pour out precious
- adjective of high worth or cost
- obviously contrived to charm
- characterized by feeling or showing fond
- affection for
- adverb extremely precision
- noun the quality of being reproducible
- in a mount or performance
- preface noun a short introductory essay
- preceding the text of a book
- verb furnish with a preface or
- introduction
- privy adjective followed by ter
- informed about something secret or not
- generally known
- hidden from general view or use noun a
- small outbuilding with a bench having
- holes through which a user can defecate
- a room or building equipped with one or
- more toilets
- pronoun noun a function word that is
- used in place of a noun
- or noun phrase pronounced
- adjective produced by the organs of
- speech
- strongly marked easily noticeable
- pronunciation
- noun the way a word or a language is
- customarily spoken
- the manner in which someone utters a
- word psalm
- noun any sacred song used to praise the
- deity
- one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers
- that comprise the book of psalms in the
- old testament
- said to have been written by david verb
- sing or celebrate in psalms
- psyche noun greek mythology
- a beautiful princess loved by cupid who
- visited her at night and told her she
- must not try to see him
- became the personification of the soul
- that which is responsible for one's
- thoughts and feelings
- the seat of the faculty of reason the
- immaterial part of a person
- the actuating cause of an individual
- life
- psychic adjective outside the sphere of
- physical science
- affecting or influenced by the human
- mind noun
- a person apparently sensitive to things
- beyond the natural range of perception
- puddle noun a mixture of wet clay and
- sand that can be used to line a pond and
- that is impervious to water when dry
- something resembling a pool of liquid a
- small body of standing water
- rain water or other liquid verb make a
- puddle by splashing water
- mess around as in a liquid or paste work
- a wet mixture
- such as concrete or mud dip into mud
- before planting
- subject to puddling or form by puddling
- wade or dabble in a puddle
- eliminate urine mix up or confuse make
- into a puddle
- puny adjective legal term denoting
- younger or junior
- noun one who is born later or appointed
- later than another
- adjective a purulent wound
- noun in formal terms referring to a
- domestic cat
- obscene terms for female genitals
- putting
- noun hitting a golf ball that is on the
- green using a putter
- puzzling adjective lacking clarity of
- meaning
- causing confusion or perplexity not
- clear to the understanding
- key noun warf usually built parallel to
- the shoreline
- query noun an instance of questioning
- verb pose a question rabies
- noun an acute viral disease of the
- nervous system of warm-blooded animals
- usually transmitted by the bite of a
- rabid animal rabies is fatal if the
- virus reaches
- the brain rally noun the feat of
- mustering strength for a renewed effort
- sports an unbroken sequence of several
- successive strokes
- an automobile race run over public roads
- a large gathering of people intended to
- arouse enthusiasm
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits
- during an illness
- verb return to a former condition harass
- with persistent criticism
- or coping call to arms of military
- personnel
- gather or bring together gather ranch
- noun farm consisting of a large tract of
- land along with facilities needed to
- raise livestock
- especially cattle verb manage or run a
- ranch
- rapier noun a straight sword with a
- narrow blade and two edges
- razor noun edge tool used in shaving
- verb shave with a razor realm
- noun a knowledge domain that you are
- interested in or are communicating about
- the domain ruled by a king or queen a
- domain
- in which something is dominant rheem
- noun a quantity of paper 480 or 500
- sheets
- one ream equals 20 choirs a large
- quantity of written matter
- verb enlarge with a reamer removed by
- making a whole or by boring
- squeeze the juice out of a fruit with a
- reamer
- receiver noun set that receives radio or
- tv signals
- a football player who catches or is
- supposed to catch
- a forward pass earphone that converts
- electrical signals into sounds
- a person who gets something law a person
- usually appointed by a court of law who
- liquidates assets or preserves them for
- the benefit of affected parties
- reefer noun marijuana leaves rolled into
- a cigarette for smoking
- relic noun an antiquity that has
- survived from the distant past
- something of sentimental value renown
- noun the state or quality of being
- widely honored and acclaimed
- resent verb feel bitter or indignant
- about
- wish ill or allow unwillingly respite
- noun a pause from doing something as
- work
- a pause for relaxation the act of
- reprieving
- postponing or remitting punishment an
- interruption in the intensity or amount
- of something
- a temporary relief from harm or
- discomfort
- verb postpone the punishment of a
- convicted criminal
- such as an execution revered adjective
- profoundly honored revile verb
- spread negative information about
- rhetoric
- noun study of the technique and rules
- for using language effectively
- especially in public speaking using
- language effectively to
- please or persuade loud and confused and
- empty talk
- hyphlone style excessive use of verbal
- ornamentation
- rhyme noun correspondence in the sounds
- of two or more lines
- especially final sounds a piece of
- poetry
- verb compose rhymes be similar in sound
- especially with respect to the last
- syllable
- rhyming adjective having corresponding
- sounds especially terminal sounds
- rippled adjective humorously vulgar
- noun a rippled person someone who uses
- vulgar and offensive language
- ricochet noun a glancing rebound
- verb spring back spring away from an
- impact
- rook noun common gregarious old world
- bird about the size and color of the
- american crow
- chess the piece that can move any number
- of unoccupied squares in a direction
- parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- verb deprive of by deceit roughen
- verb make rough or rougher rollock
- now a holder attached to the gun of a
- boat that holds the oar in place and
- acts
- as a fulcrum for rowing saying
- noun a word or phrase that particular
- people use in particular situations
- scenic adjective used of locations
- having beautiful natural scenery of or
- relating to the stage or stage scenery
- schism noun division of a group into
- opposing factions
- the formal separation of a church into
- two churches or the withdrawal of one
- group
- over doctrinal differences scour
- noun a place that is scoured especially
- by running water
- verb rub hard or scrub examine minutely
- rinse clean or empty with a liquid clean
- with hard rubbing
- scourge noun a whip used to inflict
- punishment
- often used for pedantic humor a person
- who inspires fear or dread
- something causes misery or death verb
- punish severely
- excoriate devastate or ravage whip
- sedan noun a car that is closed and that
- has front and rear seats and two or four
- doors
- a closed litter for one passenger sedate
- adjective characterized by dignity and
- propriety
- dignified and somber in manner or
- character and committed to keeping
- promises
- verb caused to be calm or quiet as by
- administering a sedative to
- seer noun an observer who perceives
- visually
- an authoritative person who divines the
- future a person with unusual powers of
- foresight
- severance noun the act of severing
- a personal or social separation as
- between opposing factions severed
- adjective detached by cutting shake
- now the leader of an arab village or
- family
- a man who is much concerned with his
- dress and appearance
- shirk verb avoid dealing with
- avoid one's assigned duties shiver
- noun a reflex motion caused by cold or
- fear or excitement
- an almost pleasurable sensation of
- fright verb
- shake as from cold tremble convulsively
- as from fear or excitement shutting
- noun the act of closing something sieve
- noun a strainer for separating lumps
- from powdered material or grading
- particles
- verb distinguish and separate out check
- and sort carefully
- separate by passing through a sieve or
- other straining device to separate out
- coarser elements
- examine in order to test suitability
- similarly noun a figure of speech that
- expresses a resemblance between things
- of different kinds
- usually formed with like or as skein
- noun coils of worsted yarn sobriquet
- noun a familiar name for a person often
- a shortened version of a person's given
- name
- solder noun an alloy usually of lead and
- tin
- used when melted to join two metal
- surfaces
- verb join or fuse with solder soft
- verb introduce into an environment
- indicate
- pain discomfort or displeasure place
- seeds in or on the ground for future
- growth
- spectator noun a close observer
- someone who looks at something such as
- an exhibition of some kind
- a woman's pump with medium heel usually
- in contrasting colors for toe and heel
- spiky adjective having or as if having
- especially high pitched spots
- starry adjective abounding with or
- resembling stars
- stature noun of a standing person
- the distance from head to foot high
- level of respect gained by impressive
- development or
- achievement sterling adjective
- highest in quality noun british money
- especially the pound sterling as the
- basic monetary unit of the uk
- stirring adjective exciting strong but
- not
- unpleasant emotions capable of arousing
- enthusiasm or excitement
- noun agitating a liquid with an
- implement arousing to a particular
- emotion
- or action stout adjective
- euphemisms for fat dependable having
- rugged physical strength
- a new to fatigue or hardships noun a
- garment size for a large or heavy person
- a strong very dark heavy bodied ale made
- from pale molds and roasted unmalted
- barley and
- often caramel malt with hops streak
- noun a distinctive characteristic a
- sudden flash
- as of lightning an unbroken series of
- events
- a marking of a different color or
- texture from the background
- verb run naked in a public place move
- quickly in a straight line
- mark with spots or blotches of different
- color or shades of color as if stained
- strew verb cover be dispersed over
- spread by scattering straw is archaic
- striver noun someone who works as hard
- as a slave
- studying noun reading carefully with
- intent to remember
- sucker noun assistance in time of
- difficulty
- verb help in a difficult situation suite
- noun apartment consisting of a series of
- connected rooms used as a living unit
- as in a hotel a musical composition of
- several movements only loosely connected
- a matching set of furniture the group
- following and attending to some
- important person
- sup noun a small amount of liquid food
- verb take solid or liquid food into the
- mouth a little at a time
- either by drinking or by eating with a
- spoon
- some eyes noun a message expressing an
- opinion based on incomplete evidence
- verb infer from incomplete evidence
- imagine to be the case or true or
- probable
- sword noun surface layer of ground
- containing a mat of grass and grass
- roots
- sword noun a cutting or thrusting weapon
- that has a long metal blade
- and a hilt with a handguard tally
- noun a score in baseball made by a
- runner touching
- all four bases safely the act of
- counting a bill for an amount due
- verb keep score as in games determine
- the sum of
- gain points in a game be compatible
- similar or consistent
- coincide in their characteristics
- tata noun diminutive of potato
- an edible tuber native to south america
- a staple food of ireland
- annual native to south america having
- underground stolens bearing edible
- starchy tubers
- widely cultivated as a garden vegetable
- vines are poisonous
- teas noun the act of harassing someone
- playfully or maliciously
- especially by ridicule provoking someone
- with persistent annoyances
- someone given to teasing as by mocking
- or stirring curiosity
- a seductive woman who uses her sex
- appeal to exploit men
- verb ruffle one's hair by combing
- towards the ends towards the scalp
- for a full effect harass with persistent
- criticism or carping
- mock or make fun of playfully separate
- the fibers of
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- raise the nap of
- fabrics tear into pieces annoy
- persistently
- to arouse hope desire or curiosity
- without satisfying them
- threatens noun former cooper nickel coin
- of the united kingdom
- equal to three pennies time noun
- leaves can be used as seasoning for
- almost any meat and stews and stuffings
- and vegetables
- any of various mints of the genus thymus
- thai
- noun a cord or string or ribbon or wire
- etc
- with which something is tied a
- horizontal beam used to prevent
- two other structural members from
- spreading apart or separating
- one of the cross braces that support the
- rails on a railway track
- tier noun one of two or more layers one
- atop
- another something that is used for tying
- a worker who ties something
- any one of two or more competitors who
- tie one another
- a relative position or degree of value
- in a graded group
- timber noun a beam made of wood
- a post made of wood music the
- distinctive property of a complex sound
- a voice or noise or musical sound land
- that is covered with trees and
- shrubs the wood of trees cut and
- prepared for use as building material
- toll noun a fee levied for the use of
- roads or bridges
- used for maintenance value measured by
- what must be given or done
- or undergone to obtain something the
- sound of a bell being struck
- verb ring slowly charge a fifa using
- tomb noun a place for the burial of a
- corpse
- especially beneath the ground and marked
- by a tombstone
- topsail noun a sail or either of a pair
- of sails
- immediately above the lowermost sail of
- a mast and supported by a top mast
- tortious adjective of all pertaining to
- the nature of a tort tortoise
- noun usually herbivorous land turtles
- having clawed elephant-like limbs
- worldwide in arid area except australia
- and antarctica
- toad noun the act of hauling something
- as a vehicle by means of a hitch or rope
- verb
- drag behind treason noun
- a crime that undermines the offender's
- government disloyalty by virtue of
- subversive behavior
- an act of deliberate betrayal treasure
- noun a collection of precious things any
- possession that is highly valued by its
- owner
- accumulated wealth in the form of money
- or jewels etc
- art highly prized for its beauty or
- perfection verb
- be fond of be attached to hold dear
- trickery noun the use of tricks to
- deceive someone
- usually to extract money from them
- verbal misrepresentation intended to
- take advantage of you
- in some way tripod noun
- a three-legged rack used for support
- trivial
- adjective obvious and dull concerned
- with trivialities
- not large enough to consider or notice
- informal
- small and of little importance of little
- substance or significance
- troll noun angling by drawing a baited
- line through the water
- a fisherman's lure that is used in
- trolling scandinavian folklore
- a supernatural creature either a dwarf
- or a giant
- that is supposed to live in caves or in
- the mountains a part song in which
- voices follow each other
- one voice starts and others join in one
- after another until all
- are singing different parts of the song
- at the same time
- verb speak or recite rapidly or in a
- rolling voice
- praise or celebrate in song sing loudly
- and without inhibition
- angle with a hook and line drawn through
- the water sing the parts off
- around in succession caused to move
- round and round
- circulate move around trolley
- now a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails
- and is propelled by electricity
- trove noun treasure of unknown ownership
- found hidden usually in the earth truism
- noun an obvious truth tuna
- noun someone who tunes pianos an
- electronic receiver that detects and
- demodulates and amplifies transmitted
- signals
- turpentine noun volatile liquid
- distilled from turpentine olea resin
- used as paint thinner and solvent and
- medicinally
- obtained from conifers especially pines
- tuppence noun a former united kingdom
- silver coin
- united kingdom bronze decimal coin worth
- two pennies
- uncouth adjective lacking refinement or
- cultivation or taste
- unicorn noun an imaginary creature
- represented as a white horse with a long
- horn growing from its forehead
- unstable adjective highly or violently
- reactive
- disposed to psychological variability
- lacking stability or fixity
- or firmness subject to change variable
- affording no ease or reassurance
- suffering from severe mental illness
- valentine noun a card sent or given
- as to a sweetheart on saint valentine's
- day a sweetheart chosen to receive a
- greeting on saint valentine's day
- veliz noun a small overnight bag for
- short trips
- valor noun the qualities of a hero or
- heroine
- exceptional or heroic courage when
- facing danger
- especially in battle valve noun
- control consisting of a mechanical
- device for controlling the flow of a
- fluid
- device in a brass wind instrument for
- varying the length of the air column to
- alter the pitch of a tone
- a structure in a hollow organ like the
- heart with a flap to ensure one-way flow
- of fluid through it
- vapid adjective lacking significance or
- liveliness or spirit or zest
- lacking taste or flavor or tang vapor
- noun the process of becoming a vapor a
- visible suspension in the air of
- particles of some substance
- vars noun an open jar of glass or
- porcelain used as an ornament or to hold
- flowers
- verdict noun law the findings of a jury
- on issues of fact submitted to it for
- decision
- can be used in formulating a judgment
- verge
- now a grass border along a road the
- limit beyond which something happens or
- changes
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff a
- region marking a boundary
- verb border on come close to verse
- noun a piece of poetry a line of
- metrical text
- literature in metrical form verb
- familiarized through thorough study or
- experience
- compose verses or put into verse vile
- noun a small bottle that contains a drug
- especially a sealed sterile container
- for injection by needle
- vicar noun a roman catholic priest who
- acts for another higher ranking
- clergyman
- church of england a clergyman appointed
- to act as priest of a parish
- episcopal church a clergyman in charge
- of a chapel
- vittle noun any substance that can be
- used as food
- verb taken nourishment lay in provisions
- supply with food vi count noun
- a british peer who ranks below an earl
- and above a barren
- in various countries a son or younger
- brother or account
- vomit noun the reflex act of ejecting
- the contents of the stomach through the
- mouth
- the matter ejected in vomiting a
- medicine that induces nausea and
- vomiting
- verb eject the contents of the stomach
- through the mouth
- vow noun a solemn pledge to oneself or
- to another or to a deity
- to do something or to behave in a
- certain manner verb
- make a vow promise dedicate to a deity
- by a vow
- one adjective lacking vitality as from
- weariness or illness or unhappiness
- abnormally deficient in color as
- suggesting physical or emotional
- distress
- of light lacking in intensity or
- brightness
- dim or feeble noun a computer network
- that spans a wider area than does a
- local area network
- verb become pale and sickly wasp
- noun social or solitary hymonopterans
- typically having a slender body with the
- abdomen attached by a narrow stalk
- and having a formidable sting a white
- person of anglo-saxon ancestry who
- belongs to a protestant denomination
- whey noun watery part of milk produced
- when raw milk sours and coagulates
- the serum or watery part of milk that is
- separated from the curd in making cheese
- holy adverb to a complete degree or to
- the full or entire extent
- whole is often used informally for holy
- white
- noun an island county of southern
- england in the english channel
- a human being white is an archaic term
- wits noun the basic human power of
- intelligent thought and perception
- wolf noun any of various predatory
- carnivorous canine mammals of north
- america and eurasia that usually hunt in
- packs
- a man who is aggressive in making
- amorous advances to women
- german classical scholar who claimed
- that the iliad and odyssey were composed
- by several authors
- 1759-1824 austrian composer
- 1860-1903 a cruelly rapacious person
- verb eat hastily want
- now a pattern of behavior acquired
- through frequent repetition
- an established custom worm noun
- any of numerous relatively small
- elongated soft-bodied animals especially
- of the phyla anna leader and category
- nematoda and
- nemertea and platyhelminthes also many
- insect larvae
- screw thread on a gear with the teeth of
- a worm wheel or rack
- a software program capable of
- reproducing itself that can spread from
- one computer to the next over a network
- a person who has a nasty or unethical
- character and deserving of respect
- verb to move in a twisting or contorted
- motion
- especially when struggling worsted
- now a woolen fabric with a hard textured
- surface and no
- nap woven of worsted yarns he wore a
- worsted suit
- a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from
- long staple wool
- worsted verb to be defeated
- worthless adjective lacking in
- usefulness or value
- morally reprehensible woven
- adjective made or constructed by
- interlacing threads or strips of
- material or other elements
- into a hole yacht noun
- an expensive vessel propelled by sail or
- power and used for cruising or racing
- verb travel in a yacht ye
- pronoun archaic and poetical form of the
- pronoun
- you yay adverb not only so
- but noun an affirmative yearling
- noun an animal in its second year a
- racehorse considered one year old until
- the second january 1st following its
- birth
- a young child zeal noun
- excessive fervor to do something or
- accomplish some end
- prompt willingness a feeling of strong
- eagerness
- usually in favor of a person or cause
- zephyr noun greek mythology the greek
- god of the west wind
- a slight wind usually refreshing
-
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genus thymus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | asterid dicot genus |
