able - (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
last - Occurring at the time of death.
real - Capable of being treated as fact.
easy - Obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally.
long - Having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains".
rank - Growing profusely.
rare - Not widely distributed.
true - Accurately placed or thrown.
away - (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter.
wide - Not on target.
acid - Having the characteristics of an acid.
busy - Crowded with or characterized by much activity.
open - Ready for business.
dark - Not giving performances.
dead - Devoid of activity.
dull - (of business) not active or brisk.
idle - Not in active use.
flat - Commercially inactive.
deft - Skillful in physical movements.
plus - Involving advantage or good.
safe - (of an undertaking) secure from risk.
numb - So frightened as to be unable to move.
cold - Lacking the warmth of life.
live - Exerting force or containing energy.
full - Having the normally expected amount.
anal - A stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region.
oral - A stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth.
cute - Obviously contrived to charm.
deep - Exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy.
dumb - Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness.
mute - Expressed without speech.
wary - Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence.
bald - Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp.
wiry - Of hair that resembles wire in stiffness.
ugly - Displeasing to the senses.
best - (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities.
mono - Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
fair - (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored.
gory - Accompanied by bloodshed.
bold - Fearless and daring.
tied - Fastened with strings or cords.
game - Willing to face danger.
soft - Not brilliant or glaring.
bony - Having bones especially many or prominent bones.
bone - Consisting of or made up of bone.
calm - (of weather) free from storm or wind.
fast - (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time.
pure - In a state of sexual virginity.
blue - Causing dejection.
blae - Of bluish-black or grey-blue.
buff - Of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather.
jade - Of something having the color of jade.
pink - Of a light shade of red.
rose - Of something having a dusty purplish pink color.
rust - Of the brown color of rust.
sage - Of the grey-green color of sage leaves.
ebon - Of a very dark black.
grey - Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.
roan - (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey.
drab - Lacking brightness or color.
pale - Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress.
lewd - Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
weak - Deficient in intelligence or mental power.
near - Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
warm - Of a seeker.
boon - Very close and convivial.
cozy - Suggesting connivance.
dear - With or in a close or intimate relationship.
bare - Completely unclothed.
half - (of siblings) related through one parent only.
good - Thorough.
cool - Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances).
lost - Not caught with the senses or the mind.
nisi - Not final or absolute.
pent - Closely confined.
smug - Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
wild - Deviating widely from an intended course.
done - Cooked until ready to serve.
hewn - Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel.
nosy - Offensively curious or inquisitive.
damn - Used as expletives.
made - Produced by a manufacturing process.
bent - Of metal e.g..
hurt - Damaged inanimate objects or their value.
deaf - Lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
glum - Moody and melancholic.
high - Happy and excited and energetic.
neat - Without water.
meek - Evidencing little spirit or courage.
keen - Having a sharp cutting edge or point.
salt - (of speech) painful or bitter.
arid - Lacking vitality or spirit.
late - Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
east - Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
west - Situated in or facing or moving toward the west.
down - Not functioning (temporarily or permanently).
firm - Strong and sure.
fine - Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment.
beta - Preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product.
avid - Marked by active interest and enthusiasm.
even - Equal in degree or extent or amount.
free - Not literal.
agog - Highly excited.
tame - Flat and uninspiring.
arco - (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow.
eyed - Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
foul - (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines.
leal - Faithful and true.
chic - Elegant and stylish.
slow - Not moving quickly.
lazy - Moving slowly and gently.
thin - Lacking excess flesh.
lank - Long and lean.
skim - Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.
wavy - (of hair) having waves.
toed - Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
kind - Tolerant and forgiving under provocation.
sour - Smelling of fermentation or staleness.
hard - Dried out.
limp - Not firm.
aged - (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable).
void - Containing nothing.
mean - (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity.
base - Debased.
mock - Constituting a copy or imitation of something.
icky - Very bad.
poor - Unsatisfactory.
evil - Morally bad or wrong.
glad - Feeling happy appreciation.
hale - Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
airy - Having little or no perceptible weight.
alto - (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group.
bass - Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
skew - Having an oblique or slanting direction or position.
dirt - (of roads) not leveled or drained.
lush - Full of juice.
just - Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting.
epic - Very imposing or impressive.
huge - Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
puny - (used especially of persons) of inferior size.
snug - Well and tightly constructed.
like - Resembling or similar.
mini - Used of women's clothing.
midi - Used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf.
maxi - Used of women's clothing having a hemline at the ankle.
snub - Unusually short.
loud - Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity.
rich - Pleasantly full and mellow.
male - Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation.
ripe - At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge.
mild - Moderate in type or degree or effect or force.
racy - Designed or suitable for competing in a race.
gold - Made from or covered with gold.
many - A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'.
less - (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer.
sick - Deeply affected by a strong feeling.
mown - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine.
fake - Not genuine or real.
nice - Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
auld - A Scottish word.
shut - Not open.
some - Remarkable.
laid - Set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people".
oily - Coated or covered with oil.
paid - Marked by the reception of pay.
bias - Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
past - Earlier than the present time.
born - Brought into existence.
glib - Artfully persuasive in speech.
grim - Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
lacy - Made of or resembling lace.
puff - Gathered for protruding fullness.
dour - Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance.
anti - Not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
arty - Showily imitative of art or artists.
lean - Not profitable or prosperous.
rash - Imprudently incurring risk.
moot - Of no legal significance (as having been previously decided).
awed - Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
left - Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left.
port - Located on the left side of a ship or aircraft.
holy - Belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power.
laic - Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.
same - Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.
sane - Mentally healthy.
sure - Physically secure or dependable.
sent - Caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted.
arch - Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
sexy - Marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest.
clad - Having an outer covering especially of thin metal.
shod - Wearing footgear.
dual - A grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural).
zero - Indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration.
four - Being one more than three.
five - Being one more than four.
nine - Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
size - (used in combination) sized.
solo - Composed or performed by a single voice or instrument.
sold - Disposed of to a purchaser.
none - Not any.
boss - Exceptionally good.
brut - (of champagne) extremely dry.
tall - Great in vertical dimension.
camp - Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
winy - Having the taste of wine.
taut - Pulled or drawn tight.
edgy - Being in a tense state.
ropy - Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
tidy - Marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits.
ruly - Neat and tidy.
torn - Disrupted by the pull of contrary forces.
used - Employed in accomplishing something.
null - Lacking any legal or binding force.
well - In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury.
damp - Slightly wet.
alar - Having or resembling wings.
wise - Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment.
fond - Absurd or silly because unlikely.
worn - Affected by wear.
zoic - Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
home - Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are.
self - (used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self.
otic - Of or relating to near the ear.
uric - In or relating to or obtained from urine.
held - Occupied or in the control of.
only - With nevertheless the final result.
okay - In a satisfactory or adequate manner.
much - (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely.
very - Used as intensifiers.
anon - (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while.
soon - In the near future.
ergo - (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently.
next - At the time or occasion immediately following.
back - In or to or toward a past time.
more - Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs.
afar - (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance.
here - In or at this place.
most - Used to form the superlative.
then - Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors).
once - On one occasion.
thus - In the way indicated.
ever - At any time.
such - To so extreme a degree.
orad - Toward the mouth or oral region.
i.e. - That is to say.
over - Throughout a period of time.
abed - In bed.
each - To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
item - (used when listing or enumerating items) also.
alee - On or toward the lee.
awry - Away from the correct or expected course.
amok - In a murderous frenzy.
fore - Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane.
atop - On, to, or at the top.
bang - Directly.
flop - With a flopping sound.
idly - In an idle manner.
plop - With a short hollow thud.
burp - Expel gas from the stomach.
sigh - Heave or utter a sigh.
hold - Keep from exhaling or expelling.
pant - Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.
hack - Cough spasmodically.
blow - Exhale hard.
yawn - Utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired.
wink - Signal by winking.
shed - Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
make - Act in a certain way so as to acquire.
play - Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously.
rest - Be at rest.
doss - Sleep in a convenient place.
wake - Be awake, be alert, be there.
grin - To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl.
beam - Smile radiantly.
bray - Laugh loudly and harshly.
roar - Laugh unrestrainedly and heartily.
look - Have a certain outward or facial expression.
clap - Clap one's hands together.
pout - Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip.
wash - To cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking.
soap - Rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning.
comb - Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.
wave - Set waves in.
perm - Give a permanent wave to.
talc - Apply talcum powder to (one's body).
prim - Dress primly.
gain - Increase (one's body weight).
wear - Have or show an appearance of.
shoe - Furnish with shoes.
coat - Cover or provide with a coat.
vest - Clothe formally.
nick - Mate successfully.
spat - Spawn.
twin - Give birth to twins.
drop - Give birth.
foal - Give birth to a foal.
lamb - Give birth to a lamb.
fawn - Have fawns.
geld - Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses).
have - Suffer from.
wail - Cry weakly or softly.
bawl - Cry loudly.
tear - Fill with tears or shed tears.
reek - Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face.
calk - Injure with a calk.
rack - Torture on the rack.
pull - Strain abnormally.
dung - Defecate.
tire - Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
spew - Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.
help - Improve the condition of.
drug - Administer a drug to.
dope - Give a narcotic to.
soup - Dope (a racehorse).
smut - Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn.
maim - Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
hock - Disable by cutting the hock.
grow - Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).
leaf - Produce leaves, of plants.
draw - Cause to localize at one point.
boot - Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes.
scab - Form a scab.
heal - Get healthy again.
roll - Execute a roll, in tumbling.
tone - Give a healthy elasticity to.
fart - Expel intestinal gases through the anus.
spit - Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
stub - Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object.
harm - Cause or do harm to.
emit - Expel (gases or odors).
joke - Act in a funny or teasing way.
feel - Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state.
gown - Dress in a gown.
call - Rouse somebody from sleep with a call.
give - Proffer (a body part).
pack - Treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood.
malt - Convert into malt.
stay - Stay the same.
move - Go or proceed from one point to another.
step - Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation.
turn - Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute.
fork - Shape like a fork.
form - Assume a form or shape.
fall - Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
work - Arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion.
rise - Increase in value or to a higher point.
soar - Go or move upward.
jump - Increase suddenly and significantly.
bull - Advance in price.
fail - Get worse.
stem - Remove the stem from.
bail - Remove (water) from a vessel with a container.
pick - Remove in small bits.
muck - Remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine.
lift - Remove from a surface.
seed - Remove the seeds from.
hull - Remove the hulls from.
burl - Remove the burls from cloth.
husk - Remove the husks from.
clog - Fill to excess so that function is impaired.
brim - Fill as much as possible.
dash - Add an enlivening or altering element to.
tank - Treat in a tank.
welt - Put a welt on.
plug - Insert as a plug.
feed - Introduce continuously.
slip - Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.
milk - Take milk from female mammals.
burn - Burn with heat, fire, or radiation.
tusk - Remove the tusks of animals.
edit - Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.
hang - Suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste.
mold - Become moldy.
bate - Soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments.
flow - Cover or swamp with water.
lave - Wash or flow against.
moil - Moisten or soil.
lock - Become rigid or immoveable.
line - Reinforce with fabric.
melt - Become less intense and fade away gradually.
fade - Become less clearly visible or distinguishable.
hose - Water with a hose.
pare - Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
gate - Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment.
rule - Keep in check.
pole - Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole.
reef - Reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef.
weld - Unite closely or intimately.
leak - Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out.
fill - Plug with a substance.
flaw - Add a flaw or blemish to.
dish - Make concave.
bulk - Stick out or up.
stun - Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
mend - Heal or recover.
fret - Wear away or erode.
mess - Make a mess of or create disorder in.
tint - Color lightly.
clip - Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.
tune - Adjust the pitches of (musical instruments).
time - Adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.
trim - Adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used.
gear - Set the level or character of.
boom - Grow vigorously.
blur - Become vague or indistinct.
murk - Make dark, dim, or gloomy.
dusk - Become dusk.
weed - Clear of weeds.
spin - Prolong or extend.
tree - Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree.
bake - Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
fire - Bake in a kiln so as to harden.
cork - Stuff with cork.
cook - Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.
stew - Cook slowly and for a long time in liquid.
brew - Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor.
boil - Immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes.
twig - Branch out in a twiglike manner.
pulp - Reduce to pulp.
mill - Grind with a mill.
snap - Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.
chap - Crack due to dehydration.
drag - Proceed for an extended period of time.
come - Come to pass.
kill - Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in.
root - Take root and begin to grow.
mist - Become covered with mist.
curl - Form a curl, curve, or kink.
heat - Make hot or hotter.
soak - Heat a metal prior to working it.
sear - Make very hot and dry.
char - Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
pall - Lose strength or effectiveness.
fuse - Make liquid or plastic by heating.
fold - Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating.
cram - Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam.
frap - Take up the slack of.
peep - Appear as though from hiding.
wane - Decrease in phase.
bolt - Make or roll into bolts.
vary - Make something more diverse and varied.
jell - Become gelatinous.
etch - Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons.
heap - Fill to overflow.
clot - Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state.
rush - Urge to an unnatural speed.
hush - Run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals.
wilt - Become limp.
glue - Be fixed as if by glue.
load - Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance.
vent - Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen.
pace - Measure (distances) by pacing.
coke - Become coke.
mark - Make or leave a mark on.
spot - Mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.
star - Mark with an asterisk.
flag - Provide with a flag.
bark - Tan (a skin) with bark tannins.
dose - Treat with an agent.
foam - Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
take - Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial.
cure - Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve.
corn - Preserve with salt.
dawn - Become light.
sole - Put a new sole on.
vamp - Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.
heel - Put a new heel on.
ream - Enlarge with a reamer.
save - Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort.
surf - Switch channels, on television.
lull - Become quiet or less intensive.
leap - Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another.
veer - Shift to a clockwise direction.
felt - Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like.
bind - Form a chemical bond with.
ruin - Fall into ruin.
flip - Go mad, go crazy.
slag - Convert into slag.
grok - Get the meaning of something.
know - Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.
mind - Keep in mind.
jilt - Cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly.
type - Identify as belonging to a certain type.
date - Assign a date to.
read - To hear and understand.
scry - Divine by gazing into crystals.
cube - Raise to the third power.
foot - Add a column of numbers.
cave - Explore natural caves.
rate - Assign a rank or rating to.
card - Ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor.
test - Undergo a test.
dial - Choose by means of a dial.
book - Engage for a performance.
slot - Assign a time slot.
deem - Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
will - Determine by choice.
seal - Decide irrevocably.
jinx - Foredoom to failure.
plan - Make plans for something.
hope - Intend with some possibility of fulfilment.
plot - Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
want - Wish or demand the presence of.
plat - Make a plat of.
loft - Lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull.
find - Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.
tell - Discern or comprehend.
grab - Capture the attention or imagination of.
ping - Send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active.
page - Contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system.
pray - Address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship.
urge - Force or impel in an indicated direction.
push - Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.
sell - Persuade somebody to accept something.
lead - Cause to undertake a certain action.
spar - Fight verbally.
hook - Approach with an offer of sexual favors.
quiz - Examine someone's knowledge of something.
pump - Question persistently.
beep - Call, summon, or alert with a beeper.
buzz - Call with a buzzer.
visa - Approve officially.
miss - Fail to experience.
shun - Avoid and stay away from deliberately.
sass - Answer back in an impudent or insolent manner.
deny - Declare untrue.
avow - Admit openly and bluntly.
warn - Notify, usually in advance.
pose - Pretend to be someone you are not.
claw - Attack as if with claws.
diss - Treat, mention, or speak to rudely.
jeer - Laugh at with contempt and derision.
gull - Fool or hoax.
crow - Express pleasure verbally.
laud - Praise, glorify, or honor.
hymn - Praise by singing a hymn.
blog - Read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal.
defy - Challenge.
bode - Indicate by signs.
rede - Give advice to.
rave - Praise enthusiastically.
sign - Be engaged by a written agreement.
doom - Make certain of the failure or destruction of.
hail - Greet enthusiastically or joyfully.
meld - Announce for a score.
wish - Invoke upon.
rail - Complain bitterly.
yell - Utter or declare in a very loud voice.
yowl - Utter shrieks, as of cats.
buoy - Mark with a buoy.
show - Give evidence of, as of records.
hint - Drop a hint.
nark - Inform or spy (for the police).
talk - Express in speech.
list - Give or make a list of.
name - Mention and identify by name.
lilt - Articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way.
yarn - Tell or spin a yarn.
hype - Publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner.
harp - Come back to.
tout - Advertize in strongly positive terms.
bill - Advertise especially by posters or placards.
rasp - Utter in a grating voice.
lisp - Speak with a lisp.
post - Publicize with, or as if with, a poster.
code - Convert ordinary language into code.
file - Place in a container for keeping records.
film - Make a film or photograph of something.
note - Make mention of.
term - Name formally or designate with a term.
mail - Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place.
spam - Send unwanted or junk e-mail.
yack - Talk incessantly and tiresomely.
hoot - To utter a loud clamorous shout.
slur - Utter indistinctly.
yawp - Make a raucous noise.
howl - Emit long loud cries.
yelp - Bark in a high-pitched tone.
scan - Read metrically.
rant - Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.
meow - Cry like a cat.
purr - Indicate pleasure by purring.
honk - Cry like a goose.
hiss - Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval.
flap - Pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds.
send - Transfer.
keep - Maintain by writing regular records.
gulp - Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly.
hurl - Utter with force.
sing - To make melodious sounds.
seek - Inquire for.
stet - Printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative).
exit - Lose the lead.
meet - Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.
race - Compete in a race.
team - Form a team.
crew - Serve as a crew member on.
gang - Act as an organized group.
pool - Join or form a pool of people.
lose - Fail to win.
romp - Win easily.
beat - Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.
rout - Cause to flee.
nose - Defeat by a narrow margin.
kick - Make a goal.
walk - Obtain a base on balls.
bait - Attack with dogs or set dogs upon.
duel - Fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman.
tilt - Charge with a tilt.
feud - Carry out a feud.
chop - Hit sharply.
mine - Lay mines.
wall - Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
nuke - Strike at with firepower or bombs.
dice - Play dice.
ante - Place one's stake.
bird - Watch and study birds in their natural habitat.
crab - Fish for crab.
fish - Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish.
fowl - Hunt fowl in the forest.
hunt - Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals).
hawk - Hunt with hawks.
bowl - Engage in the sport of bowling.
golf - Play golf.
side - Take sides for or against.
fort - Station (troops) in a fort.
dine - Give dinner to.
wolf - Eat hastily.
suck - Draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth.
fare - Eat well.
nosh - Eat a snack.
peck - Eat by pecking at, like a bird.
wine - Treat to wine.
slop - Feed pigs.
wean - Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk.
need - Have or feel a need for.
diet - Eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight.
dunk - Dip into a liquid while eating.
cloy - Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing.
host - Be the host of or for.
huff - Inhale recreational drugs.
trip - Get high, stoned, or drugged.
chew - Chew (food).
chaw - Chew without swallowing.
prey - Profit from in an exploitatory manner.
trap - To hold fast or prevent from moving.
jack - Lift with a special device.
slat - Close the slats of (windows).
grip - Hold fast or firmly.
poke - Make a hole by poking.
stab - Stab or pierce.
prod - Urge on.
maul - Injure badly by beating.
daub - Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it.
roof - Provide a building with a roof.
turf - Cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots.
bury - Place in the earth and cover with soil.
bank - Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning.
butt - To strike, thrust or shove against.
thud - Strike with a dull sound.
bump - Knock against with force or violence.
goad - Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick.
spur - Goad with spurs.
slam - Strike violently.
swab - Wash with a swab or a mop.
dust - Remove the dust from.
edge - Provide with an edge.
whet - Sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone.
hone - Sharpen with a hone.
cock - Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing.
hash - Chop up.
fell - Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.
chip - Break a small piece off from.
snag - Hew jaggedly.
soot - Coat with soot.
skin - Strip the skin off.
pave - Cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic.
face - Cover the front or surface of.
crib - Line with beams or planks.
flay - Strip the skin off.
flex - Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.
hole - Make holes in.
wrap - Arrange or fold as a cover or protection.
cere - Wrap up in a cerecloth.
loop - Fasten or join with a loop.
bitt - Secure with a bitt.
cord - Bind or tie with a cord.
rope - Fasten with a rope.
join - Make contact or come together.
seam - Put together with a seam.
bell - Attach a bell to.
ring - Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.
knot - Tie or fasten into a knot.
curb - Keep to the curb.
gird - Bind with something round or circular.
hoop - Bind or fasten with a hoop.
lash - Bind with a rope, chain, or cord.
band - Bind or tie together, as with a band.
moor - Secure with cables or ropes.
dock - Maneuver into a dock.
rake - Gather with a rake.
raid - Search for something needed or desired.
grub - Search about busily.
reap - Gather, as of natural products.
club - Gather into a club-like mass.
poll - Convert into a pollard.
snip - Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
tail - Remove the stalk of fruits or berries.
darn - Repair by sewing.
tick - Sew.
tape - Fasten or attach with tape.
coif - Cover with a coif.
foil - Cover or back with foil.
hood - Cover with a hood.
cowl - Cover with or as with a cowl.
tile - Cover with tiles.
barb - Provide with barbs.
brad - Fasten with brads.
bung - Close with a cork or stopper.
hasp - Secure or lock with a hasp.
tack - Fasten with tacks.
nail - Attach something somewhere by means of nails.
stud - Provide with or construct with studs.
mask - Put a mask on or cover with a mask.
bead - String together like beads.
belt - Fasten with a belt.
fray - Wear away by rubbing.
punt - Propel with a pole.
hive - Gather into a hive.
frog - Hunt frogs for food.
nest - Gather nests.
clam - Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean.
lump - Put together indiscriminately.
bale - Make into a bale.
tuck - Fit snugly into.
iron - Press and smooth with a heated iron.
wipe - Rub with a circular motion.
grit - Clench together.
swat - Hit swiftly with a violent blow.
sock - Hit hard.
whip - Strike as if by whipping.
bean - Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball.
conk - Hit, especially on the head.
cosh - Hit with a cosh, usually on the head.
putt - Strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter.
bunt - Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance.
flog - Beat severely with a whip or rod.
cane - Beat with a cane.
deck - Knock down with force.
slug - Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.
slap - Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand.
cuff - Hit with the hand.
toss - Agitate.
roil - Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of.
neck - Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.
ride - Copulate with.
snog - Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc..
kiss - Touch lightly or gently.
lick - Pass the tongue over.
bear - Move while holding up or supporting.
pile - Place or lay as if in a pile.
bite - Penetrate or cut, as with a knife.
bore - Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.
spud - Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum.
horn - Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.
gore - Wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument.
gnaw - Bite or chew on with the teeth.
cart - Transport something in a cart.
haul - Transport in a vehicle.
heft - Test the weight of something by lifting it.
dado - Cut a dado into or fit into a dado.
sift - Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.
rice - Sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice.
pair - Arrange in pairs.
muss - Make messy or untidy.
veil - To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil.
sack - Put in a sack.
yoke - Put a yoke on or join with a yoke.
stow - Fill by packing tightly.
park - Place temporarily.
ship - Place on board a ship.
rick - Pile in ricks.
pelt - Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile.
undo - Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
lace - Draw through eyes or holes.
wind - Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem.
reel - Wind onto or off a reel.
ball - Form into a ball by winding or rolling.
clue - Roll into a ball.
coil - Wind around something in coils or loops.
mire - Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
suds - Wash in suds.
blot - Dry (ink) with blotting paper.
sorb - Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption.
stir - Mix or add by stirring.
seat - Show to a seat.
ramp - Stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing.
bask - Be exposed.
scar - Mark with a scar.
crop - Cut short.
slit - Cut a slit into.
rape - Destroy and strip of its possession.
rend - Tear or be torn violently.
tube - Place or enclose in a tube.
cone - Make cone-shaped.
dike - Enclose with a dike.
core - Remove the core or center from.
doff - Remove.
head - Remove the head of.
jerk - Throw or toss with a quick motion.
yank - Pull, or move with a sudden movement.
wire - Fasten with wire.
coal - Take in coal.
lime - Cover with lime so as to induce growth.
bond - Bring together in a common cause or emotion.
zinc - Coat or cover with zinc.
mint - Form by stamping, punching, or printing.
riff - Play riffs.
raft - Make into a raft.
hill - Form into a hill.
cast - Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.
purl - Embroider with gold or silver thread.
tool - Work with a tool.
pipe - Trim with piping.
knit - Make (textiles) by knitting.
loom - Weave on a loom.
lard - Prepare or cook with lard.
gild - Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
copy - Make a replica of.
vein - Make a veinlike pattern.
coin - Make up.
jive - Dance to jive music.
hoof - Dance in a professional capacity.
mime - Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only.
jazz - Play something in the style of jazz.
drum - Play a percussion instrument.
till - Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.
plow - To break and turn over earth especially with a plow.
busk - Play music in a public place and solicit money for it.
fuel - Stimulate.
jolt - Disturb (someone's) composure.
hate - Dislike intensely.
love - Have a great affection or liking for.
dote - Shower with love.
fear - Be afraid or scared of.
faze - Disturb the composure of.
miff - Cause to be annoyed.
gall - Irritate or vex.
pain - Cause emotional anguish or make miserable.
fuss - Worry unnecessarily or excessively.
fume - Be mad, angry, or furious.
rage - Feel intense anger.
mope - Be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed.
ache - Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.
care - Feel concern or interest.
itch - Have a strong desire or urge to do something.
envy - Be envious of.
glow - Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion.
ease - Move gently or carefully.
swap - Move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science.
wend - Direct one's course or way.
tour - Make a tour of a certain place.
sail - Traverse or travel on (a body of water).
trek - Make a long and difficult journey.
kite - Fly a kite.
rein - Stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins.
stop - Cause to stop.
halt - Cause to stop.
duck - To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.
swan - Sweep majestically.
skid - Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
waft - Be driven or carried along, as by the air.
tide - Be carried with the tide.
rock - Move back and forth or sideways.
swag - Sway heavily or unsteadily.
buck - Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.
cant - Heel over.
skip - Bound off one point after another.
shag - Dance the shag.
dart - Move with sudden speed.
flit - Move along rapidly and lightly.
trot - Run at a moderately swift pace.
luff - Flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides.
swim - Move as if gliding through water.
ford - Cross a river where it's shallow.
wade - Walk (through relatively shallow water).
hike - Walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise.
slog - Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
lope - Run easily.
helm - Be at or take the helm of.
conn - Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane.
sled - Ride (on) a sled.
mush - Drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled).
boat - Ride in a boat on water.
tram - Travel by tram.
scud - Run before a gale.
jibe - Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
taxi - Travel slowly.
dive - Swim under water.
sink - Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.
chin - Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar.
dump - Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass.
land - Reach or come to rest.
rear - Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds.
hand - Guide or conduct or usher somewhere.
mass - Join together into a mass or collect or form a mass.
pour - Move in large numbers.
herd - Move together, like a herd.
bend - Change direction.
eddy - Flow in a circular current, of liquids.
birl - Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
pass - Travel past.
zoom - Move along very quickly.
drip - Fall in drops.
seep - Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
scat - Flee.
flee - Run away quickly.
hare - Run quickly, like a hare.
hear - Receive a communication from someone.
view - Look at carefully.
gaze - Look at with fixed eyes.
ting - Make a light, metallic sound.
moon - Expose one's buttocks to.
hide - Prevent from being seen or discovered.
ogle - Look at with amorous intentions.
leer - Look suggestively or obliquely.
case - Look over, usually with the intention to rob.
seel - Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.
peer - Look searchingly.
glug - Make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.
chug - Make a dull, explosive sound.
gong - Sound a gong.
ding - Go `ding dong', like a bell.
peal - Ring recurrently.
toll - Ring slowly.
bong - Ring loudly and deeply.
clop - Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
hark - Listen.
zest - Add herbs or spices to.
mull - Heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink.
seem - Appear to one's own mind or opinion.
glom - Seize upon or latch onto something.
fund - Furnish money for.
farm - Collect fees or profits.
cull - Remove something that has been rejected.
deal - Do business.
cash - Exchange for cash.
earn - Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions.
levy - Impose and collect.
bilk - Evade payment to.
lend - Give temporarily.
shop - Do one's shopping.
wive - Provide with a wife.
bush - Provide with a bushing.
bunk - Provide with a bunk.
loot - Take illegally.
pawn - Leave as a guarantee in return for money.
kern - Remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters).
pith - Remove the pith from (a plant).
scum - Remove the scum from.
task - Assign a task to.
lord - Make a lord of someone.
oust - Remove from a position or office.
hire - Engage or hire for work.
fink - Take the place of work of someone on strike.
wait - Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
ally - Become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage.
tend - Manage or run.
mesh - Work together in harmony.
rent - Let for money.
vote - Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution.
veto - Vote against.
slum - Spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure.
cage - Confine in a cage.
zone - Regulate housing in.
muff - Fail to catch, as of a ball.
obey - Be obedient to.
dare - To be courageous enough to try or do something.
risk - Expose to a chance of loss or damage.
abet - Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
heed - Pay close attention to.
fool - Make a fool or dupe of.
hoax - Subject to a playful hoax or joke.
riot - Take part in a riot.
haze - Harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions.
cope - Come to terms with.
fend - Try to manage without help.
stag - Attend a dance or a party without a female companion.
cost - Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.
bide - Dwell.
lurk - Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner.
echo - Call to mind.
body - Invest with or as with a body.
suit - Be agreeable or acceptable to.
teem - Be teeming, be abuzz.
gape - Be wide open.
sulk - Be in a huff and display one's displeasure.
rain - Precipitate as rain.
snow - Fall as snow.
life - Living things collectively.
cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms.
food - Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue.
agon - A festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes.
feat - A notable achievement.
coup - A brilliant and notable success.
loss - The act of losing someone or something.
balk - An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base.
juke - (football) a deceptive move made by a football player.
ploy - A maneuver in a game or conversation.
ruse - A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
dint - Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'.
road - A way or means to achieve something.
goal - A successful attempt at scoring.
flux - In constant change.
bath - You soak and wash your body in a bathtub.
gait - A person's manner of walking.
jest - Activity characterized by good humor.
sumo - A Japanese form of wrestling.
polo - A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball.
faro - A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
ludo - A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice.
bust - An occasion for excessive eating or drinking.
orgy - A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
gala - A gay festivity.
hula - A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
song - The act of singing.
skit - A short theatrical episode.
plum - A highly desirable position or assignment.
yoga - A system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind.
duty - Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.
role - Normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting.
tort - (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought.
hell - Noisy and unrestrained mischief.
vice - A specific form of evildoing.
scam - A fraudulent business scheme.
lust - Self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins).
swiz - British slang for a swindle.
shot - Informal words for any attempt or effort.
baby - A project of personal concern to someone.
judo - A sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling.
gasp - A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
toke - A puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette.
fuck - Slang for sexual intercourse.
zizz - A nap.
doze - A light fitful sleep.
peek - A secret look.
soul - The human embodiment of something.
rite - An established ceremony prescribed by a religion.
dole - Money received from the state.
alms - Money or goods contributed to the poor.
sale - A particular instance of selling.
plea - An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed.
twit - Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing.
ruff - (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit.
pest - Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc..
sire - Male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse.
tuft - A bunch of feathers or hair.
alga - Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
kelp - Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds.
tang - Any of various coarse seaweeds.
carp - Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
dace - Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
chub - European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
rudd - European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
dory - Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters.
yolk - Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg).
fang - Hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake.
salp - Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
mako - Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
kiwi - Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs.
rhea - Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
lark - Any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing.
baya - Common Indian weaverbird.
mamo - Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
myna - Tropical Asian starlings.
rook - Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow.
wren - Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails.
eyas - An unfledged or nestling hawk.
newt - Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia.
bufo - Any toad of the genus Bufo.
agua - Largest known toad species.
teju - Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard.
beak - Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
mite - Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods.
guan - Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
dodo - Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons.
dove - Any of numerous small pigeons.
lory - Small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits.
tody - Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.
teal - Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America.
smew - Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
calf - Young of domestic cattle.
mole - Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet.
vane - The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
wool - Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks.
mane - Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
hair - A filamentous projection or process on an organism.
seta - A stiff hair or bristle.
worm - Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes.
craw - A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.
brit - Minute crustaceans forming food for right whales.
ibis - Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
weka - Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
coot - Slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks.
kaki - Blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt.
tern - Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
skua - Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
loon - Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back.
chow - Breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues.
lynx - Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears.
lion - Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
wing - A movable organ for flying (one of a pair).
scut - A short erect tail.
flea - Any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
gnat - (British usage) mosquito.
wasp - Social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting.
moth - Typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae.
pupa - An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
milt - Seminal fluid produced by male fish.
pika - Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
vole - Any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows.
jird - Gerbil of northern Africa.
loir - Large European dormouse.
cavy - Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent.
mara - Hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina.
paca - Large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America.
colt - A young male horse under the age of four.
mare - Female equine animal.
pony - A range horse of the western United States.
moke - British informal for donkey.
mule - Hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
boar - An uncastrated male hog.
beef - Cattle that are reared for their meat.
zebu - Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap.
anoa - Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
gaur - Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
goat - Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns.
ibex - Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns.
kudu - Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
puku - An African antelope closely related to the waterbuck.
oryx - Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.
deer - Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
hart - A male deer, especially an adult male red deer.
hind - A female deer, especially an adult female red deer.
napu - Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
mink - Slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet.
peba - Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
apar - South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
loin - Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds.
homo - Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
saki - Small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail.
titi - Small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail.
gill - Respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
parr - The young of various fishes.
hake - Any of several marine food fishes related to cod.
ling - American hakes.
cusk - Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters.
tuna - New Zealand eel.
shad - Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
sild - Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
coho - Small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes.
opah - Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
pike - Any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere.
scad - Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
scup - Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine.
liza - Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
goby - Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
cero - Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
adit - A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
agal - A cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh.
alum - A double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things).
apse - A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
area - A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function.
axis - The center around which something rotates.
axle - A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
bard - An ornamental caparison for a horse.
barn - An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
bier - A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial.
bogy - An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft.
bola - A rope with weights attached to the ends.
bolo - Long heavy knife with a single edge.
bomb - An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions.
bota - A wine bottle made of leather.
brig - A penal institution (especially on board a ship).
bulb - A rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end).
burr - Rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting.
cafe - A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
caff - Informal British term for a cafe.
cake - A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
cape - A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter.
chum - Bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish.
coca - Dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine).
cosy - A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm.
cote - A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons).
cusp - Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch).
cyma - (architecture) a molding for a cornice.
dais - A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
delf - An excavation.
desk - A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
dhow - A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs.
dirk - A relatively long dagger with a straight blade.
disk - A flat circular plate.
doll - A small replica of a person.
dome - A hemispherical roof.
door - A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle.
dray - A low heavy horse cart without sides.
duct - An enclosed conduit for a fluid.
epee - A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
etui - Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
fife - A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo.
flue - A conduit to carry off smoke.
gaff - An iron hook with a handle.
gamp - Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
ghat - Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
gilt - A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold.
grid - A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars.
haft - The handle of a weapon or tool.
haik - An outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth.
hall - A large building for meetings or entertainment.
hame - Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
hank - A coil of rope or wool or yarn.
herm - A statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top.
hilt - The handle of a sword or dagger.
huck - Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric.
hulk - A ship that has been wrecked and abandoned.
icon - A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel.
idol - A material effigy that is worshipped.
iPod - (trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files.
iris - Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening.
izar - A voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East.
jail - 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).
jamb - Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
jean - (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear.
jeep - A car suitable for traveling over rough terrain.
joss - A Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol.
junk - Any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails.
juju - A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
keel - One of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel.
kepi - A cap with a flat circular top and a visor.
kiln - A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
kilt - A knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland.
king - (chess) the weakest but the most important piece.
kirk - A Scottish church.
knee - The part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee.
knob - A round handle.
kohl - A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
koto - Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither.
kris - A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade.
lame - A fabric interwoven with threads of metal.
lamp - An artificial source of visible illumination.
lane - A narrow way or road.
lath - A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
lens - A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
lido - A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
limb - The graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles.
link - A fastener that serves to join or connect.
lint - Cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side.
lobe - A rounded projection that is part of a larger structure.
loge - Balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine.
lota - A globular water bottle used in Asia.
luge - A racing sled for one or two people.
lute - Chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard.
lyre - A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
main - A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage.
mast - A vertical spar for supporting sails.
maze - Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost.
mews - Street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings.
moat - Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
nard - An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
nave - The central area of a church.
node - (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network.
nude - A painting of a naked human figure.
oast - A kiln for drying hops.
oboe - A slender double-reed instrument.
ogee - A molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below.
oven - Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.
pane - Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
part - Something less than the whole of a human artifact.
path - A way especially designed for a particular use.
pawl - A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
peen - The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
pier - A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
pill - A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet.
prop - A support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling.
puck - A vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey.
pung - A one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners.
quad - A rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings.
quay - Wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline.
reed - A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it.
rink - Building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating.
robe - Any loose flowing garment.
room - An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.
rung - A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
sari - A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
sash - A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
scow - A barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold.
shim - A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
shiv - A knife used as a weapon.
silk - A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae.
sill - Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.
silo - A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
skeg - A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
skep - A domed beehive made of twisted straw.
slab - Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
sofa - An upholstered seat for more than one person.
souk - An open-air market in an Arabian city.
stob - A short straight stick of wood.
sump - A well or other hole in which water has collected.
tabi - A sock with a separation for the big toe.
tamp - A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
tapa - A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark.
tare - (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis.
tent - A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs).
tier - One of two or more layers one atop another.
tine - Prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler.
toby - A drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat.
toga - A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
togs - Informal terms for clothing.
tole - Enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted).
tray - An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
trey - One of four playing cards in a deck having three pips.
vase - An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
viol - Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.
vise - A holding device attached to a workbench.
wain - Large open farm wagon.
wale - Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.
wand - A rod used by a magician or water diviner.
ward - Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care.
ware - Articles of the same kind or material.
warp - Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof.
ways - Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.
weir - A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow.
wick - A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame.
wood - A golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots.
woof - The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
yagi - A sharply directional antenna.
yard - An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock).
yawl - A sailing vessel with two masts.
yurt - A circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting.
zarf - An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
zill - One of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger.
elan - Enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness.
lure - Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
dent - An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
wart - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin.
sort - An approximate definition or example.
gulf - An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding).
cert - An absolute certainty.
odds - The likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring.
airs - Affected manners intended to impress others.
pomp - Ceremonial elegance and splendor.
tact - Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense.
slub - Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn.
aura - An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
gray - A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
cyan - A primary subtractive color for light.
puce - A color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red.
legs - Staying power.
span - The distance or interval between two points.
glut - The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall.
hour - Distance measured by the time taken to cover it.
sake - A reason for wanting something done.
sway - Controlling influence.
germ - A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism.
pore - Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal.
fuzz - The first beard of an adolescent boy.
flab - Loose or flaccid body fat.
caul - The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).
uvea - The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
umbo - A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
lung - Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates.
bile - A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
snot - Nasal mucus.
gene - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain.
ovum - The female reproductive cell.
axon - Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
pons - A band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain.
cunt - Obscene terms for female genitals.
mons - A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.
anus - The excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal.
arse - Vulgar slang for anus.
pate - The top of the head.
nape - The back side of the neck.
crus - The leg from the knee to foot.
shin - The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.
fist - A hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting).
palm - The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
ulna - The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
brow - The part of the face above the eyes.
jowl - A fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging).
ruga - (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease.
rima - A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
nous - Common sense.
wits - The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception.
coma - A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
daze - Confusion characterized by lack of clarity.
kink - A difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation.
musk - The scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer.
niff - An unpleasant smell.
rote - Memorization by repetition.
fact - A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
idea - The content of cognition.
muse - The source of an artist's inspiration.
unit - A single undivided whole.
menu - An agenda of things to do.
sawm - The third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan).
hajj - The fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja.
yang - The bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology.
hero - The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem.
cult - A system of religious beliefs and rituals.
eyes - Opinion or judgment.
mojo - A magic power or magic spell.
meme - A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation).
lore - Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.
mode - The most frequent value of a random variable.
word - A unit of language that native speakers can identify.
noun - The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition.
verb - The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.
saga - A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
myth - A traditional story accepted as history.
poem - A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
epos - A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
text - The words of something written.
tome - A (usually) large and scholarly book.
sura - One of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran.
rota - A roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties.
memo - A written proposal or reminder.
deed - A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it.
writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.
bumf - Reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring.
crux - The most important point.
news - Information about recent and important events.
oath - A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law).
dibs - A claim of rights.
debt - An obligation to pay or do something.
koan - A paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution.
taps - (military) signal to turn the lights out.
font - A specific size and style of type within a type family.
zeta - The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet.
iota - The 9th letter of the Greek alphabet.
beth - The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
heth - The 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
teth - The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
yodh - The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
kaph - The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
ayin - The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
qoph - The 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
resh - The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
rune - Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
clef - A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
beck - A beckoning gesture.
ritz - Ostentatious display of elegance.
duet - A musical composition for two performers.
trio - A musical composition for three performers.
aria - An elaborate song for solo voice.
fado - A sad Portuguese folksong.
lied - A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
funk - An earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul.
trad - Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
iamb - A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
surd - A consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords.
chat - An informal conversation.
brag - An instance of boastful talk.
blip - A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface.
mace - A ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority.
logo - A company emblem or device.
omen - A sign of something about to happen.
pity - An unfortunate development.
toot - A blast of a horn.
whir - Sound of something in rapid motion.
whiz - A buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air.
zing - A brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound.
thaw - A relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve.
bash - An uproarious party.
fete - An elaborate party (often outdoors).
luau - An elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment).
bout - A contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers).
mile - A footrace extending one mile.
zeal - Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end.
pang - A sudden sharp feeling.
fury - A feeling of intense anger.
meal - Coarsely ground foodstuff.
bran - Food prepared from the husks of cereal grains.
choc - Colloquial British abbreviation.
flan - Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
duff - A stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron.
tart - A pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust.
baba - A small cake leavened with yeast.
oreo - Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
loaf - A quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape.
meat - The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
rump - Fleshy hindquarters.
veal - Meat from a calf.
pork - Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
rind - The natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating).
suet - Hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep.
pita - Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
gyro - A Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread.
orzo - Pasta shaped like pearls of barley.
ziti - Medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces.
kale - Coarse curly-leafed cabbage.
beet - Round red root vegetable.
leek - Related to onions.
taro - Tropical starchy tuberous root.
peel - The rind of a fruit or vegetable.
sloe - Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush.
pear - Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
bosc - Greenish-yellow pear.
fugu - A blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous.
mash - Mixture of ground animal feeds.
herb - Aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities.
dill - Aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning.
roux - A mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces.
ghee - Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
whey - Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates.
curd - Coagulated milk.
bleu - Cheese containing a blue mold.
miso - A thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt.
taco - A tortilla rolled cupped around a filling.
kava - An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
beer - A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops.
bock - A very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring.
wort - Unfermented or fermenting malt.
mead - Made of fermented honey and water.
nipa - Made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm.
marc - Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
grog - Rum cut with water.
ouzo - A Greek liquor flavored with anise.
fizz - An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic).
must - Grape juice before or during fermentation.
mate - South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate.
cola - Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States).
folk - People in general (often used in the plural).
swad - A bunch.
wisp - A small tuft or lock.
clew - A ball of yarn or cord or thread.
pyre - Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
kith - Your friends and acquaintances.
bevy - A flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground).
giro - A British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so.
sect - A subdivision of a larger religious group.
bloc - A group of countries in special alliance.
ruck - A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things.
army - A large number of people united for some specific purpose.
navy - An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare.
city - People living in a large densely populated municipality.
town - The people living in a municipality smaller than a city.
jati - (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India.
mods - A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
jury - A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law.
bosk - A small wooded area.
data - A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
deco - A style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
dada - A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
apex - The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars.
lair - The habitation of wild animals.
lawn - A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
peak - The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill).
site - Physical position in relation to the surroundings.
nook - A sheltered and secluded place.
wold - A tract of open rolling country (especially upland).
burg - Colloquial American term for a town.
veld - Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
berm - A narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope.
brae - A slope or hillside.
cove - A small inlet.
crag - A steep rugged rock or cliff.
dale - An open river valley (in a hilly area).
dell - A small wooded hollow.
drey - The nest of a squirrel.
dune - A ridge of sand created by the wind.
glen - A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
hunk - A large piece of something without definite shape.
isle - A small island.
kaon - An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
lake - A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
lees - The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
loch - Scottish word for a lake.
maar - A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
mere - A small pond of standing water.
mesa - Flat tableland with steep edges.
muon - An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond.
neve - The upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice.
nova - A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process.
pion - A meson involved in holding the nucleus together.
pond - A small lake.
rift - A narrow fissure in rock.
rill - A small channel (as one formed by soil erosion).
tarn - A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
wadi - Gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings.
faun - Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
peri - (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done.
coon - An eccentric or undignified rustic.
gook - (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War).
kike - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew.
spic - (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent.
abbe - A French abbot.
aide - Someone who acts as assistant.
aunt - The sister of your father or mother.
ayah - (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children.
baas - South African term for `boss'.
babu - Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
berk - A stupid person who is easy to take advantage of.
capo - The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
chit - A dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect.
chef - A professional cook.
czar - A person having great power.
dame - Informal terms for a (young) woman.
dean - An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
dick - Someone who is a detective.
doge - Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
duce - Leader.
duke - A British peer of the highest rank.
dyer - Someone whose job is to dye cloth.
earl - A British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount.
emir - An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
monk - A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.
geek - A carnival performer who does disgusting acts.
gent - Informal abbreviation of `gentleman'.
girl - A young woman.
guru - A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher.
heir - A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
imam - (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque.
khan - A title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries.
kook - Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.
lady - A polite name for any woman.
lama - A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
lass - A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
liar - A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
lout - An awkward stupid person.
maid - An unmarried girl (especially a virgin).
moll - The girlfriend of a gangster.
naif - A naive or inexperienced person.
narc - A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
nazi - Derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc..
nerd - An intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession.
pimp - Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
poet - A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
pope - The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
putz - (Yiddish) a fool.
qadi - An Islamic judge.
raja - A prince or king in India.
rani - (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
runt - Disparaging terms for small people.
seer - An observer who perceives visually.
serf - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
slob - A coarse obnoxious person.
snob - A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
spiv - A person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes.
suer - Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right.
swot - An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.
temp - A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
toff - Informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person.
user - A person who makes use of a thing.
uxor - (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife.
waif - A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.
wife - A married woman.
wimp - A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
yogi - One who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight.
zany - A buffoon in one of the old comedies.
luck - An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.
bise - A dry cold north wind in southeastern France.
fohn - A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
lode - A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
gale - A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
gust - A strong current of air.
halo - A circle of light around the sun or moon.
moss - Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
fern - Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward.
pine - A coniferous tree.
rimu - Tall New Zealand timber tree.
nagi - Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
miro - New Zealand conifer used for lumber.
boll - The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
inga - Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
dita - Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
arum - Any plant of the family Araceae.
puka - Small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers.
ombu - Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
woad - Any of several herbs of the genus Isatis.
disa - Any orchid of the genus Disa.
teff - An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
munj - Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
milo - Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains.
okra - Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews.
kola - Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
poon - Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood.
lily - Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers.
aloe - Succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers.
flax - Plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem.
dhak - East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
guar - Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material.
anil - Shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye.
tolu - Aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups.
kino - East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning.
tipu - Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
mung - Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds.
coir - Stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut.
gean - Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
fuji - Shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms.
neem - Large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies.
akee - Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
teak - Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood.
aril - Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
bast - Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
vine - A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
axil - The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
cyme - More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first.
corm - Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure.
pome - A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part.
culm - Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
hoya - Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
soma - Leafless East Indian vine.
fief - A piece of land held under the feudal system.
gift - Something acquired without compensation.
wage - Something that remunerates.
meed - A fitting reward.
agio - A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
fisc - A state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury.
ruby - A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
dime - A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar.
loan - The temporary provision of money (usually at interest).
lien - The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
molt - Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
shit - A coarse term for defecation.
baud - (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
grad - One-hundredth of a right angle.
acre - A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
cran - A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
pint - A United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces.
byte - A sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information.
phot - A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter.
volt - A unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt.
watt - A unit of power equal to 1 joule per second.
dyne - A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram.
inch - A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.
vara - A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
euro - The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
baht - The basic unit of money in Thailand.
birr - The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
cent - A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
cedi - The basic unit of money in Ghana.
fils - A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait.
para - 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia.
dong - The basic unit of money in Vietnam.
inti - The basic unit of money in Peru.
kina - The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
toea - 100 toea equal 1 kina in Papua New Guinea.
lwei - 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza in Angola.
kyat - The basic unit of money in Myanmar.
lira - Formerly the basic unit of money in Italy.
loti - The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
kobo - 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria.
pula - The basic unit of money in Botswana.
rand - The basic unit of money in South Africa.
riel - The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
dram - The basic unit of money in Armenia.
lari - The basic unit of money in Georgia.
lats - The basic unit of money in Latvia.
anna - A former copper coin of Pakistan and India.
taka - The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
tala - The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
sene - 100 sene equal 1 tala in Western Samoa.
chon - 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea.
yuan - The basic unit of money in China.
jiao - 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China.
torr - A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
sone - A unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold.
phon - A unit of subjective loudness.
troy - A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones.
pood - A Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds.
rotl - A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
tael - A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
gram - A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
cask - The quantity a cask will hold.
pail - The quantity contained in a pail.
dreg - A small amount of residue.
tons - A large number or amount.
sine - Ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.
mood - Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
norm - A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical.
blob - An indistinct shapeless form.
acme - The highest level or degree attainable.
pica - An eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently.
ague - A fit of shivering or shaking.
crud - An ill-defined bodily ailment.
kuru - A progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms.
yaws - An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages.
sore - An open skin infection.
kibe - Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
gout - A painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints.
cyst - A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure.
noma - Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
acne - An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
bubo - A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
pock - A pustule in an eruptive disease.
yips - Nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts).
snit - A state of agitated irritation.
fame - The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
bane - Something causing misery or death.
lack - The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
smog - Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
ylem - (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
glop - Any gummy shapeless matter.
atom - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.
acyl - Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
dopa - Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
enol - An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
amyl - A hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds.
neon - A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
marl - A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
mica - Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
derv - Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines.
opal - A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
peat - Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
sial - The granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
sima - Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
chad - A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape.
clay - A very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
exon - Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures.
diol - Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
soil - The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock.
crap - Obscene terms for feces.
balm - Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
agar - A colloidal extract of algae.
hemp - A plant fiber.
hypo - A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing.
jute - A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks.
lava - Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
tuff - Hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash.
tufa - A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
loam - A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
onyx - A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands.
bole - A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
buna - Made by polymerizing butadiene.
sand - A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
sard - A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
heme - A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
silt - Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake.
sago - Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
urea - The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
punk - Substance that smolders when ignited.
yore - Time long past.
week - A period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday.
days - The time during which someone's life continues.
noon - The middle of the day.
ides - In the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month.
year - The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun.
sext - The fourth of the seven canonical hours.
dying - In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
ideal - Constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception.
ample - Affording an abundant supply.
thick - Abounding.
tight - Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow.
handy - Easy to reach.
close - Marked by fidelity to an original.
basic - Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base.
given - Acknowledged as a supposition.
agile - Moving quickly and lightly.
inert - Slow and apathetic.
brisk - Very active.
alive - Capable of erupting.
quiet - Of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g..
acute - Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.
clean - Free of drugs.
extra - Further or added.
gluey - Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
gooey - Soft and sticky.
beady - Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
plain - Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.
inept - Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.
minus - Involving disadvantage or harm.
taken - Be affected with an indisposition.
harsh - Sharply disagreeable.
alert - Engaged in or accustomed to close observation.
vital - Manifesting or characteristic of life.
slain - Killed.
angry - Feeling or showing anger.
black - Marked by anger or resentment or hostility.
huffy - Roused to anger.
irate - Feeling or showing extreme anger.
livid - Furiously angry.
above - Appearing earlier in the same text.
undue - Not yet payable.
armed - (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms.
scaly - Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.
pawky - Cunning and sly.
cocky - Overly self-confident or self-assertive.
glued - Affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste.
stuck - Caught or fixed.
dinky - (British informal) pretty and neat.
sonic - Relating to audible sound.
smart - Capable of independent and apparently intelligent action.
awful - Causing fear or dread or terror.
hairy - Hazardous and frightening.
brash - Offensively bold.
fresh - Improperly forward or bold.
braky - Abounding with bracken.
sedgy - Covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants).
downy - Covered with fine soft hairs or down.
wooly - Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.
awned - Having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
bonny - Very pleasing to the eye.
dishy - (informal British) sexually attractive.
fugly - (slang) extremely ugly.
first - Ranking above all others.
primo - The best of its kind.
worst - (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition.
finer - (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence.
worse - (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability.
faced - Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
joint - Involving both houses of a legislature.
negro - Relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair.
white - Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration.
blond - Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes.
adust - Burned brown by the sun.
brown - (of skin) deeply suntanned.
acned - (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin.
nervy - Showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger.
timid - Showing fear and lack of confidence.
mousy - Quiet and timid and ineffectual.
bound - Confined by bonds.
wired - Tied or bound with wire.
laced - Closed with a lace.
cased - Enclosed in a case.
boxed - Enclosed in or set off by a border or box.
edged - Having a specified kind of border or edge.
lined - Bordered by a line of things.
lotic - Of or relating to or living in actively moving water.
brave - Possessing or displaying courage.
faint - Lacking conviction or boldness or courage.
funky - In a state of cowardly fright.
gutsy - Marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger.
blown - Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
light - Characterized by or emitting light.
dusky - Lighted by or as if by twilight.
murky - Dark or gloomy.
shady - Filled with shade.
lurid - Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke.
broad - Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
petty - Contemptibly narrow in outlook.
solid - Uninterrupted in space.
boned - Having bones as specified.
gruff - Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
blowy - Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes.
dirty - Unpleasantly stormy.
gusty - Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts.
cagey - Characterized by great caution and wariness.
focal - Having or localized centrally at a focus.
fatal - Controlled or decreed by fate.
fluid - Subject to change.
fixed - Incapable of being changed or moved or undone.
final - Not to be altered or undone.
polar - Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
owned - Having an owner.
amber - Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color.
azure - Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
beige - Of a light greyish-brown color.
coral - Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color.
green - Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum.
hazel - Of a light brown or yellowish brown color.
honey - Of something having the color of honey.
khaki - Of a yellowish brown color.
mauve - Of a pale to moderate greyish violet color.
ocher - Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
olive - Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive.
snuff - Snuff colored.
stone - Of any of various dull tannish or grey colors.
straw - Of a pale yellow color like straw.
tawny - Of a light brown to brownish orange color.
umber - Of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments.
sable - Of a dark somewhat brownish black.
color - Having or capable of producing colors.
ashen - Anemic looking from illness or emotion.
pasty - Resembling paste in color.
waxen - Having the paleness of wax.
noisy - Attracting attention by showiness or bright colors.
civil - Of or in a condition of social order.
crude - Not processed or subjected to analysis.
buggy - Infested with bugs.
lousy - Infested with lice.
mucky - Dirty and messy.
ratty - Dirty and infested with rats.
sooty - Covered with or as if with soot.
bawdy - Humorously vulgar.
halal - Conforming to dietary laws.
clear - Readily apparent to the mind.
vivid - Having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience.
milky - Resembling milk in color not clear.
dazed - In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock.
balmy - Mild and pleasant.
dense - Slow to learn or understand.
heavy - Darkened by clouds.
fuzzy - Confused and not coherent.
roomy - (of buildings and rooms) having ample space.
usual - Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
blank - Void of expression.
loose - Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement.
silty - Full of silt.
whole - Including all components without exception.
sound - Thorough.
large - Having broad power and range and scope.
super - Including more than a specified category.
blase - Nonchalantly unconcerned.
brief - Concise and succinct.
crisp - Brief and to the point.
pithy - Concise and full of meaning.
blunt - Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.
fusty - Old-fashioned and out of date.
false - (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection.
leaky - Used informally.
bushy - Resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading.
baked - (bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven).
fried - Cooked by frying in fat.
roast - (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven.
saute - Fried quickly in a little fat.
right - Correct in opinion or judgment.
wrong - Based on or acting or judging in error.
royal - Invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown.
cubic - Having three dimensions.
split - (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain.
uncut - Not cut.
reefy - Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
amort - Utterly cast down.
short - Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening.
needy - Demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree.
stern - Severe and unremitting in making demands.
indie - (of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company.
nasty - Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent.
rocky - Full of hardship or trials.
vexed - Causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution.
cushy - Not burdensome or demanding.
bluff - Bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured.
bowed - Showing an excessively deferential manner.
hammy - Affectedly dramatic.
showy - Displaying brilliance and virtuosity.
stagy - Having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality.
beery - Smelling of beer.
potty - Slightly intoxicated.
doped - Under the influence of narcotics.
sober - Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).
sharp - Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point.
eager - Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
eared - Having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind.
early - At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.
azoic - Before the appearance of life.
chewy - (of a consistency) requiring chewing.
ritzy - Luxuriously elegant.
legal - Allowed by official rules.
lyric - Expressing deep emotion.
moody - Subject to sharply varying moods.
stoic - Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
hired - Having services engaged for a fee.
laden - Burdened psychologically or mentally.
canty - Lively and brisk.
alpha - Early testing stage of a software or hardware product.
bated - Diminished or moderated.
crazy - Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with.
equal - Having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.
quits - On equal terms by payment or requital.
basal - Of primary importance.
level - Oriented at right angles to the plumb.
lumpy - Having lumps.
exact - Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.
round - (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand.
quick - Easily aroused or excited.
heady - Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
cheap - Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
valid - Still legally acceptable.
outer - Being on or toward the outside of the body.
inner - Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
punic - Tending to betray.
loyal - Steadfast in allegiance or duty.
liege - Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.
antic - Ludicrously odd.
eerie - Inspiring a feeling of fear.
other - Very unusual.
weird - Strikingly odd or unusual.
swank - Imposingly fashionable and elegant.
dated - Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
dowdy - Primly out of date.
fleet - Moving very fast.
rapid - Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
windy - Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability.
lento - (of tempo) slow.
largo - Very slow in tempo and broad in manner.
buxom - (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous .
dumpy - Short and plump.
gross - Repellently fat.
reedy - Resembling a reed in being upright and slender.
spare - Thin and fit.
fatty - Containing or composed of fat.
suety - Like or full of suet.
happy - Well expressed and to the point.
unfit - Not in good physical or mental condition.
bandy - Have legs that curve outward at the knees.
gammy - (British informal) sore or lame.
rigid - Incapable of or resistant to bending.
curly - (of hair) having curls or waves.
splay - Turned outward in an ungainly manner.
alien - Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
dress - (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes.
lucky - Occurring by chance.
musky - Resembling the smell of musk.
bilgy - Smelling like bilge water.
fetid - Offensively malodorous.
gamey - (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted.
niffy - (British informal) malodorous.
taped - Secured or held in place by tape.
stale - Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age.
moldy - Covered with or smelling of mold.
cured - (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry.
dried - Preserved by removing natural moisture.
salty - Containing or filled with salt.
empty - Holding or containing nothing.
unfed - Not given support.
local - Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
bogus - Fraudulent.
surly - Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.
gawky - Lacking grace in movement or posture.
steep - Having a sharp inclination.
tumid - Of sexual organs.
woody - Made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls.
mushy - Having the consistency of mush.
velar - Produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing').
puffy - Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas.
hefty - Of considerable weight and size.
butch - (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance.
upper - Higher in place or position.
squat - Having a low center of gravity.
peaky - Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots.
tenor - Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice.
apish - Being or given to servile imitation.
mimic - Constituting an imitation.
plumb - Exactly vertical.
atilt - Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
erect - Upright in position or posture.
prone - Lying face downward.
slack - Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide.
still - Free from noticeable current.
fiery - Like or suggestive of fire.
acold - Of persons.
algid - Chilly.
bleak - Unpleasantly cold and damp.
frore - Very cold.
human - Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings.
droll - Comical in an odd or whimsical manner.
witty - Combining clever conception and facetious expression.
hasty - Excessively quick.
dicky - (British informal) faulty.
grand - The most important and magnificent in adornment.
grave - Of great gravity or crucial import.
great - Of major significance or importance.
noted - Worthy of notice or attention.
built - (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness.
scrub - (of domestic animals) not selectively bred.
newsy - Full of news.
juicy - Full of juice.
sappy - Abounding in sap.
keyed - Fitted with or secured by a key.
known - Apprehended with certainty.
bulky - Of large size for its weight.
macro - Very large in scale or scope or capability.
rangy - Allowing ample room for ranging.
small - Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
bitty - (used informally) very small.
elfin - Small and delicate.
micro - Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
holey - Allowing passage in and out.
jural - Of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations.
penal - Subject to punishment by law.
minor - Limited in size or scope.
loamy - Consisting of or having the character of loam.
lossy - Characterized by or causing dissipation of energy.
axial - Situated on or along or in the direction of an axis.
baggy - Not fitting closely.
choky - So tight as to tend to choke.
stray - (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home.
found - Come upon unexpectedly or after searching.
saved - Rescued.
vocal - Full of the sound of voices.
piano - Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
forte - Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
liked - Found pleasant or attractive.
loved - Held dear.
hexed - (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune.
major - Greater in number or size or amount.
manly - Possessing qualities befitting a man.
mated - Of or relating to a marriage partner.
unwed - Of someone who has not been married.
adult - (of animals) fully developed.
prime - Being at the best stage of development.
pupal - Of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage.
meaty - Being on topic and prompting thought.
mined - Extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth.
stiff - Not moving or operating freely.
tinny - Thin and metallic in sound.
stark - Complete or extreme.
moral - Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles.
licit - Sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality.
fewer - (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of.
dummy - Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function.
noble - Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character.
kinky - (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes.
north - Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north.
south - Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south.
nosed - Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind.
heard - Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
frank - Clearly manifest.
naive - Inexperienced.
hoary - Ancient.
novel - Pleasantly new or different.
young - Being in its early stage.
aging - Growing old.
anile - Of or like a feeble old woman.
drawn - Having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut.
agaze - (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
banal - Repeated too often.
dusty - Covered with a layer of dust.
tiled - Covered or furnished with tiles.
naked - Lacking any cover.
leafy - Having or covered with leaves.
ivied - Overgrown with ivy.
overt - Open and observable.
itchy - Causing an irritating cutaneous sensation.
olden - Long past.
paved - Covered with a firm surface.
blind - Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand.
pious - Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.
godly - Showing great reverence for god.
moire - (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern.
fancy - Not plain.
acerb - Harsh or corrosive in tone.
sweet - Pleasing to the senses.
rough - Not perfected.
ready - Made suitable and available for immediate use.
privy - Hidden from general view or use.
proud - Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth.
fishy - Not as expected.
abuzz - Noisy like the sound of a bee.
couth - (used facetiously) refined.
crass - (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
fumed - (of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes.
oiled - Treated with oil.
dosed - Treated with some kind of application.
timed - Regularly spaced in time.
daily - Of or belonging to or occurring every day.
enate - Related on the mother's side.
seamy - Morally degraded.
aloof - Remote in manner.
jazzy - Resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm).
broke - Lacking funds.
horny - Having horns or hornlike projections.
beefy - Muscular and heavily built.
hardy - Having rugged physical strength.
frail - Physically weak.
domed - Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
rural - Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
urban - Located in or characteristic of a city or city life.
rusty - Covered with or consisting of rust.
taboo - Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
lucid - Having a clear mind.
amuck - Frenzied as if possessed by a demon.
jaded - Dulled by surfeit.
elder - Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
germy - Full of germs or pathological microorganisms.
elect - Selected as the best.
based - Having a base of operations (often used as a combining form).
sexed - Characterized by sexuality.
ovate - Of a leaf shape.
cleft - Having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib.
lobed - Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
three - Being one more than two.
seven - Being one more than six.
eight - Being one more than seven.
forty - Being ten more than thirty.
fifty - Being ten more than forty.
sixty - Being ten more than fifty.
third - Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
fifth - Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position.
sixth - Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position.
ninth - Coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position.
tenth - Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position.
unary - Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
sized - Having a specified size.
adept - Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
smoky - Marked by or emitting or filled with smoke.
slick - Made slick by e.g. ice or grease.
barky - Resembling the rough bark of a tree.
bumpy - Covered with or full of bumps.
erose - Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
sewed - Fastened with stitches.
seedy - Full of seeds.
soled - Having a sole or soles especially as specified.
gassy - Resembling gas.
crank - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail.
tipsy - Unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated.
stock - Routine.
shaky - Vibrating slightly and irregularly.
bland - Lacking stimulating characteristics.
vapid - Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest.
askew - Turned or twisted toward one side.
arced - Forming or resembling an arch.
curvy - Having curves.
wound - Put in a coil.
tonic - Used of syllables.
ruled - Subject to a ruling authority.
boffo - Resoundingly successful and popular.
pukka - Absolutely first class and genuine.
ropey - (British informal) very poor in quality.
swept - Possessing sweep.
sworn - Bound by or stated on oath.
leggy - Having long legs.
squab - Short and fat.
tamed - Brought from wildness.
feral - Wild and menacing.
tasty - Pleasing to the sense of taste.
nippy - A sharp biting taste.
nutty - Having the flavor of nuts.
tense - Taut or rigid.
antsy - Nervous and unable to relax.
soupy - Having the consistency and appearance of soup.
messy - Dirty and disorderly.
kempt - (of hair) neat and tidy.
sleek - Well-groomed and neatly tailored.
toned - Having or distinguished by a tone.
tired - Depleted of strength or energy.
bored - Tired of the world.
tonal - Having tonality.
tough - Resistant to cutting or chewing.
flaky - Made of or easily forming flakes.
toxic - Of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison.
mothy - Infested with moths.
leery - Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
tubed - Of a tire.
teary - With eyes full of tears.
weepy - Liable to weep easily.
union - Of trade unions.
bifid - Divided into two lobes.
risen - (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon.
manky - Inferior and worthless.
aired - Open to or abounding in fresh air.
fuggy - (British informal) poorly ventilated.
waxed - Treated with wax.
weedy - Abounding with or resembling weeds.
dizzy - Having or causing a whirling sensation.
funny - Experiencing odd bodily sensations.
gouty - Suffering from gout.
upset - Mildly physically distressed.
boggy - (of soil) soft and watery.
humid - Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor.
misty - Wet with mist.
muggy - Hot or warm and humid.
tacky - (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch.
beamy - Broad in the beam.
loath - Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom.
alate - (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions.
bosky - Covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets.
rushy - Abounding in rushes.
birch - Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.
oaken - Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
pulpy - Like a pulp or overripe.
woven - Made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole.
mangy - Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap.
xeric - Being deficient in moisture.
mesic - Having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture.
zonal - Associated with or divided into zones.
jawed - Of animals having jaws of a specified type.
amino - Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
apian - Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
areal - Of or relating to or involving an area.
aroid - Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
aural - Relating to or characterized by an aura.
avian - Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
axile - Relating to or attached to the axis.
azido - Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
diazo - Relating to or containing diazonium.
baric - Of or relating to or containing barium.
cecal - Of or like a cecum.
ceric - Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
civic - Of or relating or belonging to a city.
cloze - Based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure.
dural - Of or relating to the dura mater.
filar - Related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope).
genic - Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
glial - Of or relating to neuroglia.
humic - Of or relating to or derived from humus.
ionic - Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions.
loopy - Consisting of or covered with or having loops.
lunar - Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
mealy - Containing meal or made of meal.
minty - Relating to or suggestive of mint.
natal - Relating to or accompanying birth.
naval - Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
peaty - Of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat.
pedal - Of or relating to the feet.
pilar - Of or relating to a hair.
rabid - Of or infected by rabies.
solar - Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
tidal - Of or relating to or caused by tides.
uveal - Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
vagal - Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
algal - Of or relating to alga.
ulnar - Relating to or near the ulna.
conic - Relating to or resembling a cone.
doric - Of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture.
gyral - Relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain.
hemal - Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
hemic - Relating to or containing or affecting blood.
ictal - Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
modal - Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb.
octal - Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
mural - Of or relating to walls.
papal - Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
pubic - Relating or near the pubis.
viral - Relating to or caused by a virus.
fetal - Of or relating to a fetus.
tubal - Of or relating to occurring in a tube such as e.g. the Fallopian tube or Eustachian tube.
molar - Containing one mole of a substance.
molal - Designating a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent.
deist - Of or relating to deism.
ovine - Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep.
iliac - Of or relating to the ilium.
lobar - Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
runic - Relating to or consisting of runes.
hilar - Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
ohmic - Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
radio - Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
comic - Of or relating to or characteristic of comedy.
hadal - Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
marly - Of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl.
fugal - Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue.
myoid - Resembling muscle.
hyoid - Of or relating to the hyoid bone.
boric - Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
ducal - Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
milch - Giving milk.
oaten - Of or related to or derived from oats.
posed - Arranged for pictorial purposes.
amiss - In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner.
fully - To the greatest degree or extent.
badly - With unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display.
quite - To the greatest extent.
never - Not ever.
truly - In accordance with truth or fact or reality.
again - Anew.
sadly - In an unfortunate way.
hence - From this time.
madly - (used as intensives) extremely.
often - In many cases or instances.
twice - Two times.
ahead - At or in the front.
along - With a forward motion.
alike - In a like manner.
aloud - Using the voice.
about - In the area or vicinity.
aback - By surprise.
abeam - At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
below - At a later place.
flush - Squarely or solidly.
forth - Out into view.
there - In or at that place.
least - Used to form the superlative.
newly - Very recently.
alone - Without anybody else or anything else.
gaily - In a gay manner.
amply - Sufficiently.
apart - Not taken into account or excluded from consideration.
today - On this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow.
dimly - In a dim indistinct manner.
wryly - In a wry manner.
shyly - In a shy or timid or bashful manner.
aside - In reserve.
dully - Without liveliness.
afoot - On foot.
doggo - Quietly in concealment.
chock - As completely as possible.
ibid. - In the same place (used when citing a reference).
alias - As known or named at another time or place.
amain - With all your strength.
coyly - In a coy manner.
haply - By accident.
heaps - Very much.
icily - In a cold and icy manner.
laxly - In a permissively lenient manner.
molto - Much.
nobly - In a noble manner.
nohow - In no manner.
plump - Straight down especially heavily or abruptly.
sheer - Directly.
smash - With a loud crash.
under - Further down.
wanly - In a weak or pale or languid manner.
aloft - In the higher atmosphere above the earth.
redly - Displaying a red color.
after - Behind or in the rear.
later - Comparative of the adverb `late'.
dolce - Gently and sweetly.
choke - Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion.
cough - Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion.
snort - Make a snorting sound by exhaling hard.
sniff - Inhale audibly through the nose.
blink - Briefly shut the eyes.
wince - Make a face indicating disgust or dislike.
quack - Act as a medical quack or a charlatan.
shake - Move with or as if with a tremor.
sleep - Be asleep.
snore - Breathe noisily during one's sleep.
crick - Twist (a body part) into a strained position.
relax - Cause to feel relaxed.
crane - Stretch (the neck) so as to see better.
smile - Change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure.
smirk - Smile affectedly or derisively.
fleer - To smirk contemptuously.
break - Weaken or destroy in spirit or body.
cramp - Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle.
laugh - Produce laughter.
sneer - Smile contemptuously.
frown - Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
stare - Fixate one's eyes.
scowl - Frown with displeasure.
shrug - Raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation.
bathe - Cleanse the entire body.
shave - Remove body hair with a razor.
razor - Shave with a razor.
tease - Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.
groom - Care for one's external appearance.
rouge - Redden by applying rouge to.
floss - Use dental floss to clean.
preen - Dress or groom with elaborate care.
prank - Dress up showily.
prink - Dress very carefully and in a finicky manner.
cover - Clothe, as if for protection from the elements.
frock - Put a frock on.
shirt - Put a shirt on.
habit - Put a habit on.
scarf - Wrap in or adorn with a scarf.
beget - Make children.
breed - Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms).
spawn - Lay spawn.
labor - Undergo the efforts of childbirth.
whelp - Birth.
calve - Birth.
abort - Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion.
brood - Sit on (eggs).
alter - Remove the ovaries of.
hatch - Emerge from the eggs.
sweat - Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin.
exude - Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.
water - Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva.
purge - Excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body).
stool - Have a bowel movement.
vomit - Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
gnash - Grind together, of teeth.
treat - Provide treatment for.
detox - Treat for alcohol or drug dependence.
nurse - Try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury.
strap - Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap.
salve - Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing.
bleed - Draw blood.
catch - Contract.
shock - Subject to electrical shocks.
twist - Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
waste - Become physically weaker.
train - Exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition.
blush - Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.
clown - Act as or like a clown.
froth - Exude or expel foam.
shade - Pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree.
spell - Take turns working.
glaze - Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance.
bring - Bring into a different state.
leave - Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.
shape - Give shape or form to.
ridge - Form into a ridge.
plume - Form a plume.
purse - Contract one's lips into a rounded shape.
pooch - Round one's lips as if intending to kiss.
taper - Diminish gradually.
spike - Manifest a sharp increase.
raise - Raise the level or amount of something.
proof - Make resistant (to harm).
surge - See one's performance improve.
cream - Add cream to one's coffee, for example.
strip - Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.
shuck - Remove the shucks from.
crumb - Remove crumbs from.
degas - Remove gas from.
inset - Set or place in.
glass - Put in a glass container.
foist - Insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
flick - Remove with a flick (of the hand).
stump - Remove tree stumps from.
frost - Damage by frost.
scald - Burn with a hot liquid or steam.
shell - Remove from its shell or outer covering.
scalp - Remove the scalp of.
debug - Locate and correct errors in a computer program code.
abuse - Use wrongly or improperly or excessively.
lapse - Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards.
emend - Make improvements or corrections to.
decay - Fall into decay or ruin.
spoil - Become unfit for consumption or use.
addle - Become rotten.
bedew - Cover with drops of dew or as with dew.
brine - Soak in brine.
flood - Cover with liquid, usually water.
parch - Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
vouch - Give supporting evidence.
build - Develop and grow.
carry - Continue or extend.
limit - Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day".
crack - Break into simpler molecules by means of heat.
blast - Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly.
unite - Join or combine.
abate - Become less in amount or intensity.
slake - Make less active or intense.
climb - Improve one's social status.
ripen - Grow ripe.
bulge - Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
swell - Expand abnormally.
belly - Swell out or bulge out.
bilge - Take in water at the bilge.
total - Damage beyond the point of repair.
visit - Assail.
piece - Repair by adding pieces.
point - Repair the joints of bricks.
patch - Mend by putting a patch on.
remit - Diminish or abate.
palsy - Affect with palsy.
inure - Cause to accept or become hardened to.
teach - Accustom gradually to some action or attitude.
erode - Remove soil or rock.
order - Place in a certain order.
stain - Color for microscopic study.
henna - Apply henna to one's hair.
imbue - Suffuse with color.
batik - Dye with wax.
bloom - Produce or yield flowers.
pitch - Set to a certain pitch.
reset - Set to zero.
adapt - Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
widen - Become broader or wider or more extensive.
crump - Explode heavily or with a loud dull noise.
erupt - Become active and spew forth lava and rocks.
burst - Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.
stave - Burst or force (a hole) into something.
boost - Give a boost to.
focus - Put (an image) into focus.
scale - Size or measure according to a scale.
farce - Fill with a stuffing while cooking.
stuff - Fill tightly with a material.
baste - Cover with liquid before cooking.
souse - Cook in a marinade.
shirr - Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set.
grill - Cook over a grill.
steam - Cook something by letting steam pass over it.
broil - Cook under a broiler.
grind - Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
pound - Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.
check - Make cracks or chinks in.
craze - Develop a fine network of cracks.
crush - Break into small pieces.
arise - Result or issue.
recur - Happen or occur again.
cycle - Recur in repeating sequences.
begin - Set in motion, cause to start.
crust - Form a crust or form into a crust.
heave - Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat.
shoot - Produce buds, branches, or germinate.
widow - Cause to be without a spouse.
drown - Die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.
bloat - Become bloated or swollen or puff up.
unify - Become one.
chafe - Warm by rubbing, as with the hands.
singe - Burn superficially or lightly.
torch - Burn maliciously, as by arson.
flour - Convert grain into flour.
harry - Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes.
shush - Silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'.
cloud - Make milky or dull.
phase - Adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition.
blend - Mix together different elements.
gauge - Mix in specific proportions.
admix - Mix or blend.
alloy - Make an alloy of.
snarl - Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.
snafu - Cause to be in a state of complete confusion.
mount - Fix onto a backing, setting, or support.
adopt - Take into one's family.
roost - Settle down or stay, as if on a roost.
douse - Slacken.
gleam - Appear briefly.
flash - Appear briefly.
hedge - Minimize loss or risk.
spill - Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail).
slash - Cut drastically.
slump - Fall heavily or suddenly.
crash - Stop operating.
react - Undergo a chemical reaction.
drain - Empty of liquid.
match - Be equal or harmonize.
delay - Cause to be slowed down or delayed.
stall - Deliberately delay an event or action.
burke - Get rid of, silence, or suppress.
splat - Flatten on impact.
align - Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.
morph - Change shape as via computer animation.
block - Shape into a block or blocks.
stamp - Destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot.
erase - Remove from memory or existence.
crown - Be the culminating event.
leach - Remove substances from by a percolating liquid.
meter - Measure with a meter.
clock - Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.
pinch - Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.
equip - Provide with abilities or understanding.
curry - Treat by incorporating fat.
rerun - Cause to perform again.
rally - Return to a former condition.
issue - Come out of.
lower - Set lower.
sauce - Add zest or flavor to, make more interesting.
unsex - Remove the qualities typical of one's sex.
muddy - Make turbid.
poach - Cook in a simmering liquid.
exalt - Raise in rank, character, or status.
deify - Exalt to the position of a God.
dinge - Make dingy.
shift - Move and exchange for another.
brush - Remove with or as if with a brush.
swing - Alternate dramatically between high and low values.
spice - Make more interesting or flavorful.
think - Bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation.
float - Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation.
scrap - Make into scrap or refuse.
drift - Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current.
shear - Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.
sense - Comprehend.
smell - Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.
touch - Comprehend.
click - Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.
taste - Experience briefly.
learn - Gain knowledge or skills.
audit - Attend academic courses without getting credit.
drill - Train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons.
study - Learn by reading books.
elide - Leave or strike out.
solve - Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.
cinch - Get a grip on.
guess - Guess correctly.
halve - Divide by two.
parse - Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
label - Distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions.
refer - Think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another.
group - Arrange into a group or groups.
grade - Determine the grade of or assign a grade to.
place - Take a place in a competition.
prove - Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.
stand - Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue.
judge - Determine the result of (a competition).
field - Select (a team or individual player) for a game.
sieve - Distinguish and separate out.
slant - Present with a bias.
count - Include as if by counting.
doubt - Consider unlikely or have doubts about.
trust - Have confidence or faith in.
favor - Consider as the favorite.
reify - Consider an abstract concept to be real.
assay - Analyze (chemical substances).
value - Fix or determine the value of.
index - Adjust through indexation.
chart - Plan in detail.
offer - Put forward for consideration.
frame - Make up plans or basic details for.
slate - Designate or schedule.
dally - Consider not very seriously.
greet - React to in a certain way.
price - Ascertain or learn the price of.
rivet - Hold (someone's attention).
occur - Come to one's mind.
allow - Allow or plan for a certain possibility.
amaze - Affect with wonder.
blame - Attribute responsibility to.
trace - Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.
plant - Put firmly in the mind.
seize - Affect.
relay - Pass along.
reach - Be in or establish communication with.
twang - Pronounce with a nasal twang.
troll - Speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice.
force - Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
clamp - Impose or inflict forcefully.
stick - Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.
claim - Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.
crave - Plead or ask for earnestly.
plead - Appeal or request earnestly.
agree - Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something.
apply - Ask (for something).
nudge - Push into action by pestering or annoying gently.
argue - Present reasons and arguments.
brawl - To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.
charm - Induce into action by using one's charm.
pause - Cease an action temporarily.
segue - Proceed without interruption.
quest - Seek alms, as for religious purposes.
tempt - Try presumptuously.
probe - Question or examine thoroughly and closely.
telex - Communicate by telex.
scoff - Treat with contemptuous disregard.
yield - Consent reluctantly.
clash - Disagree violently.
demur - Take exception to.
cavil - Raise trivial objections.
evade - Use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid.
avoid - Stay clear from.
shirk - Avoid dealing with.
admit - Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of.
flame - Criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium.
knock - Find fault with.
orate - Talk pompously.
tutor - Be a tutor to someone.
coach - Teach and supervise (someone).
tinge - Affect as in thought or feeling.
feign - Make believe with the intent to deceive.
slang - Abuse with coarse language.
libel - Print slanderous statements against.
spoof - Make a parody of.
glory - Rejoice proudly.
cheer - Show approval or good wishes by shouting.
humor - Put into a good mood.
amuse - Make (somebody) laugh.
bravo - Applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'.
ensky - Exalt to the skies.
whang - Attack forcefully.
curse - Utter obscenities or profanities.
bless - Give a benediction to.
alarm - Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
verse - Familiarize through thorough study or experience.
boast - Show off.
gloat - Dwell on with satisfaction.
swear - Promise solemnly.
thank - Express gratitude or show appreciation to.
alibi - Exonerate by means of an alibi.
whine - Complain whiningly.
deter - Try to prevent.
gripe - Complain.
shout - Utter in a loud voice.
hollo - Cry hollo.
whoop - Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm.
augur - Predict from an omen.
blaze - Indicate by marking trees with blazes.
imply - Express or state indirectly.
voice - Give voice to.
miaou - Make a cat-like sound.
whiff - Utter with a puff of air.
drone - Talk in a monotonous voice.
tally - Keep score, as in games.
ditto - Repeat an action or statement.
gloss - Provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase.
spiel - Speak at great length (about something).
cheek - Speak impudently to.
speak - Use language.
trump - Proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare.
drawl - Lengthen and slow down or draw out.
utter - Express audibly.
troat - Emit a cry intended to attract other animals.
write - Communicate or express by writing.
style - Make consistent with certain rules of style.
amend - Make amendments to.
score - Make underscoring marks.
quote - Put quote marks around.
notch - Notch a surface to record something.
cable - Send cables, wires, or telegrams.
state - Express in words.
drive - Move into a desired direction of discourse.
opine - Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation.
whore - Compromise oneself for money or other gains.
queer - Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
mouth - Articulate silently.
rumor - Tell or spread rumors.
grunt - Issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise.
groan - Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure.
vroom - Make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving.
sough - Make a murmuring sound.
bleat - Cry plaintively.
chirk - Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
croon - Sing softly.
chant - Recite with musical intonation.
yodel - Sing by changing register.
churr - Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds.
chirr - Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
cluck - Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.
trill - Pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'.
mince - Make less severe or harsh.
neigh - Make a characteristic sound, of a horse.
share - Communicate.
croak - Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven.
start - Play in the starting lineup.
serve - Put the ball into play.
front - Confront bodily.
enter - Become a participant.
rearm - Arm anew.
staff - Provide with staff.
embed - Attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war.
fight - Fight against or resist strongly.
sweep - Win an overwhelming victory in or on.
homer - Hit a home run.
whomp - Beat overwhelmingly.
lurch - Defeat by a lurch.
cheat - Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
shame - Surpass or beat by a wide margin.
outdo - Get the better of.
steal - Steal a base.
eagle - Shoot in two strokes under par.
rival - Be the rival of, be in competition with.
joust - Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback.
slice - Hit a ball so that it causes a backspin.
storm - Attack by storm.
blitz - Attack suddenly and without warning.
beset - Assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards".
guard - Watch over or shield from danger or harm.
repel - Force or drive back.
snipe - Hunt or shoot snipe.
grass - Shoot down, of birds.
seine - Fish with a seine.
brail - Haul fish aboard with brails.
angle - Fish with a hook.
whale - Hunt for whales.
whelk - Gather whelk.
shark - Hunt shark.
trawl - Fish with trawlers.
fence - Fight with fencing swords.
parry - Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball).
avail - Use to one's advantage.
exert - Put to use.
slurp - Eat noisily.
swill - Drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink).
drink - Take in liquids.
chomp - Chew noisily.
champ - Chafe at the bit, like horses.
toast - Propose a toast to.
board - Provide food and lodging (for).
raven - Feed greedily.
plank - Cook and serve on a plank.
cater - Supply food ready to eat.
power - Supply the force or power for the functioning of.
spree - Engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping.
horse - Provide with a horse or horses.
lunch - Take the midday meal.
feast - Partake in a feast or banquet.
enjoy - Have benefit from.
gorge - Overeat or eat immodestly.
quell - Overcome or allay.
smack - Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating.
smoke - Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.
range - Let eat.
strew - Cover.
grope - Fondle for sexual pleasure.
mouse - Manipulate the mouse of a computer.
guide - Pass over, across, or through.
wrest - Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically.
grasp - Hold firmly.
cling - Hold on tightly or tenaciously.
clasp - Hold firmly and tightly.
pleat - Fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth".
truss - Support structurally.
brace - Support by bracing.
tread - Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center.
quirk - Twist or curve abruptly.
crimp - Curl tightly.
wield - Handle effectively.
goose - Give a spurt of fuel to.
foray - Briefly enter enemy territory.
knife - Use a knife on.
blood - Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill.
mulch - Cover with mulch.
knead - Make uniform.
spang - Leap, jerk, bang.
elbow - Shove one's elbow into another person's ribs.
graze - Scrape gently.
chuck - Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.
bream - Clean (a ship's bottom) with heat.
strop - Sharpen on a strop.
skive - Remove the surface of.
plane - Cut or remove with or as if with a plane.
puree - Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender.
rosin - Rub rosin onto.
worry - Touch or rub constantly.
scour - Rub hard or scrub.
smear - Make a smudge on.
slime - Cover or stain with slime.
carve - Cut to pieces.
swage - Form metals with a swage.
layer - Make or form a layer.
broom - Finish with a broom.
paper - Cover with paper.
elute - Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
revet - Face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain.
speck - Produce specks in or on.
gnarl - Twist into a state of deformity.
gouge - Force with the thumb.
untie - Undo the ties of.
retie - Tie again or anew.
latch - Fasten with a latch.
chain - Fasten or secure with chains.
miter - Fit together in a miter joint.
earth - Connect to the earth.
hinge - Attach with a hinge.
affix - Attach or become attached to a stem word.
infix - Attach a morpheme into a stem word.
roach - Cut the mane off (a horse).
cabin - Confine to a small space, such as a cabin.
cleat - Secure on a cleat.
wharf - Moor at a wharf.
spade - Dig (up) with a spade.
scoop - Take out or up with or as if with a scoop.
dowse - Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal.
frisk - Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
rifle - Go through in search of something.
chine - Cut through the backbone of an animal.
saber - Kill with a saber.
brain - Kill by smashing someone's skull.
hitch - To hook or entangle.
annex - Attach to.
resew - Sew again.
epoxy - Glue with epoxy.
paste - Cover the surface of.
cloak - Cover with or as if with a cloak.
flake - Cover with flakes or as if with flakes.
bread - Cover with bread crumbs.
sheet - Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping.
reeve - Fasten by passing through a hole or around something.
noose - Secure with a noose.
unzip - Open the zipper of.
bight - Fasten with a bight.
belay - Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat.
unbar - Remove a bar from (a door).
wring - Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish.
screw - Tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions.
caulk - Seal with caulking.
paint - Apply paint to.
grain - Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood.
putty - Apply putty in order to fix or fill.
grout - Bind with grout.
unpin - Remove the pins from.
scuff - Poke at with the foot or toe.
spray - Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets.
slosh - Spill or splash copiously or clumsily.
prawn - Fish for prawns.
snail - Gather snails.
pearl - Gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean.
berry - Pick or gather berries.
pluck - Strip of feathers.
batch - Batch together.
plait - Weave into plaits.
press - Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure.
swipe - Strike with a swiping motion.
towel - Wipe with a towel.
grate - Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together.
plate - Coat with a layer of metal.
smite - Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
shank - Hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction.
snick - Hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat.
clout - Strike hard, especially with the fist.
thump - Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.
punch - Deliver a quick blow to.
whack - Hit hard.
whisk - Whip with or as if with a wire whisk.
churn - Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter.
spank - Give a spanking to.
input - Enter (data or a program) into a computer.
chink - Fill the chinks of, as with caulking.
wench - Frequent prostitutes.
fetch - Take away or remove.
throw - Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface.
pouch - Send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels.
swoop - Seize or catch with a swooping motion.
spear - Pierce with a spear.
sting - Deliver a sting to.
shlep - Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.
trail - Drag loosely along a surface.
bowse - Haul with a tackle.
hoist - Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.
trice - Hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope.
flute - Form flutes in.
stack - Arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances.
evict - Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process.
eject - Put out or expel from a place.
bunch - Gather or cause to gather into a cluster.
unbox - Remove from a box.
crate - Put into a crate.
fling - Throw with force or recklessness.
sling - Hurl as if with a sling.
upend - Set, turn, or stand on end.
twine - Make by twisting together or intertwining.
weave - Interlace by or as if by weaving.
braid - Form or weave into a braid or braids.
ravel - Tangle or complicate.
spool - Wind onto a spool or a reel.
wedge - Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.
lodge - Put, fix, force, or implant.
repot - Put in a new, usually larger, pot.
graft - Cause to grow together parts from different plants.
crock - Soil with or as with crock.
rinse - Wash off soap or remaining dirt.
drape - Arrange in a particular way.
perch - Sit, as on a branch.
kneel - Rest one's weight on one's knees.
sabre - Cut or injure with a saber.
sever - Set or keep apart.
prang - Crash.
ditch - Crash or crash-land.
shred - Tear into shreds.
ladle - Remove with or as if with a ladle.
spoon - Scoop up or take up with a spoon.
chase - Cut a groove into.
bevel - Cut a bevel on.
shove - Push roughly.
brand - Mark with a brand or trademark.
badge - Put a badge on.
stake - Mark with a stake.
winch - Pull or lift up with or as if with a winch.
tweak - Pinch or squeeze sharply.
braze - Solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point.
carom - Make a carom.
bogey - To shoot in one stroke over par.
crape - Cover or drape with crape.
coapt - Fit tightly and fasten.
stoop - Carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward.
poise - Hold or carry in equilibrium.
metal - Cover with metal.
lance - Open by piercing with a lancet.
lasso - Catch with a lasso.
steel - Cover, plate, or edge with steel.
track - Make tracks upon.
pulse - Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.
educe - Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
dream - Have a daydream.
cause - Give rise to.
stage - Plan, organize, and carry out (an event).
impel - Urge or force (a person) to an action.
fruit - Bear fruit.
forge - Make a copy of with the intent to deceive.
groin - Build with groins.
craft - Make by hand and with much skill.
mound - Form into a rounded elevation.
devil - Coat or stuff with a spicy paste.
quilt - Create by stitching together.
twill - Weave diagonal lines into (textiles).
smock - Embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally.
panel - Decorate with panels.
smelt - Extract (metals) by heating.
inlay - Decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal.
japan - Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan.
chalk - Write, draw, or trace with chalk.
cross - Trace a line through or across.
clone - Make multiple identical copies of.
roneo - Make copies on a Roneograph.
model - Form in clay, wax, etc.
draft - Draw up an outline or sketch for something.
rhyme - Compose rhymes.
ghost - Write for someone else.
dance - Move in a pattern.
stunt - Perform a stunt or stunts.
scamp - Perform hastily and carelessly.
debut - Appear for the first time in public.
feint - Deceive by a mock action.
enact - Act out.
bugle - Play on a bugle.
skirl - Play the bagpipes.
chord - Play chords on (a string instrument).
psalm - Sing or celebrate in psalms.
choir - Sing in a choir.
carol - Sing carols.
table - Arrange or enter in tabular form.
print - Put into print.
graph - Represent by means of a graph.
prick - To cause a sharp emotional pain.
pride - Be proud of.
emote - Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
abhor - Find repugnant.
yearn - Have affection for.
adore - Love intensely.
panic - Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic.
haunt - Haunt like a ghost.
unman - Cause to lose one's nerve.
daunt - Cause to lose courage.
anger - Make angry.
annoy - Cause annoyance in.
peeve - Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful.
pique - Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
mourn - Feel sadness.
elate - Fill with high spirits.
exult - Feel extreme happiness or elation.
chill - Depress or discourage.
covet - Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person).
spook - Frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action.
whish - Move with a whishing sound.
brake - Cause to stop by applying the brakes.
waver - Sway to and fro.
sidle - Move sideways.
pronk - Jump straight up.
tramp - Cross on foot.
snake - Move along a winding path.
scend - Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave.
crawl - Move slowly.
coast - Move effortlessly.
wheel - Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.
glide - Move smoothly and effortlessly.
waltz - Dance a waltz.
tango - Dance a tango.
conga - Dance the conga.
samba - Dance the samba.
disco - Dance to disco music.
mambo - Dance a mambo.
polka - Dance a polka.
sneak - To go stealthily or furtively.
slink - Walk stealthily.
amble - Walk leisurely.
prowl - Move about in or as if in a predatory manner.
skulk - Move stealthily.
march - Walk fast, with regular or measured steps.
troop - Move or march as if in a crowd.
stalk - Walk stiffly.
stomp - Walk heavily.
clump - Walk clumsily.
steer - Direct the course.
skate - Move along on skates.
wedel - Ski, alternating directions.
hover - Hang in the air.
yacht - Travel in a yacht.
scull - Propel with sculls.
canoe - Travel by canoe.
kayak - Travel in a small canoe.
ferry - Travel by ferry.
barge - Transport by barge on a body of water.
route - Divert in a specified direction.
truck - Convey (goods etc.) by truck.
vault - Bound vigorously.
caper - Jump about playfully.
chute - Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.
queen - Become a queen.
flump - Fall heavily.
beach - Land on a beach.
space - Place at intervals.
usher - Take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums.
hound - Pursue or chase relentlessly.
crest - Reach a high point.
scram - Leave immediately.
tarry - Leave slowly and hesitantly.
shunt - Transfer to another track, of trains.
flock - Move as a crowd or in a group.
crowd - To gather together in large numbers.
avert - Turn away or aside.
crook - Bend or cause to bend.
hunch - Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward.
slope - Be at an angle.
pivot - Turn on a pivot.
whirl - Fly around.
skank - Dance the skank.
twirl - Turn in a twisting or spinning motion.
skirt - Pass around or about.
speed - Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity.
creep - Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface).
lunge - Make a thrusting forward movement.
spurt - Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet.
woosh - Move with a sibilant sound.
elope - Run away secretly with one's beloved.
elude - Escape, either physically or mentally.
swash - Make violent, noisy movements.
evert - Turn inside out.
slide - Move smoothly along a surface.
flail - Move like a flail.
dodge - Make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid.
besot - Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation.
throb - Pulsate or pound with abnormal force.
scent - Catch the scent of.
cense - Perfume especially with a censer.
watch - Observe with attention.
bench - Exhibit on a bench.
bosom - Hide in one's bosom.
image - Render visible, as by means of MRI.
glare - Shine intensely.
groak - Look or stare at longingly.
scout - Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody.
clang - Make a loud noise.
clank - Make a clank.
tweet - Make a weak, chirping sound.
strum - Sound the strings of (a string instrument).
knell - Ring as in announcing death.
chime - Emit a sound.
clink - Make a high sound typical of glass.
bleep - Emit a single short high-pitched signal.
whizz - Make a soft swishing sound.
savor - Taste appreciatively.
sugar - Sweeten with sugar.
sight - Take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device).
endow - Furnish with an endowment.
lease - Engage for service under a term of contract.
trash - Dispose of (something useless or old).
stint - Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.
honor - Accept as pay.
tithe - Pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church.
grant - Transfer by deed.
prize - Hold dear.
trade - Exchange or give (something) in exchange for.
award - Give, especially as an honor or reward.
debit - Enter as debit.
spend - Pay out.
mooch - Ask for and get free.
store - Keep or lay aside for future use.
bribe - Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence.
cozen - Cheat or trick.
hoard - Save up as for future use.
mulct - Impose a fine on.
canal - Provide (a city) with a canal.
berth - Provide with a berth.
refit - Fit out again.
armor - Equip with armor.
shaft - Equip with a shaft.
theme - Provide with a particular theme or motive.
defat - Remove the fat from.
flesh - Remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture.
usurp - Take the place of.
clerk - Work as a clerk, as in the legal business.
coact - Act together, as of organisms.
ranch - Manage or run a ranch.
slave - Work very hard, like a slave.
stoke - Stir up or tend.
chair - Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university.
dwarf - Check the growth of.
debar - Prevent the occurrence of.
lobby - Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of.
house - Provide housing for.
lynch - Kill without legal sanction.
marry - Take in marriage.
revel - Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking.
party - Have or participate in a party.
expel - Force to leave or move out.
scant - Limit in quality or quantity.
skimp - Work hastily or carelessly.
botch - Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
waive - Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.
court - Engage in social activities leading to marriage.
valet - Serve as a personal attendant to.
misdo - Do wrongly or improperly.
welsh - Cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt.
shill - Act as a shill.
fudge - Tamper, with the purpose of deception.
decoy - Lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy.
rebel - Take part in a rebellion.
reign - Have sovereign power.
emcee - Act as a master of ceremonies.
exist - Have an existence, be extant.
sport - Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner.
weigh - To be oppressive or burdensome.
dwell - Originate (in).
shine - Be clear and obvious.
excel - Distinguish oneself.
stink - Be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance.
beard - Go along the rim, like a beard around the chin.
flank - Be located at the sides of something or somebody.
befit - Accord or comport with.
verge - Border on.
shore - Serve as a shore to.
droop - Hang loosely or laxly.
incur - Make oneself subject to.
sleet - Precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow.
flare - Burn brightly.
spark - Emit or produce sparks.
swamp - Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged.
thing - A separate and self-contained entity.
biont - A discrete unit of living matter.
event - Something that happens at a given place and time.
going - Advancing toward a goal.
error - (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
fluff - A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines).
curve - A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.
belch - A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
skeet - The sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird.
liner - (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter.
plunk - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly.
tying - The act of tying or binding things together.
trick - A cunning or deceitful action or device.
shtik - (Yiddish) a devious trick.
means - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
tooth - A means of enforcement.
wings - A means of flight or ascent.
exile - The act of expelling a person from their native land.
conge - An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal.
death - The act of killing.
spasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel).
scrum - (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms.
strut - A proud stiff pompous gait.
mudra - Ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing.
arson - Malicious burning to destroy property.
babel - A confusion of voices and other sounds.
hijab - The custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home.
bocce - Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court.
rugby - A form of football played with an oval ball.
fives - A game resembling handball.
jacks - A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball.
monte - A gambling card game of Spanish origin.
poker - Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand.
rummy - A card game based on collecting sets and sequences.
whist - A card game for four players who form two partnerships.
masse - A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
chess - A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules.
darts - A game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard.
halma - A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
lotto - A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
shogi - A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares.
craps - A gambling game played with two dice.
jinks - Noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
flirt - Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.
folly - Foolish or senseless behavior.
feria - (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint.
rodeo - An exhibition of cowboy skills.
lindy - An energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh).
rumba - A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance.
music - Musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).
apery - The act of mimicking.
panto - An abbreviation of pantomime.
furor - A sudden outburst (as of protest).
havoc - Violent and needless disturbance.
melee - A noisy riotous fight.
haste - The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner.
icing - (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal.
fault - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area).
works - Performance of moral or religious acts.
taxis - The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part.
enema - An injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation.
stead - The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
lying - The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
fraud - Something intended to deceive.
sloth - Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
wrath - Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).
crime - (criminal law) an act punishable by law.
bunco - A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
heist - The act of stealing.
essay - A tentative attempt.
sally - A venture off the beaten path.
hands - (with `in') guardianship over.
munch - A large bite.
dekko - British slang for a look.
recce - Reconnaissance (by shortening).
jihad - A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal.
agape - A religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship.
vigil - The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival).
siege - The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
usury - The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest.
aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression.
fatwa - A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority.
trial - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law.
faith - Loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person.
mercy - Alleviation of distress.
props - Proper respect.
puppy - A young dog.
giant - Any creature of exceptional size.
monad - (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan).
virus - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts.
ameba - Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
foram - Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
arame - An edible seaweed with a mild flavor.
wrack - Dried seaweed especially that cast ashore.
fucus - Any member of the genus Fucus.
dulse - Coarse edible red seaweed.
zooid - One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan.
loach - Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes.
tench - Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water.
guppy - Small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies.
platy - Small stocky Mexican fish.
fetus - An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal.
manta - Extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes.
pipit - A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country.
finch - Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.
serin - Any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe.
junco - Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter.
pewee - Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
pitta - Any bird of the genus Pitta.
robin - Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen.
veery - Tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song.
vireo - Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color.
hobby - Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds.
harpy - Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America.
owlet - Young owl.
siren - Eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs.
gecko - Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
skink - Alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales.
agama - Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
racer - Slender fast-moving North American snakes.
cobra - Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
mamba - Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
krait - Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula.
viper - Venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw.
adder - Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia.
chick - Young bird especially of domestic fowl.
capon - Castrated male chicken.
maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
argus - Large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant.
monal - Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
quail - Small gallinaceous game birds.
macaw - Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America.
swift - A small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
drake - Adult male of a wild or domestic duck.
scaup - Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
eider - Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
brant - Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.
chaja - Largest crested screamer.
koala - Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat.
shrew - Small mouselike mammal with a long snout.
spine - A sharp rigid animal process or appendage.
quill - A stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog.
pilus - Hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism.
scute - Large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake.
valve - One of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods.
theca - Outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects.
polyp - One of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth.
hydra - Small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp.
praya - Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
ctene - A locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
beroe - Delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores.
fluke - Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host.
leech - Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
ormer - An abalone found near the Channel Islands.
conch - Any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip.
physa - Any member of the genus Physa.
ceras - One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
squid - Widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins.
krill - Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans.
stork - Large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage.
heron - Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill.
egret - Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
crake - Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
stilt - Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
larid - Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
murre - Black-and-white diving bird of northern seas.
grebe - Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests.
solan - Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
booby - Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both.
bitch - Female of any member of the dog family.
feist - A nervous belligerent little mongrel dog.
cairn - Small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland.
boxer - A breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany.
spitz - Any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail.
corgi - Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
dingo - Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia.
dhole - Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
hyena - Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
vixen - A female fox.
kitty - Informal terms referring to a domestic cat.
tabby - Female cat.
manul - Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia.
tiger - Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes.
liger - Offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
bruin - A conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'.
civet - Cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes.
fossa - Largest carnivore of Madagascar.
genet - Agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail.
talon - A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
biped - An animal with two feet.
louse - Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals.
alula - Scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
midge - Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts.
nomia - A genus of bee.
aphid - Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
comma - Anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing.
eggar - Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
larva - The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
nymph - A larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly).
imago - An adult insect produced after metamorphosis.
lapin - Castrated male rabbit.
bunny - (usually informal) especially a young rabbit.
lerot - Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
coypu - Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver.
udder - Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
hyrax - Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
filly - A young female horse under the age of four.
steed - (literary) a spirited horse for state or war.
shire - British breed of large heavy draft horse.
pacer - A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together.
pinto - A spotted or calico horse or pony.
burro - Small donkey used as a pack animal.
hinny - Hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass.
kiang - Wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia.
zebra - Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
tapir - Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
swine - Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals.
rumen - The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
bovid - Hollow-horned ruminants.
stirk - Yearling heifer or bullock.
dogie - Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
gayal - Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
bison - Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns.
sheep - Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat.
urial - Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
billy - Male goat.
nanny - Female goat.
goral - Small goat antelope with small conical horns.
serow - Short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia.
takin - Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area.
addax - Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa.
bongo - Large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns.
nyala - Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck.
saiga - Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
eland - Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
camel - Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
llama - Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
okapi - Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
stoat - The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail.
zoril - Muishond of northern Africa.
otter - Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur.
skunk - American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled.
ratel - Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
tayra - Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America.
snout - A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
world - All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
patas - Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
lemur - Large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails.
potto - A kind of lemur.
indri - Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
coati - Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America.
scrod - Young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking.
elver - Young eel.
moray - Family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters.
trout - Any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons.
cisco - Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America.
saury - Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters.
snook - Large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters.
coney - Black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins.
cobia - Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.
tetra - Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
bolti - Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.
porgy - Important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters.
barbu - Found along western Atlantic coast.
wahoo - Large fast-moving predacious food and game fish.
pogge - Northern Atlantic sea poacher.
brill - European food fish.
abaya - (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe.
abbey - A monastery ruled by an abbot.
adobe - Sun-dried brick.
aglet - Ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform.
agora - A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece.
aisle - Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores.
album - A book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes.
alley - A narrow street with walls on both sides.
aloes - A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
altar - A raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made.
ankus - An elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook.
anode - A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
anvil - A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
apron - A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.
arbor - A framework that supports climbing plants.
arena - A playing field where sports events take place.
armet - A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
array - An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics.
arrow - A projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other.
ascot - A cravat with wide square ends.
atlas - A figure of a man used as a supporting column.
attic - (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature.
audio - The sound elements of television.
auger - Hand tool for boring holes.
baize - A bright green fabric napped to resemble felt.
banjo - A stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body.
basin - A bowl-shaped vessel.
baton - A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir.
beads - Several beads threaded together on a string.
beret - A cap with no brim or bill.
besom - A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
bezel - A sloping edge on a cutting tool.
bhang - A preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant.
bidet - A basin for washing genitals and anal area.
bijou - A small and delicately worked piece.
blade - The flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge.
blimp - A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.
bling - Flashy, ostentatious jewelry.
bolus - A large pill.
bones - A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
booth - Small area set off by walls for special use.
brass - A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece.
briar - A pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath.
brick - Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln.
bulla - The round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull.
burin - A chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point.
burqa - A loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan.
byway - A side road little traveled (as in the countryside).
caber - A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland).
cache - A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
caddy - A can for storing tea.
cameo - Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
cargo - Goods carried by a large vehicle.
cello - A large stringed instrument.
chaff - Foil in thin strips.
chest - Box with a lid.
china - High quality porcelain originally made only in China.
chino - A coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms.
cigar - A roll of tobacco for smoking.
claro - A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
clews - The cords used to suspend a hammock.
cords - Cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth.
corer - A device for removing the core from apples.
couch - A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.
coupe - A car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment.
creel - A wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish.
crepe - A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
croft - A small farm worked by a crofter.
cruet - Bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table.
cruse - Small jar.
crypt - A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church).
cubby - A small secluded room.
cubeb - A cigarette containing cubeb.
cuddy - The galley or pantry of a small ship.
curio - Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
dacha - Russian country house.
dairy - A farm where dairy products are produced.
davit - A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat).
decal - Either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface.
delft - A style of glazed earthenware.
denim - A coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric.
deuce - One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots.
dhoti - A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.
diary - A personal journal (as a physical object).
dicer - A mechanical device used for dicing food.
dildo - A vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation.
diner - A restaurant that resembles a dining car.
diode - A semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction.
divan - A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
dixie - A large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking.
doily - A small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl.
dolly - Conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects.
dowel - A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together.
drove - A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.
dryer - An appliance that removes moisture.
easel - An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
eaves - The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
edger - Garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard.
ether - A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.
fagot - A bundle of sticks and branches bound together.
fauld - A piece of armor plate below the breastplate.
fesse - (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
fiber - A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth.
fichu - A lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman.
filet - Lace having a square mesh.
flask - Bottle that has a narrow neck.
flats - Footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel).
floor - The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure).
flume - Watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs.
folio - A book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages.
forum - A public facility to meet for open discussion.
frill - A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.
fusee - A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind.
fusil - A light flintlock musket.
futon - Mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame.
gable - The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
gaddi - A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
gauze - A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave.
gavel - A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge.
genre - A class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique.
globe - A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented.
glove - Handwear: covers the hand and wrist.
glyph - Glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief.
gourd - Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd.
grail - (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper.
grove - Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
gulag - A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
harem - Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
haven - A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary.
hawse - The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
heart - A playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it.
hogan - A Navajo lodge covered with earth.
hotel - A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services.
hovel - Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
hutch - A cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals.
igloo - An Eskimo hut.
ingot - Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling.
inkle - A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
irons - Metal shackles.
jabot - A ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt.
jewel - A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.
jimmy - A short crowbar.
joist - Beam used to support floors or roofs.
joker - A playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester.
jorum - A large drinking bowl.
judas - A one-way peephole in a door.
kanzu - (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves.
kazoo - A toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece.
ketch - A sailing vessel with two masts.
khadi - A coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India.
knout - A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire.
kraal - A pen for livestock in southern Africa.
kurta - A loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama).
kylie - An Australian boomerang.
kylix - A shallow drinking cup with two handles.
lagan - Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
lally - Support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete.
lanai - A veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room.
lapel - Lap at the front of a coat.
laser - An acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
lathe - Machine tool for shaping metal or wood.
lathi - Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
laver - (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions.
leash - Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
lemon - An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory.
levee - An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing.
lever - A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum.
lidar - A measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser.
linen - White goods or clothing made with linen cloth.
links - A golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore.
lisle - A strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton).
lorry - A large truck designed to carry heavy loads.
loupe - Small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists.
lungi - A long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma.
manor - The mansion of a lord or wealthy person.
manse - The residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman).
maser - An acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
mazer - A large hardwood drinking bowl.
metro - An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
middy - Blouse with a sailor collar.
mixer - A kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods.
modem - (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
moped - A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.
motel - A motor hotel.
motif - A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration.
motor - Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion.
mufti - Civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform.
newel - The central pillar of a circular staircase.
nicad - A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
ninon - A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
niqab - A face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women.
noria - A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
nylon - A synthetic fabric.
opera - A building where musical dramas are performed.
opium - An addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy.
organ - Wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard.
oriel - A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
ovolo - A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
oxbow - A wooden framework bent in the shape of a U.
oxeye - An oval or round dormer window.
parer - A small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables.
parka - A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
patio - Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
patka - A scarf worn by Sikh men.
pavis - (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body.
phial - A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
picot - An edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon.
pieta - A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
pipet - Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube.
piste - A ski run densely packed with snow.
piton - A metal spike with a hole for a rope.
pixel - (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
plaza - Mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers.
plush - A fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet.
porch - A structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance.
prism - Optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz.
prong - A pointed projection.
pylon - A large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines.
pyxis - A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines.
quern - A primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand.
quipu - Calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords.
quirt - Whip with a leather thong at the end.
quoin - The keystone of an arch.
quoit - Game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits.
radar - Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
rayon - A synthetic silklike fabric.
relic - An antiquity that has survived from the distant past.
ricer - A kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes.
rings - Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes.
riser - Structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step.
rotor - Rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils.
rowel - A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur.
sabot - A shoe carved from a single block of wood.
salon - Elegant sitting room where guests are received.
satin - A smooth fabric of silk or rayon.
sauna - A Finnish steam bath.
scene - Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.
scrim - A firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater.
sedan - A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
serge - A twilled woolen fabric.
servo - Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power.
sewer - A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
shard - A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
shawl - Cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders.
shawm - A medieval oboe.
shelf - A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
shoji - A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper.
shook - A disassembled barrel.
silks - The brightly colored garments of a jockey.
sitar - A stringed instrument of India.
skein - Coils of worsted yarn.
skiff - Any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor.
sloop - A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow.
slops - Cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain).
snare - A trap for birds or small mammals.
snips - (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
snood - An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
socle - A plain plinth that supports a wall.
sonar - A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return.
spoke - Support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim.
spout - An opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain.
sprag - A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
sprig - An ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers.
sprit - A light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally.
squib - Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
stele - An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
stent - A slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis.
stile - An upright that is a member in a door or window frame.
stogy - A cheap cigar.
stole - A wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women.
stoup - Basin for holy water.
stove - Any heating apparatus.
stupa - A dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists.
suite - Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).
sulky - A light two-wheeled vehicle for one person.
sword - A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.
tabor - A small drum with one head of soft calfskin.
tammy - Plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains.
tanka - A Tibetan religious painting on fabric.
tawse - A leather strap for punishing children.
teddy - Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials).
tenon - A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
tepee - A Native American tent.
terry - A pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides.
thill - One of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it.
thong - A thin strip of leather.
thumb - The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb.
tiara - A jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
timer - A timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end.
token - A metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines.
toner - A lotion for cleansing the skin and contracting the pores.
tongs - Any of various devices for taking hold of objects.
toque - A tall white hat with a pouched crown.
torus - Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
totem - Emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant.
tower - A structure taller than its diameter.
trave - A horizontal beam that extends across something.
trews - Tight-fitting trousers.
trunk - Luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage.
tulle - A fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
tunic - Any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees.
tupik - Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
tweed - Thick woolen fabric used for clothing.
villa - Pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds.
viola - A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower.
virtu - Objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques).
visor - A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face.
voile - A light semitransparent fabric.
vouge - A kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century.
wagon - Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor.
weeds - A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning.
wiper - Contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet.
withe - Band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems.
wreck - A ship that has been destroyed at sea.
xerox - A copy made by a xerographic printer.
trait - A distinguishing feature of your personal nature.
drama - The quality of being arresting or highly emotional.
grace - A disposition to kindness and compassion.
amity - A cordial disposition.
guise - An artful or simulated semblance.
spiff - Attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner.
irony - Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.
ethos - (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era.
eidos - (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group.
eclat - Brilliant or conspicuous success or effect.
class - Elegance in dress or behavior.
noise - Incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks.
piety - Righteousness by virtue of being pious.
sooth - Truth or reality.
youth - The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person.
setup - The way something is organized or arranged.
greed - Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves.
glint - A spatially localized brightness.
mocha - A dark brown color.
taupe - A greyish brown.
brawn - Possessing muscular strength.
might - Physical strength.
vigor - Active strength of body or mind.
brunt - Main force of a blow etc.
titer - The concentration of a solution as determined by titration.
asana - (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga).
depth - Degree of psychological or intellectual profundity.
stout - A garment size for a large or heavy person.
girth - The distance around a person's body.
scope - An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet".
gamut - A complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions".
width - The extent of something from side to side.
worth - The quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful.
merit - Any admirable quality or attribute.
asset - A useful or valuable quality.
title - An established or recognized right.
mummy - A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt).
hilus - (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ.
cauda - Any taillike structure.
inion - The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
stoma - A mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ).
sinus - Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull.
lumen - A cavity or passage in a tubular organ.
quiff - A prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead).
queue - A braid of hair at the back of the head.
minge - Vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals.
ilium - The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone.
ramus - The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
raphe - A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
nasal - An elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose.
pubis - One of the three sections of the hipbone.
uvula - A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
arcus - A whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea.
pupil - The contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye.
incus - The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes.
gland - Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
aorta - The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
glans - A small rounded structure.
liver - Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity.
juice - Any of several liquids of the body.
serum - An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates.
chyle - A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats.
lymph - A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle.
semen - The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract.
mucus - Protective secretion of the mucus membranes.
drool - Saliva spilling from the mouth.
sebum - The oily secretion of the sebaceous glands.
gleet - A thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea.
linin - An obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended.
aster - Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis.
fovea - Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute.
sperm - The male reproductive cell.
ootid - Mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote.
ovule - A small or immature ovum.
nerve - Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body.
vagus - A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.
gyrus - A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain.
tract - A system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose.
ovary - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone.
bursa - A small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints.
vulva - External parts of the female genitalia.
hymen - A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin.
gonad - A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
penis - The male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism).
ileum - The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
colon - The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum.
cecum - The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
skull - The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates.
torso - The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
waist - The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips.
navel - A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
pubes - The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs.
thigh - The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
hooks - Large strong hand (as of a fighter).
digit - A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates.
femur - The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton.
psoas - Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
ankle - A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
wrist - A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones.
teres - Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
costa - A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing).
tibia - The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
loins - The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen.
naris - Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
celom - A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
cornu - (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape.
vomer - Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum.
logic - Reasoned and reasonable judgment.
flair - A natural talent.
limbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals).
skill - Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain.
lexis - All of the words in a language.
mores - (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group.
anima - (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
facer - (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
aroma - A distinctive odor that is pleasant.
vogue - The popular taste at a given time.
retro - A fashion reminiscent of the past.
basis - The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained.
topic - Some situation or event that is thought about.
datum - An item of factual information derived from measurement or research.
truth - A fact that has been verified.
bonus - Anything that tends to arouse.
grief - Something that causes great unhappiness.
genus - A general kind of something.
arity - The number of arguments that a function can take.
salat - The second pillar of Islam is prayer.
zakat - The fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship.
topos - A traditional theme or motif or literary convention.
ethic - The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
creed - Any system of principles or beliefs.
dogma - A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative.
magic - Any art that invokes supernatural powers.
bourn - An archaic term for a goal or destination.
ology - An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge.
deism - The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation.
obeah - A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
chaos - (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions.
recto - Right-hand page.
verso - Left-hand page.
video - The visible part of a television transmission.
usage - The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written.
words - Language that is spoken or written.
lemma - The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.
story - A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.
fable - A short moral story (often with animal characters).
prose - Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse.
elegy - A mournful poem.
haiku - An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
canto - A major division of a long poem.
envoy - A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
rider - A clause that is appended to a legislative bill.
codex - An unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll).
bible - A book regarded as authoritative in its field.
canon - A collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired.
entry - An item inserted in a written record.
proxy - A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting.
bylaw - A rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members.
ukase - An edict of the Russian tsar.
movie - A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
sutra - A rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization.
adieu - A farewell remark.
aloha - An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian).
hello - An expression of greeting.
quota - A limitation on imports.
salvo - A sudden outburst of cheers.
edict - A formal or authoritative proclamation.
banns - A public announcement of a proposed marriage.
axiom - (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof.
peace - A treaty to cease hostilities.
poser - A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.
rebus - A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words.
caret - A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
breve - A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound.
hacek - A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation.
tilde - A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
roman - A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions.
serif - A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
gamma - The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
delta - The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.
theta - The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
kappa - The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
sigma - The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
omega - The last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet.
aleph - The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
gimel - The 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
zayin - The 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
sadhe - The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
thorn - A Germanic character of runic origin.
segno - (music) a notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
cupid - A symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow.
exode - A farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater.
revue - A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians.
paean - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).
octet - A musical composition written for eight performers.
etude - A short composition for a solo instrument.
fugue - A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement.
rondo - A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.
intro - A brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music.
ditty - A short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung).
dirge - A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
blues - A type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century.
oldie - A song that was formerly popular.
kwela - A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
ploce - (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning.
trope - Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
phone - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.
vowel - A speech sound made with the vocal tract open.
schwa - A neutral middle vowel.
prate - Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
motto - A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
maxim - A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.
gnome - A short pithy saying expressing a general truth.
idiom - An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
reply - The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange.
bayat - An oath of allegiance to an emir.
vaunt - Extravagant self-praise.
motet - An unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics.
wages - A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.
idyll - An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
birth - The event of being born.
moksa - (Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth.
onset - The beginning or early stages.
karma - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
blare - A loud harsh or strident noise.
cheep - The short weak cry of a young bird.
chirp - A sharp sound made by small birds or insects.
clack - A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
creak - A squeaking sound.
growl - The sound of growling (as made by animals).
plonk - The noise of something dropping (as into liquid).
swish - A brushing or rustling sound.
thrum - A thrumming sound.
thunk - A dull hollow sound.
lahar - An avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
runup - A substantial increase over a relatively short period of time.
jolly - A happy party.
ardor - Feelings of great warmth and intensity.
gusto - Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.
agony - Intense feelings of suffering.
fever - Intense nervous anticipation.
scare - A sudden attack of fear.
angst - An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
gloom - A feeling of melancholy apprehension.
dolor - (poetry) painful grief.
guilt - Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense.
blahs - A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
adobo - A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
broth - A thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock.
gumbo - A soup or stew thickened with okra pods.
bigos - A Polish stew of cabbage and meat.
salmi - Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
viand - A choice or delicious dish.
candy - A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts.
carob - Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree.
patty - Round flat candy.
taffy - Chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy.
jello - Fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder.
knish - (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese.
babka - A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
torte - Rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts.
blini - Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast.
jelly - A preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit.
fryer - Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying.
offal - Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
steak - A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.
tripe - Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food.
jerky - Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun.
scrag - The lean end of a neck of veal.
bacon - Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
matzo - Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
limpa - A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
wafer - Thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist).
scone - Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle.
bialy - Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
bagel - (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
butty - A sandwich.
pasta - Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
penne - Pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends.
atole - Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
gruel - A thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal).
grits - Coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States.
kasha - Boiled or baked buckwheat.
eater - Any green goods that are good to eat.
nacho - A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
chard - Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves.
chili - Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
onion - An aromatic flavorful vegetable.
cress - Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs.
apple - Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
peach - Downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh.
prune - Dried plum.
cocoa - Powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed.
melon - Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh.
grape - Any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins.
ilama - Whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples.
papaw - Fruit with yellow flesh.
ackee - Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
genip - Round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
mango - Large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed.
guava - Tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp.
mamey - Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.
anjou - A pear with firm flesh and a green skin.
copra - The dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted.
pecan - Smooth brown oval nut of south central United States.
sprat - Small fatty European fish.
grist - Grain intended to be or that has been ground.
wheat - Grains of common wheat.
paddy - Rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field.
salad - Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
aspic - Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
clove - Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree.
cumin - Aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family.
basil - Leaves of the common basil.
thyme - Leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables.
salsa - Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
anise - Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.
pesto - A sauce typically served with pasta.
aioli - Garlic mayonnaise.
blanc - A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat).
gravy - The seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats.
raita - An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
syrup - A thick sweet sticky liquid.
dough - A flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll.
bitok - A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
kabob - Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
pilaf - Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
pizza - Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese.
sushi - Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
quaff - A hearty draft.
hooch - An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
lager - A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing).
kvass - Fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley.
macon - Fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry.
vodka - Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia.
julep - Bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice.
cider - A beverage made from juice pressed from apples.
perry - A fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears.
pruno - A liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol.
negus - Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
glogg - Scandinavian punch made of claret and aquavit with spices and raisins and orange peel and sugar.
cuppa - A cup of tea.
hyson - A Chinese green tea with twisted leaves.
biome - A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.
enemy - Any hostile group of people.
folks - Your parents.
covey - A small flock of grouse or partridge.
clade - A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
biota - All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
fauna - All the animal life in a particular region or period.
caste - In some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony.
swarm - A group of many things in the air or on the ground.
locus - The set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions.
tribe - (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily.
laity - In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
horde - A vast multitude.
corps - An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support.
squad - A smallest army unit.
cabal - A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue.
cadre - A nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion.
mafia - Any tightly knit group of trusted associates.
gaudy - (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college.
varna - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis).
sudra - The lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status.
synod - A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business.
punks - A youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s.
phyle - A tribe of ancient Athenians.
ulema - The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community.
tryst - A date.
elite - A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status.
ninja - A class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations.
coven - An assembly of witches.
posse - A temporary police force.
hudud - Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes.
nexus - A connected series or group.
mover - A company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another.
aerie - Any habitation at a high altitude.
heath - A tract of level wasteland.
oasis - A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
brink - The edge of a steep place.
burgh - A borough in Scotland.
duchy - The domain controlled by a duke or duchess.
flies - (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains).
midst - The location of something surrounded by other things.
mecca - A place that attracts many visitors.
nadir - The point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
orbit - The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another.
parts - The local environment.
polls - The place where people vote.
roads - A partly sheltered anchorage.
weald - An area of open or forested country.
venue - In law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
qibla - The direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers.
sodom - Any location known for vice and corruption.
mania - An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
abyss - A bottomless gulf or pit.
agent - An active and efficient cause.
anion - A negatively charged ion.
arete - A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
atoll - An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
bayou - A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
boson - Any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle.
brook - A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).
butte - A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region.
chasm - A deep opening in the earth's surface.
clast - (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock.
cliff - A steep high face of rock.
comet - (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
divot - A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club).
dregs - Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
ember - A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering.
esker - (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment.
firth - A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland).
fjord - A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs.
geode - (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals.
gluon - A gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks.
gulch - A narrow gorge with a stream running through it.
gully - Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour).
guyot - A seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean).
horst - A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land.
inlet - An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
knoll - A small natural hill.
kopje - A small hill rising up from the African veld.
ledge - A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
liman - A long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river.
llano - An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
lough - Irish word for a lake.
marsh - Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation.
meson - An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus.
nidus - A nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs.
ocean - A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
plage - The beach at a seaside resort.
prion - (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid.
quark - (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons.
river - A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).
scurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts.
shoal - A stretch of shallow water.
silva - The forest trees growing in a country or region.
spall - A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.
spoor - The trail left by a person or an animal.
spume - Foam or froth on the sea.
steps - The course along which a person has walked or is walking in.
swale - A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges).
swath - A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing).
talus - A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff.
tauon - A lepton of very great mass.
witch - A being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil.
deity - Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.
angel - Spiritual being attendant upon God.
fairy - A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers.
ghoul - An evil spirit or ghost.
kelpy - (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.
genie - (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
eblis - (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
houri - (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise.
satyr - One of a class of woodland deities.
naiad - (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains.
dryad - A deity or nymph of the woods.
lover - A person who loves someone or is loved by someone.
darky - (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people.
swami - A Hindu religious teacher.
chela - A Hindu disciple of a swami.
sahib - Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
limey - A man of English descent.
pommy - A disparaging term for a British person.
sabra - A native-born Israeli.
abbot - The superior of an abbey of monks.
actor - A theatrical performer.
amigo - A friend or comrade.
amora - One of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud.
bairn - A child: son or daughter.
baker - Someone who bakes bread or cake.
baron - A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
beast - A cruelly rapacious person.
begum - A Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan.
belle - A young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals.
taker - One who takes a bet or wager.
bigot - A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own.
bimbo - A young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men.
biter - Someone who bites.
bobby - An informal term for a British policeman.
bride - A woman who has recently been married.
buddy - A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
bully - A cruel and brutal fellow.
buyer - A person who buys.
cadet - A military trainee (as at a military academy).
child - A young person of either sex.
chump - A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
comer - Someone with a promising future.
crier - A peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells.
cynic - Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
dandy - A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
demon - Someone extremely diligent or skillful.
diver - Someone who dives (into water).
donna - An Italian woman of rank.
donor - Person who makes a gift of property.
drunk - Someone who is intoxicated.
dunce - A stupid person.
fakir - A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
fatso - A rotund individual.
filer - A party who files a notice with a law court.
fixer - Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee).
flier - Someone who travels by air.
freak - A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed.
friar - A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms.
frump - A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman.
giver - Someone who devotes himself completely.
gonif - (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).
gofer - An employee whose duties include running errands.
golem - (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means.
goner - A person in desperate straits.
griot - A storyteller in West Africa.
guest - A visitor to whom hospitality is extended.
hajji - An Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
hakim - A Muslim physician.
hater - A person who hates.
hewer - A person who hews.
hiker - A foot traveler.
hoper - A person who hopes.
idiot - A person of subnormal intelligence.
idler - Person who does no work.
jawan - (India) a private soldier or male constable.
jonah - A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.
juror - Someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury.
kiddy - A young child.
klutz - (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt.
lacer - A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding).
laird - A landowner.
leper - A pariah who is avoided by others.
lifer - A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment.
loner - A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
loser - A gambler who loses a bet.
luger - Someone who races the luge.
macho - A male exhibiting or characterized by machismo.
madam - A woman who runs a house of prostitution.
magus - A member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians.
maker - A person who makes things.
malik - The leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent.
mammy - An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S..
mason - A craftsman who works with stone or brick.
mater - An informal use of the Latin word for mother.
mayor - The head of a city government.
metic - An alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city.
miler - A runner in a one-mile race.
miner - Laborer who works in a mine.
miser - A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably).
muser - A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation.
myope - A person with myopia.
nabob - A wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient).
namer - A person who gives a name or names.
nawab - A governor in India during the Mogul empire.
niece - A daughter of your brother or sister.
nomad - A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
numen - A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion).
odist - A poet who writes odes.
ogler - A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person.
oiler - A worker who oils engines or machinery.
owner - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business.
pagan - A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew).
pasha - A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
pater - An informal use of the Latin word for father.
pawer - A person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner.
payee - A person to whom money is paid.
payer - A person who pays money for something.
pilot - Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight.
pinko - A person with mildly leftist political views.
piper - Someone who plays the bagpipe.
plier - Someone who plies a trade.
poilu - A French soldier (especially in World War I).
ponce - A man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses.
prior - The head of a religious order.
prude - A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.
pudge - A short fat person.
pygmy - An unusually small individual.
rabbi - Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
raper - Someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse.
raver - A participant in a rave dancing party.
rogue - A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
roper - A cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses.
rover - An adult member of the Boy Scouts movement.
ruler - A person who rules or commands.
sadhu - (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man.
saint - Person of exceptional holiness.
saver - Someone who saves (especially money).
scion - A descendent or heir.
scold - Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
sheik - The leader of an Arab village or family.
sibyl - (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet.
silly - A word used for misbehaving children.
sissy - A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
skier - Someone who skis.
smith - Someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable).
snoop - A spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others.
softy - A person who is weak and excessively sentimental.
sower - Someone who sows.
sprog - A child.
squaw - An American Indian woman.
sylph - An elemental being believed to inhabit the air.
tamer - An animal trainer who tames wild animals.
taxer - A bureaucrat who levies taxes.
thane - A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land).
thief - A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
tiler - A worker who lays tile.
trier - One who tries.
tuner - Someone who tunes pianos.
tutee - Learns from a tutor.
twerp - Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
uncle - The brother of your father or mother.
vegan - A strict vegetarian.
vicar - A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
voter - A citizen who has a legal right to vote.
vower - Someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way.
waker - A person who awakes.
wally - A silly and inept person.
wirer - Someone who sends a telegram.
woman - An adult female person (as opposed to a man).
yenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much.
yokel - A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
zombi - A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force.
elves - An acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources.
virga - Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity).
volva - Cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi.
spore - A small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion.
gleba - Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
tepal - An undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips).
cycad - Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
zamia - Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
dioon - Any cycad of the genus Dioon.
pinon - Any of several low-growing pines of western North America.
larch - Any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves.
cedar - Any cedar of the genus Cedrus.
kauri - White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis.
yacca - West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
matai - Conifer of Australia and New Zealand.
dicot - Flowering plant with two cotyledons.
hilum - The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle.
testa - Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
gemma - Small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual.
petal - Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
sepal - One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower.
calyx - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud.
lotus - White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa.
peony - Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
siris - Large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind.
guama - Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
krubi - Malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet.
orach - Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
nopal - Any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears.
draba - Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
poppy - Annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers.
daisy - Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
inula - Any plant of the genus Inula.
tansy - Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally.
loasa - Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
vanda - Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
oxlip - Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.
brome - Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus.
grama - Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
smilo - Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
durra - Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
sorgo - Any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup.
durum - Wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta.
spelt - Hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed.
emmer - Hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany.
sedge - Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers.
chufa - European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
luffa - Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits.
loofa - The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
kenaf - Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
mahoe - Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
kapok - Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss.
balsa - Forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood.
cacao - Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
erica - Any plant of the genus Erica.
salal - Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries.
galax - Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
pyxie - Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers.
beech - Any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs.
acorn - Fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base.
alder - North temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit.
lilac - Any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers.
manna - Hardened sugary exudation of various trees.
dhawa - An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
canna - Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
abaca - Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc.
pansy - Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.
ramie - Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
pipal - Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
falls - The petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris).
camas - Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
tulip - Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
agave - Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes.
sisal - Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope.
yucca - Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers.
msasa - Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
senna - Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
ceibo - Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
hovea - Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets.
medic - Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
quira - Any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber.
roble - Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods.
kudzu - Fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds.
retem - Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
gorse - Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers.
vetch - Any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers.
coyol - Tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber.
areca - Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
brier - Tangled mass of prickly plants.
avens - Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
toyon - Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits.
rowan - Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits.
opepe - Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
elemi - Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
salai - East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
myrrh - Aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume.
jiqui - Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture.
osier - Any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture.
aspen - Any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind.
aalii - A small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood.
maple - Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs.
holly - Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges.
sumac - A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
ebony - Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.
sedum - Any of various plants of the genus Sedum.
phlox - Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox.
dagga - Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
clary - Aromatic herb of southern Europe.
pichi - Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers.
cutch - Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
ergot - A fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant.
mucor - Any mold of the genus Mucor.
galea - An organ shaped like a helmet.
hypha - Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.
yeast - Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division.
morel - Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap.
ascus - Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.
sorus - Cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond.
xylem - The woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels.
shrub - A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems.
liana - A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
tuber - A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage.
stipe - Supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap.
scape - Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
umbel - Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point.
drupe - Fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond.
betel - Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
pinna - Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
frond - Compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad.
bract - A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.
glume - Small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae.
haulm - Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
bough - Any of the larger branches of a tree.
glebe - Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
money - Wealth reckoned in terms of money.
dower - A life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband.
dowry - Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.
outgo - Money paid out.
costs - Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation.
rates - A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
funds - Assets in the form of money.
ducat - Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
penny - A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.
fiver - A United States bill worth 5 dollars.
divvy - Short for dividend.
scrip - A certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee.
lysis - (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria.
quire - A quantity of paper.
karat - The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy.
sabin - A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound.
ardeb - A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
ephah - An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
minim - A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram.
quart - A United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces.
liter - A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions.
farad - The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
daraf - A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
weber - A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
gauss - A unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter.
tesla - A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
henry - A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second.
curie - A unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second.
abohm - A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
ligne - A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
verst - A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
cubit - An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.
franc - The basic monetary unit in many countries.
butut - 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia.
dobra - The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
conto - 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal.
pengo - Formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946.
haler - 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic.
eyrir - 100 aurar equal 1 krona in Iceland.
ngwee - 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha in Zambia.
leone - The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
kurus - 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey.
asper - 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey.
sente - 100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho.
penni - 100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland.
naira - The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
khoum - 5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania.
thebe - 100 thebe equal 1 pula in Botswana.
baiza - 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman.
ruble - The basic unit of money in Russia.
kopek - 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia.
lumma - 100 lumma equal 1 dram in Armenia.
manat - The basic unit of money in Azerbaijan.
qepiq - 100 qepiq equal 1 manat in Azerbaijan.
rubel - The basic unit of money in Belarus.
kroon - The basic unit of money in Estonia.
tetri - 100 tetri equal 1 lari in Georgia.
tenge - The basic unit of money in Kazakhstan.
tiyin - 100 tiyin equal 1 tenge in Kazakhstan.
litas - The basic unit of money in Lithuania.
tyiyn - 100 tyiyn equal 1 som in Kyrgyzstan.
tanga - 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble.
paisa - A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
sucre - The basic unit of money in Ecuador.
mongo - 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia.
zaire - The basic unit of money in Zaire.
zloty - The basic unit of money in Poland.
grosz - 100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland.
barye - The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
catty - Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams).
crith - The weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure).
maund - A unit of weight used in Asia.
picul - A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia.
ounce - A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams.
carat - A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
joule - A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second.
therm - A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units.
nihil - (Latin) nil.
teens - All the numbers that end in -teen.
crore - The number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros.
chunk - A substantial amount.
ratio - The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
uncus - (biology) any hook-shaped process or part.
helix - A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle.
caput - A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure.
mogul - A bump on a ski slope.
stria - Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue.
facet - A smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone).
ovoid - An egg-shaped object.
niche - (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species).
being - The state or fact of existing.
sigeh - A Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship.
night - Darkness.
umbra - A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
bliss - A state of extreme happiness.
roots - The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
tinea - Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
tabes - Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
mumps - An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands.
croup - A disease of infants and young children.
felon - A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail.
favus - A contagious fungal infection of the scalp.
blain - An inflammatory swelling or sore.
ulcer - A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
lupus - Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease.
tumor - An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
gumma - A small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis.
myoma - A benign tumor composed of muscle tissue.
mange - A persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair.
edema - Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.
throe - Severe spasm of pain.
colic - Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
ozena - A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
apnea - Transient cessation of respiration.
sprue - A chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults.
dumps - An informal expression for a mildly depressed state.
appro - An informal British abbreviation of approval.
odium - State of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior.
hurry - A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry.
varus - A deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree.
filth - A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse.
tilth - The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth.
varix - Abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.
frizz - The condition of being formed into small tight curls.
chyme - A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum.
saran - Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
argil - A white clay (especially a white clay used by potters).
alkyl - Any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
allyl - The univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5.
halon - A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms.
argon - A colorless and odorless inert gas.
boron - A trivalent metalloid element.
azote - An obsolete name for nitrogen.
radon - A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
xenon - A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
beryl - The chief source of beryllium.
borax - An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate.
cutin - (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids.
emery - A hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite.
gesso - Gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared).
regur - A rich black loam of India.
ricin - A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
agate - An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
ethyl - The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
aldol - An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
amide - Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
mucin - A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions.
actin - One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
opsin - Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
amine - A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
auxin - A plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth.
kinin - Any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves.
ivory - A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.
suede - Leather with a napped surface.
anime - Any of various resins or oleoresins.
azide - A chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical.
codon - A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid.
dimer - A compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers.
ester - Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
rheum - A watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose).
urine - Liquid excretory product.
chert - Variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz.
flint - A hard kind of stone.
furan - A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
kraft - Strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution.
twins - (mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other.
guano - The excrement of sea birds.
attar - Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
resin - Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules.
copal - A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
algin - A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
alkyd - A durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints.
humus - Partially decomposed organic matter.
humin - A black humic substance that is not soluble in water.
magma - Molten rock in the earth's crust.
lipid - An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
grume - A thick viscous liquid.
ichor - (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
loess - A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
matte - A mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted.
muton - The smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur.
sarin - A highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase.
oakum - Loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes.
oxide - Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical.
oxime - Any compound containing the group -C=NOH.
ozone - A colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water.
eosin - A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein.
renin - A proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys.
latex - A milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air.
butyl - A hydrocarbon radical (C4H9).
salol - A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
sepia - Rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes.
hemin - A reddish-brown chloride of heme.
lysin - Any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis.
toxin - A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.
venom - Toxin secreted by animals.
shale - A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
silex - A pure form of finely ground silica.
slush - Partially melted snow.
balas - A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
vapor - A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance.
soman - A nerve agent easily absorbed into the body.
tabun - The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936.
topaz - A mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone.
urate - A salt of uric acid.
vinyl - Shiny and tough and flexible plastic.
imide - Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
hours - An indefinite period of time.
times - A more or less definite period of time now or previously present.
annum - (Latin) year.
month - A time unit of approximately 30 days.
terce - The third canonical hour.
nones - The fifth of the seven canonical hours.
while - A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
epoch - A unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages.
tempo - (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played.
cease - (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end.
letup - A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
hertz - The unit of frequency.
musth - An annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants).
shiva - (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
unable - (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how.
potted - (British informal) summarized or abridged.
direct - Lacking compromising or mitigating elements.
living - (informal) absolute.
spongy - Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed.
greedy - Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.
scarce - Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.
abused - Subjected to cruel treatment.
faulty - Characterized by errors.
unused - Infrequently exposed to.
acidic - Being or containing an acid.
sordid - Meanly avaricious and mercenary.
active - Characterized by energetic activity.
sporty - Appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport.
latent - (pathology) not presently active.
actual - Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible.
deadly - (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect.
gummed - Covered with adhesive gum.
pitchy - Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
sticky - Covered with an adhesive material.
inlaid - Adorned by inlays.
tufted - Having or adorned with tufts.
adroit - Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought.
clever - Showing inventiveness and skill.
immune - (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence.
plummy - (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich.
hunted - Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted.
jolted - Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock.
viable - Capable of life or normal growth and development.
d.o.a. - Abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room.
doomed - Marked for certain death.
fallen - Killed in battle.
manque - Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.
meager - Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
measly - Contemptibly small in amount.
marine - Native to or inhabiting the sea.
prewar - Existing or belonging to a time before a war.
caudal - Situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises.
retral - At or near or toward the posterior.
dorsal - Belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part.
offish - Lacking cordiality.
proper - Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.
scaled - (used of armor) having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing.
barbed - Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
clawed - (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons.
artful - Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft.
crafty - Marked by skill in deception.
guilty - Showing a sense of guilt.
vagile - Having freedom to move about.
unwary - Not alert to danger or deception.
absent - Lost in thought.
dreamy - Dreamy in mood or nature.
drowsy - Showing lack of attention or boredom.
glossy - Superficially attractive and stylish.
homely - Lacking in physical beauty or proportion.
clunky - Making a clunking sound.
silent - Having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility.
bright - Full or promise.
golden - Presaging or likely to bring good luck.
manual - Requiring human effort.
waking - Marked by full consciousness or alertness.
sleepy - Ready to fall asleep.
creepy - Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin.
backed - Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
beaked - Having or resembling a beak.
billed - Having a beak or bill as specified.
bedded - Having a bed or beds as specified.
ferned - Abounding in or covered with ferns.
grassy - Abounding in grass.
comate - Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair.
furred - Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs.
fuzzed - Covering with fine light hairs.
hispid - (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles.
lanate - Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
pilous - Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones.
lovely - Appealing to the emotions as well as the eye.
pretty - Pleasing by delicacy or grace.
scenic - Used of locations.
banded - Identified with a band especially around a leg.
belted - Having or provided with a belt.
bitchy - Marked by or arising from malice.
benign - Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence.
kindly - Pleasant and agreeable.
malign - Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
bottom - The lowest rank.
better - (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability.
fitter - Improved in health or physical condition.
biface - Having two faces or fronts.
duplex - Allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously.
bibbed - Having a bib.
flaxen - Of hair color.
nordic - Resembling peoples of Scandinavia.
brunet - Marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes.
marred - Blemished by injury or rough wear.
pocked - Marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease.
bloody - Having or covered with or accompanied by blood.
heroic - Having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes.
furled - Rolled up and secured.
untied - Not tied.
knotty - Tangled in knots or snarls.
matted - Tangled in a dense mass.
thrown - Twisted together.
lentic - Of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds).
tweedy - (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy.
craven - Lacking even the rudiments of courage.
nursed - (of an infant) breast-fed.
landed - Owning or consisting of land or real estate.
sunlit - Lighted by sunlight.
shaded - Protected from heat and light with shade or shadow.
agleam - Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
ardent - Glowing or shining like fire.
satiny - Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
silver - Having the white lustrous sheen of silver.
dimmed - Made dim or less bright.
loaded - (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence.
racist - Discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion.
sexist - Discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women).
broken - Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split.
dashed - Having gaps or spaces.
fitful - Intermittently stopping and starting.
buried - Placed in a grave.
cackly - Like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg.
croaky - Like the sounds of frogs and crows.
placid - (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves.
stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion.
choppy - Rough with small waves.
minute - Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.
casual - Hasty and without attention to detail.
carved - Made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary).
graven - Cut into a desired shape.
sliced - Used of meat.
tailed - Having a tail of a specified kind.
causal - Involving or constituting a cause.
fabian - Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition.
porous - Full of pores or vessels or holes.
porose - Forming a continuous series of pores.
median - Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle.
fringy - At or constituting a border or edge.
chancy - Subject to accident or chance or change.
mobile - Capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another.
static - Showing little if any change.
varied - Broken away from sameness or identity or duplication.
chaste - Morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse).
blithe - Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
cheery - Bright and pleasant.
somber - Grave or even gloomy in character.
auburn - (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown.
bronze - Of the color of bronze.
canary - Having the color of a canary.
creamy - Of the color of cream.
maroon - Of dark brownish to purplish red.
orange - Of the color between red and yellow.
peachy - Of something resembling a peach in color.
purple - Of a color intermediate between red and blue.
russet - Of brown with a reddish tinge.
sorrel - Of a light brownish color.
yellow - Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum.
argent - Of lustrous grey.
chalky - Of something having the color of chalk.
pearly - Of a white the color of pearls.
ginger - (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color.
indigo - Having a color between blue and violet.
motley - Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
ablaze - Resembling flame in brilliance or color.
shrill - Of colors that are bright and gaudy.
dulled - Deprived of color.
flashy - (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display.
palish - Slightly pale.
pastel - Delicate and pale in color.
humane - Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement.
modern - Characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture.
secret - The next to highest level of official classification for documents.
washed - Clean by virtue of having been washed in water.
filthy - Disgustingly dirty.
greasy - Smeared or soiled with grease or oil.
scummy - Covered with scum.
smudgy - Smeared with something that soils or stains.
snotty - Dirty with nasal discharge.
cruddy - Characterized by obscenity.
kosher - Conforming to dietary laws.
limpid - (of language) transparently clear.
liquid - Clear and bright.
opaque - Not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy.
cloudy - (of liquids) clouded as with sediment.
fogged - Obscured by fog.
addled - Confused and vague.
astute - Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
stupid - Lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity.
nearby - Close at hand.
yonder - Distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal).
chummy - (used informally) associated on close terms.
coated - Having or dressed in a coat.
cowled - Having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood.
gowned - Wearing a gown.
suited - Outfitted or supplied with clothing.
togged - Dressed especially in smart clothes.
serene - Completely clear and fine.
smoggy - Clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog.
inland - Situated away from an area's coast or border.
uneasy - Relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort.
common - Having no special distinction or quality.
unique - Highly unusual or rare but not the single instance.
public - Affecting the people or community as a whole.
chatty - Prone to friendly informal communication.
verbal - Communicated in the form of words.
clayey - (used of soil) compact and fine-grained.
packed - Pressed together or compressed.
caring - Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others.
entire - Constituting the full quantity or extent.
sacred - (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person.
hearty - Without reservation.
dished - Shaped like a dish or pan.
convex - Curving or bulging outward.
bunchy - Occurring close together in bunches or clusters.
fanned - Especially spread in a fan shape.
sparse - Not dense.
afraid - Filled with regret or concern.
degage - Showing lack of emotional involvement.
prolix - Tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length.
vested - Fixed and absolute and without contingency.
jammed - Filled to capacity.
ironic - Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
votive - Dedicated in fulfillment of a vow.
spotty - Lacking consistency.
marked - Singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate.
fickle - Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments.
errant - Uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable.
stodgy - Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull.
square - Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.
cooked - Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat.
boiled - Cooked in hot water.
burned - Ruined by overcooking.
medium - (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.
seared - Having the surface burned quickly with intense heat.
putrid - Morally corrupt or evil.
goodly - Large in amount or extent or degree.
bodied - Having a body or a body of a specified kind.
bodily - Having or relating to a physical material body.
abrupt - Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.
polite - Showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc..
bratty - (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly.
yeasty - Exuberantly creative.
likely - Within the realm of credibility.
capped - Covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind.
linear - Of or in or along or relating to a line.
lineal - Arranged in a line.
planar - Involving two dimensions.
cursed - Deserving a curse.
draped - Covered in folds of cloth.
prefab - Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
cyclic - Recurring in cycles.
annual - Completing its life cycle within a year.
intact - Undamaged in any way.
decent - Conforming to conventions of sexual behavior.
sedate - Characterized by dignity and propriety.
licked - Having been got the better of.
gloomy - Filled with melancholy and despondency .
lonely - Marked by dejection from being alone.
elated - Exultantly proud and joyful.
dainty - Delicately beautiful.
tender - (of plants) not hardy.
rugged - Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction.
sturdy - Substantially made or constructed.
tested - Tested and proved to be reliable.
allied - Joined by treaty or agreement.
cymose - Having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
mature - Fully considered and perfected.
dexter - On or starting from the wearer's right.
catchy - Having concealed difficulty.
thorny - Bristling with perplexities.
trying - Hard to endure.
smooth - Lacking obstructions or difficulties.
watery - Overly diluted.
brutal - Disagreeably direct and precise.
obtuse - Lacking in insight or discernment.
frozen - Not convertible to cash.
distal - Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone.
mesial - Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body.
medial - Dividing an animal into right and left halves.
bleary - Indistinct or hazy in outline.
veiled - Muted or unclear.
abject - Showing humiliation or submissiveness.
lively - Filled with events or activity.
breezy - Fresh and animated.
bubbly - Full of or showing high spirits.
bovine - Dull and slow-moving and stolid.
middle - Between an earlier and a later period of time.
latish - Somewhat late.
earned - Gained or acquired.
edible - Suitable for use as food.
pareve - Containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism.
leaden - (of movement) slow and laborious.
facile - Performing adroitly and without effort.
bouncy - Elastic.
deluxe - Elegant and sumptuous.
soigne - Polished and well-groomed.
gauche - Lacking social polish.
little - Small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context).
chilly - Not characterized by emotion.
poised - Marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action.
stable - Maintaining equilibrium.
labile - Liable to change.
double - Having two meanings with intent to deceive.
arcane - Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
staple - Necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities.
uneven - Not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture.
jagged - Having a sharply uneven surface or outline.
patchy - Irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc..
ragged - Having an irregular outline.
steady - Not easily excited or upset.
teased - Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
barren - Completely wanting or lacking.
extant - Still in existence.
costly - Having a high price.
fallow - Undeveloped but potentially useful.
inmost - Situated or occurring farthest within.
inside - Away from the outer edge.
inward - Relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts.
indoor - Within doors.
unfair - Not fair.
honest - Gained or earned without cheating or stealing.
untrue - Not true to an obligation or trust.
erring - Capable of making an error.
exotic - Strikingly strange or unusual.
freaky - Strange and somewhat frightening.
gothic - Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.
oddish - Somewhat strange.
quaint - Strange in an interesting or pleasing way.
latest - In the current fashion or style.
dapper - Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
groovy - (British informal) very chic.
trendy - In accord with the latest fad.
chichi - Affectedly trendy and fashionable.
classy - Elegant and fashionable.
snazzy - Flashily stylish.
winged - Very fast.
presto - (of tempo) very fast.
vivace - (of tempo) very fast and lively.
adagio - (of tempo) leisurely.
choosy - Difficult to please.
chubby - Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure.
fleshy - Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it.
portly - Euphemisms for `fat'.
twiggy - Thin as a twig.
nonfat - Without fat or fat solids.
plumed - Having or covered with or abounding in plumes.
fecund - Capable of producing offspring or vegetation.
undone - Not done.
unhewn - (of stone especially) not given a finished form by or as if by hewing.
finite - Bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent.
tensed - Having inflections to indicate tense.
second - A part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first.
dipped - Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
maimed - Having a part of the body crippled or disabled.
worthy - Having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way.
limber - (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely.
curled - Of hair having curls.
permed - Styled with permanent waves.
footed - Having feet.
pedate - Having or resembling a foot.
apodal - (of snakes and eels) naturally footless.
native - Belonging to one by birth.
abroad - In a foreign country.
formal - Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress).
folksy - Very informal and familiar.
slangy - Constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang.
leaded - (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
unfirm - Not firmly or solidly positioned.
aweigh - (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom.
unfree - Hampered and not free.
caller - Fresh.
strong - Freshly made or left.
rancid - (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition.
rotten - Having decayed or disintegrated.
canned - Sealed in a can or jar.
corned - (used especially of meat) cured in brine.
salted - (used especially of meats) preserved in salt.
smoked - (used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke.
saline - Containing salt.
social - Marked by friendly companionship with others.
sleety - Consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain.
slushy - Being or resembling melting snow.
thawed - No longer frozen.
filled - (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with.
glassy - (used of eyes) lacking liveliness.
looted - Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.
vacant - Without an occupant or incumbent.
rigged - Fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc).
lateen - Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
framed - Provided with a frame.
funded - Furnished with funds.
fueled - Heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel.
geared - Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
lavish - Very generous.
stingy - Unwilling to spend.
pseudo - (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of.
glazed - Having a shiny surface or coating.
divine - Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods.
superb - Surpassingly good.
corked - (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin.
horrid - Exceedingly bad.
rubber - Returned for lack of funds.
severe - Very bad in degree or extent.
uncool - (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring.
cranky - Easily irritated or annoyed.
crusty - Brusque and surly and forbidding.
shirty - (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed.
fluent - Smooth and unconstrained in movement.
gainly - Graceful and pleasing.
wooden - Lacking ease or grace.
sudden - Happening without warning or in a short space of time.
steely - Resembling steel in hardness.
velvet - Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface.
mellow - Having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience.
flinty - Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
nocent - Having a tendency to cause harm.
blebby - Covered with small blisters.
mental - Affected by a disorder of the mind.
sallow - Unhealthy looking.
headed - Having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head.
doughy - Having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking.
graded - Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
lowset - Lower than average.
nether - Located below or beneath something else.
raised - Located or moved above the surround or above the normal position.
necked - Having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination).
echoic - (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound.
upland - Used of high or hilly country.
alpine - Living or growing above the timber line.
gabled - (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall.
hipped - (of a roof) sloping on all sides.
august - Profoundly honored.
shabby - Mean and unworthy and despicable.
naiant - Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
aslant - Having an oblique or slanted direction.
bended - Used of the back and knees.
supine - Lying face upward.
seated - (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks.
bitter - Proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity.
baking - As hot as if in an oven.
heated - Made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated').
sultry - Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.
torrid - Extremely hot.
arctic - Extremely cold.
frosty - Covered with frost.
vernal - Of or characteristic of or occurring in spring.
wintry - Characteristic of or occurring in winter.
brumal - Characteristic of or relating to winter.
frigid - Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
hungry - Feeling hunger.
flying - Hurried and brief.
signal - Notably out of the ordinary.
inbred - Produced by inbreeding.
unread - Not informed through reading.
candid - Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness.
earthy - Hearty and lusty.
brainy - Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.
boring - So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
beetle - Jutting or overhanging.
ironed - (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron.
tragic - Very sad.
joyful - Full of or producing joy.
joyous - Full of or characterized by joy.
unjust - Violating principles of justice.
gentle - Having or showing a kindly or tender nature.
unkind - Lacking kindness.
aerial - Existing or living or growing or operating in the air.
bigger - Large or big relative to something else.
cosmic - Inconceivably extended in space or time.
atomic - Immeasurably small.
bantam - Very small.
lesser - Smaller in size or amount or value.
lawful - Conformable to or allowed by law.
drafty - Not airtight.
drippy - Leaking in drops.
oozing - Leaking out slowly.
upwind - Towards the side exposed to wind.
banned - Forbidden by law.
foster - Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties.
unlike - Marked by dissimilarity.
limbed - Having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination).
narrow - Limited in size or scope.
listed - On a list.
poetic - Characterized by romantic imagery.
filmed - Recorded on film.
gloved - Having the hands covered with gloves.
hatted - Wearing a hat or a hat of a particular kind.
guided - Subject to guidance or control especially after launching.
legged - Having legs of a specified kind or number.
absurd - Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.
oblong - Deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction.
curtal - (obsolete) cut short.
stubby - Short and blunt.
lidded - Having or covered with a lid or lids.
hushed - In a softened tone.
adored - Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
bereft - Unhappy in love.
jilted - Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning.
loving - Feeling or showing love and affection.
unmade - (of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
female - Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop.
unisex - Not distinguished on the basis of sex.
manned - Having a crew.
barred - Marked with stripes or bands.
masked - Having markings suggestive of a mask.
joined - Of or relating to two people who are married to each other.
ringed - Wearing a wedding ring.
paired - Mated sexually.
neuter - Of grammatical gender.
abloom - Bursting into flower.
larval - Immature of its kind.
unaged - Not subjected to an aging process.
ariose - Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative).
dulcet - Pleasing to the ear.
melted - Changed from a solid to a liquid state.
molten - Reduced to liquid form by heating.
fierce - Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions.
raging - Very severe.
motile - (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement.
modest - Not large but sufficient in size or amount.
untold - Of an incalculable amount.
mortal - Subject to death.
deific - Characterized by divine or godlike nature.
driven - Urged or forced to action through moral pressure.
moving - Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion.
awheel - Traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g..
aflare - Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
wiggly - Moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion.
unmown - (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine.
global - Involving the entire earth.
bionic - Having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components.
ersatz - Artificial and inferior.
needed - Necessary for relief or supply.
excess - More than is needed, desired, or required.
abulic - Suffering from abulia.
phobic - Suffering from irrational fears.
grotty - Very unpleasant or offensive .
kingly - Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king.
normal - Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm.
boreal - Comprising or throughout far northern regions.
sensed - Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues.
choked - Stopped up.
stuffy - Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction.
patent - (of a bodily tube or passageway) open.
scrimy - Dirty and disgusting.
savory - Morally wholesome or acceptable.
sunset - Of a declining industry or technology.
recent - New.
rising - Newly come into prominence.
virgin - Being used or worked for the first time.
oldish - Somewhat elderly.
boyish - Befitting or characteristic of a young boy.
junior - Including or intended for youthful persons.
onside - Not offside.
opened - Made open or clear.
closed - Not open or affording passage or access.
spaced - Arranged with spaces between.
tanned - Converted to leather by a tanning agent.
tapped - In a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug.
timely - Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time.
buccal - Oriented toward the inside of the cheek.
aboral - Opposite to or away from the mouth.
bonzer - Remarkable or wonderful.
placed - Put in position in relation to other things.
minded - (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified.
homing - Orienting or directing homeward or to a destination.
ariled - (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover.
beaded - Covered with beads of liquid.
sealed - Covered with a waterproof coating.
roofed - Covered with a roof.
bowery - Like a bower.
leafed - Having leaves or leaves as specified.
lipped - Having a lip or lips.
covert - Secret or hidden.
cashed - For which money has been paid.
unpaid - Not paid.
aching - Causing a dull and steady pain.
biting - Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation.
chafed - Painful from having the skin abraded.
rouged - Marked by the use of various kinds of red makeup.
filial - Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring.
biased - Favoring one person or side over another.
bygone - Well in the past.
ultimo - In or of the month preceding the present one.
future - Yet to be or coming.
unborn - Not yet brought into existence.
wifely - Befitting or characteristic of a wife.
irenic - Conducive to peace.
subtle - Able to make fine distinctions.
cogent - Powerfully persuasive.
devout - Deeply religious.
lapsed - No longer active or practicing.
burled - (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl.
dotted - Having a pattern of dots.
floral - Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers.
veined - Having or showing markings that resemble veins.
simple - Unornamented.
dressy - In fancy clothing.
damask - Having a woven pattern.
rococo - Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
preset - Set in advance.
amused - Pleasantly occupied.
acuate - Ending in a sharp point.
nibbed - (used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind.
peaked - Having or rising to a peak.
spiked - Having a long sharp point.
potent - Having a strong physiological or chemical effect.
mighty - Having or showing great strength or force or intensity.
feeble - Lacking strength.
seeded - Sprinkled with seed.
plowed - (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow.
tilled - Turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing.
braced - Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
spread - Prepared or arranged for a meal.
truant - Absent without permission.
arable - (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively.
rolled - Uttered with a trill.
moated - Protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water.
humble - Marked by meekness or modesty.
proved - Established beyond doubt.
prompt - According to schedule or without delay.
hybrid - Produced by crossbreeding.
impure - (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene.
axenic - (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms.
hedged - Evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement.
valued - (usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind.
stilly - (poetic) still or calm.
tiptoe - Walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise.
creaky - Having a rasping or grating sound.
swishy - Resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle.
random - Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose.
racial - Of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups.
unripe - Not fully prepared.
unreal - Lacking in reality or substance or genuineness.
fabled - Celebrated in fable or legend.
coarse - Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.
robust - Rough and crude.
milled - (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed.
cussed - Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.
rhymed - Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
weekly - Of or occurring every seven days.
hourly - Occurring every hour or payable by the hour.
agnate - Related on the father's side.
louche - Of questionable taste or morality.
booked - Reserved in advance.
infirm - Lacking firmness of will or character or purpose.
liable - Held legally responsible.
meshed - Resembling a network.
hollow - As if echoing in a hollow space.
unawed - Not awed.
ribbed - Furnished or strengthened with ribs.
slummy - (of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty.
rimmed - Having a rim or a rim of a specified kind.
handed - Having or involving the use of hands.
center - Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually.
horned - Having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind.
bicorn - Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
sinful - Having committed unrighteous acts.
pineal - Having the form of a pine cone.
rotund - Spherical in shape.
terete - Especially of plant parts.
angled - Forming or set at an angle.
oblate - Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
rusted - Having accumulated rust.
unholy - Not hallowed or consecrated.
sacral - Of or relating to sacred rites.
insane - Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.
crazed - Driven insane.
hidden - Difficult to find.
secure - Free from fear or doubt.
senior - Older.
unsent - Not dispatched or transmitted.
septic - Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.
erotic - Giving sexual pleasure.
unsexy - Not sexually aroused or arousing.
sexual - Having or involving sex.
agamic - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
spayed - (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed.
bosomy - (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
chunky - Like or containing small sticky lumps.
knobby - Having knobs.
formed - Having or given a form or shape.
biform - Having or combining two forms.
shaped - Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort).
shared - Have in common.
shaven - Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.
booted - Wearing boots.
unshod - Not shod.
calced - Used of certain religious orders who wear shoes.
seeing - Having vision, not blind.
signed - Having a handwritten signature.
flimsy - Lacking substance or significance.
lyrate - (of a leaf shape) having curvature suggestive of a lyre.
binate - Growing in two parts or in pairs.
parted - Having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes.
daedal - Complex and ingenious in design or function.
gilded - Based on pretense.
plural - Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
eleven - Being one more than ten.
twelve - Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
twenty - Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.
thirty - Being ten more than twenty.
eighty - Being ten more than seventy.
ninety - Being ten more than eighty.
zeroth - Preceding even the first.
fourth - Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude.
eighth - Coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position.
single - Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual.
binary - Consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms).
treble - Three times as great or many.
triune - Being three in one.
sorted - Arranged according to size.
botchy - Poorly done.
plushy - (of textures) resembling plush.
floury - Resembling flour in fine powdery texture.
slimed - Covered with or resembling slime.
corded - Of textiles.
rugose - Of leaves.
scabby - Covered with scabs.
rutted - Full of ruts.
repand - Having a slightly undulating margin.
rimose - Having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices.
rifled - Of a firearm.
seamed - Having or joined by a seam or seams.
unsold - Not disposed of by purchase.
solved - Explained or answered.
feisty - Showing courage.
snappy - Smart and fashionable.
spoken - Uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech.
voiced - Produced with vibration of the vocal cords.
legato - (music) without breaks between notes.
staged - Written for or performed on the stage.
starry - Abounding with or resembling stars.
unbent - Not bent.
warped - Used especially of timbers or boards.
zigzag - Having short sharp turns or angles.
curved - Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend.
coiled - Curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals).
sneaky - Marked by deception.
atonic - Used of syllables.
brawny - (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight.
virile - Characterized by energy and vigor.
anemic - Lacking vigor or energy.
bolshy - Obstreperous.
dogged - Stubbornly unyielding.
docile - Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed.
sugary - Containing sugar.
banner - Unusually good.
choice - Of superior grade.
amazed - Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
exempt - (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject.
forced - Made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency.
lemony - Tasting sour like a lemon.
soured - Having turned bad.
radial - Arranged like rays or radii.
serial - Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations.
brassy - Tastelessly showy.
fruity - Tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit.
grapey - Having a taste like that of grapes.
floppy - Hanging limply.
bladed - Composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade.
papery - Thin and paperlike.
sleazy - Of cloth.
syrupy - Having a relatively high resistance to flow.
saving - Characterized by thriftiness.
untidy - Not neat and tidy.
blowsy - Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern.
frowsy - Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person.
sloppy - Lacking neatness or order.
combed - (of hair) made tidy with a comb.
tipped - Having a tip.
aweary - Physically and mentally fatigued.
rested - Not tired.
atonal - Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality.
cogged - Having cogs.
toothy - Having or showing prominent teeth.
tusked - Having tusks.
apical - Situated at an apex.
topped - Having a top of a specified character.
grazed - Scraped or touched lightly in passing.
hempen - Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute.
enured - Made tough by habitual exposure.
tucked - Having tucked or being tucked.
turned - Moved around an axis or center.
united - Characterized by unity.
agreed - United by being of the same opinion.
cloven - (used of hooves) split, divided.
trifid - Divided into three lobes.
adnate - Of unlike parts or organs.
dormie - In match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played.
upward - Directed up.
uptown - Of or located in the upper part of a town.
useful - Being of use or service.
futile - Producing no result or effect.
chaffy - Value.
otiose - Serving no useful purpose.
vented - Supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases.
wicked - Morally bad in principle or practice.
ocular - Visible.
occult - Hidden and difficult to see.
broody - Physiologically ready to incubate eggs.
wanted - Desired or wished for or sought.
craved - Wanted intensely.
sought - Being searched for.
warmed - Having been warmed up.
waxing - (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases.
waning - (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases.
weaned - Freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk.
aguish - Affected by ague.
ailing - Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
sneezy - Inclined to sneeze.
clammy - Unpleasantly cool and humid.
sodden - Wet through and through.
rheumy - Moist, damp, wet (especially of air).
morbid - Suggesting an unhealthy mental state.
strait - Narrow.
wieldy - Easy to handle or use or manage.
wigged - Wearing a wig.
bugged - Having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
owlish - Resembling an owl.
unwise - Showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom.
wooded - Covered with growing trees and bushes etc.
jungly - Overgrown with tropical vegetation.
sylvan - Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions.
woodsy - Characteristic or suggestive of woods.
cedarn - Consisting of or made of cedar.
felted - Made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure.
eroded - Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
frayed - Worn away or tattered along the edges.
hydric - Having or characterized by excessive moisture.
azonal - Not divided into zones.
azonic - Not restricted to any particular zone or region.
webbed - (of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin.
abasic - Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
abient - Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
acinar - Pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry.
adient - Characterized by acceptance or approach.
aecial - Of or belonging to an aecium.
affine - (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations.
agonal - Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
algoid - Of or resembling algae.
alular - Pertaining to alulae.
ammino - Pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt).
anodic - Of or at or relating to an anode.
anoxic - Relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs.
anuran - Relating to frogs and toads.
aortal - Of or relating to the aorta.
apneic - Of or relating to apnea.
arched - Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
venous - Of or contained in or performing the function of the veins.
ataxic - Lacking motor coordination.
atrial - Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart).
aurous - Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold.
axonal - Of or relating to or resembling an axon.
bromic - Relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine).
bursal - Relating to or affecting a bursa.
calcic - Derived from or containing calcium or lime.
calico - Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned.
canine - Of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae.
cereal - Made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it.
cerous - Of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3.
cherty - Resembling or containing chert.
chirpy - (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp.
clonal - Of or relating to a clone.
coccal - Of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus.
costal - Of or relating to or near a rib.
croupy - Resembling or arising from or indicating croup.
crural - Of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot.
cupric - Of or containing divalent copper.
cystic - Of or relating to or resembling a cyst.
dental - Of or relating to the teeth.
eonian - Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era).
equine - Of or belonging to the family Equidae.
exilic - Of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity).
facial - Of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object.
fanged - Having fangs.
ferric - Of or relating to or containing iron.
feudal - Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism.
formic - Of or containing or derived from formic acid.
fossil - Characteristic of a fossil.
genial - Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw.
grubby - Infested with grubs.
horary - Relating to the hours.
iritic - Of or relating to located near the iris of the eye.
jihadi - Of or relating to a jihad.
labial - Relating to or near the female labium.
lupine - Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves.
luteal - Of or relating to the corpus luteum.
miotic - Of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye.
palmar - Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
parous - Having given birth to one or more viable children.
scurfy - Having or producing or covered with scurf.
septal - Of or relating to a septum.
thenal - Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
tibial - Relating to or located near a tibia.
tiered - Having or arranged in tiers.
clonic - Of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation.
uncial - Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals).
valent - (chemistry) having valence.
valved - (of brass instruments) having valves.
lithic - Relating to or composed of stone.
fungal - Of or relating to fungi.
photic - Of or relating to or caused by light.
vulvar - Of or relating to the vulva.
ungual - Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
bridal - Of or pertaining to a bride.
fiscal - Involving financial matters.
lactic - Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey).
gnomic - Relating to or containing gnomes.
alvine - Of or relating to the intestines.
iconic - Relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
iridic - Of or relating to the iris of the eye.
vinous - Of or relating to wine.
dyadic - Of or relating to a dyad or based on two.
mystic - Relating to or characteristic of mysticism.
murine - Of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice).
haptic - Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch.
choral - Related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir.
choric - Relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus.
dermal - Of or relating to or located in the dermis.
feline - Of or relating to cats.
spinal - Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord.
postal - Of or relating to the system for delivering mail.
coital - Of or relating to coitus or copulation.
ursine - Of or relating to or similar to bears.
rental - Of or relating to rent.
ritual - Of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals.
herbal - Of or relating to herbs.
neural - Of or relating to neurons.
pelvic - Of or relating to the pelvis.
masted - Having or furnished with a mast.
iambic - Of or consisting of iambs.
mucous - Of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus.
mucoid - Relating to or resembling mucus.
brazen - Made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness).
peptic - Relating to or promoting digestion.
enolic - Of or relating to or consisting of enol.
theist - Of or relating to theism.
mensal - The dining table.
ovular - Of or relating to an ovum.
rectal - Of or involving the rectum.
lobate - Having or resembling a lobe or lobes.
skinny - Of or relating to or resembling skin.
veinal - Relating to the veins of plants.
carnal - Of or relating to the body or flesh.
rhinal - Of or in or relating to the nose.
biotic - Of or relating to living organisms.
mutant - Tending to undergo or resulting from mutation.
scopal - Of or relating to scope.
simian - Relating to or resembling an ape.
ferial - Of or relating to or being a feria.
faucal - Of or relating to the fauces.
metric - Based on the meter as a standard of measurement.
mythic - Relating to or having the nature of myth.
rotary - Relating to or characterized by rotation.
celiac - Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
limbic - Of or relating to or forming a limbus.
myelic - Of or relating to the spinal cord.
lumbar - Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones.
mitral - Of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve.
cubist - Relating to or characteristic of cubism.
narial - Of or relating to or near the nares.
acetic - Relating to or containing acetic acid.
alexic - Of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia.
bardic - Being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry.
carpal - Of or relating to the wrist.
citric - Of or related to citric acid.
faecal - Of or relating to feces.
tribal - Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
italic - Characterized by slanting characters.
lenten - Of or relating to or suitable for Lent.
azotic - Of or containing nitrogen.
pectic - Of or relating to or derived from pectin.
penile - Of or relating to the penis.
phonic - Relating to speech.
pyemic - Of or relating to pyemia.
romaic - Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language.
serous - Of or producing or containing serum.
tannic - Derived from tannin.
tarsal - Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
uvular - Of or relating to or associated with the uvula.
vestal - Of or relating to Vesta.
woolen - Of or related to or made of wool.
scalar - Of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude.
oscine - Of or relating to the songbirds.
osteal - Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
bulbed - Having a bulb.
bulbar - Involving the medulla oblongata.
scalic - Of or related to a musical scale.
zymoid - Resembling an enzyme.
beaten - Formed or made thin by hammering.
fitted - Being the right size and shape to fit as desired.
malted - Of grain that has been converted into malt.
parked - That have been left.
played - (of games) engaged in.
posted - Publicly announced.
ridged - Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.
strung - That is on a string.
barely - Only a very short time before.
hardly - Almost not.
merely - And nothing more.
simply - Absolutely.
vastly - To an exceedingly great extent or degree.
wholly - To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').
please - Used in polite request.
rather - To some (great or small) extent.
always - At all times.
either - After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
anyhow - Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
mildly - To a moderate degree.
rarely - Not often.
indeed - (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc..
withal - Together with this.
thence - From that place or from there.
beyond - In addition.
openly - In an open way.
easily - Without question.
loudly - With relatively high volume.
softly - With low volume.
around - In circumference.
dearly - At a great cost.
sanely - In a sane or lucid manner.
doubly - To double the degree.
singly - One by one.
slower - More slowly.
flatly - In an unqualified manner.
highly - In a high position or level or rank.
finely - In a delicate manner.
fairly - Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner.
grimly - In a grim implacable manner.
herein - In this place or thing or document.
humbly - In a humble manner.
meekly - In a submissive or spiritless manner.
mutely - Without speaking.
afresh - Again but in a new or different way.
though - (postpositive) however.
ashore - Towards the shore from the water.
awhile - For a short time.
surely - Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').
enough - As much as necessary.
safely - With safety.
orally - By spoken rather than written means.
slowly - Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly').
coldly - In a cold unemotional manner.
vainly - To no avail.
aborad - Away from the mouth or oral region.
wildly - To an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree.
weakly - In a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree.
neatly - With neatness.
gently - In a gradual manner.
boldly - With boldness, in a bold manner.
calmly - With self-possession (especially in times of stress).
nicely - In a nice way.
cozily - In a cozy manner.
namely - As follows.
snugly - Fitting closely.
wisely - In a wise manner.
justly - In accordance with moral or social standards.
darkly - Without light.
astray - Away from the right path or direction.
busily - In a busy manner.
freely - In a free manner.
behind - In or to or toward the rear.
warily - In a wary manner.
fondly - With fondness.
glibly - With superficial plausibility.
dourly - In a sullen manner.
aboard - On first or second or third base.
hereby - (formal) by means of this.
passim - Used to refer to cited works.
tandem - One behind the other.
thrice - Three times.
gratis - Without payment.
sooner - Comparatives of `soon' or `early'.
afield - Off the subject.
avidly - In an avid manner.
adrift - Off course, wandering aimlessly.
akimbo - With hands on hips and elbows extending outward.
across - Transversely.
archly - In_an_arch_manner.
asleep - Into a sleeping state.
astern - (of a ship or an airplane) behind.
baldly - In a bald manner.
cagily - In a cagey manner.
coolly - In a composed and unconcerned manner.
curtly - In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner.
damned - In a damnable manner.
damply - In a damp manner.
deftly - In a deft manner.
daftly - In a mildly insane manner.
deeply - To a great depth.
drably - In a drab manner.
dumbly - In an inarticulate manner.
eerily - In an unnatural eery manner.
evenly - In a level and regular way.
feebly - In a halting and feeble manner.
foully - In a wicked and shameful manner.
gamely - In a plucky manner.
gladly - In a willing manner.
goddam - Extremely.
grayly - Having a grey appearance.
hazily - In an indistinct way.
hereof - Of or concerning this.
hereto - To this writing or document.
keenly - In a keen and discriminating manner.
lamely - In a weak and unconvincing manner.
lazily - In a slow and lazy manner.
lewdly - In a lewd and obscene manner.
limply - Without rigidity.
longer - For more time.
lowest - In the lowest position.
meanly - In a miserly manner.
tidily - In a tidy manner.
nearer - (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance.
numbly - In a numb manner.
nowise - In no manner.
palely - In a pale manner.
piping - (used of heat) extremely.
primly - In a prissy manner.
warmly - In a warm manner.
punily - In a puny manner.
racily - In a racy manner.
raving - In a raving manner.
ripely - With mature or developed appearance.
retail - At a retail price.
smugly - In a smug manner.
sorely - To a great degree.
sourly - In a sour manner.
trimly - In a trim manner.
subtly - In a subtle manner.
tamely - In a tame manner.
tartly - In a tart manner.
tautly - In a taut manner.
thinly - In a widely distributed manner.
unduly - To an undue degree.
uphill - Upward on a hill or incline.
verily - In truth.
vilely - In a vile manner.
whence - From what place, source, or cause.
widely - To a great degree.
stably - In a stable unchanging manner.
hiccup - Breathe spasmodically, and make a sound.
exhale - Expel air.
sneeze - Exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose.
inhale - Draw in (air).
wheeze - Breathe with difficulty.
squint - Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus.
twitch - Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion.
menace - Act in a threatening manner.
freeze - Suddenly behave coldly and formally.
wanton - Behave extremely cruelly and brutally.
bungle - Spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly.
stooge - Act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner.
shiver - Shake, as from cold.
bundle - Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed.
snooze - Sleep lightly or for a short period of time.
drowse - Be on the verge of sleeping.
awaken - Cause to become awake or conscious.
affect - Act physically on.
attack - Begin to injure.
unbend - Release from mental strain, tension, or formality.
exsert - Thrust or extend out.
dimple - Produce dimples while smiling.
giggle - Laugh nervously.
cackle - Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing.
guffaw - Laugh boisterously.
glower - Look at with a fixed gaze.
shower - Take a shower.
foment - Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions.
gargle - Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash.
douche - Direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning.
marcel - Make a marcel in a woman's hair.
mousse - Apply a styling gel to.
pomade - Apply pomade to (hair).
powder - Apply powder to.
barber - Perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of.
enrobe - Adorn with a robe.
reduce - Take off weight.
bonnet - Dress in a bonnet.
jacket - Put a jacket on.
corset - Dress with a corset.
kitten - Have kittens.
litter - Give birth to a litter of animals.
farrow - Give birth.
expect - Look forward to the birth of a child.
soothe - Cause to feel better.
suffer - Feel pain or be in pain.
snivel - Cry or whine with snuffling.
stream - Exude profusely.
injure - Cause injuries or bodily harm to.
martyr - Torture and torment like a martyr.
iodize - Treat with iodine so as to prevent infection.
doctor - Give medical treatment to.
remedy - Provide relief for.
ligate - Bind with a bandage or ligature.
splint - Support with a splint.
anoint - Administer an oil or ointment to .
inject - Give an injection to.
infuse - Introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes.
sicken - Get sick.
poison - Administer poison to.
infect - Contaminate with a disease or microorganism.
canker - Infect with a canker.
fledge - Grow feathers.
regrow - Grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption.
spring - Develop suddenly.
sprout - Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots.
teethe - Grow teeth.
pupate - Develop into a pupa.
fester - Ripen and generate pus.
tumble - Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully.
drivel - Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
suntan - Get a tan from being exposed to the sun.
piffle - Act in a trivial or ineffective way.
lather - Exude sweat or lather.
change - Undergo a change.
humify - Convert (plant remains) into humus.
deaden - Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil.
mutate - Undergo mutation.
revert - Undergo reversion, as in a mutation.
render - Cause to become.
scroll - Move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen.
strike - Cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp.
sliver - Form into slivers.
become - Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
adjust - Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.
follow - Behave in accordance or in agreement with.
shrink - Decrease in size, range, or extent.
vanish - Decrease rapidly and disappear.
extend - Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance.
accrue - Grow by addition.
revamp - To patch up or renovate.
reform - Change for the better.
revive - Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state.
modify - Make less severe or harsh or extreme.
update - Modernize or bring up to date.
enrich - Make better or improve in quality.
remove - Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
ablate - Remove an organ or bodily structure.
winnow - Blow away or off with a current of air.
adjoin - Attach or add.
insert - Introduce.
string - Add as if on a string.
obtund - Reduce the edge or violence of.
spirit - Infuse with spirit.
denude - Lay bare.
declaw - Remove the claws from.
defang - Remove the fangs from.
dehorn - Take the horns off (an animal).
disbud - Destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle).
worsen - Grow worse.
digest - Soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture.
pickle - Preserve in a pickling liquid.
decoct - Steep in hot water.
drench - Cover with liquid.
scorch - Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions.
unlock - Become unlocked.
engage - Get caught.
weaken - Become weaker.
dilute - Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
rarefy - Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).
baffle - Check the emission of (sound).
number - Place a limit on the number of.
hamper - Prevent the progress or free movement of.
rotate - Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession.
triple - Increase threefold.
evolve - Undergo development or evolution.
derive - Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.
soften - Become soft or softer.
callus - Form a callus or calluses.
expand - Become larger in size or volume or quantity.
tumefy - Cause to become very swollen.
damage - Inflict damage upon.
bruise - Damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure.
repair - Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
tinker - Try to fix or mend.
cobble - Repair or mend.
impair - Make worse or less effective.
ionize - Convert into ions.
ossify - Become bony.
recode - Put into a different code.
bleach - Make whiter or lighter.
whiten - Turn white.
aurify - Turn golden.
madder - Color a moderate to strong red.
redden - Turn red or redder.
effuse - Give out or emit (also metaphorically).
uglify - Make ugly.
temper - Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else.
season - Make fit.
untune - Cause to be out of tune.
attune - Adjust or accustom to.
tailor - Adjust to a specific need or market.
anneal - Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
dilate - Become wider.
darken - Make dark or darker.
deafen - Make soundproof.
resize - Change the size of.
coddle - Cook in nearly boiling water.
blanch - Cook (vegetables) briefly.
simmer - Boil slowly at low temperature.
seethe - Boil vigorously.
braise - Cook in liquid.
branch - Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
ramify - Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures.
pestle - Grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar.
ladder - Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.
sunder - Break apart or in two, using violence.
happen - Come to pass.
result - Come about or follow as a consequence.
befall - Become of.
concur - Happen simultaneously.
plunge - Begin with vigor.
embark - Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study).
resume - Take up or begin anew.
finish - Cause to finish a relationship with somebody.
demist - Free from mist.
league - Unite to form a league.
quench - Cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid.
sizzle - Burn or sear with a sizzling sound.
switch - Make a shift in or exchange of.
invert - Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of.
resile - Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed.
dampen - Lessen in force or effect.
stifle - Smother or suppress.
absorb - Cause to become one with.
refine - Make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of.
settle - Take up residence and become established.
starch - Stiffen with starch.
loosen - Become loose or looser or less tight.
tauten - Make taut or tauter.
appear - Come into sight or view.
emerge - Come out into view, as from concealment.
basset - Appear at the surface.
unfurl - Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state.
retard - Cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate.
gasify - Turn into gas.
curdle - Turn from a liquid to a solid mass.
harden - Become hard or harder.
people - Fill with people.
sluice - Irrigate with water from a sluice.
vinify - Convert a juice into wine by fermentation.
louden - Cause to become loud.
excise - Remove by cutting.
polish - Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.
purify - Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation.
deform - Alter the shape of (something) by stress.
codify - Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law.
adhere - Follow through or carry out a plan without deviation.
fixate - Become fixed (on).
fathom - Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line.
debase - Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content.
charge - Saturate.
imbrue - Permeate or impregnate.
citify - Accustom to urban ways.
nazify - Cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character.
raddle - Mark or paint with raddle.
reline - Put new lines on.
mottle - Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
nobble - Disable by drugging.
pinion - Cut the wings off (of birds).
enable - Render capable or able for some task.
buffer - Add a buffer (a solution).
chrome - Treat with a chromium compound.
bubble - Form, produce, or emit bubbles.
ionate - Add ions to.
inform - Give character or essence to.
assume - Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
escape - Issue or leak, as from a small opening.
derate - Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus.
rubify - Make ruby red.
rubric - Adorn with ruby red color.
ruddle - Redden as if with a red ocher color.
reheat - Heat again.
mangle - Alter so as to make unrecognizable.
deepen - Become deeper in tone.
excite - Produce a magnetic field in.
format - Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.
rumple - Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
desorb - Remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed.
recede - Become faint or more distant.
novate - Replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one.
vivify - Make more striking or animated.
supple - Make pliant and flexible.
figure - Understand.
intuit - Know or grasp by intuition or feeling.
attorn - Acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord.
ignore - Be ignorant of or in the dark about.
relive - Experience again, often in the imagination.
master - Have a firm understanding or knowledge of.
welter - Be immersed in.
imbibe - Receive into the mind and retain.
forget - Be unable to remember.
retain - Keep in one's mind.
remind - Put in the mind of someone.
expose - Abandon by leaving out in the open air.
slight - Pay no attention to, disrespect.
riddle - Set a difficult problem or riddle.
reread - Read anew.
reason - Think logically.
answer - Understand the meaning of.
induce - Reason or establish by induction.
deduce - Reason by deduction.
factor - Resolve into factors.
divide - Perform a division.
survey - Consider in a comprehensive way.
google - Search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine.
verify - Confirm the truth of.
source - Specify the origin of.
negate - Prove negative.
refute - Prove to be false or incorrect.
accept - Tolerate or accommodate oneself to.
choose - Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.
assign - Select something or someone for a specific purpose.
detail - Assign to a specific task.
assess - Estimate the value of (property) for taxation.
censor - Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship.
credit - Have trust in.
reject - Refuse to accept or acknowledge.
recuse - Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law.
review - Look at again.
screen - Examine methodically.
decide - Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
design - Intend or have as a purpose.
scheme - Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
intend - Have in mind as a purpose.
reckon - Take account of.
debate - Argue with one another.
insist - Assert to be true.
recall - Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression.
budget - Make a budget.
beware - Be on one's guard.
dazzle - Amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill.
impute - Attribute or credit to.
elicit - Derive by reason.
wonder - Have a wish or desire to know something.
resign - Accept as inevitable.
ordain - Issue an order.
encore - Request an encore, from a performer.
demand - Request urgently and forcefully.
adjure - Command solemnly.
appeal - Request earnestly (something from somebody).
disown - Cast off.
parley - Discuss, as between enemies.
powwow - Hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting.
clinch - Settle conclusively.
hustle - Pressure or urge someone into an action.
badger - Persuade through constant efforts.
clamor - Make loud demands.
oppose - Be against.
assure - Assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence.
gibber - Chatter inarticulately.
voodoo - Bewitch by or as if by a voodoo.
entice - Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
seduce - Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.
summon - Call in an official matter, such as to attend court.
muster - Call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc..
invite - Ask someone in a friendly way to do something.
forbid - Command against.
enjoin - Issue an injunction.
refuse - Show unwillingness towards.
rebuff - Reject outright and bluntly.
abjure - Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.
revoke - Cancel officially.
renege - Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.
cancel - Make invalid for use.
permit - Consent to, give permission.
assent - To agree or express agreement.
object - Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent.
bypass - Avoid something unpleasant or laborious.
retort - Answer back.
attest - Authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity.
mirror - Reflect or resemble.
savage - Criticize harshly or violently.
preach - Speak, plead, or argue in favor of.
induct - Introduce or initiate.
mentor - Serve as a teacher or trusted counselor.
ground - Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject.
suborn - Induce to commit perjury or give false testimony.
typify - Express indirectly by an image, form, or model.
accuse - Bring an accusation against.
defame - Charge falsely or with malicious intent.
vilify - Spread negative information about.
incite - Provoke or stir up.
needle - Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.
deride - Treat or speak of with contempt.
debunk - Expose while ridiculing.
praise - Express approval of.
salute - Express commendation of.
impugn - Attack as false or wrong.
advise - Inform (somebody) of something.
orient - Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances.
confer - Have a conference in order to talk something over.
submit - Put before.
return - Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority.
stroke - Treat gingerly or carefully.
pledge - Promise solemnly and formally.
oblige - Bind by an obligation.
excuse - Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for.
defend - Argue or speak in defense of.
uphold - Stand up for.
congee - Perform a ceremonious bow.
curtsy - Make a curtsy.
salaam - Greet with a salaam.
shrive - Grant remission of a sin to.
acquit - Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
pardon - Grant a pardon to.
heckle - Challenge aggressively.
murmur - Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
grouch - Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.
repine - Express discontent.
regret - Express with regret.
hurrah - Shout `hurrah!'.
halloo - Shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention.
shriek - Utter a shrill cry.
holler - Shout out.
finger - Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.
marvel - Express astonishment or surprise about something.
convey - Make known.
denote - Have as a meaning.
unwrap - Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
unmask - Reveal the true nature of.
betray - Reveal unintentionally.
gather - Conclude from evidence.
recite - Repeat aloud from memory.
census - Conduct a census.
relate - Give an account of.
define - Give a definition for the meaning of a word.
repeat - To say again or imitate.
cuckoo - Repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call.
reecho - Repeat back like an echo.
parrot - Repeat mindlessly.
phrase - Divide, combine, or mark into phrases.
broach - Bring up a topic for discussion.
report - To give an account or representation of in words.
bumble - Speak haltingly.
stress - Put stress on.
gurgle - Utter with a gurgling sound.
nasale - Speak in a nasal voice.
volley - Utter rapidly.
chorus - Utter in unison.
encode - Convert information into code.
decode - Convert code into ordinary language.
notate - Put into notation, as of music or choreography.
revise - Make revisions in.
cosign - Sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan.
record - Register electronically.
retake - Photograph again.
sketch - Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of.
precis - Make a summary (of).
docket - Make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list.
affirm - To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
adduce - Advance evidence for.
allege - Report or maintain.
assert - State categorically.
invoke - Cite as an authority.
allude - Make a more or less disguised reference to.
decree - Issue a decree.
rename - Assign a new name to.
babble - To talk foolishly.
wigwag - Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code.
beckon - Signal with the hands or nod.
mumble - Talk indistinctly.
squall - Make high-pitched, whiney noises.
bellow - Make a loud noise, as of animal.
squawk - Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
warble - Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below.
quaver - Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency.
squeal - Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
cackel - Make a cackling sound.
gaggle - Make a noise characteristic of a goose.
bridle - Respond to the reins, as of horses.
crunch - Make a crushing noise.
gobble - Make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys.
kibitz - Make unwanted and intrusive comments.
notice - Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with.
fumble - Drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder.
replay - Play again.
cradle - Run with the stick.
castle - Move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king.
jockey - Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey.
disarm - Remove offensive capability from.
battle - Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.
caddie - Act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player.
enlist - Join the military.
wallop - Defeat soundly and utterly.
outwit - Beat through cleverness and wit.
outfox - Outdo someone in trickery.
resist - Withstand the force of something.
assail - Attack someone physically or emotionally.
harass - Exhaust by attacking repeatedly.
pepper - Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles.
invade - March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.
shield - Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm.
cannon - Fire a cannon.
strafe - Attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane.
defuse - Remove the triggering device from.
ambush - Wait in hiding to attack.
gamble - Play games for money.
parlay - Stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager.
shrimp - Fish for shrimp.
turtle - Hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation.
rabbit - Hunt rabbits.
grouse - Hunt grouse.
ferret - Hunt with ferrets.
course - Hunt with hounds.
falcon - Hunt with falcons.
strive - To exert much effort or energy.
deploy - Place troops or weapons in battle formation.
tackle - Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball.
target - Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.
retire - Cause to get out.
repose - Put or confide something in a person or thing.
rehash - Present or use over, with no or few changes.
quarry - Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.
addict - To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug).
strain - Use to the utmost.
picnic - Eat alfresco, in the open air.
guggle - Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound.
guzzle - Drink greedily or as if with great thirst.
claret - Drink claret.
tipple - Drink moderately but regularly.
nibble - Eat intermittently.
browse - Eat lightly, try different dishes.
regale - Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
forage - Wander and feed.
fodder - Give fodder (to domesticated animals).
pander - Arrange for sexual partners for others.
reseed - Maintain by seeding without human intervention.
brunch - Eat a meal in the late morning.
suckle - Suck milk from the mother's breasts.
starve - Die of food deprivation.
wallow - Delight greatly in.
afford - Be able to spare or give up.
fatten - Make fat or plump.
sample - Take a sample of.
degust - Taste with relish.
devour - Eat greedily.
gutter - Provide with gutters.
handle - Touch, lift, or hold with the hands.
dandle - Pet.
snatch - To make grasping motions.
collar - Take into custody.
caress - Touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner.
thatch - Cover with thatch.
carpet - Cover with a carpet.
rocket - Propel with a rocket.
dredge - Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.
vacuum - Clean with a vacuum cleaner.
fillet - Cut into filets.
pumice - Rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen.
bedaub - Spread or daub (a surface).
smirch - Smear so as to make dirty or stained.
launch - Smoothen the surface of.
abrade - Wear away.
resect - Surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ.
poleax - Fell with or as if with a poleax.
chisel - Carve with a chisel.
stucco - Coat with stucco.
copper - Coat with a layer of copper.
butter - Spread butter on.
canvas - Cover with canvas.
veneer - Cover with veneer.
grease - Lubricate with grease.
reface - Provide with a new facing.
stripe - Mark with stripes.
bespot - Mark with, or as if with, spots.
scotch - Make a small cut or score into.
scribe - Score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking.
indent - Notch the edge of or make jagged.
recess - Make a recess in.
furrow - Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.
pucker - To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.
buckle - Fold or collapse.
rabbet - Cut a rectangular groove into.
cavern - Hollow out as if making a cavern.
parcel - Make into a wrapped container.
faggot - Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot.
garter - Fasten with or as if with a garter.
fetter - Restrain with fetters.
picket - Fasten with a picket.
hopple - Strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison.
tether - Tie with a tether.
fasten - Attach to.
attach - Be attached.
rebate - Join with a rebate.
suture - Join with a suture.
bridge - Make a bridge across.
couple - Link together.
prefix - Attach a prefix to.
suffix - Attach a suffix to.
detach - Cause to become detached or separated.
shroud - Wrap in a shroud.
closet - Confine to a small space, as for intensive work.
unlash - Untie the lashing of.
cement - Make fast as if with cement.
unbind - Untie or unfasten.
anchor - Secure a vessel with an anchor.
undock - Take (a ship) out of a dock.
batten - Secure with battens.
scrape - Scratch repeatedly.
trench - Dig a trench or trenches.
dibble - Make a hole with a wooden hand tool.
shovel - Dig with or as if with a shovel.
trowel - Use a trowel on.
squirt - Wet with a spurt of liquid.
spritz - Cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it.
nuzzle - Dig out with the snout.
search - Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.
scythe - Cut with a scythe.
append - Fix to.
unpick - Undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing).
rebind - Provide with a new binding.
splash - Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture.
canopy - Cover with a canopy.
impact - Press or wedge together.
velcro - Fasten with Velcro.
reopen - Open again or anew.
unbolt - Undo the bolt of.
wrench - Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates.
winkle - Remove or displace from a position.
unseal - Break the seal of.
reseal - Seal again.
thread - Pass through or into.
parget - Apply ornamental plaster to.
mortar - Plaster with mortar.
unbelt - Undo the belt of.
unhook - Take off a hook.
unclip - Remove the clip from.
button - Fasten with buttons.
puddle - Make a puddle by splashing water.
export - Cause to spread in another part of the world.
corral - Collect or gather.
oyster - Gather oysters, dig oysters.
sponge - Gather sponges, in the ocean.
ruffle - Pleat or gather into a ruffle.
clench - Squeeze together tightly.
nickel - Plate with nickel.
bunker - Hit a golf ball into a bunker.
bounce - Hit something so that it bounces.
racket - Hit (a ball) with a racket.
sclaff - Strike (the ground) in making a sclaff.
pummel - Strike, usually with the fist.
thrash - Give a thrashing to.
hammer - Beat with or as if with a hammer.
buffet - Strike, beat repeatedly.
riffle - Shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix.
paddle - Stir with a paddle.
muddle - Make into a puddle.
unplug - Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable.
tampon - Plug with a tampon.
uncork - Draw the cork from (bottles).
cudgel - Strike with a cudgel.
cuddle - Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position.
nestle - Position comfortably.
smooch - Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others.
tickle - Touch or stroke lightly.
tongue - Lick or explore with the tongue.
bucket - Carry in a bucket.
pierce - Make a hole into.
trepan - Cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery.
tunnel - Force a way through.
funnel - Move or pour through a funnel.
skewer - Drive a skewer through.
adduct - Draw a limb towards the body.
abduct - Pull away from the body.
porter - Carry luggage or supplies.
groove - Make a groove in, or provide with a groove.
filter - Remove by passing through a filter.
resift - Sift anew.
enmesh - Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh.
border - Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.
fringe - Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe.
girdle - Put a girdle on or around.
kidnap - Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.
putter - Move around aimlessly.
tousle - Disarrange or rumple.
toggle - Release by a toggle switch.
unhand - Remove the hand from.
unclog - Become or cause to become unobstructed.
dangle - Cause to dangle or hang freely.
unveil - Remove the veil from.
unpack - Remove from its packing.
encase - Enclose in, or as if in, a case.
burden - Weight down with a load.
unload - Take the load off (a container or vehicle).
reload - Place a new load on.
saddle - Load or burden.
inspan - Attach a yoke or harness to.
unyoke - Remove the yoke from.
garner - Store grain.
reship - Place on a ship again or transfer to another ship.
shelve - Place on a shelf.
coffin - Place into a coffin.
appose - Place side by side or in close proximity.
bottle - Put into bottles.
barrel - Put in barrels.
pillow - Rest on or as if on a pillow.
propel - Cause to move forward with force.
wattle - Interlace to form wattle.
pleach - Interlace the shoots of.
tinsel - Interweave with tinsel.
relace - Lace again.
cheese - Wind onto a cheese.
unwind - Reverse the winding or twisting of.
uncoil - Unwind or untwist.
deluge - Fill quickly beyond capacity.
lounge - Sit or recline comfortably.
emboss - Raise in a relief.
defile - Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.
adsorb - Accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface.
sprawl - Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out.
unseat - Dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse.
reseat - Show to a different seat.
recumb - Lean in a comfortable resting position.
brooch - Fasten with or as if with a brooch.
delete - Remove or make invisible.
deface - Mar or spoil the appearance of.
bisect - Cut in half or cut in two.
sculpt - Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.
incise - Make an incision into by carving or cutting.
cleave - Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
splice - Join by interweaving strands.
fleece - Shear the wool from.
uproot - Pull up by or as if by the roots.
impale - Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole.
unfold - Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.
engulf - Flow over or cover completely.
cocoon - Wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection.
tamper - Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.
tweeze - Pluck with tweezers.
squash - To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.
solder - Join or fuse with solder.
birdie - Shoot in one stroke under par.
unwire - Undo the wiring of.
casket - Enclose in a casket.
juggle - Hold with difficulty and balance insecurely.
gravel - Cover with gravel.
joggle - Fasten or join with a joggle.
mantle - Cover like a mantle.
siphon - Move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action.
squish - Put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action.
clothe - Cover as if with clothing.
unmake - Deprive of certain characteristics.
remake - Make new.
output - To create or manufacture a specific amount.
extort - Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner.
invent - Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.
create - Create by artistic means.
effect - Produce.
pacify - Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location).
jumble - Assemble without order or sense.
recast - Cast or model anew.
cooper - Make barrels and casks.
sinter - Cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting.
flambe - Pour liquor over and ignite (a dish).
rework - Use again in altered form.
tattoo - Stain (skin) with indelible color.
marble - Paint or stain like marble.
enamel - Coat, inlay, or surface with enamel.
fresco - Paint onto wet plaster on a wall.
pencil - Write, draw, or trace with a pencil.
letter - Mark letters on or mark with letters.
crayon - Write, draw, or trace with a crayon.
doodle - Make a doodle.
recopy - Copy again.
sonnet - Compose a sonnet.
author - Be the author of.
parody - Make a spoof of or make fun of.
fiddle - Play on a violin.
garden - Work in the garden.
harrow - Draw a harrow over (land).
offset - Produce by offset printing.
benday - Reproduce by the Benday process.
shimmy - Dance a shimmy.
script - Write a script for.
arouse - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
harbor - Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).
resent - Feel bitter or indignant about.
grudge - Accept or admit unwillingly.
cotton - Take a liking to.
dismay - Fill with apprehension or alarm.
madden - Make mad.
bother - Make confused or perplexed or puzzled.
enrage - Put into a rage.
thrill - Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion.
repent - Feel remorse for.
grieve - Feel grief.
efface - Make inconspicuous.
lament - Express grief verbally.
endear - Make attractive or lovable.
sadden - Make unhappy.
dither - Make a fuss.
pother - Make upset or troubled.
desire - Feel or have a desire for.
prefer - Like better.
admire - Feel admiration for.
hanker - Desire strongly or persistently.
obsess - Be preoccupied with something.
puzzle - Be uncertain about.
travel - Change location.
desert - Leave behind.
cruise - Sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing.
sledge - Ride in or travel with a sledge.
voyage - Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means.
dabble - Bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water.
writhe - To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).
wobble - Move unsteadily.
wamble - Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion.
jostle - Come into rough contact with while moving.
uplift - Lift up or elevate.
nutate - Rock, sway, or nod.
teeter - Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
frolic - Play boisterously.
careen - Move sideways or in an unsteady way.
tremor - Shake with seismic vibrations.
quiver - Shake with fast, tremulous movements.
sparge - Agitate by introducing air or compressed gas.
rattle - Shake and cause to make a rattling noise.
judder - Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively.
glance - Hit at an angle.
breeze - To proceed quickly and easily.
chasse - Perform a chasse step, in ballet.
boogie - Dance to boogie music.
rhumba - Dance the rhumba.
jiggle - Move to and fro.
thrust - Push forcefully.
lollop - Walk clumsily and with a bounce.
falter - Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way.
scurry - To move about or proceed hurriedly.
corner - Turn a corner.
boggle - Startle with amazement or fear.
circle - Travel around something.
stride - Cover or traverse by taking long steps.
tittup - To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.
stroll - Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.
toddle - Walk unsteadily.
totter - Move without being stable, as if threatening to fall.
rappel - Lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.
parade - March in a procession.
lumber - Move heavily or clumsily.
streak - Run naked in a public place.
outrun - Run faster than.
sprint - Run very fast, usually for a short distance.
slouch - Walk slovenly.
beacon - Guide with a beacon.
schuss - Ski downhill.
slalom - Race on skis around obstacles.
flight - Fly in a flock.
divert - Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one.
prance - Ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward.
canter - Ride at a canter.
gallop - Ride at a galloping pace.
school - Swim in or form a large group of fish.
curvet - Perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse.
hurdle - Jump a hurdle.
ascend - Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
alight - Come down.
uprise - Ascend as a sound.
seesaw - Move up and down as if on a seesaw.
pursue - Follow in or as if in pursuit.
shadow - Follow, usually without the person's knowledge.
banish - Drive away.
arrive - Reach a destination.
access - Reach or gain access to.
depart - Go away or leave.
decamp - Leave suddenly.
derail - Run off or leave the rails.
muscle - Make one's way by force.
maraud - Raid and rove in search of booty.
infest - Invade in great numbers.
summit - Reach the summit (of a mountain).
escort - Accompany as an escort.
squire - Attend upon as a squire.
convoy - Escort in transit.
huddle - Crowd or draw together.
avulse - Separate by avulsion.
swerve - Turn sharply.
camber - Curve upward in the middle.
ripple - Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.
billow - Rise and move, as in waves or billows.
burrow - Move through by or as by digging.
gyrate - To wind or move in a spiral course.
bustle - Move or cause to move energetically or busily.
fidget - Move restlessly.
linger - Take one's time.
flinch - Draw back, as with fear or pain.
crouch - Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.
uncurl - Move out of a curled position.
throng - Press tightly together or cram.
pounce - Move down on as if in an attack.
detour - Travel via a detour.
whoosh - Gush or squirt out.
decant - Pour out.
geyser - To overflow like a geyser.
elapse - Pass by.
levant - Run off without paying a debt.
vacate - Leave behind empty.
church - Perform a special church rite or service for.
impart - Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
career - Move headlong at high speed.
manure - Spread manure, as for fertilization.
bestir - Become active.
flurry - Move in an agitated or confused manner.
strand - Drive (a vessel) ashore.
hurtle - Move with or as if with a rushing sound.
topple - Cause to topple or tumble by pushing.
advect - Convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid.
wander - Go via an indirect route or at no set pace.
nettle - Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation.
twinge - Feel a sudden sharp, local pain.
hunger - Feel the need to eat.
thirst - Feel the need to drink.
tingle - Cause a stinging or tingling sensation.
behold - See with attention.
regard - Look at attentively.
flaunt - Display proudly.
reveal - Disclose directly or through prophets.
candle - Examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light.
peruse - Examine or consider with attention and in detail.
descry - Catch sight of.
detect - Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
goggle - Look with amazement.
listen - Hear with intention.
attend - Give heed (to).
jingle - Make a sound typical of metallic objects.
scream - Make a loud, piercing sound.
ruckle - Make a hoarse, rattling sound.
rustle - Make a dry crackling sound.
tootle - Play (a musical instrument) casually.
patter - Make light, rapid and repeated sounds.
tinkle - Make or emit a high sound.
rumble - Make a low noise.
muffle - Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
raffle - Dispose of in a lottery.
rescue - Take forcibly from legal custody.
sublet - Lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person.
devote - Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use.
demise - Transfer by a lease or by a will.
embalm - Preserve a dead body.
devise - Give by will, especially real property.
import - Transfer (electronic data) into a database or document.
upload - Transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location.
ration - Distribute in rations, as in the army.
refuel - Take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car.
obtain - Come into possession of.
gazump - Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price.
resell - Sell (something) again after having bought it.
recoup - Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss.
prepay - Pay for something before receiving it.
insure - Take out insurance for.
accord - Allow to have.
redeem - Convert into cash.
ransom - Exchange or buy back for money.
barter - Exchange goods without involving money.
haggle - Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
dicker - Negotiate the terms of an exchange.
broker - Act as a broker.
donate - Give to a charity or good cause.
bestow - Give as a gift.
invest - Make an investment.
hijack - Seize control of.
pilfer - Make off with belongings of others.
pirate - Copy illegally.
pocket - Put in one's pocket.
profit - Make a profit.
garage - Keep or store in a garage.
ensile - Store in a silo.
refund - Pay back.
locate - Discover the location of.
market - Engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of.
outbid - Bid higher than others.
belong - Be owned by.
peddle - Sell or offer for sale from place to place.
tariff - Charge a tariff.
surtax - Levy an extra tax on.
cheque - Withdraw money by writing a check.
divest - Reduce or dispose of.
orphan - Deprive of parents.
beggar - Reduce to beggary.
borrow - Get temporarily.
supply - Give something useful or necessary to.
ticket - Provide with a ticket for passage or admission.
crenel - Supply with battlements.
rafter - Provide (a ceiling) with rafters.
retool - Provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools.
muzzle - Fit with a muzzle.
thrive - Make steady progress.
reward - Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.
scrimp - Subsist on a meager allowance.
commit - Cause to be admitted.
defray - Bear the expenses of.
corbel - Furnish with a corbel.
rewire - Provide with new wiring.
delist - Remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange.
detick - Free (a pet) of ticks.
devein - Remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp).
fettle - Remove mold marks or sand from (a casting).
flense - Strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal).
accede - Take on duties or office.
hobnob - Rub elbows with.
depute - Appoint as a substitute.
tenure - Give life-time employment to.
knight - Raise (someone) to knighthood.
demote - Assign to a lower position.
depose - Force to leave (an office).
assist - Act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function.
beaver - Work hard on something.
potter - Work lightly.
caucus - Meet to select a candidate or promote a policy.
rejoin - Join again.
manage - Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.
govern - Direct or strongly influence the behavior of.
intern - Work as an intern.
impede - Be a hindrance or obstacle to.
hobble - Hamper the action or progress of.
patrol - Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol.
rebury - Bury again.
kennel - Put up in a kennel.
tenant - Occupy as a tenant.
ballot - Vote by ballot.
canton - Divide into cantons, of a country.
enroll - Register formally as a participant or member.
disbar - Remove from the bar.
outlaw - Declare illegal.
murder - Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
halter - Hang with a halter.
gibbet - Hang on an execution instrument.
amerce - Punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court.
punish - Impose a penalty on.
rehear - Hear or try a court case anew.
coerce - To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city".
compel - Force somebody to do something.
behave - Behave in a certain manner.
footle - Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense.
indict - Accuse formally of a crime.
wangle - Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.
secede - Withdraw from an organization or communion.
meddle - Intrude in other people's affairs or business.
comply - Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes.
succor - Help in a difficult situation.
mother - Care for like a mother.
brevet - Promote somebody by brevet, in the military.
thwart - Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
throne - Sit on the throne as a ruler.
overdo - Do something to an excessive degree.
molest - Harass or assault sexually.
pamper - Treat with excessive indulgence.
action - Institute legal proceedings against.
revolt - Make revolution.
mutiny - Engage in a mutiny against an authority.
defect - Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
rumpus - Cause a disturbance.
parole - Release a criminal from detention and place him on parole.
frivol - Act frivolously.
humbug - Trick or deceive.
chance - Be the case by chance.
mingle - Get involved or mixed-up with.
unlive - Live so as to annul some previous behavior.
equate - Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics.
entail - Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.
remain - Be left.
loiter - Be about.
occupy - Live (in a certain place).
reside - Make one's home in a particular place or community.
inhere - Be inherent in something.
depend - Be contingent upon (something that is elided).
amount - Be tantamount or equivalent to.
differ - Be different.
exceed - Be superior or better than some standard.
embody - Represent, as of a character on stage.
piddle - Waste time.
winter - Spend the winter.
summer - Spend the summer.
breast - Meet at breast level.
embank - Enclose with banks, as for support or protection.
abound - Be abundant or plentiful.
hoodoo - Bring bad luck.
impend - Be imminent or about to happen.
spiral - Form a spiral.
cohere - Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results.
ignite - Cause to start burning.
kindle - Cause to start burning.
blight - Cause to suffer a blight.
entity - That which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving).
parent - An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained.
person - A human being.
animal - A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
matter - That which has mass and occupies space.
egress - The act of coming (or going) out.
advent - Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous).
entree - The act of entering.
aliyah - (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel.
exodus - A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.
orgasm - The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.
naught - Complete failure.
breach - A failure to perform some promised act or obligation.
copout - A failure to face some difficulty squarely.
bobble - The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball.
ballup - Something badly botched or muddled.
howler - A glaring blunder.
buying - The act of buying.
giving - Disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return.
bowing - Managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument.
leaner - (horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
ringer - (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg.
duster - A pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter.
sinker - A pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate.
slider - A fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown.
jumper - (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump.
header - A headlong jump (or fall).
roller - A grounder that rolls along the infield.
putout - An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout).
thwack - A hard blow with a flat object.
gambit - A chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position.
device - Any clever maneuver.
crutch - Anything that serves as an expedient.
runoff - A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner.
safety - A score in American football.
basket - A score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop.
ouster - The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out.
finale - The concluding part of any performance.
razing - Complete destruction of a building.
suttee - The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.
layoff - The act of laying off an employee or a work force.
frying - Cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle.
washup - The act of washing yourself (or another person).
mikvah - (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation).
upturn - An upward movement or trend as in business activity.
dyeing - The use of dye to change the color of something permanently.
motion - The act of changing location from one place to another.
ramble - An aimless amble on a winding course.
piaffe - A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
trudge - A long difficult walk.
pacing - Walking with slow regular strides.
waddle - Walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other.
wading - Walking with your feet in shallow water.
riding - Travel by being carried on horseback.
roping - Capturing cattle or horses with a lasso.
redeye - A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep.
sortie - (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation).
junket - A trip taken by an official at public expense.
schlep - A tedious or difficult journey.
airing - A short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air.
pickup - The act of taking aboard passengers or freight.
remand - The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial).
wiggle - The act of wiggling.
easing - The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).
burnup - The amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor).
fusion - The act of fusing (or melting) together.
schism - Division of a group into opposing factions.
custom - Accepted or habitual practice.
pogrom - Organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews).
kittee - A form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more.
skiing - A sport in which participants must travel on skis.
gainer - A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board.
rowing - The act of rowing as a sport.
boxing - Fighting with the fists.
luging - Riding a light one-man toboggan.
racing - The sport of engaging in contests of speed.
battue - A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter.
quoits - A game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.
shinny - A simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck.
googly - A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.
soccer - A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal.
tennis - A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court.
casino - A card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.
ecarte - A card game for 2 players.
euchre - A card game similar to ecarte.
fantan - A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens.
piquet - A card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards.
hearts - A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades.
miscue - A faulty shot in billiards.
exacta - A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
circus - A performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals.
nautch - An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
pavane - A stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries.
ballet - A theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers.
bolero - A Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets.
cancan - A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
minuet - A stately court dance in the 17th century.
sashay - A square dance figure.
acting - The performance of a part or role in a drama.
teeoff - The act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole.
doddle - An easy task.
socage - Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent.
curacy - The position of a curate.
metier - An occupation for which you are especially well suited.
corvee - Unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes.
effort - Use of physical or mental energy.
tsuris - (Yiddish) aggravating trouble.
pushup - An arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms.
spying - The act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes.
livery - The care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay.
ostomy - Surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes.
lavage - Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
wiring - The work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device.
sewing - Joining or attaching by stitches.
paving - The act of applying paving materials to an area.
tiling - The application of tiles to cover a surface.
behalf - As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of").
lesson - A task assigned for individual study.
errand - A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
inroad - An encroachment or intrusion.
injury - Wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted.
fakery - The act of faking (or the product of faking).
terror - The use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons).
felony - A serious crime (such as murder or arson).
mayhem - The willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person.
bigamy - The offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred.
piracy - Hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts.
buyout - Acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock.
timing - The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics).
filing - Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc..
nelson - Any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck.
momism - Excessive protection.
aikido - A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo.
karate - A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat.
lining - The act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.).
toilet - The act of dressing and preparing yourself.
eupnea - Normal relaxed breathing.
breath - The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.
eating - The act of consuming food.
dining - The act of eating dinner.
incest - Sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child).
sodomy - Intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman.
siesta - A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries).
reflex - An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.
crying - The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
eyeful - A full view.
haying - The season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder.
mining - The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth.
zoning - Dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc.
avenue - A line of approach.
misuse - Improper or excessive use.
combat - An engagement fought between two military forces.
shufti - A quick look around (originally military slang).
dating - Use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens.
tuning - (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency.
layout - The act of laying out (as by making plans for something).
triage - Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
popery - Offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
nudism - Going without clothes as a social practice.
office - A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities.
vesper - A late afternoon or evening worship service.
shrift - The act of being shriven.
prayer - The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving).
bhakti - (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana.
novena - A Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.
relief - The act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged.
uptick - A transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction.
simony - Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments.
resale - The selling of something purchased.
bazaar - A sale of miscellany.
polity - Shrewd or crafty management of public affairs.
damper - A depressing restraint.
ageism - Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
racism - Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race.
sexism - Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex.
arming - The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
strife - Bitter conflict.
hassle - Disorderly fighting.
remise - (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte).
affray - A noisy fight.
ordeal - A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control.
fetish - Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity.
thanks - With the help of or owing to.
urging - The act of earnestly supporting or encouraging.
carrot - Promise of reward as in "carrot and stick".
insult - A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.
devoir - Formal expression of respect.
darter - A person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly.
peeper - An animal that makes short high-pitched sounds.
vermin - Any of various small animals or insects that are pests.
feeder - An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening.
molter - An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair).
stayer - A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance.
antler - Deciduous horn of a member of the deer family.
aerobe - An organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life.
capsid - The outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus.
virion - (virology) a complete viral particle.
viroid - The smallest of viruses.
herpes - Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin.
coccus - Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
nostoc - Found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies.
vibrio - Curved rodlike motile bacterium.
vector - (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell.
cosmid - (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments.
nekton - The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.
diatom - Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.
fucoid - Any of various algae of the family Fucaceae.
desmid - Freshwater green algae.
costia - A flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis.
shiner - Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis.
minnow - Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams.
sucker - Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction.
mollie - Popular aquarium fish.
cilium - A hairlike projection from the surface of a cell.
embryo - An animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life.
morula - A solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits.
amnion - Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals).
throat - The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat.
nester - A bird that has built (or is building) a nest.
ratite - Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches.
linnet - Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead.
siskin - Small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak.
towhee - Any of numerous long-tailed American finches.
weaver - Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests.
whydah - Mostly black African weaverbird.
phoebe - Small dun-colored North American flycatcher.
thrush - Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast.
bulbul - Nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry.
chough - A European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage.
magpie - Long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call.
verdin - Very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America.
martin - Any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings.
shrike - Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals.
eaglet - A young eagle.
osprey - Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.
condor - The largest flying birds in the western hemisphere.
ridley - A marine turtle.
cooter - Large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico.
lizard - Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail.
agamid - A lizard of the family Agamidae.
dragon - Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body.
moloch - Any lizard of the genus Moloch.
caiman - A semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly.
gavial - Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
python - Large Old World boas.
elapid - Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres.
taipan - Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia.
spider - Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body.
acarid - Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
acarus - Any of several mites of the order Acarina.
cochin - Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs.
pullet - Young hen usually less than a year old.
turkey - Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail.
peahen - Female peafowl.
pigeon - Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.
amazon - Mainly green tropical American parrots.
coucal - Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw.
hoopoe - Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill.
motmot - Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
barbet - Small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings.
toucan - Brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak.
trogon - Forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails.
scoter - Large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere.
gander - Mature male goose.
honker - Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call.
cygnet - A young swan.
mammal - Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair.
tusker - Any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar).
cuscus - Woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia.
wombat - Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger.
numbat - Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites.
tenrec - Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
hackle - Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants.
cirrus - A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects.
aculea - Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
stylet - Small needlelike appendage.
villus - A minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane.
chaeta - A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
squama - A protective structure resembling a scale.
lorica - A hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example).
medusa - One of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate.
taenia - Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host.
nerita - A neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
triton - Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells.
limpet - Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells.
cowrie - Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.
chiton - Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates.
byssus - Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface.
quahog - An edible American clam.
cockle - Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs.
mussel - Marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc..
teredo - Typical shipworm.
loligo - Somewhat flattened cylindrical squid.
isopod - Any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling.
jabiru - Large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America.
chunga - Argentinian Cariama.
plover - Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings.
willet - Large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts.
curlew - Large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family.
godwit - Large wading bird that resembles a curlew.
avocet - Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.
jaeger - Rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
auklet - Any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts.
puffin - Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills.
gannet - Large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish.
petrel - Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land.
fulmar - Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions.
dugong - Sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia.
walrus - Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
lapdog - A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
beagle - A small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound.
borzoi - Tall fast-moving dog breed.
setter - A long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point.
vizsla - Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat.
kuvasz - Long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog.
briard - Old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat.
kelpie - An Australian sheepdog with pointed ears.
collie - A silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland.
poodle - An intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped.
coyote - Small wolf native to western North America.
coydog - Offspring of a coyote and a dog.
jackal - Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
mouser - A cat proficient at mousing.
cougar - Large American feline resembling a lion.
ocelot - Nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
serval - Slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat.
margay - Small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil.
bobcat - Small lynx of North America.
jaguar - A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
lionet - A small or young lion.
tiglon - Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
pennon - Wing of a bird.
oxtail - The skinned tail of cattle.
insect - Small air-breathing arthropod.
sawyer - Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers.
scarab - Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
weevil - Any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products.
chigoe - Small tropical flea.
gadfly - Any of various large flies that annoy livestock.
botfly - Stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals.
punkie - Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.
worker - Sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae.
vespid - Mostly social nest-building wasps.
hornet - Large stinging paper wasp.
sawfly - Insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant.
locust - Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae.
mantis - Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions.
bedbug - Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
cicada - Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
jassid - A variety of leafhopper.
psocid - Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter.
mayfly - Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
dobson - Large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male.
thrips - Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any.
earwig - Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
danaid - Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
pierid - Any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs.
tineid - Small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur.
tussah - Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
lappet - Medium-sized hairy moths.
instar - An insect or other arthropod between molts.
maggot - The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
rodent - Relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
gerbil - Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping.
jerboa - Mouselike jumping rodent.
gopher - Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches.
suslik - Rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel.
marmot - Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere.
taguan - East Indian flying squirrel.
aperea - South American cavy.
agouti - Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies.
bronco - An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
tarpan - European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century.
cayuse - A small native range horse.
mudder - A racehorse that runs well on a muddy racetrack.
jennet - Female donkey.
onager - Asiatic wild ass.
quagga - Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra.
piglet - A young pig.
porker - A pig fattened to provide meat.
cattle - Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age.
heifer - Young cow.
wisent - European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison.
wether - Male sheep especially a castrated one.
merino - White sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality.
argali - Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
aoudad - Wild sheep of northern Africa.
impala - African antelope with ridged curved horns.
nilgai - Large Indian antelope.
lechwe - Tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains.
sambar - A deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines.
wapiti - Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male.
alpaca - Domesticated llama with long silky fleece.
vicuna - Small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller.
weasel - Small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck.
ermine - Mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat.
grison - Carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts.
marten - Agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels.
fisher - Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
peludo - Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts.
haunch - The loin and leg of a quadruped.
gaskin - Lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle.
cupule - A sucker on the feet of certain flies.
gibbon - Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail.
monkey - Any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians).
guenon - Small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face.
grivet - White and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face.
vervet - South African monkey with black face and hands.
baboon - Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
chacma - Greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
rhesus - Of southern Asia.
langur - Slender long-tailed monkey of Asia.
pinche - South American tamarin with a tufted head.
uakari - Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
galago - Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
syrinx - The vocal organ of a bird.
gadoid - A soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae.
burbot - Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.
conger - Large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters.
salmon - Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters.
tarpon - Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida.
timucu - Found in warm waters of western Atlantic.
robalo - A kind of percoid fish.
bigeye - Red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales.
remora - Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
runner - Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil.
arista - Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
barbel - Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.
pompon - Dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward.
sparid - Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
maigre - Large European marine food fish.
mullet - Bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin.
wrasse - Chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth.
tautog - Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America.
cunner - Common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States.
blenny - Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores.
shanny - European scaleless blenny.
clinid - Mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds.
gunnel - Small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic.
sierra - A Spanish mackerel of western North America.
bonito - Any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas.
marlin - Large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes.
louvar - Large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common.
ganoin - Shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales.
ganoid - Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering.
bowfin - Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin.
beluga - Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
puffer - Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe.
plaice - Large European food fish.
turbot - A large brownish European flatfish.
thorax - Part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs.
abacus - A calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves.
afghan - A blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares.
airbus - A subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances.
alcove - A small recess opening off a larger room.
amulet - A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease.
anklet - An ornament worn around the ankle.
apiary - A shed containing a number of beehives.
arcade - A structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns.
argyle - A sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used in the plural).
argyll - A covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm.
armlet - A band worn around the arm for decoration.
armory - A place where arms are manufactured.
arnica - An ointment used in treating bruises.
artery - A major thoroughfare that bears important traffic.
ashcan - A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
ashlar - A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
atrium - The central area in a building.
attire - Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
aviary - A building where birds are kept.
awning - A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun.
backup - (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device.
bagger - A machine for putting objects or substances into bags.
bailey - The outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle.
bakery - A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold.
balsam - An ointment containing a fragrant resin.
bangle - Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
banyan - A loose fitting jacket.
barong - A knife resembling a cleaver.
barrow - A cart for carrying small loads.
baster - A tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat.
basuco - Low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis.
beaker - A cup (usually without a handle).
beanie - A small skullcap.
beater - An implement for beating.
becket - (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other.
bedpan - A shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination.
beeper - An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.
belfry - A room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung.
bender - A tool for bending.
berlin - A limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats.
bethel - A house of worship (especially one for sailors).
biggin - A child's tight-fitting cap.
bikini - A woman's very brief bathing suit.
bilges - In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side.
billet - Lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home).
binder - Something used to tie or bind.
bishop - (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color.
bistro - A small informal restaurant.
bitmap - An image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels.
blazer - Lightweight single-breasted jacket.
blouse - A top worn by women.
blower - A device that produces a current of air.
boards - The boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
boater - A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.
bobbin - A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound.
bodega - A small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries.
bodice - Part of a dress above the waist.
bodkin - A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops.
boiler - Sealed vessel where water is converted to steam.
bomber - A military aircraft that drops bombs during flight.
bombie - An unexploded bomblet.
bootee - A slipper that is soft and wool (for babies).
boucle - A fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect.
boulle - An inlaid furniture decoration.
boxcar - A freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides.
bracer - A tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor).
breech - Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.
briefs - Short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts).
brogan - A thick and heavy shoe.
bullet - A projectile that is fired from a gun.
bumper - A mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage.
bungee - An elasticized rope.
burlap - Coarse jute fabric.
burner - An apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse).
busbar - An electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits.
buskin - A boot reaching halfway up to the knee.
buzzer - A signaling device that makes a buzzing sound.
cabana - A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
cachet - A seal on a letter.
caftan - A (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles.
calash - The folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage.
calpac - A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
camail - A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
camera - Equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other).
camise - A loose shirt or tunic.
camlet - A fabric of Asian origin.
camper - A recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling.
cangue - An instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals.
cantle - The back of a saddle seat.
capote - A long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head.
carafe - A bottle with a stopper.
carbon - A copy made with carbon paper.
carboy - A large bottle for holding corrosive liquids.
carrel - Small individual study area in a library.
carton - A box made of cardboard.
casern - Military barracks in a garrison town.
casing - The enclosing frame around a door or window opening.
casque - (15-16th century) any armor for the head.
caster - A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable.
catgut - A strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery.
cellar - Storage space where wines are stored.
censer - A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual).
cerate - A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin.
chador - A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
chaise - A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top.
chalet - A Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style.
chapel - A place of worship that has its own altar.
chintz - A brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric.
choker - A high tight collar.
chokey - British slang (dated) for a prison.
chrism - A consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam.
chukka - A shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets.
cinema - A theater where films are shown.
civies - Civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform.
cleats - Shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles.
clevis - A coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling.
clinic - A healthcare facility for outpatient care.
cloche - A woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet.
clutch - A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism.
coatee - A short close-fitting coat.
cobweb - A dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web.
coffer - A chest especially for storing valuables.
collet - A band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting.
colors - A flag that shows its nationality.
colter - A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil.
column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure.
comber - A machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool.
condom - Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse.
cooker - A utensil for cooking.
cooler - A refrigerator for cooling liquids.
cordon - Adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord.
corker - A machine that is used to put corks in bottles.
cornet - A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone.
corona - A long cigar with blunt ends.
cotter - Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.
cravat - Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front.
creche - A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for.
crosse - A long racket with a triangular frame.
cuisse - Armor plate that protects the thigh.
cullis - A gutter in a roof.
cupola - A roof in the form of a dome.
curler - A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it.
cursor - (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display.
cutlas - A short heavy curved sword with one edge.
cutoff - A device that terminates the flow in a pipe.
cutout - A part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out.
cutter - A cutting implement.
cymbal - A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk.
dagger - A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
daybed - An armless couch.
decker - (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels.
deckle - (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets.
diaper - Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist.
dickey - A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt.
diesel - An internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil.
dimity - A strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern.
dimmer - A rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination.
dinghy - A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
dipole - An aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center.
dipper - A ladle that has a cup with a long handle.
dirndl - A dress with a tight bodice and full skirt.
discus - A disk used in throwing competitions.
dogleg - A golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway.
doodad - Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
dolman - A woman's cloak with dolman sleeves.
dolmen - A prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone.
domino - A small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes.
dongle - (computer science) an electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software.
dormer - A gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window.
dossal - An ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel.
dragee - Pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy.
drawer - A boxlike container in a piece of furniture.
driver - A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee.
drogue - A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly.
dudeen - A clay pipe with a short stem.
duffel - A coarse heavy woolen fabric.
dugout - Either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game.
dumdum - A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound.
durbar - The room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur.
dynamo - Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
edging - Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).
effigy - A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture).
eggcup - Dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg.
emblem - Special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc..
emetic - A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
engine - Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work.
ensign - Colors flown by a ship to show its nationality.
eolith - A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint).
eraser - An implement used to erase something.
eyecup - A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye.
eyelet - A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar.
fabric - Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.
facade - The face or front of a building.
facing - A protective covering that protects the outside of a building.
faille - A ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton.
falsie - Padding that is worn inside a brassiere.
fanion - A small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position.
fanjet - A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust.
faucet - A regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
fedora - A hat made of felt with a creased crown.
felloe - Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted.
fender - A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud.
ferule - A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children.
filler - The tobacco used to form the core of a cigar.
finder - Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest.
finery - Elaborate or showy attire and accessories.
finial - An ornament at the top of a spire or gable.
fipple - A wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder).
firkin - A small wooden keg.
fizgig - A firework that fizzes as it moves.
flagon - A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
flange - A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object.
foible - The weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip.
folder - Covering that is folded over to protect the contents.
fraise - Sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes.
friary - A monastery of friars.
frieze - A heavy woolen fabric with a long nap.
gaiter - Legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle.
galley - The area for food preparation on a ship.
gantry - A framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something.
gasket - Seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint.
gazebo - A small roofed building affording shade and rest.
gharry - A horse-drawn carriage in India.
gimbal - An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips.
girder - A beam made usually of steel.
glider - Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces.
gnomon - Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial.
goblet - A drinking glass with a base and stem.
godown - (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse.
goffer - An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats.
gorget - Armor plate that protects the neck.
grange - An outlying farm.
grater - Utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese).
graver - A tool used by an engraver.
greave - Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
grigri - An African amulet.
grille - Grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator.
guimpe - A short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress.
guitar - A stringed instrument usually having six strings.
gurney - A metal stretcher with wheels.
gusher - An oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary.
gusset - A piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment.
hanger - Anything from which something can be hung.
hansom - A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers.
hatbox - A round piece of luggage for carrying hats.
hatpin - A long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair.
hawser - Large heavy rope for nautical use.
hazard - An obstacle on a golf course.
hearse - A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery.
hearth - Home symbolized as a part of the fireplace.
heater - Device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room.
heaume - A large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders.
heaver - A bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope).
helmet - A protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows.
heroin - A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
holder - A holding device.
hookah - An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
hookup - A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose.
hopper - Funnel-shaped receptacle.
horror - Something that inspires dislike.
hostel - Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips).
hotbed - A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants.
hotbox - A journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated.
howdah - A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
hubcap - Cap that fits over the hub of a wheel.
hunter - A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal.
imaret - A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
insole - The inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests.
instep - The part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot.
intake - An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container.
ipecac - A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
island - A zone or area resembling an island.
jammer - A transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming.
jampan - A kind of sedan chair used in India.
jampot - A jar for holding jellies or preserves.
jerkin - A tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times.
jersey - A slightly elastic machine-knit fabric.
jetsam - The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
jigsaw - Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade.
kameez - A long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars).
kettle - A metal pot for stewing or boiling.
khakis - A military uniform made of khaki fabric.
khimar - A headscarf worn by observant Muslim women that hangs down to just above the waist.
kibble - An iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining.
kimono - A loose robe.
kirpan - A ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times.
kirtle - A long dress worn by women.
kitbag - A knapsack (usually for a soldier).
kitsch - Excessively garish or sentimental art.
klaxon - A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.
laager - A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
lacuna - A blank gap or missing part.
lancet - A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade.
landau - A four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately.
lander - A space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet.
laptop - A portable computer small enough to use in your lap.
laurel - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.
length - A section of something that is long and narrow.
lister - Moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow.
loaner - A car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair.
locker - A fastener that locks or closes.
locket - A small ornamental case.
lockup - Jail in a local police station.
loggia - A roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building.
lotion - Any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin.
louver - One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain.
lowboy - A low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs.
lugger - Small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails.
lunula - A crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age.
lyceum - A public hall for lectures and concerts.
madras - A light patterned cotton cloth.
magnet - (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field.
magnum - A large wine bottle for liquor or wine.
mailer - A container for something to be mailed.
makeup - Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance.
making - (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something.
mallet - A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden).
manger - A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed.
mantel - Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
mantua - Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries.
maraca - A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans.
marina - A fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers.
marker - Some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something.
masher - A kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes).
mashie - Middle-distance iron.
masjid - (Islam) a Muslim place of worship.
matrix - Mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface.
memory - An electronic memory device.
menhir - A tall upright megalith.
merlon - A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement.
mihrab - (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca.
miller - Machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it.
mincer - A kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces.
mitten - Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together.
mizzen - Fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast.
mobcap - Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
module - A self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components.
mohair - Fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat.
moreen - A heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains.
morgue - A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
morion - A metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century.
mosaic - Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass.
mosque - (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret.
mudhif - A reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq.
muller - A vessel in which wine is mulled.
museum - A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value.
musket - A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel.
muslin - Plain-woven cotton fabric.
musnud - A seat with a cushion that is used as a throne by Indian princes.
napkin - A small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing.
nipple - A flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier.
notion - (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items.
nozzle - A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged.
numdah - An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
nylons - Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).
octant - A measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body.
oeuvre - The total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it).
oilcan - A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
opener - A hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans).
opiate - A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
oracle - A shrine where an oracular god is consulted.
orrery - Planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork.
outfit - A set of clothing (with accessories).
oxcart - A cart that is drawn by an ox.
oxford - A low shoe laced over the instep.
packet - A small package or bundle.
pagoda - An Asian temple.
pajama - (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging.
palace - Official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign).
pallet - A mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts.
pantie - Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).
pantry - A small storeroom for storing foods or wines.
panzer - An armored vehicle or tank.
parang - A stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia.
parlor - Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
parvis - A courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral).
patina - A fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal.
pavior - A machine for laying pavement.
peavey - A stout lever with a sharp spike.
peeler - A device for peeling vegetables or fruits.
peplos - A garment worn by women in ancient Greece.
peplum - A flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse.
petard - An explosive device used to break down a gate or wall.
pinata - Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
pincer - A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping.
pinger - A pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar.
pinner - A woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on.
pintle - A pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge.
pistol - A firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
piston - Mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion.
pitsaw - A large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks.
platen - The roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike.
plenum - An enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside.
plexor - (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes.
pliers - A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws.
pommel - Handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle.
poncho - A blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head.
pongee - A soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation).
popgun - Plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound.
poplin - A ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery.
popper - A container for cooking popcorn.
poppet - A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat.
portal - A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically).
pottle - A pot that holds 2 quarts.
priory - Religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.
prison - A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment.
pruner - A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper.
pulley - A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
punkah - A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
punnet - A small light basket used as a measure for fruits.
puppet - A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body.
purdah - A screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers.
pusher - A sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes.
puttee - A strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging.
rabato - A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
radome - A housing for a radar antenna.
ragbag - A bag in which rags are kept.
raglan - A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
ramjet - A simple type of jet engine.
rammer - A tool for driving something with force.
ramrod - A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm.
rapier - A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges.
rappee - Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
raster - The rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor.
rattan - A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
reamer - A drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes.
rebozo - A long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby).
refill - A commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents.
refuge - A shelter from danger or hardship.
reseau - A network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs.
revers - A lapel on a woman's garment.
riband - A ribbon used as a decoration.
ribbon - Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming.
rigger - A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists.
rigout - A person's costume (especially if bizarre).
ripsaw - A handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood.
rocker - A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro.
romper - A one-piece garment for children to wear at play.
rosary - A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics).
router - A power tool with a shaped cutter.
rudder - (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel.
rummer - A large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts.
rundle - One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
runway - A strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land.
sachet - A small soft bag containing perfumed powder.
sallet - A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
salver - A tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks.
salwar - A pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles.
samite - A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads).
sampan - An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars.
sandal - A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
sarong - A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body.
sateen - A cotton fabric with a satiny finish.
saucer - A small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table.
scaler - An electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually.
sconce - A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light.
screed - An accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete.
seabag - A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
seaway - A lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels.
sector - Measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end.
seeder - A kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit.
seeker - A missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves).
seidel - A glass for beer.
selsyn - A system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator.
sennit - Flat braided cordage that is used on ships.
sequin - Adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing.
serape - A long brightly colored shawl.
serger - A sewing machine that overcasts the raw edges of a fabric with a V-shaped stitch.
server - Utensil used in serving food or drink.
settee - A small sofa.
shaker - A container in which something can be shaken.
shaper - A machine tool for shaping metal or wood.
shaver - A razor powered by an electric motor.
shears - Large scissors with strong blades.
sheath - A protective covering (as for a knife or sword).
shofar - An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
shrine - A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person.
sickle - An edge tool for cutting grass or crops.
siding - A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass.
sifter - A household sieve (as for flour).
sights - An optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.
signet - A seal (especially one used to mark documents officially).
skibob - A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
skybox - An elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium.
slacks - (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear.
sleeve - The part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm.
slicer - Knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese.
smoker - A passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke.
socket - A receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted.
soffit - The underside of a part of a building (such as an arch or overhang or beam etc.).
sorter - A machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes.
sphere - Any spherically shaped artifact.
sphinx - One of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians.
spinet - Early model harpsichord with only one string per note.
spline - A flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines.
stacks - Storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored.
stairs - A flight of stairs or a flight of steps.
stator - Mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves.
statue - A sculpture representing a human or animal.
stereo - Reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound.
stitch - A link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing.
stocks - A former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked.
stoker - A mechanical device for stoking a furnace.
street - A thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings.
studio - Workplace for the teaching or practice of an art.
stylus - A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving.
sunhat - A hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun.
surrey - A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
swatch - A sample piece of cloth.
swathe - An enveloping bandage.
swivel - A coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin.
system - Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity.
tabard - A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
tablet - A small flat compressed cake of some substance.
talcum - A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented.
tannoy - A loudspeaker.
tappet - A lever that is moved in order to tap something else.
tartan - A cloth having a crisscross design.
tassel - Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end.
tasset - One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
tavern - A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks.
teacup - A cup from which tea is drunk.
teapot - Pot for brewing tea.
teaser - A device for teasing wool.
temple - Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity.
tenpin - One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling.
tenter - A framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth.
tester - A flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed).
ticker - A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape.
tights - Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls.
tiller - Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat.
tilter - A device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs.
timber - A beam made of wood.
tippet - A woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends.
titfer - A hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat').
tocsin - A bell used to sound an alarm.
toecap - A protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it.
topper - A woman's short coat.
toupee - A small hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
tracer - Ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke.
tricot - A knitted fabric or one resembling knitting.
trigon - A triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome.
triode - A thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes.
tripod - A three-legged rack used for support.
trivet - A stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table.
troika - A Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast.
trophy - Something given as a token of victory.
trough - A long narrow shallow receptacle.
tucker - A detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress.
tudung - A scarf worn around the head by Muslim women in Malaysia.
tuille - Armor plate that protects the hip and thigh.
turban - A traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head.
tureen - Large deep serving dish with a cover.
turner - Cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle.
turret - A small tower extending above a building.
ulster - Loose long overcoat of heavy fabric.
undies - Women's underwear.
upcast - Air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine.
urinal - A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
valise - A small overnight bag for short trips.
velour - Heavy fabric that resembles velvet.
vessel - A craft designed for water transportation.
vestry - A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held.
viewer - An optical device for viewing photographic transparencies.
violin - Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family.
voider - A piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate.
waders - Waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers.
walker - An enclosing framework on casters or wheels.
wallet - A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
wampum - Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts.
washer - A home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically.
weapon - Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.
webcam - A digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet.
wedgie - A shoe with a wedge heel.
weeder - A hand tool for removing weeds.
weight - An artifact that is heavy.
whaler - A ship engaged in whale fishing.
wherry - Light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors.
wicker - Work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches).
wicket - Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted.
wigwam - A Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides.
willow - A textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers.
wimple - Headdress of cloth.
wincey - A plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas.
winder - Mechanical device around which something can be wound.
window - A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air.
winery - Distillery where wine is made.
winker - Blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side.
woofer - A loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds.
wreath - Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
yarder - A winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road.
zapper - An electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents.
zither - A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board.
zodiac - (astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs.
nature - The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions.
energy - An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).
esprit - Liveliness of mind or spirit.
apathy - The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.
levity - A manner lacking seriousness.
nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea.
beauty - The qualities that give pleasure to the senses.
glamor - Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal).
allure - The power to entice or attract through personal charm.
smudge - A blemish made by dirt.
blotch - An irregularly shaped spot.
stigma - A skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease.
luster - A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain.
aspect - A characteristic to be considered.
parity - Functional equality.
surety - Something clearly established.
rhythm - Recurring at regular intervals.
oddity - A strange attitude or habit.
bounty - Generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely.
egoism - Concern for your own interests and welfare.
virtue - The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.
anomie - Lack of moral standards in a society.
nerves - Control of your emotions.
candor - The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption.
wisdom - The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight.
aplomb - Great coolness and composure under strain.
manner - A way of acting or behaving.
origin - Properties attributable to your ancestry.
optics - Optical properties.
cerise - A red the color of ripe cherries.
violet - A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum.
unison - (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves.
timbre - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).
volume - The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction).
warmth - The quality of having a moderate degree of heat.
stance - Standing posture.
rarity - A rarified quality.
degree - A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.
octavo - The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
petite - A garment size for short or slender women.
quarto - The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves.
radius - The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere.
plenty - A full supply.
wealth - The quality of profuse abundance.
dearth - An insufficient quantity or number.
luxury - Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity.
margin - An amount beyond the minimum necessary.
extent - The distance or area or volume over which something extends.
utmost - The greatest possible degree.
height - The vertical dimension of extension.
vanity - The quality of being valueless or futile.
duress - Compulsory force or threat.
pathos - A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow).
corpus - The main part of an organ or other bodily structure.
adnexa - Accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo).
septum - (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities.
sulcus - (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain.
carina - Any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom.
fornix - An arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies.
concha - (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape.
bregma - The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium.
gonion - The craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw.
jugale - The craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone.
lambda - The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull.
nasion - The craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet.
limbus - A border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure.
plexus - A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
dewlap - A hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck.
dermis - The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body.
macule - A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated.
tubule - A small tube.
meatus - A natural body passageway.
locule - A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.
lanugo - The fine downy hair covering a human fetus.
hairdo - The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair).
mohawk - Haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp.
goatee - A small chin beard trimmed to a point.
eschar - A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
fundus - (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening.
nodule - A small node.
tissue - Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function.
hamate - The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
coccyx - The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes.
mentum - A projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin.
sacrum - Wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis.
zygoma - The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
marrow - The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones.
tendon - A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment.
cervix - Necklike opening to the uterus.
cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body.
antrum - A natural cavity or hollow in a bone.
cloaca - (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open.
tonsil - Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.
palate - The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
eyelid - Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
rectus - Any of various straight muscles.
cornea - The transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye.
intima - The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
tragus - A small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear.
stapes - The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea.
meninx - A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord.
kidney - Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine.
spleen - A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm.
pleura - The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.
cardia - The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
plasma - The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended.
phlegm - Expectorated matter.
booger - Dried nasal mucus.
saliva - A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth.
smegma - A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
lochia - Substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth.
venter - A bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle).
venule - A minute vein continuous with a capillary.
retina - The innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball.
zygote - (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell).
allele - (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character.
operon - A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
sclera - The whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball.
macula - A small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision.
gamete - A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
oocyte - A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions.
vermis - The narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres.
cortex - The tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal.
lobule - A small lobe or subdivision of a lobe.
ureter - Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
acinus - One of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland.
uterus - A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females.
vagina - The lower part of the female reproductive tract.
labium - A liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva).
testis - One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.
larynx - A cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea.
rectum - The terminal section of the alimentary canal.
fauces - The passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx.
armpit - The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder.
areola - Small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite.
dorsum - The back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part).
bowleg - A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee).
thenar - The fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb.
tensor - Any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm.
soleus - A broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle.
biceps - Any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm).
lamina - A thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral).
fascia - A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
stroma - The supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma).
fibula - The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
tarsus - The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg.
pelvis - A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter.
crotch - The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk.
zonule - Small beltlike zone.
noddle - An informal British expression for head or mind.
genius - Exceptional creative ability.
idiocy - Extreme mental retardation.
acuity - Sharpness of vision.
method - A way of doing something, especially a systematic way.
trance - A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing.
tangle - Something jumbled or confused.
killer - A difficulty that is hard to deal with.
pisser - A very disagreeable difficulty.
stymie - A thwarting and distressing situation.
gnosis - Intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths.
remark - Explicit notice.
melody - The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes.
vision - The perceptual experience of seeing.
relish - The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
examen - A critical study (as of a writer's work).
decile - (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores.
biopsy - Examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease.
symbol - Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible.
option - One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen.
verity - An enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth.
coupon - A test sample of some substance.
plague - An annoyance.
fardel - A burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle).
flavor - (physics) the six kinds of quarks.
series - (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions.
vertex - The point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure.
leaven - An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something.
autism - (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self.
policy - A plan of action adopted by an individual or social group.
tactic - A plan for attaining a particular goal.
agenda - A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
pillar - A fundamental principle or practice.
kernel - The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
schema - An internal representation of the world.
engram - A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
mirage - Something illusory and unattainable.
belief - Any cognitive content held as true.
theory - A belief that can guide behavior.
values - Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
gospel - A doctrine that is believed to be of great importance.
monism - The doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element.
heresy - A belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion.
satori - (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
region - A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about.
moment - The n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value.
botany - The branch of biology that studies plants.
oology - The branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number).
holism - The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole.
civics - The social science of municipal affairs.
ethics - The philosophical study of moral values and rules.
syntax - The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences.
deixis - The function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing.
theism - The doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods.
obiism - Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies.
cipher - A message written in a secret code.
smiley - An emoticon of a smiling face.
etymon - A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.
logion - A saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels.
calque - An expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language.
ultima - The last syllable in a word.
penult - The next to last syllable in a word.
lexeme - A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language.
ending - The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme).
dative - The category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb.
clause - (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence.
gerund - A noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun).
adverb - The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
adnoun - An adjective used as a noun.
gender - A grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives.
aorist - A verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation.
eponym - The name derived from a person (real or imaginary).
bigram - A word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system.
utopia - A work of fiction describing a utopia.
legend - A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
climax - The decisive moment in a novel or play.
ballad - A narrative poem of popular origin.
octave - A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.
sestet - A rhythmic group of six lines of verse.
cookie - A short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site.
sequel - A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it.
typing - Writing done with a typewriter.
memoir - An essay on a scientific or scholarly topic.
primer - An introductory textbook.
reader - One of a series of texts for students learning to read.
jotter - A small notebook for rough notes.
missal - (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year.
hymnal - A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
tantra - Any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind.
mantra - (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism.
apercu - A short synopsis.
copula - An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.
annals - A chronological account of events in successive years.
twofer - A coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one.
curfew - An order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited.
assize - An ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property.
applet - A Java application.
parser - A computer program that divides code up into functional components.
tagger - A computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter.
trojan - A program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful.
mackle - A printed impression that is blurred or doubled.
shucks - An expression of disappointment or irritation.
intent - The intended meaning of a communication.
nuance - A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
jabber - Rapid and indistinct speech.
basics - A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
omerta - A code of silence practiced by the Mafia.
advice - A proposal for an appropriate course of action.
cabala - An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret.
banzai - A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
eulogy - A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently.
rebuke - An act or expression of criticism and censure.
sermon - A moralistic rebuke.
avowal - A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
threat - Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another.
caveat - (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing.
thesis - An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument.
canard - A deliberately misleading fabrication.
putoff - A pretext for delay or inaction.
fatwah - (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar.
treaty - A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
banter - Light teasing repartee.
sudoku - A number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number.
markup - Detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed.
recipe - Directions for making something.
ahimsa - A Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence.
poster - A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement.
tattle - Disclosing information or giving evidence about another.
lingam - The Hindu phallic symbol of Siva.
dollar - A symbol of commercialism or greed.
accent - A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation.
macron - A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.
umlaut - A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.
daleth - The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
lamedh - The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
samekh - The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
hyphen - 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.
period - A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.
rictus - A gaping grimace.
simper - A silly self-conscious smile.
donkey - The symbol of the Democratic Party.
fasces - Bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding.
paraph - A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
creole - A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages.
pidgin - An artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages.
hiatus - A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript).
comedy - Light and humorous drama with a happy ending.
sextet - A musical composition written for six performers.
septet - A musical composition written for seven performers.
sonata - A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.
medley - A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources.
anthem - A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school).
stanza - A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
techno - A style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals.
zydeco - Music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues.
reggae - Popular music originating in the West Indies.
bathos - Triteness or triviality of style.
jargon - Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject.
upbeat - An unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure).
arioso - (music) a short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
poetry - Literature in metrical form.
dactyl - A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables.
simile - A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').
zeugma - Use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one.
speech - (language) communication by word of mouth.
ablaut - A vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song).
sonant - A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords.
bawdry - Lewd or obscene talk or writing.
titter - A nervous restrained laugh.
paging - Calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system).
sandhi - The articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech).
saying - A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
truism - An obvious truth.
patois - A regional dialect of a language (especially French).
behest - An authoritative command or request.
cahoot - Collusion.
bicker - A quarrel about petty points.
purism - Scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language).
tripos - Final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University.
denial - The act of asserting that something alleged is not true.
kvetch - (Yiddish) a nagging complaint.
earful - An outpouring of gossip.
gossip - A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.
plight - A solemn pledge of fidelity.
naming - The verbal act of naming.
tirade - A speech of violent denunciation.
plaint - (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed.
litany - Any long and tedious address or recital.
homily - A sermon on a moral or religious topic.
bauble - A mock scepter carried by a court jester.
kowtow - A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission.
uplink - A transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission.
zinger - A striking or amusing or caustic remark.
augury - An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
mishap - An instance of misfortune.
famine - A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death.
pileup - Multiple collisions of vehicles.
kismet - (Islam) the will of Allah.
ravage - (usually plural) a destructive action.
vagary - An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.).
jitter - A small irregular movement.
seiche - A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay.
recoil - A movement back from an impact.
hubbub - Loud confused noise from many sources.
mutter - A low continuous indistinct sound.
squeak - A short high-pitched noise.
swoosh - The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid).
crisis - A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something.
outage - A temporary suspension of operation (as of computers).
onrush - A forceful forward rush or flow.
affair - A vaguely specified social event.
burial - The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
funrun - A footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity).
diving - An athletic competition that involves diving into water.
defeat - An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest.
whammy - A serious or devastating setback.
pining - A feeling of deep longing.
libido - (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire.
sadism - Sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others.
throes - Violent pangs of suffering.
tsoris - (Yiddish) trouble and suffering.
liking - A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.
nausea - Disgust so strong it makes you feel sick.
gaiety - A festive merry feeling.
unrest - A feeling of restless agitation.
tumult - Violent agitation.
dander - A feeling of anger and animosity.
creeps - A feeling of fear and revulsion.
swivet - A panic or extreme discomposure.
misery - A feeling of intense unhappiness.
sorrow - An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement.
malice - Feeling a need to see others suffer.
farina - Fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat.
pinole - Meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices.
gluten - A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains.
larder - A supply of food especially for a household.
dinner - The main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday.
supper - A light evening meal.
morsel - A small amount of solid food.
confit - A piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat.
canape - An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
bisque - A thick cream soup made from shellfish.
borsch - A Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
liquor - The liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked.
potage - Thick (often creamy) soup.
burgoo - Thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available.
purloo - Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
paella - Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
ragout - Well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables.
bonbon - A candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate.
comfit - Candy containing a fruit or nut.
jujube - Chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat).
cachou - A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco).
nougat - Nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste.
trifle - A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly.
quiche - A tart filled with rich unsweetened custard.
pastry - Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter.
pirogi - Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried.
samosa - Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
phyllo - Tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes.
eclair - Oblong cream puff.
simnel - A fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas.
gateau - Any of various rich and elaborate cakes.
blintz - (Judaism) thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked.
waffle - Pancake batter baked in a waffle iron.
giblet - Edible viscera of a fowl.
gobbet - A lump or chunk of raw meat.
cutlet - Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled.
mouton - Meat from a mature domestic sheep.
flitch - Salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork.
gammon - Hind portion of a side of bacon.
haslet - Heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs.
polony - Another name for Bologna sausage.
salami - Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
banger - (British informal) pork sausage.
baguet - Narrow French stick loaf.
muffin - A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan.
danish - Light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese.
hotdog - A frankfurter served hot on a bun.
noodle - A ribbonlike strip of pasta.
muesli - Mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits.
skilly - A thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat).
legume - The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils).
greens - Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables.
potato - An edible tuber native to South America.
cushaw - Globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind.
lentil - Round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food.
celery - Stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning.
hominy - Hulled corn with the bran and germ removed.
tomato - Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
radish - Pungent fleshy edible root.
turnip - Root of any of several members of the mustard family.
peanut - Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds.
lanseh - East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
citrus - Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp.
pomelo - Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp.
citron - Large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind.
almond - Oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree.
damson - Dark purple plum of the damson tree.
raisin - Dried grape.
banana - Elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh.
casaba - Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
cherry - A red fruit with a single hard stone.
muscat - Sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine.
ribier - Dark reddish-purple table grape of California.
papaya - Large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh.
durian - Huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'.
feijoa - Dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh.
loquat - Yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh.
sapote - Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet.
mombin - Purplish tropical fruit.
litchi - Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
marang - Tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp.
medlar - Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves.
seckel - Small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear.
quince - Aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves.
walnut - Nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell.
cashew - Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted.
kipper - Salted and smoked herring.
huitre - Edible body of any of numerous oysters.
schrod - Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds.
caviar - Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish.
eatage - Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle.
silage - Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
stover - The dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested.
groats - The hulled and crushed grain of various cereals.
millet - Small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica.
barley - A grain of barley.
bulgur - Parched crushed wheat.
stodge - Heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food.
fennel - Fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture.
nutmeg - Hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground.
borage - An herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches.
hyssop - Bitter leaves used sparingly in salads.
chives - Cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.
garlic - Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
lovage - Stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica.
catsup - Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes.
omelet - Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
yogurt - A custard-like food made from curdled milk.
paring - (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off.
wasabi - The thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish.
hummus - A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic.
tahini - A thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds.
batter - A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking.
dolmas - Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock.
fondue - Hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped.
haggis - Made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach.
potpie - Deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings.
scampi - Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
kishke - (Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet.
tamale - Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
lekvar - A sweet filling made of prunes or apricots.
potion - A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage.
elixir - A substance believed to cure all ills.
chaser - A drink to follow immediately after another drink.
sherry - Dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere.
arrack - Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
brandy - Distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
grappa - Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
kirsch - From fermented juice of black morello cherries.
geneva - Gin made in the Netherlands.
pulque - Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey.
mescal - A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant).
poteen - Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey.
kummel - Liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin.
pastis - Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
gimlet - A cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice.
posset - Sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer.
zombie - Several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur.
rotgut - Any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality.
frappe - Thick milkshake containing ice cream.
nectar - Fruit juice especially when undiluted.
lacing - A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage.
coffee - A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans.
mimosa - A mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice.
eggnog - A punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor.
rickey - A mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor.
tisane - Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
congou - Black tea grown in China.
oolong - Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried.
logjam - An immovable mass of logs blocking a river.
family - Primary social group.
kludge - A badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together).
remuda - The herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen.
colony - A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.
warren - A colony of rabbits.
domain - (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined.
subset - A set whose members are members of another set.
quango - A quasi nongovernmental organization.
empire - A group of countries under a single authority.
papacy - The government of the Roman Catholic Church.
issuer - An institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.).
agency - A business that serves other businesses.
dealer - A firm engaged in trading.
raider - A corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management.
phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants.
clergy - In Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity).
senate - Assembly possessing high legislative powers.
nation - The people who live in a nation or country.
member - An organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations).
allies - An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy.
admass - The segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British).
police - The force of policemen and officers.
claque - A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance.
fandom - The fans of a sport or famous person.
parish - A local church community.
moshav - A cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms.
hamlet - A community of people smaller than a village.
yakuza - Organized crime in Japan.
clique - An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
cohort - A band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion).
soiree - A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
galaxy - A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people).
legion - A large military unit.
synset - A set of one or more synonyms.
armada - A large fleet.
enosis - The union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots).
vaisya - The third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category.
soviet - An elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
indaba - A council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question.
quorum - A gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business.
minyan - The quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age).
moiety - One of two basic subdivisions of a tribe.
catena - A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
argosy - One or more large merchant ships.
chosen - An exclusive group of people.
gentry - The most powerful members of a society.
sabbat - A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
rabble - Disparaging terms for the common people.
galere - A coterie of undesirable people.
seance - A meeting of spiritualists.
hawala - An underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction.
lineup - A line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification.
growth - Vegetation that has grown.
forest - The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area.
jungle - An impenetrable equatorial forest.
genome - The ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism.
cubism - An artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes.
apogee - Apoapsis in Earth orbit.
bowels - The center of the Earth.
campus - A field on which the buildings of a university are situated.
county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government.
ghetto - A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
abbacy - The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
suburb - A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.
barony - The domain of a baron.
isobar - (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
isohel - An isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine.
midair - Some point in the air.
midway - The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located.
kasbah - An older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa.
medina - The ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa.
resort - A hotel located in a resort area.
ashram - (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus.
danger - A dangerous place.
tiptop - The extreme top or summit.
pueblo - A communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States.
tropic - Either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics.
barrio - An urban area in a Spanish-speaking country.
zenith - The point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
pampas - The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina.
arroyo - A stream or brook.
ascent - An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
baryon - Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions.
canyon - A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall.
cation - A positively charged ion.
cinder - A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire.
cirque - A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
cranny - A small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall).
crater - A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb.
craton - The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent.
diapir - A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata.
folium - A thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock.
fomite - Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another.
grotto - A small cave (usually with attractive features).
hadron - Any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles.
icecap - A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
lagoon - A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
lepton - An elementary particle that participates in weak interactions.
massif - A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.
nebule - A small cloud.
nimbus - A dark grey cloud bearing rain.
nubbin - A small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn).
nugget - A solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth.
nullah - A ravine or gully in southern Asia.
offing - The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area.
pebble - A small smooth rounded rock.
photon - A quantum of electromagnetic radiation.
placer - An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
planet - (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light.
polder - Low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands).
virino - (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.
proton - A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron.
pulsar - A degenerate neutron star.
quasar - A starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy.
ravine - A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water).
relict - Geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared.
sawpit - A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw.
slough - Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).
steppe - Extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia).
tartar - An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums.
tundra - A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen.
valley - A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
hobbit - An imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet.
merman - Half man and half fish.
ogress - (folklore) a female ogre.
wyvern - A fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry.
daemon - A person who is part mortal and part god.
avatar - The manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form.
cherub - An angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge.
seraph - An angel of the first order.
undine - Any of various female water spirits.
dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior.
goblin - (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
apache - A Parisian gangster.
captor - A person who captures and holds people or animals.
coward - A person who shows fear or timidity.
expert - A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully.
leader - A person who rules or guides or inspires others.
nigger - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person.
whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man.
coolie - (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer.
papist - An offensive term for Roman Catholics.
polack - A person of Polish descent.
abator - A person who abates a nuisance.
abbess - The superior of a group of nuns.
abuser - Someone who abuses.
albino - A person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin.
maenad - (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus.
angler - A fisherman who uses a hook and line.
archer - A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.
artist - A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination.
auteur - A filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works.
avower - Someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly.
bagman - A racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money.
bailee - The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
bailor - The person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment.
balker - A person who refuses to comply.
torero - A matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight.
bandit - An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band.
banker - The person in charge of the bank in a gambling game.
barker - Someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers.
bather - A person who takes a bath.
batman - An orderly assigned to serve a British military officer.
bawler - A loud weeper.
beadle - A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function.
beldam - A woman of advanced age.
bettor - Someone who bets.
bidder - Someone who makes an offer.
boffin - (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research.
booker - Someone who engages a person or company for performances.
bowler - A player who rolls balls down an alley at pins.
brewer - The owner or manager of a brewery.
briber - Someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act.
bugler - Someone who plays a bugle.
bunter - A batter who bunts.
bursar - The treasurer at a college or university.
busboy - A restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes.
busker - A person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money.
busman - Someone who drives a bus.
buster - A person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something.
butler - A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table.
caliph - The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
cantor - The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
carhop - A waiter at a drive-in restaurant.
carper - Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way.
carter - Someone whose work is driving carts.
chebab - A Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis.
chewer - Someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco).
cleric - A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
closer - (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game.
cobber - Australian term for a pal.
codger - Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man.
coiner - A skilled worker who coins or stamps money.
consul - A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country.
cousin - The child of your aunt or uncle.
cowboy - A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
critic - Someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments.
curate - A person authorized to conduct religious worship.
client - A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer.
cutler - A dealer in cutlery.
cyborg - A human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices.
dacoit - A member of an armed gang of robbers.
damsel - A young unmarried woman.
dancer - A performer who dances professionally.
darner - A person who mends by darning.
dauber - An unskilled painter.
dayboy - A day boarder who is a boy.
deacon - A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches.
debtor - A person who owes a creditor.
denier - One who denies.
deputy - An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent.
dieter - A person who diets.
digger - A laborer who digs.
dimwit - A stupid incompetent person.
docent - A teacher at some universities.
dodger - A shifty deceptive person.
dosser - Someone who sleeps in any convenient place.
dotard - An oldster in his dotage.
draper - A dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods).
drawee - The person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment.
drudge - A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
dueler - A person who fights duels.
duenna - A woman chaperon.
duffer - An incompetent or clumsy person.
dunker - A basketball player who is able to make dunk shots.
earner - Someone who earn wages in return for their labor.
editor - A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication.
eparch - The governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece.
etcher - Someone who etches.
ethnic - A person who is a member of an ethnic group.
eunuch - A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction.
exarch - A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire.
extern - A nonresident doctor or medical student.
faller - A person who falls.
farmer - A person who operates a farm.
father - A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father).
fellah - An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
fellow - An informal form of address for a man.
fencer - Someone skilled at fencing.
fiance - A man who is engaged to be married.
flamen - A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
flunky - A person of unquestioning obedience.
forger - Someone who makes copies illegally.
fowler - Someone who hunts wild birds for food.
framer - Someone who writes a new law or plan.
friend - A person you know well and regard with affection and trust.
fucker - A stupid despised man.
fuller - A workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living.
gaffer - An electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set.
gagman - Someone who writes comic material for public performers.
galoot - A disreputable or clumsy man.
gamine - A girl of impish appeal.
ganger - The foreman of a work gang.
gasbag - A boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
gasman - Someone employed by a gas company.
gaucho - A cowboy of the South American pampas.
gawker - A spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness.
geisha - A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
geezer - A man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric.
gigolo - A man who has sex with and is supported by a woman.
gilder - Someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt.
gillie - A young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief.
gitana - A Spanish female Gypsy.
gitano - A Spanish male Gypsy.
godson - A male godchild.
golfer - Someone who plays the game of golf.
gouger - An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye.
grader - A judge who assigns grades to something.
granny - An old woman.
gringo - A Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen).
grocer - A retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies).
gulper - A drinker who swallows large amounts greedily.
gunman - A professional killer who uses a gun.
guvnor - (British slang) boss.
hacker - A programmer for whom computing is its own reward.
hauler - A haulage contractor.
hearer - Someone who listens attentively.
audile - One whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor.
paynim - A heathen.
hedger - A gardener who takes care of and trims hedges.
herald - (formal) a person who announces important news.
herder - Someone who drives a herd.
hermit - One who lives in solitude.
hippie - Someone who rejects the established culture.
hisser - Someone who communicates disapproval by hissing.
hitter - Someone who hits.
hoofer - A professional dancer.
hooker - (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot.
hosier - A tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear.
hugger - A person who hugs.
hummer - A singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words.
hussar - A member of a European light cavalry unit.
iceman - Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
inmate - One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital).
jester - A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages.
jobber - Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers.
jogger - Someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise).
joiner - A woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood.
jurist - A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations.
kaffir - An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.
keeper - Someone in charge of other people.
kicker - A player who kicks the football.
kisser - Someone who kisses.
knower - A person who knows or apprehends.
lackey - A male servant (especially a footman).
lancer - (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance.
lascar - An East Indian sailor.
lasher - A driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip.
lawman - An officer of the law.
lawyer - A professional person authorized to practice law.
layman - Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.
leaker - A surreptitious informant.
lector - A public lecturer at certain universities.
legate - A member of a legation.
lender - Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
lessor - Someone who grants a lease.
lisper - A speaker who lisps.
loader - An attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game.
lodger - A tenant in someone's house.
lumper - A taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics.
lunger - Someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing).
lurker - Someone waiting in concealment.
lutist - A musician who plays the lute.
madame - Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
mahout - The driver and keeper of an elephant.
adonis - Any handsome young man.
maniac - A person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something.
mascot - A person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure.
matron - A married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified.
mauler - A fighter who batters the opponent.
meanie - A person of mean disposition.
melter - A worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.).
mender - A skilled worker who mends or repairs things.
menial - A domestic servant.
mensch - A decent responsible person with admirable characteristics.
mercer - A dealer in textiles (especially silks).
bearer - A messenger who bears or presents.
mikado - The emperor of Japan.
milord - A term of address for an English lord.
minder - Someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors.
minion - A servile or fawning dependant.
misfit - Someone unable to adapt to their circumstances.
missus - Informal term of address for someone's wife.
mopper - A worker who uses a mop to clean a surface.
moppet - A little girl (usually one you are fond of).
muggee - A victim of a mugging.
mugger - A robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street).
musher - A traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team.
muzhik - A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
nailer - A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
necker - A lover who necks.
nephew - A son of your brother or sister.
nosher - Someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals.
notary - Someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions.
novice - Someone new to a field or activity.
nudger - Someone who nudges.
nudist - A person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion.
nudnik - (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest.
nurser - A person who treats something carefully.
nuncio - (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status.
nutter - A person who is regarded as eccentric or mad.
oboist - A musician who plays the oboe.
oilman - A worker who produces or sells petroleum.
orator - A person who delivers a speech or oration.
oyabun - A Japanese supervisor.
packer - A workman employed to pack things into containers.
passer - (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass.
paster - A workman who pastes.
patron - A regular customer.
patzer - A poor chess player.
pauper - A person who is very poor.
pedant - A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
pelter - A thrower of missiles.
petter - A lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one.
picker - Someone who gathers crops or fruits etc..
plater - A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold).
player - A person who participates in or is skilled at some game.
pooler - Someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all.
poseur - A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.
potboy - A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
priest - A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites.
primus - The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland.
prince - A male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign).
puller - Someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something.
punter - (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground.
purist - Someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words).
purser - An officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare.
quaker - One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear.
quoter - A communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations.
racker - An attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack.
raiser - A bridge partner who increases the partner's bid.
ranker - An enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces.
ranter - Someone who rants and raves.
rapper - Someone who performs rap music.
redact - Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
redcap - A porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station.
reeler - A dancer of reels.
regent - Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch.
renter - An owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person.
rester - A person who rests.
rhymer - A writer who composes rhymes.
ribald - A ribald person.
rioter - Troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace.
ripper - A murderer who slashes the victims with a knife.
roarer - Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
robber - A thief who steals from someone by threatening violence.
roofer - A craftsman who lays or repairs roofs.
rotter - A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
dynast - A hereditary ruler.
rusher - A person who rushes.
rustic - An unsophisticated country person.
sachem - A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief).
sadist - Someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others.
sailor - Any member of a ship's crew.
salter - Someone who makes or deals in salt.
sannup - A married male American Indian.
sapper - A military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
satrap - A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
savior - A person who rescues you from harm or danger.
scorer - A logger who marks trees to be felled.
sealer - An official who affixes a seal to a document.
seller - Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
sendee - The intended recipient of a message.
sender - Someone who transmits a message.
sexton - An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects.
sheika - The wife of a sheik.
shiksa - A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
shogun - A hereditary military dictator of Japan.
signer - Someone who signs and is bound by a document.
signor - Used as an Italian courtesy title.
singer - A person who sings.
sinner - A person who sins (without repenting).
sipper - A drinker who sips.
sirdar - An important person in India.
sirrah - Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy.
sister - A female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group.
sitter - An organism (person or animal) that sits.
skater - Someone who skates.
skivvy - A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work.
skycap - A porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport.
slaver - A person engaged in slave trade.
sleuth - A detective who follows a trail.
smarta - One of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism.
smiler - A person who smiles.
snarer - Someone who sets snares for birds or small animals.
sniper - A marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place.
snorer - Someone who snores while sleeping.
shaman - In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds.
sparer - Someone who refrains from injuring or destroying.
spouse - A person's partner in marriage.
starer - A viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility).
stater - A resident of a particular state or group of states.
stoner - An attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill).
suitor - A man who courts a woman.
sultan - The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
surfer - Someone who engages in surfboarding.
sutler - A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.
syndic - One appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions.
tacker - A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding).
talent - A person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity.
tanker - A soldier who drives a tank.
tanner - A craftsman who tans skins and hides.
tapper - Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire.
taster - Someone who samples food or drink for its quality.
techie - A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
teller - An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.
toiler - One who works strenuously.
termer - A person who serves a specified term.
testee - Someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination).
thrall - Someone held in bondage.
tinter - A hairdresser who tints hair.
tipper - A person who leaves a tip.
tither - Someone who pays tithes.
toller - A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation).
tomboy - A girl who behaves in a boyish manner.
tosser - Someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward).
townee - Townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller.
townie - Resident of a college town not affiliated with the college.
trader - Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold.
trusty - A convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges.
twiner - Someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing.
typist - Someone paid to operate a typewriter.
tyrant - A cruel and oppressive dictator.
umpire - An official at a baseball game.
undoer - A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens.
urchin - Poor and often mischievous city child.
usurer - Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
valuer - Someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions.
vandal - Someone who willfully destroys or defaces property.
vassal - A person holding a fief.
verger - A church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies.
vibist - A musician who plays the vibraphone.
victim - An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
victor - A combatant who is able to defeat rivals.
virago - A noisy or scolding or domineering woman.
vizier - A high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire).
voicer - A speaker who voices an opinion.
votary - A devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity.
voyeur - A viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others.
wailer - A mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries.
waiter - A person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant).
wallah - Usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing.
wanter - A person who wants or needs something.
warden - The chief official in charge of a prison.
warder - A person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners.
warner - Someone who gives a warning to others.
wearer - A person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory.
weeper - A hired mourner.
welder - Joins pieces of metal by welding them together.
wetter - A workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process.
whiner - A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
winger - (sports) player in wing position.
winner - A gambler who wins a bet.
wittol - An archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it.
wretch - Performs some wicked deed.
wright - Someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination).
writer - Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
yanker - Someone who gives a strong sudden pull.
yardie - Member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence.
yawner - A person who yawns.
yeoman - In former times was free and cultivated his own land.
yuppie - A young upwardly mobile professional individual.
aurora - An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force.
meteor - A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode.
bolide - An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding).
ohmage - The ohmic resistance of a conductor.
simoom - A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
facula - A large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots.
syzygy - The straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system.
tossup - An unpredictable phenomenon.
sunray - A ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp.
ascoma - An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
gnetum - Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves.
deodar - Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
spruce - Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea.
kawaka - New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
totara - Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
ginkgo - Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds.
flower - Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts.
floret - A diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower).
catkin - A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
stamen - The male reproductive organ of a flower.
anther - The part of the stamen that contains pollen.
pollen - The fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant.
pistil - The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma.
carpel - A simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil.
pappus - Calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions.
pawpaw - Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.
cassia - Chinese tree with aromatic bark.
clover - A plant of the genus Trifolium.
acacia - Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
gidgee - Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms.
sabicu - West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value.
myrtle - Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers.
pistia - Pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves.
pothos - Any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus.
yautia - Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
aralia - Any of various plants of the genus Aralia.
drypis - Spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers.
knawel - Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
silene - Any plant of the genus Silene.
cactus - Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines.
cholla - Arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments.
blinks - Small Indian lettuce of northern regions.
yarrow - Ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets.
endive - Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green.
cosmos - Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves.
dahlia - Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
krigia - Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia.
melosa - South American herb with sticky glandular foliage.
stevia - Any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia.
zinnia - Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads.
achene - Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall.
samara - A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
orchid - Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
orchis - Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes.
bletia - Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
cymbid - Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers.
laelia - Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
phaius - An orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers.
stelis - Any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers.
thrift - Any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers.
toetoe - Used by Maoris for thatching.
fescue - Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns.
darnel - Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land.
hegari - Sudanese sorghums having white seeds.
shallu - Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
mealie - An ear of corn.
zoysia - Any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia.
bamboo - Woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems.
bryony - A vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties.
loofah - The loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit.
mallow - Any of various plants of the family Malvaceae.
althea - Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
malope - Western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts.
baobab - African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
mayeng - Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking.
obeche - Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
linden - Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers.
phalsa - Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
protea - Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
kalmia - Any plant of the genus Kalmia.
azalea - Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
cobnut - Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe.
rosita - Erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States.
privet - Any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries.
pignut - An American hickory tree having bitter nuts.
pyinma - Relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle.
mallee - Any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts.
tupelo - Any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America.
konini - Erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers.
daphne - Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.
achira - Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
calaba - West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
clusia - An aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers.
souari - Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
idesia - Deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
maypop - Of southern United States.
reseda - Any plant of the genus Reseda.
crocus - Any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers.
albuca - Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers.
smilax - Fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration.
scilla - An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
squill - Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant.
maguey - Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine.
bonduc - Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries.
avaram - Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
redbud - Small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers.
axseed - European herb resembling vetch.
sissoo - East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
derris - Any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone.
chanar - Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
mucuna - Any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna.
cowage - The annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods.
padauk - Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
kowhai - Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers.
cowpea - Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.
grugru - Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
corozo - Any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts.
raffia - Fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets.
jupati - A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
mayhaw - Hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves.
bennet - North American white-flowered avens.
spirea - Any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea.
dagame - Source of a tough elastic wood.
blolly - Evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries.
genipa - Any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind.
abelia - Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
teasel - Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
oxalis - Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.
senega - Perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest.
marumi - Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats.
nagami - Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
marupa - Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack.
poplar - Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins.
longan - Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts.
mastic - An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin.
balata - A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber.
storax - A vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax.
styrax - Any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage.
sundew - Any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects.
orpine - Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
dodder - A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems.
coleus - Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers.
henbit - Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers.
sesame - East Indian annual erect herb.
spurge - Any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia.
naboom - Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
croton - Tropical Asiatic shrub.
eryngo - Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
kapuka - Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
nardoo - Australian clover fern.
lichen - Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes.
archil - Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil.
fungus - An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter.
agaric - A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside.
nameko - One of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan.
bolete - Any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
aecium - Fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores.
mildew - A fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter.
bedder - An ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed.
acumen - A tapering point.
lignum - Woody tissue.
midrib - The vein in the center of a leaf.
phloem - (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed.
bonsai - A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot.
stolon - A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
rachis - Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.
caudex - Woody stem of palms and tree ferns.
corymb - Flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height.
raceme - Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
thyrse - A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose.
cymule - A small cyme, generally with few flowers.
spadix - The fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe.
bulbil - Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers.
nutlet - A small nut.
pyrene - The small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet.
loment - Seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments.
spathe - A conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence.
ligule - (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap.
doodia - Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae.
things - Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).
estate - Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
income - The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time.
payola - A bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record.
payoff - The final payment of a debt.
pavage - A tax toward paving streets.
octroi - A tax on various goods brought into a town.
pipage - A fee charged for the use of pipes.
linage - A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted.
assets - Anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
equity - The ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation.
boodle - Informal terms for money.
bawbee - An old Scottish coin of little value.
bezant - A gold coin of the Byzantine Empire.
guinea - A former British gold coin worth 21 shillings.
tenner - A United States bill worth 10 dollars.
ledger - A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
escrow - A written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition.
bluing - A process that makes something blue (or bluish).
inflow - The process of flowing in.
laying - The production of eggs (especially in birds).
leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift.
peeing - Informal terms for urination.
uptake - A process of taking up or using up or consuming.
googol - A cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred).
radian - The unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
oxtant - A unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant.
arpent - A former French unit of area.
morgen - A South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres.
arroba - A liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries.
gallon - United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
bushel - A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches.
nybble - A small byte.
exabit - A unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits.
ampere - The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
abvolt - A unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt.
abwatt - A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
megohm - A unit of resistance equal to one million ohms.
newton - A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram.
sthene - A unit of force equal to 1000 newtons.
footer - (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet.
parsec - A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
micron - A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter.
satang - 100 satangs equal 1 baht in Thailand.
balboa - The basic unit of money in Panama.
pesewa - 100 pesewas equal 1 cedi in Ghana.
dalasi - The basic unit of money in Gambia.
forint - The basic unit of money in Hungary.
gourde - The basic unit of money in Haiti.
koruna - The basic unit of money in Czech Republic.
kwanza - The basic unit of money in Angola.
markka - Formerly the basic unit of money in Finland.
seniti - 100 seniti equal 1 pa'anga in Tonga.
pataca - The basic unit of money in Macao.
peseta - Formerly the basic unit of money in Spain.
qurush - 20 qurush equal 1 riyal in Saudi Arabia.
centas - 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania.
rupiah - The basic unit of money in Indonesia.
shekel - The basic unit of money in Israel.
tugrik - The basic unit of money in Mongolia.
likuta - 100 makuta equal 1 zaire in Zaire.
pascal - A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
cicero - A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em.
kelvin - The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
obolus - A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram.
addend - A number that is added to another number (the augend).
augend - A number to which another number (the addend) is added.
shtikl - A really little shtik.
ullage - The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
armful - The quantity that can be contained in the arms.
capful - The quantity that a cap will hold.
carful - The quantity that a car will hold.
hatful - As many or as much as a hat will hold.
lapful - The quantity that can be held in the lap.
dollop - A small measure (usually of food).
billyo - An unimaginably large amount.
haymow - A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation.
myriad - A large indefinite number.
cosine - Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.
secant - Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
albedo - The ratio of reflected to incident light.
former - The first of two or the first mentioned of two.
latter - The second of two or the second mentioned of two.
isogon - An equiangular polygon.
cuboid - A rectangular parallelepiped.
toroid - The doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus.
pellet - A small sphere.
stemma - A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work.
health - The general condition of body and mind.
status - The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.
ubiety - The state of existing and being localized in space.
comity - A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect.
purity - The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong.
anergy - Inactivity and lack of energy.
arrest - The state of inactivity following an interruption.
stasis - Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces.
torpor - A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility.
acorea - Absence of the pupil in an eye.
abulia - A loss of will power.
estrus - Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.
anoxia - Severe hypoxia.
clonus - Convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations.
alalia - Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
ataxia - Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
chorea - Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs.
azymia - Absence of an enzyme.
kerion - Ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard that usually results in a swelling that is covered with pustules and oozes fluid.
dengue - An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.
typhus - Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.
asthma - Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
favism - Anemia resulting from eating fava beans.
angina - Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
quinsy - A painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues.
sepsis - The presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues.
pyemia - Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess.
anemia - A deficiency of red blood cells.
goiter - Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland.
scurvy - A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
ranula - A cyst on the underside of the tongue.
uremia - Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
lesion - Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part.
eczema - Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
hickey - A temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover.
livedo - Skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin.
glioma - A tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia.
lipoma - A tumor consisting of fatty tissue.
cancer - Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division.
myxoma - A benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material.
drusen - (plural) an eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retina.
cowpox - A viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder.
heaves - A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks.
rabies - An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
scours - Diarrhea in livestock.
spavin - A swelling of the hock joint of a horse.
trauma - An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects.
hernia - Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes.
sprain - A painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments.
tetany - Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures.
bummer - A bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug.
bunion - A painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe.
pyuria - Presence of white blood cells in the urine.
papule - A small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox).
pimple - A small inflamed elevation of the skin.
reflux - An abnormal backward flow of body fluids.
amyxia - A condition in which no mucus in produced.
iritis - Inflammation of the iris.
otitis - Inflammation of the ear.
ulitis - Inflammation of the gums.
keloid - Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury.
morale - A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose.
sanity - Normal or sound powers of mind.
phobia - An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.
lunacy - Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
rating - Standing or position on a scale.
esteem - The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).
repute - The state of being held in high esteem and honor.
infamy - Evil fame or public reputation.
solace - Comfort in disappointment or misery.
amelia - Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
valgus - A deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body.
mammon - Wealth regarded as an evil influence.
kilter - In working order.
milieu - The environmental condition.
miasma - Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources.
abasia - Inability to walk.
mutism - The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak.
myopia - (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability.
anopia - Sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).
ptosis - Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness.
malady - Any unwholesome or desperate condition.
sodoku - The form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East.
turgor - (biology) the normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane.
hiding - The state of being hidden.
slurry - A suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water.
sludge - The precipitate produced by sewage treatment.
acetyl - The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-).
acetin - Any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together.
acetum - A dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug).
benzyl - The univalent radical derived from toluene.
barium - A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
baryta - Any of several compounds of barium.
cerium - A ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series.
cesium - A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
cobalt - A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element.
curium - A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
erbium - A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
helium - A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
indium - A rare soft silvery metallic element.
iodine - A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
osmium - A hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals.
oxygen - A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas.
radium - An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
sodium - A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
sulfur - An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element.
augite - Dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium.
halite - Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride.
galena - Soft blue-grey mineral.
garnet - Any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive.
gypsum - A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris).
maltha - A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
butane - Occurs in natural gas.
oroide - Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
triose - Any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule.
hexose - A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule.
pinite - Grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates.
pyrite - A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color.
quartz - A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form.
ribose - A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.
purine - A colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen.
aldose - A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
acetal - Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
alkali - A mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water.
alkene - Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
pewter - Any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead).
aplite - Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
dacite - A grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals.
chitin - A tough semitransparent horny substance.
enzyme - Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions.
fibrin - A white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots.
casein - A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives.
rennet - A substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket.
ammine - A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
arsine - A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
vellum - Fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb.
basalt - The commonest type of solidified lava.
borate - A salt or ester of boric acid.
inulin - Used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function.
clunch - Hardened clay.
dscDNA - Double-stranded cDNA.
conima - A gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
indene - A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins.
cresol - Any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols.
cymene - Any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins.
intron - Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein.
dioxin - Any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides.
dottle - The residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking.
dubbin - Tallow mixed with oil.
sienna - An earth color containing ferric oxides.
bister - A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.
eluate - A liquid solution that results from elution.
ethane - A colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel.
melena - Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding).
fecula - Excreta (especially of insects).
sewage - Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains.
debris - The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
foryml - (chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes.
albite - A widely distributed feldspar that forms rocks.
buntal - Fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms.
fibril - A very slender natural or synthetic fiber.
flavin - A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin.
ghatti - An Indian gum from the dhawa tree.
lectin - Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus.
gneiss - A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite.
schist - Any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.
gunite - A mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a surface under pneumatic pressure.
dammar - Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
chicle - Gum-like substance from the sapodilla.
halide - A salt of any halogen acid.
hexane - A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent.
humate - Material that is high in humic acids.
icicle - Ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water.
iodide - A salt or ester of hydriodic acid.
isomer - A compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight.
jasper - An opaque form of quartz.
ketone - Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.
ketose - Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal.
kinase - An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme.
latten - Brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets.
gabbro - One of a family of granular intrusive rocks.
lignin - A complex polymer.
lipase - An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
litmus - A coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions.
lysine - An essential amino acid found in proteins.
manila - A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
megilp - A medium for oil-paints.
methyl - The univalent radical CH3- derived from methane.
myelin - A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.
napalm - Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
octane - Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
ormolu - Brass that looks like gold.
papain - A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya.
pectin - Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables.
pepsin - An enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones.
orchil - A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
phenol - Any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds.
podzol - A soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation.
potash - A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry.
propyl - The monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane.
pyrope - A deep red garnet used as a gemstone.
rennin - An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice.
rutile - A mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form.
schorl - Black tourmaline.
serine - A sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine.
myosin - The commonest protein in muscle.
globin - A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin.
reagin - An immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen).
silica - A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
silvex - A herbicide that is effective in controlling woody plants but is toxic to animals.
solute - The dissolved matter in a solution.
stacte - (Old Testament) one of several sweet-smelling spices used in incense.
spinel - A hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum.
sterol - Any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals.
tallow - Obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants.
tannin - Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin.
tetryl - A yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators.
thymol - A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic.
tombac - An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
trimer - A polymer (or a molecule of a polymer) consisting of three identical monomers.
urease - An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia.
uracil - A base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
uranyl - The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.
tophus - A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear.
valine - An essential amino acid found in proteins.
niacin - A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
biotin - A B vitamin that aids in body growth.
shoddy - Reclaimed wool fiber.
xylene - A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
zircon - A common mineral occurring in small crystals.
zymase - A complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis.
ligand - A substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom.
vernix - A white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus.
uptime - A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use.
dotage - Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age.
morrow - The next day.
payday - The day on which you receive pay for your work.
decade - A period of 10 years.
matins - The first canonical hour.
inning - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat.
manana - An indefinite time in the future.
rubato - A flexible tempo.
usance - The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
abaxial - Facing away from the axis of an organ or organism.
adaxial - Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism.
nascent - Being born or beginning.
thirsty - Able to take in large quantities of moisture.
ascetic - Practicing great self-denial.
hoggish - Resembling swine.
copious - Large in number or quantity (especially of discourse).
rampant - (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth.
teeming - Abundantly filled with especially living things.
verdant - Characterized by abundance of verdure.
abeyant - Inactive but capable of becoming active.
retired - No longer active in your work or profession.
springy - (of movements) light and confidently active.
passive - Lacking in energy or will.
dormant - (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct .
extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive.
stative - ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action.
chronic - Being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering.
addable - Capable of being added or added to.
adorned - Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
buttony - Ornamented with many buttons.
crested - (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume.
frilled - Having decorative ruffles or frills.
fringed - Having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips.
mounted - Decorated with applied ornamentation.
paneled - Fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting.
studded - Dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads.
aerobic - Depending on free oxygen or air.
smitten - (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming.
subject - Likely to be affected by something.
alarmed - Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
hangdog - Frightened into submission or compliance.
fearful - Experiencing or showing fear.
panicky - Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
hostile - Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business).
scrappy - Full of fighting spirit.
aroused - (of persons) excessively affected by emotion.
frantic - Excessively agitated.
rippled - Shaken into waves or undulations as by wind.
stirred - Set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend.
unsweet - Distasteful.
lidless - Always watchful.
unalert - Not alert to what is potentially dangerous.
defunct - Having ceased to exist or live.
eccrine - (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell.
pushful - Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative.
digital - Of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits.
angered - Marked by extreme anger.
sensate - Having physical sensation.
animate - Endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life.
onymous - Bearing a name.
aquatic - Operating or living or growing in water.
onshore - On the edge of the land.
ensuing - Following immediately and as a result of what went before.
postwar - Belonging to the period after a war.
frontal - Belonging to the front part.
ventral - Toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal).
collect - Payable by the recipient on delivery.
apropos - Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
apteral - Having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides.
astylar - Lacking columns or pillars.
unarmed - (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms.
armored - Protected by armor (used of persons or things military).
armlike - Resembling an arm.
armless - Having no arms.
elusive - Skillful at eluding capture.
artless - Simple and natural.
aphasic - Unable to speak because of a brain lesion.
aphonic - Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.
tongued - Having a manner of speaking as specified.
jointed - Having joints or jointed segments.
affixed - Firmly attached.
sessile - Attached directly by the base.
unstuck - Free.
clastic - Capable of being taken apart.
captive - Giving or marked by complete attention to.
cunning - Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness.
winsome - Charming in a childlike or naive way.
subfusc - Devoid of brightness or appeal.
audible - Heard or perceptible by the ear.
unheard - Not necessarily inaudible but not heard.
hypnoid - Of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis.
styptic - Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels.
unaware - (often followed by `of') not aware.
witting - Aware or knowing.
baleful - Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
ghastly - Shockingly repellent.
leading - Going or proceeding or going in advance.
guiding - Exerting control or influence.
inverse - Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect.
forward - At or near or directed toward the front.
reverse - Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle.
bashful - Disposed to avoid notice.
bedless - Without a bed.
foliate - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata.
laminar - Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
layered - With one layer on top of another.
balding - Getting bald.
furlike - Resembling fur.
pappose - (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles.
bearded - Having a growth of hairlike awns.
awnless - Lacking or having only very short awns.
hideous - So extremely ugly as to be terrifying.
bellied - Having a belly.
benefic - Exerting a favorable or beneficent influence.
malefic - Having or exerting a malignant influence.
leering - Showing sly or knowing malice in a glance.
venomed - Full of malice or hate.
optimum - Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied.
amended - Modified for the better.
simplex - Allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time.
visaged - Having a face or visage as specified.
bibless - Lacking a bib.
bimodal - Of a distribution.
bipedal - Having two feet.
colored - Having skin rich in melanin pigments.
negroid - Characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race.
bronzed - (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun.
blebbed - (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material.
blotchy - Marred by discolored spots or blotches.
crimson - Characterized by violence or bloodshed.
chained - Bound with chains.
trussed - Bound or secured closely.
unbound - Not restrained or tied down by bonds.
unlaced - With laces not tied.
knotted - Tied with a knot.
tangled - In a confused mass.
deckled - Having a rough edge.
seagirt - Surrounded or enclosed by the sea.
quality - Of high social status.
gallant - Unflinching in battle or action.
valiant - Having or showing valor.
caitiff - Despicably mean and cowardly.
chicken - Easily frightened.
gutless - Lacking courage or vitality.
lamplit - Lighted by a lamp.
aphotic - Lacking light.
hatched - Shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines.
moonlit - Lighted by moonlight.
beaming - Radiating or as if radiating light.
blazing - Shining intensely.
halting - Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain.
engaged - Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
botonee - (of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm.
grating - Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
jarring - Making or causing a harsh and irritating sound.
raucous - Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
rending - Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree.
silvern - Resembling or reminiscent of silver.
settled - Not changeable.
billowy - Characterized by great swelling waves or surges.
squally - Characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain.
capable - (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability.
careful - Exercising caution or showing care or attention.
certain - Exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance.
offhand - Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate.
cauline - Especially of leaves.
radical - Especially of leaves.
caudate - Having a tail or taillike appendage.
bobtail - Having a short or shortened tail.
anurous - Not having a tail.
errhine - Causing nasal discharge.
guarded - Prudent.
central - In or near a center or constituting a center.
bifocal - Having two foci.
centric - Having or situated at or near a center.
nuclear - Constituting or like a nucleus.
groping - Acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence.
dubious - Not convinced.
assured - Marked by assurance.
astatic - Not static or stable.
erratic - Liable to sudden unpredictable change.
focused - Of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image.
altered - Changed in form or character without becoming something else.
changed - Made or become different in some respect.
emended - Improved or corrected by critical editing.
revised - Improved or brought up to date.
ionized - Converted totally or partly into ions.
mutable - Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature.
charged - Of a particle or body or system.
neutral - Having no net electric charge.
unowned - Having no owner.
cyprian - Resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus.
beamish - Smiling with happiness or optimism.
buoyant - Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.
chipper - Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.
aureate - Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
avocado - Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado.
caramel - Having the color of caramel.
coppery - Of something having the color of copper.
fuscous - Of something having a dusky brownish grey color.
magenta - Of deep purplish red.
tannish - Of a color resembling tan.
hueless - Of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue.
whitish - Of something having a color tending toward white.
intense - (of color) having the highest saturation.
bicolor - Having two colors.
stained - Marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter.
vibrant - Of colors that are bright and striking.
powdery - As if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder.
darkish - Slightly dark.
popular - (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people).
grouped - Arranged into groups.
cleanly - Habitually clean.
unswept - Not having been swept.
unclean - Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws.
unclear - Not clear to the mind.
blurred - Unclear in form or expression.
obscure - Not clearly understood or expressed.
hyaline - Resembling glass in transparency or translucency.
frosted - (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost.
clouded - Mentally disordered.
dazzled - Stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering.
clement - (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy.
lenient - Characterized by tolerance and mercy.
lumpish - Mentally sluggish.
distant - Located far away spatially.
faraway - Very far away in space or time.
farther - More distant in especially space or time.
further - More distant in especially degree.
extreme - Most distant in any direction.
ambient - Completely enveloping.
nestled - Drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection.
clothed - Wearing or provided with clothing.
arrayed - In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia.
dighted - Dressed or adorned (as for battle).
habited - Dressed in a habit.
exposed - Not covered with clothing.
saddled - Having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal.
brumous - Filled or abounding with fog or mist.
miasmal - Filled with vapor.
coastal - Located on or near or bordering on a coast.
inshore - Close to a shore.
seaward - Directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast.
quelled - Subdued or overcome.
lighted - Set afire or burning.
ignited - Set afire.
cramped - Constricted in size.
awkward - Socially uncomfortable.
average - Lacking special distinction, rank, or status.
demotic - Of or for the common people.
general - Prevailing among and common to the general public.
unusual - Not commonly encountered.
regular - In accord with regular practice or procedure.
deadpan - Deliberately impassive in manner.
compact - Closely and firmly united or packed together.
serried - (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together.
emulous - Eager to surpass others.
matched - Provided with a worthy adversary or competitor.
fretful - Habitually complaining.
aliquot - Signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity.
halfway - Including only half or a portion.
pledged - Bound by or as if by an oath.
devoted - Zealous in devotion or affection.
allover - Covering the entire surface.
neither - Not either.
partial - Being or affecting only a part.
sketchy - Giving only major points.
plenary - Full in all respects.
limited - Including only a part.
abashed - Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
concave - Curving inward.
cuplike - Resembling the shape of a cup.
cupular - Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule.
gibbous - (used of the moon) more than half full.
diffuse - Spread out.
divided - Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose.
coaxial - Having a common axis.
haunted - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
concise - Expressing much in few words.
cryptic - Having a puzzling terseness.
crowded - Overfilled or compacted or concentrated.
huddled - Crowded or massed together.
affined - Closely related.
coupled - Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks.
liberal - Tolerant of change.
caustic - Of a substance, especially a strong acid.
erosive - Wearing away by friction.
dogging - Relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit.
endless - Having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole.
runaway - Completely out of control.
polemic - Of or involving dispute or controversy.
eristic - Given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments.
bizarre - Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
branchy - Having many branches.
braised - Cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container.
broiled - Cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill).
parched - Toasted or roasted slightly.
steamed - Cooked in steam.
toasted - Browned over by exposure to heat.
corrupt - Lacking in integrity.
antacid - Acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach).
shadowy - Lacking in substance.
stringy - Consisting of or containing string or strings.
correct - Free from error.
insular - Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope.
costive - Retarding evacuation of feces.
brusque - Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.
caddish - Offensively discourteous.
uncivil - Lacking civility or good manners.
fictive - Capable of imaginative creation.
sterile - Deficient in originality or creativity.
searing - Severely critical.
crossed - Placed crosswise.
crowned - Provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified.
crucial - Of extreme importance.
pivotal - Being of crucial importance.
boxlike - Resembling a box in rectangularity.
placoid - As the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks.
planate - Having been flattened.
tabular - Flat.
chopped - Prepared by cutting.
incised - Cut into with a sharp instrument.
pierced - Having a hole cut through.
severed - Detached by cutting.
sheared - (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length.
slashed - Having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric.
curious - Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns).
current - Occurring in or belonging to the present time.
ongoing - Currently happening.
topical - Of interest at the present time.
disused - No longer in use.
blasted - Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
blessed - Highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace).
endowed - Provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature).
dowered - Supplied with a dower or dowry.
bespoke - (of clothing) custom-made.
acyclic - Having an open chain structure.
diurnal - Of or belonging to or active during the day.
damaged - Harmed or injured or spoiled.
riddled - (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes.
datable - That can be given a date.
obscene - Designed to incite to indecency or lust.
fateful - Having momentous consequences.
alleged - Declared but not proved.
abysmal - Resembling an abyss in depth.
shallow - Lacking physical depth.
neritic - Relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast.
unbowed - Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
defiant - Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force.
defined - Clearly characterized or delimited.
derived - Formed or developed from something else.
primary - Not derived from or reducible to something else.
sublime - Lifted up or set high.
fragile - Vulnerably delicate.
brittle - Having little elasticity.
crumbly - Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder.
exigent - Requiring precise accuracy.
clamant - Demanding attention.
unsound - Of e.g. advice.
reliant - Relying on another for support.
aligned - Brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause.
coveted - Greatly desired.
totaled - Used of automobiles.
wrecked - Destroyed in an accident.
budding - Beginning to develop.
dextral - Of or on the right.
arduous - Difficult to accomplish.
serious - Requiring effort or concentration.
courtly - Refined or imposing in manner or appearance.
diluted - Reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity.
politic - Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.
tactful - Showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people.
pacific - Promoting peace.
nonstop - (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops.
askance - (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
devious - Deviating from a straight course.
pointed - Direct and obvious in meaning or reference.
upfront - Frank and honest.
hearsay - Heard through another rather than directly.
mediate - Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency.
lateral - Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body.
servile - Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior.
slavish - Abjectly submissive.
adjunct - Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another.
actable - Capable of being acted.
blunted - Made dull or blunt.
cutting - Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
humdrum - Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.
dynamic - Characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality.
driving - Having the power of driving or impelling.
uneager - Lacking interest or spirit or animation.
earless - Lacking external ears.
archean - Of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon.
earlier - (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than.
archaic - Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type.
tardive - Late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease).
eastern - Lying toward or situated in the east.
western - Lying toward or situated in the west.
knowing - Highly educated.
operant - Having influence or producing an effect.
working - Serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity.
drastic - Forceful and extreme and rigorous.
wimpish - Weak and ineffectual.
elastic - Capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression.
fictile - Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material).
rubbery - Having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness.
stretch - Easily stretched.
bounden - Morally obligatory.
imposed - Set forth authoritatively as obligatory.
elegant - Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.
soulful - Full of or expressing deep emotion.
applied - Concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles.
clogged - Loaded with something that hinders motion.
wildcat - (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive.
accrued - Periodically accumulated over time.
ablated - Made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization.
edified - Instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement.
glowing - Highly enthusiastic.
epizoic - Living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite.
coequal - Having the same standing before the law.
unequal - Poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure.
evasive - Deliberately vague or ambiguous.
delible - Capable of being deleted.
ethical - Conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior.
literal - Without interpretation or embellishment.
perfect - Precisely accurate or exact.
inexact - Not exact.
excited - In an aroused state.
fevered - Highly excited.
elating - Making lively and joyful.
unspent - (of financial resources) not spent.
lacking - Nonexistent.
unhoped - So unexpected as to have not been imagined.
expired - Having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time.
invalid - No longer valid.
express - Not tacit or implied.
graphic - Describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail.
plucked - Of a stringed instrument.
outside - Originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world".
outward - Relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind.
eyelike - Suggesting an eye or eyes.
popeyed - Having bulging eyes.
eyeless - Lacking eyes or eyelike features.
doglike - Resembling a dog.
strange - Not known before.
faddish - Intensely fashionable for a short time.
antique - Out of fashion.
fogyish - (used pejoratively) out of fashion.
stylish - Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.
allegro - (of tempo) fast.
andante - (of tempo) moderately slow.
finical - Exacting especially about details.
fattish - Somewhat fat.
scraggy - Being very thin.
slender - Being of delicate or slender build.
adipose - Composed of animal fat.
buttery - Resembling or containing or spread with butter.
curable - Curing or healing is possible.
adverse - In an opposing direction.
fledged - (of an arrow) equipped with feathers.
pennate - Having feathered wings.
plumate - Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft.
fertile - Capable of reproducing.
pending - Awaiting conclusion or confirmation.
unended - Not ended.
dressed - (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth.
bounded - Having the limits or boundaries established.
opening - First or beginning.
closing - Final or ending.
initial - Occurring at the beginning.
premier - Preceding all others in time.
fissile - Capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain.
adamant - Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
toeless - Lacking a toe or toes.
adopted - Acquired as your own by free choice.
foreign - Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
nominal - Existing in name only.
starchy - Rigidly formal.
hapless - Deserving or inciting pity.
miasmic - Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution.
reeking - Giving off a strong unpleasant smell.
odorous - Having odor or a characteristic odor.
scented - (used in combination) having the odor of.
unfixed - Not firmly placed or set or fastened.
candied - (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar.
pickled - (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid.
saltish - Somewhat salty.
affable - Diffusing warmth and friendliness.
couthie - (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial.
berried - Producing or bearing berries.
brimful - Filled to capacity.
glutted - Exceeding demand.
stuffed - Filled with something.
vacuous - Devoid of matter.
drained - Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid).
organic - Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs.
visored - Having or provided with a visor or a visor of a particular kind.
stocked - Furnished with more than enough.
volumed - Furnished with volumes.
generic - Applicable to an entire class or group.
overall - Involving only main features.
federal - National.
endemic - Native to or confined to a certain region.
unitary - Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority.
branded - (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights.
genuine - Not fake or counterfeit.
assumed - Adopted in order to deceive.
goodish - Moderately good of its kind.
naughty - Badly behaved.
angelic - Marked by utter benignity.
demonic - Extremely evil or cruel.
amiable - Disposed to please.
equable - Not easily irritated.
bristly - Very irritable.
crabbed - Annoyed and irritable.
currish - Resembling a cur.
huffish - Sullen or moody.
spoiled - Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention.
gracile - Slender and graceful.
lissome - Moving and bending with ease.
labored - Lacking natural ease.
gradual - Proceeding in small stages.
sloping - Having a slanting form or direction.
haploid - Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.
diploid - Of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number.
unhappy - Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent.
petrous - (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness.
brushed - (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing.
cottony - Resembling cotton.
flaccid - Drooping without elasticity.
softish - Somewhat soft.
palatal - Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').
harmful - Causing or capable of causing harm.
abusive - Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment.
medical - Requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery.
pyretic - Causing fever.
healthy - Having or indicating good health in body or mind.
flushed - Having the pinkish flush of health.
carious - (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay.
caseous - Of damaged or necrotic tissue.
colicky - Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
foaming - Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease.
phlegmy - Characterized by phlegm.
earthly - Of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven.
mundane - Belonging to this earth or world.
massive - Consisting of great mass.
weighty - Having relatively great weight.
fooling - Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility.
heedful - Taking heed.
helpful - Providing assistance or serving a useful function.
lesbian - Of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman.
eminent - Of imposing height.
lowered - Below the surround or below the normal position.
floored - Provided with a floor.
soaring - Ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual.
debased - Lowered in value.
reduced - Well below normal (especially in price).
screaky - Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
soprano - Having or denoting a high range.
throaty - Sounding as if pronounced low in the throat.
mimetic - Exhibiting mimicry.
storied - Having stories as indicated.
lowland - Of relatively low or level country.
mansard - (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper.
hipless - Having or seeming to have no hips.
hopeful - Having or manifesting hope.
forlorn - Marked by or showing hopelessness.
upended - Turned up on end.
upright - In a vertical position.
pitched - Set at a slant.
unerect - Not upright in position or posture.
hunched - Having the back and shoulders rounded.
gushing - Flowing profusely.
jetting - Propelled violently in a usually narrow stream.
fervent - Extremely hot.
hottish - Somewhat hot.
thermal - Caused by or designed to retain heat.
shivery - Cold enough to cause shivers.
summery - Belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer.
sensual - Sexually exciting or gratifying.
hominal - Of humankind as a species.
inhuman - Belonging to or resembling something nonhuman.
beastly - Resembling a beast.
amusing - Arousing or provoking laughter.
jesting - Characterized by jokes and good humor.
killing - Very funny.
waggish - Witty or joking.
unfunny - Not funny.
peckish - Somewhat hungry.
hurried - Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste.
anosmic - Having impaired sense of smell.
amazing - Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
cleared - Rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush.
inboard - Located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft.
outbred - Bred of parents not closely related.
inbound - Directed or moving inward or toward a center.
hedonic - Devoted to pleasure.
austere - Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
monkish - Befitting a monk.
gnostic - Possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things.
advised - Having received information.
peopled - Furnished with people.
injured - Harmed.
finable - Liable to a fine.
preachy - Inclined to or marked by tedious moralization.
blended - Combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable.
alloyed - (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property.
lowbrow - Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes.
natural - Being talented through inherited qualities.
slurred - Spoken as if with a thick tongue.
insipid - Lacking interest or significance or impact.
jutting - Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.
igneous - Produced by the action of fire or intense heat.
aqueous - Produced by the action of water.
bracing - Imparting vitality and energy.
pressed - Compacted by ironing.
doleful - Filled with or evoking sadness.
pensive - Showing pensive sadness.
elegiac - Expressing sorrow often for something past.
joyless - Not experiencing or inspiring joy.
sapless - Destitute of sap and other vital juices.
fitting - Being precisely fitting and right.
merited - Properly deserved.
condign - Fitting or appropriate and deserved.
keyless - Lacking or not requiring a key.
hurtful - Causing hurt.
unknown - Not known.
labeled - Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
oceanic - Constituting or living in the open sea.
oversea - Being or passing over or across the sea.
biggish - Somewhat large.
hulking - Of great size and bulk.
outsize - Larger than normal for its kind.
titanic - Of great force or power.
gnomish - Used of small deformed creatures.
smaller - Small or little relative to something else.
greater - Greater in size or importance or degree.
lawless - Disobedient to or defiant of law.
caulked - Having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler.
chinked - Having narrow opening filled.
leeward - On the side away from the wind.
illegal - Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
bootleg - Distributed or sold illicitly.
legible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered.
unalike - Not alike or similar.
boughed - Having boughs (of trees).
unlined - Not having a lining or liner.
livable - Fit or suitable to live in or with.
ecdemic - Of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs.
hatless - Not wearing a hat.
leglike - Resembling or functioning like a leg.
legless - Not having legs.
logical - Capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning.
sprawly - Spread out irregularly.
agelong - Lasting through all time.
daylong - Lasting through an entire day.
durable - Existing for a long time.
longish - Somewhat long.
clipped - (of speech) having quick short sounds.
flyaway - (of hair or clothing) worn loose.
pinched - As if squeezed uncomfortably tight.
mislaid - Lost temporarily.
missing - Not able to be found.
rescued - Delivered from danger.
blaring - Unpleasantly loud and penetrating.
clarion - Loud and clear.
shouted - In a vehement outcry.
booming - Used of the voice.
orotund - (of sounds) full and rich.
lovable - Having characteristics that attract love or affection.
hateful - Evoking or deserving hatred.
likable - Easy to like.
admired - Regarded with admiration.
beloved - Dearly loved.
favored - Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
unloved - Not loved.
adoring - Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent.
amative - Inclined toward or displaying love.
amatory - Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance.
capital - Uppercase.
unlucky - Having or bringing misfortune.
unmanly - Not possessing qualities befitting a man.
phallic - Resembling or being a phallus.
priapic - Overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality.
scarred - Deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury.
married - Joined in matrimony.
widowed - Single because of death of the spouse.
unmated - Not mated sexually.
mannish - Characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman.
womanly - Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman.
babyish - Characteristic of a baby.
uncured - Not seasoned.
maximal - The greatest or most complete or best possible.
supreme - Greatest or maximal in degree.
minimal - The least possible.
lyrical - Suitable for or suggestive of singing.
tuneful - Having a musical sound.
unmined - Not mined.
musical - Characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music.
chanted - Sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone.
fusible - Capable of being melted and fused.
violent - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud.
warlike - Suggesting war or military life.
movable - Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another.
takeout - Of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises.
tenured - Appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime.
bimetal - Formed of two different metals or alloys.
moderne - Of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes.
adapted - Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
monodic - Having a single vocal part.
immoral - Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong.
illicit - Contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention.
umpteen - Innumerable but many.
kinetic - Characterized by motion.
sitting - Not moving and therefore easy to attack.
painted - Lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting.
exalted - Of high moral or intellectual value.
ignoble - Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose.
queenly - Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen.
lowborn - Of humble birth or origins.
typical - Conforming to a type.
psychic - Outside the sphere of physical science.
austral - Of the south or coming from the south.
noticed - Being perceived or observed.
ignored - Disregarded.
noxious - Injurious to physical or mental health.
baneful - Exceedingly harmful.
dutiful - Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect.
froward - Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
obvious - Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind.
blocked - Completely obstructed or closed off.
impeded - Made difficult or slow.
stopped - (of a nose) blocked.
charnel - Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead.
sinning - Transgressing a moral or divine law.
grooved - Established as if settled into a groove or rut.
onstage - Situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience.
patched - Mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch.
newborn - Having just or recently arisen or come into existence.
parvenu - Of or characteristic of a parvenu.
ancient - Very old.
overage - Too old to be useful.
girlish - Befitting or characteristic of a young girl.
preteen - Of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12.
offside - Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck.
yawning - Gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something.
basined - Enclosed in a basin.
abroach - Of a cask or barrel.
opposed - Being in opposition or having an opponent.
bullish - Expecting a rise in prices.
bearish - Expecting prices to fall.
actinal - (of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated.
orderly - Devoid of violence or disruption.
mobbish - Characteristic of a mob.
ordered - Having a systematic arrangement.
chaotic - Lacking a visible order or organization.
special - For a special service or occasion.
mineral - Composed of matter other than plant or animal.
cliched - Repeated regularly without thought or originality.
canonic - Conforming to orthodox or recognized rules.
covered - Overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something.
cloaked - Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
crusted - Having a hardened crust as a covering.
dabbled - Covered with bright patches (often used in combination).
muffled - Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy.
splashy - Covered with patches of bright color.
scapose - Resembling or consisting of a scape.
labiate - Having lips or parts that resemble lips.
lipless - Without a lip or lips.
visible - Obvious to the eye.
painful - Causing physical or psychological pain.
racking - Causing great physical or mental suffering.
unoiled - Not having oil rubbed into the surface.
undrawn - Not represented in a drawing.
oblique - Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.
fanatic - Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
lustful - Vigorously passionate.
instant - In or of the present month.
proximo - In or of the next month after the present.
patient - Enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance.
restive - Impatient especially under restriction or delay.
unpaved - Not having a paved surface.
halcyon - Idyllically calm and peaceful.
idyllic - Excellent and delightful in all respects.
abiding - Unceasing.
ageless - Continuing forever or indefinitely.
interim - Serving during an intermediate interval of time.
baffled - Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.
private - Concerning things deeply private and personal.
coaxing - Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.
impious - Lacking piety or reverence for a god.
godless - Not revering god.
secular - Of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows.
heathen - Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
checked - Patterned with alternating squares of color.
dappled - Having spots or patches of color.
figured - (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns.
marbled - Patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble.
striped - Marked or decorated with stripes.
vanilla - Plain and without any extras or adornments.
baroque - Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation.
crackle - Having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware.
planned - Designed or carried out according to a plan.
studied - Produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation.
pleased - Experiencing or manifesting pleasure.
chuffed - Very pleased.
annoyed - Aroused to impatience or anger.
regnant - Exercising power or authority.
powered - (often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind.
planted - Set in the soil for growth.
cropped - (of land or soil) used for growing crops.
precise - Sharply exact or accurate or delimited.
moronic - Having a mental age of between eight and twelve years.
delayed - Not as far along as normal in development.
present - Being or existing in a specified place.
flaunty - Inclined to flaunt.
standby - Ready for emergency use.
amateur - Engaged in as a pastime.
gainful - Yielding a fair profit.
looking - Appearing to be as specified.
rousing - Rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading.
prudent - Careful and sensible.
belated - After the expected or usual time.
defiled - Morally blemished.
trained - Shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training.
drilled - Trained in a skill by repetitious practice.
decimal - Numbered or proceeding by tens.
numeric - Measured or expressed in numbers.
blatant - Conspicuously and offensively loud.
rackety - Uncontrollably noisy.
restful - Affording physical or mental rest.
unquiet - Characterized by unrest or disorder.
ergodic - Positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems.
waiting - Being and remaining ready and available for use.
unready - Not prepared or in a state of readiness.
napping - Not prepared or vigilant.
phantom - Something apparently sensed but having no physical reality.
tenable - Based on sound reasoning or evidence.
refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel.
boorish - Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
treated - Subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent.
aerated - (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
proofed - Treated so as to become resistant.
uniform - Evenly spaced.
unasked - Not asked for.
nightly - Happening every night.
monthly - Of or occurring or payable every month.
related - Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
affinal - (anthropology) related by marriage.
kindred - Related by blood or marriage.
cognate - Having the same ancestral language.
connate - Related in nature.
mindful - Bearing in mind.
amnesic - Suffering from a partial loss of memory.
eidetic - Of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy.
figural - Consisting of or forming human or animal figures.
indrawn - Tending to reserve or introspection.
spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity.
fretted - Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework.
aweless - Neither feeling nor showing respect.
revived - Restored to consciousness or life or vigor.
renewed - Restored to a new condition.
flowery - Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details.
lilting - Characterized by a buoyant rhythm.
costate - Having ribs.
riblike - Resembling a rib.
ribless - Having no ribs or no visible ribs.
moneyed - Based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth.
solvent - Capable of meeting financial obligations.
rimless - Lacking a rim or frame.
handled - Having a usually specified type of handle.
oldline - Adhering to conservative or reactionary principles.
leftish - Tending toward the political left.
leftist - Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left.
coccoid - Spherical.
discoid - Having a flat circular shape.
nutlike - Resembling a nut in shape and size.
squared - Having been made square.
rounded - Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged.
annular - Shaped like a ring.
cycloid - Resembling a circle.
angular - Having angles or an angular shape.
cuspate - Having cusps or points.
prolate - Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter.
profane - Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled.
parlous - Fraught with danger.
salable - Capable of being sold.
diverse - Distinctly dissimilar or unlike.
variant - Differing from a norm or standard.
similar - Marked by correspondence or resemblance.
lunatic - Insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon.
satiate - Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction.
unsated - Not having been satisfied.
alright - Nonstandard usage.
failing - Below acceptable in performance.
bookish - Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading.
erudite - Having or showing profound knowledge.
wrapped - Enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like.
furtive - Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
insured - Covered by insurance.
teasing - Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it.
selfish - Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.
sharing - Unselfishly willing to share with others.
younger - Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father.
callous - Emotionally hardened.
numbing - Causing numbness or insensitivity.
sensory - Involving or derived from the senses.
aseptic - Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.
earnest - Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions.
flighty - Guided by whim and fancy.
trivial - Concerned with trivialities.
playful - Full of fun and high spirits.
coltish - Given to merry frolicking.
mocking - Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule).
located - Situated in a particular spot or position.
aimless - Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.
migrant - Habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work.
raunchy - Earthy and sexually explicit.
sexless - Sexually unattractive.
asexual - Not having or involving sex.
vegetal - (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes.
estrous - (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus.
shapely - Having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape.
modeled - Resembling sculpture.
nodular - Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules.
bosomed - Having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom.
ductile - Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
precast - Of structural members especially of concrete.
goateed - Having a small pointed chin beard.
podlike - Resembling a pod.
sighted - Able to see.
blinded - Deprived of sight.
epochal - Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
acerate - Narrow and long and pointed.
cordate - (of a leaf) shaped like a heart.
cuneate - (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base.
deltoid - Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex.
hastate - (of a leaf shape) like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base.
needled - Of trees whose leaves are acerate.
obovate - (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base.
peltate - (of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example).
unlobed - Without lobes.
palmate - Of a leaf shape.
pinnate - (of a leaf shape) featherlike.
radiate - Having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies.
ternate - (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections.
complex - Complicated in structure.
sincere - Open and genuine.
cordial - Sincerely or intensely felt.
feigned - Not genuine.
fifteen - Being one more than fourteen.
sixteen - Being one more than fifteen.
seventy - Being ten more than sixty.
hundred - Being ten more than ninety.
million - (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units.
billion - Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States.
zillion - Very large indeterminate number.
ordinal - Being or denoting a numerical order in a series.
seventh - Coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position.
twelfth - Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position.
azygous - Occurring singly.
ternary - Having three units or components or elements.
octuple - Having eight units or components.
nonuple - Having nine units or components.
tenfold - Containing ten or ten parts.
unsized - Not fashioned to sizes.
skilled - Having or showing or requiring special skill.
bungled - Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness.
smoking - Emitting smoke in great volume.
sliding - Being a smooth continuous motion.
nonskid - Designed to reduce or prevent skidding.
nonslip - Designed to reduce or prevent slipping.
bullate - Of leaves.
chapped - Used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure.
cragged - Having hills and crags.
crushed - Treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance.
shagged - Having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags.
sinuate - Having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex.
ciliate - Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.
crenate - Having a margin with rounded scallops.
dentate - Having toothlike projections in the margin.
serrate - Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex.
spinose - Having spines.
asocial - Given to avoiding association with others.
recluse - Withdrawn from society.
sleeved - Made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified.
gaseous - Existing as or having characteristics of a gas.
tubular - Constituting a tube.
soluble - (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water).
decayed - Damaged by decay.
fizzing - Hissing and bubbling.
spinous - Having spines.
dashing - Lively and spirited.
zestful - Marked by spirited enjoyment.
induced - Brought about or caused.
written - Set down in writing in any of various ways.
cursive - Having successive letter joined together.
vocalic - Being or containing or characterized by vowels.
lasting - Lasting a long time without change.
stabile - (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change.
rickety - Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect.
seismic - Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
modular - Constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use.
starlit - Lighted only by stars.
overfed - Too well nourished.
starved - Suffering from lack of food.
stemmed - Having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified.
piquant - Engagingly stimulating or provocative.
crooked - Having or marked by bends or angles.
gnarled - Used of old persons or old trees.
eellike - Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
falcate - Curved like a sickle.
coiling - In the shape of a coil.
hitless - (of a batter) without a hit.
winless - Having no wins.
honeyed - With honey added.
sugared - With sweetening added.
premium - Having or reflecting superior quality or value.
shining - Marked by exceptional merit.
scrawny - Inferior in size or quality.
pendent - Held from above.
unaided - Carried out without aid or assistance.
plastic - Capable of being influenced or formed.
excused - Granted exemption.
cloying - Overly sweet.
acetose - Tasting or smelling like vinegar.
subacid - Slightly sour to the taste.
unsworn - Not bound by or stated on oath.
voluble - Marked by a ready flow of speech.
stately - Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue.
tallish - Somewhat tall.
subdued - Quieted and brought under control.
tactile - Producing a sensation of touch.
peppery - Having the piquant burning taste of peppers.
gingery - Having a taste like that of ginger.
pungent - Strong and sharp.
taxable - (of goods or funds) subject to taxation.
ratable - Liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes.
nervous - Easily agitated.
relaxed - Without strain or anxiety.
quilted - Made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching.
tenuous - Very thin in gauge or diameter.
bemused - Deeply absorbed in thought.
thrifty - Careful and diligent in the use of resources.
slouchy - Lacking stiffness in form or posture.
unkempt - Not properly maintained or cared for.
groomed - Neat and smart in appearance.
pomaded - (of hair) groomed with pomade.
whacked - (British informal) exhausted or worn out.
untired - With unreduced energy.
bigoted - Blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others.
toothed - Having teeth especially of a certain number or type.
edental - Having few if any teeth.
topmost - At or nearest to the top.
topless - Having no top.
testate - Having made a legally valid will before death.
touched - Having come into contact.
fibrous - (of meat) full of sinews.
tamable - Capable of being tamed.
balking - Stopping short and refusing to go on.
tracked - Having tracks.
trimmed - Made neat and tidy by trimming.
anxious - Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
fraught - Marked by distress.
cynical - Believing the worst of human nature and motives.
jealous - Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival.
rotated - Turned in a circle around an axis.
surface - On the surface.
tearful - Filled with or marked by tears.
sniffly - Liable to sniffle.
bipolar - Having two poles.
pronged - Having prongs or tines.
bivalve - Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.).
raining - Falling in drops or as if falling like rain.
falling - Becoming lower or less in degree or value.
upscale - Appropriate for people with good incomes.
upbound - Heading in any direction that is conventionally up.
upfield - Away from the defending teams' end of the playing field.
upstage - Of the back half of a stage.
misused - Used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose.
useable - Capable of being put to use.
useless - Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully.
inutile - Not worth using.
utopian - Characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection.
binding - Executed with proper legal authority.
protean - Taking on different forms.
varying - Marked by diversity or difference.
airless - Lacking fresh air.
lashing - Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
unseeyn - Not seen or perceived.
willful - Done by design.
warming - Imparting heat.
unwaxed - Not waxed.
raising - Increasing in quantity or value.
calando - Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.
welcome - Giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted.
airsick - Experiencing motion sickness.
bedfast - Confined to bed (by illness).
bilious - Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress.
palsied - Affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor.
spastic - Suffering from spastic paralysis.
bedewed - Wet with dew.
showery - (of weather) wet by periods of rain.
undried - Still wet or moist.
hydrous - Containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate).
wheeled - Having wheels.
fanlike - Resembling a fan.
tapered - Becoming gradually narrower.
peruked - Wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
toupeed - Wearing a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
wigless - Not wearing a wig.
willing - Disposed or inclined toward.
batwing - Formed or shaped like a bat's wing.
foolish - Devoid of good sense or judgment.
asinine - Devoid of intelligence.
beechen - Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree.
worldly - Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.
braided - Woven by (or as if by) braiding.
unwoven - Not woven.
knitted - Made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving.
raddled - Used until no longer useful.
scruffy - Shabby and untidy.
thumbed - (of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning.
faceted - Having facets.
salient - (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees.
shelled - Of animals or fruits that have a shell.
jawless - Of animals having no jaw.
skinned - Having skin of a specified kind.
acapnic - Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
adenoid - Relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
adnexal - Of or pertaining to adnexa.
adrenal - Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
affixal - Of or pertaining to a linguistic affix.
albinal - Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
albitic - Of or related to albite feldspar.
alkylic - Of or related to an alkyl.
allelic - Of or relating to alleles.
allylic - Of or pertaining to the allyl radical.
ameboid - Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
anginal - Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
anguine - Of or related to or resembling a snake.
animist - Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism.
annelid - Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida.
aphakic - Of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia.
aphetic - Produced by aphesis.
aplitic - Of or related to aplite.
apogean - Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
apsidal - Of or relating to an apse.
areolar - Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
ascitic - Of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
augitic - Of or relating to or containing the mineral augite.
auroral - Characteristic of the dawn.
auxetic - Of or relating to growth by auxesis.
auxinic - Relating to or containing auxins.
avellan - Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
avionic - Of or relating to avionics.
baccate - Resembling a berry.
barytic - Of or relating to or containing baryta.
basilar - Of or relating to or located at the base.
basinal - Of or relating to a basin.
benthic - Of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water.
benzoic - Containing or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin.
biaxial - Having two axes.
biliary - Relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder.
borated - Mixed or impregnated with borax.
boronic - Of or relating to boron.
botanic - Of or relating to plants or botany.
brisant - Of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive.
bulimic - Suffering from bulimia.
butyric - Relating to or producing butyric acid.
cairned - Marked by cairns.
caloric - Of or relating to calories in food.
cambial - Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium.
caprine - Being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats.
carinal - Relating to or resembling a carina.
carotid - Of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck.
cervine - Relating to or resembling deer.
chaetal - Of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).
chelate - Having or resembling chelae or claws.
chordal - Relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords.
colonic - Of or relating to the colon.
cormous - Having or producing corms.
corneal - Of or related to the cornea.
crustal - Of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon.
cryonic - Of or relating to cryonics.
ctenoid - Resembling a comb.
cubital - Of or relating to the elbow.
czarist - Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
eugenic - Pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced.
ectopic - Exhibiting ectopia.
ergotic - Relating to or produced by ergot.
femoral - Of or relating to or near the femur or thigh.
febrile - Of or relating to or characterized by fever.
bifilar - Having or using two filaments.
fisheye - Of or relating to a fisheye lens.
fluvial - Of or relating to or happening in a river.
gastric - Relating to or involving the stomach.
genetic - Of or relating to the science of genetics.
gentile - Belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples.
glacial - Relating to or derived from a glacier.
gluteal - Of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles.
hepatic - Pertaining to or affecting the liver.
hircine - Of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor).
hydroxy - Being or containing a hydroxyl group.
jittery - Characterized by jerky movements.
lathery - Resembling lather or covered with lather.
leonine - Of or characteristic of or resembling a lion.
pouched - Having a pouch.
meiotic - Of or relating to meiosis.
myalgic - Of or relating to myalgia.
numeral - Of or relating to or denoting numbers.
oneiric - Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
parotid - Relating to or located near the parotid gland.
paschal - Of or relating to Passover or Easter.
plantar - Relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot.
plumbic - Relating to or consisting of lead.
pompous - Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display.
preanal - Situated in front of the anus.
pressor - Increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure.
sapiens - Of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens.
scalene - Of or relating to any of the scalene muscles.
seminal - Pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen.
squinty - Characterized by squinting.
splenic - Of or relating to the spleen.
spousal - Relating to a spouse.
stannic - Of or relating to or containing tin.
stellar - Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
taurine - Of or relating to or resembling a bull.
tensile - Of or relating to tension.
titular - Of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility.
atheist - Related to or characterized by or given to atheism.
voltaic - Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action.
leprous - Relating to or resembling or having leprosy.
lingual - Pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue.
piscine - Of or relating to fish.
fungoid - Resembling fungi.
plantal - Of or relating to plants.
moneran - Of or relating to the Monera.
vulpine - Resembling or characteristic of a fox.
spatial - Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space.
sigmoid - Of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine.
sciatic - Of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it).
crinoid - Of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea.
cardiac - Of or relating to the heart.
cranial - Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain.
corvine - Relating to or resembling a crow.
ciliary - Of or relating to the human eyelash.
dietary - Of or relating to the diet.
lacteal - Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk.
humoral - Of or relating to bodily fluids.
jugular - Relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat.
marital - Of or relating to the state of marriage.
mastoid - Relating to or resembling a nipple.
phocine - Of or relating to seals.
saurian - Of or relating to lizards.
stearic - Of or relating to or composed of fat.
tegular - Of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles.
optical - Of or relating to or involving light or optics.
melodic - Of or relating to melody.
mucosal - Of or relating to mucous membranes.
orbital - Of or relating to the eye socket.
elysian - Relating to the Elysian Fields.
vicinal - Belonging to or limited to a vicinity.
glottal - Of or relating to or produced by the glottis.
genital - Of or relating to the external sex organs.
zygotic - Of or relating to a zygote.
lexical - Of or relating to words.
montane - Of or inhabiting mountainous regions.
mammary - Of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female.
bucolic - Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle.
masonic - Of or relating to stonemasons or masonry.
factual - Of or relating to or characterized by facts.
earthen - Made of earth (or baked clay).
fascist - Relating to or characteristic of fascism.
textual - Of or relating to or based on a text.
anionic - Of or relating to anions.
ovarian - Of or involving the ovaries.
uterine - Of or involving the uterus.
clausal - Of or relating to or functioning as a clause.
phrasal - Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase.
robotic - Of or relating to mechanical robots.
exuvial - Of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals.
trophic - Of or relating to nutrition.
pleural - Of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax.
lobular - Of or relating to or resembling a lobule.
rhombic - Resembling a rhombus.
dipolar - Having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance.
totemic - Relating to totemism.
abyssal - Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters.
bathyal - Relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope).
gonadal - Of or relating to the gonads.
quantal - Of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states.
retinal - In or relating to the retina of the eye.
thyroid - Suggestive of a thyroid disorder.
copular - Of or relating to a copula.
embolic - Of or relating to an embolism or embolus.
mesonic - Of or pertaining to a meson.
phrenic - Of or relating to the diaphragm.
quartan - Occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria).
zymotic - Relating to or caused by infection.
osmotic - Of or relating to osmosis.
sternal - Of or relating to or near the sternum.
urinary - Of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine.
intimal - Of or relating to the intima.
coeliac - Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
myeloid - Of or relating to bone marrow.
ceramic - Of or relating to or made from a ceramic.
mitotic - Of or relating to or undergoing mitosis.
shrubby - Of or relating to or resembling a shrub.
actinic - Relating to or exhibiting actinism.
amoebic - Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
aneroid - Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
bubonic - Of or evidencing buboes.
citrous - Of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus.
cockney - Characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect.
creedal - Of or relating to a creed.
dacitic - Relating to or consisting of dacite.
empiric - Relying on medical quackery.
enteric - Of or relating to the enteron.
epizoan - Of or relating to epizoa.
growing - Relating to or suitable for growth.
mayoral - Of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor.
nebular - Of or relating to or resembling a nebula.
outdoor - Pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities.
scrotal - Relating to or having or lying within a scrotum.
porcine - Relating to or suggesting swine.
puerile - Of or characteristic of a child.
pyloric - Relating to or near the pylorus.
pyrrhic - Of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans).
rayless - Having no parts resembling rays.
satyric - Of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr.
spicate - Having or relating to spikes.
tertian - Of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds.
tetanic - Of or relating to or causing tetanus.
textile - Of or relating to fabrics or fabric making.
vaginal - Of or relating to the vagina.
wheaten - Of or relating to or derived from wheat.
bizonal - Relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones.
carroty - Resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant.
deictic - Relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use.
striate - Marked with stria or striations.
sulcate - Having deep narrow furrows or grooves.
hymenal - Of or relating to the hymen.
osseous - Composed of or containing bone.
vesical - Of or relating to a bladder (especially the urinary bladder).
ratlike - Resembling or characteristic of a rat.
sidearm - (of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground.
avenged - For which vengeance has been taken.
elapsed - (of time) having passed or slipped by.
plugged - (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal.
unposed - Not arranged for pictorial purposes.
pursued - Followed with enmity as if to harm.
ranging - Wandering freely.
stacked - Arranged in a stack.
boiling - Extremely.
plainly - In a simple manner.
grossly - In a gross manner.
largely - In large part.
smartly - In a stylish manner.
equally - To the same degree (often followed by `as').
nothing - In no respect.
nowhere - Not anywhere.
somehow - In some unspecified way or manner.
however - Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession).
lightly - With indifference or without dejection.
besides - Making an additional point.
fugally - In a fugal style.
anymore - At the present or from now on.
already - Prior to a specified or implied time.
fucking - Intensifier, very colloquial.
shortly - For a short time.
soonest - With the least delay.
oftener - More often or more frequently.
clearly - Without doubt or question.
happily - In an unexpectedly lucky way.
finally - After an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay.
shrilly - In a shrill voice.
swiftly - In a swift manner.
greatly - To an extraordinary extent or degree.
through - Throughout the entire extent.
soundly - Deeply or completely.
blindly - Without preparation or reflection.
faintly - To a faint degree or weakly perceived.
chiefly - For the most part.
aurally - With regard to sound or the ear.
axially - With respect to an axis.
overtly - In an overt manner.
tonight - During the night of the present day.
dizzily - In a giddy light-headed manner.
quickly - With rapid movements.
quicker - More quickly.
slowest - Most slowly.
forever - For a very long or seemingly endless time.
tiredly - In a weary manner.
vitally - To a vital degree.
tightly - Securely fixed or fastened.
briefly - For a short time.
focally - In a focal manner.
upriver - Toward the source or against the current.
insofar - To the degree or extent that.
jointly - In conjunction with.
thereby - By that means or because of that.
legally - In a legal manner.
royally - In a royal manner.
vocally - In a vocal manner.
morally - With respect to moral principles.
locally - By a particular locality.
notably - Especially.
acutely - Having a rapid onset.
humanly - In the manner of human beings.
nasally - In a nasal manner.
rurally - In a rural manner.
handily - With no difficulty.
loosely - Knitted in a loose manner.
closely - In a close relation or position in time or space.
readily - Without much difficulty.
crudely - In a crude or unrefined manner.
bravely - In a courageous manner.
upstate - In or toward the northern parts of a state.
tensely - In a tense manner.
bleakly - Without hope.
heavily - To a considerable degree.
fussily - In a fussy manner.
blandly - In a bland manner.
gravely - In a grave and sober manner.
stiffly - In a stiff manner.
someday - Some unspecified time in the future.
agilely - In a nimble or agile manner.
proudly - With pride.
weirdly - In a weird manner.
visibly - So as to be visible.
rigidly - In a rigid manner.
ideally - In an ideal manner.
eagerly - With eagerness.
stoutly - In a resolute manner.
wrongly - Without justice or fairness.
rightly - With honesty.
hotfoot - Without delay.
sharply - In a well delineated manner.
testily - In a petulant manner.
affably - In an affable manner.
broadly - Without regard to specific details or exceptions.
angrily - With anger.
ineptly - With ineptitude.
roundly - In a round manner.
noisily - With much noise or loud and unpleasant sound.
quietly - With little or no sound.
solidly - With strength and soundness.
cruelly - Excessively.
vaguely - In a vague way.
therein - (formal) in or into that thing or place.
sternly - With sternness.
greenly - With green color.
vividly - In a vivid manner.
lustily - In a healthy manner.
abreast - Alongside each other, facing in the same direction.
between - In between.
deathly - To a degree resembling death.
midmost - The middle or central part or point.
skyward - Toward the sky.
audibly - In an audible manner.
aground - With the bottom lodged on the ground.
alertly - In mentally perceptive and responsive way.
astride - With one leg on each side.
athwart - At right angles to the center line of a ship.
privily - Confidentially or in secret.
bawdily - In a bawdy manner.
blankly - Without expression.
bluffly - In a blunt direct manner.
briskly - In a brisk manner.
charily - With great caution.
cheaply - With little expenditure of money.
counter - In the opposite direction.
crossly - In an ill-natured manner.
dazedly - In a daze.
densely - In a concentrated manner.
dirtily - In a filthy unclean manner.
loyally - With loyalty.
dowdily - In a dowdy unfashionable manner.
endways - With the end forward or toward the observer.
equably - In an equable manner.
erectly - In a straight-backed manner.
falsely - In an incorrect manner.
civilly - In a civil manner.
fierily - With passionate fervor.
fifthly - In the fifth place.
fixedly - In a fixed manner.
grandly - In a grand manner.
gruffly - In a gruff manner.
harshly - In a harsh or unkind manner.
roughly - With rough motion as over a rough surface.
huffily - In a huffy manner.
legibly - In a legible manner.
irately - In an irate manner.
jerkily - With jerking motions.
lucidly - In a clear and lucid manner.
lividly - In a livid manner.
loftily - In a lofty manner.
longest - For the most time.
luridly - In a lurid manner.
mangily - In a mangy manner.
messily - In a messy, untidy manner.
midweek - In the middle of the week.
mistily - In a misty manner.
moodily - In a moody manner.
murkily - Unclearly.
naively - In a naive manner.
nakedly - Without clothing.
nastily - In a nasty ill-tempered manner.
nattily - In a natty manner.
nearest - (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.
perkily - In a perky manner.
pettily - In a petty way.
pithily - In a pithy sententious manner.
plaguey - In a disagreeable manner.
prosily - In a prosy manner.
queerly - In a questionably unusual manner.
regally - In a regal manner.
riskily - In a dangerously risky manner.
roaring - Extremely.
roomily - With ample room.
rowdily - In a rowdy manner.
shakily - In a manner characterized by trembling or shaking.
sideway - From the side.
silkily - In a silky manner.
sixfold - By a factor of six.
sixthly - In the sixth place.
sleekly - In a sleek glossy manner.
soaking - Extremely wet.
sparely - In a spare manner.
stagily - In a stagy and theatrical manner.
starkly - In a blunt manner.
steeply - In a steep manner.
thereof - Of or concerning this or that.
thereon - On that.
thereto - To that.
stonily - In a stony manner.
suavely - With suavity.
sulkily - In a sulky manner.
sweetly - In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly').
tacitly - In a tacit manner.
tastily - In a tasty manner.
tenthly - (in enumerating something, such as topics or points of discussion) in the tenth place.
thickly - Spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue.
toughly - In a ruggedly tough manner.
tritely - In a trite manner.
twofold - By a factor of two.
untruly - In a untrue manner.
validly - With validity.
vapidly - In a vapid manner.
wittily - In a witty manner.
bonnily - In a bonny manner.
dingily - In a dingy manner.
dandily - In a dandy manner.
fatally - With fatal consequences or implications.
breathe - Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.
respire - Undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide.
presume - Take liberties or act with too much confidence.
swagger - Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.
cathect - Inject with libidinal energy.
refresh - Make fresh again.
freshen - Become or make oneself fresh again.
snicker - Laugh quietly.
chuckle - Laugh quietly or with restraint.
grimace - Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state.
cleanse - Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.
epilate - Remove body hair.
tonsure - Shave the head of a newly inducted monk.
gauffer - Make wavy with a heated goffering iron.
shampoo - Use shampoo on (hair).
perfume - Apply perfume to.
bedizen - Dress up garishly and tastelessly.
vesture - Provide or cover with a cloak.
undress - Get undressed.
costume - Dress in a costume.
dandify - Dress like a dandy.
quicken - Show signs of life.
ovulate - Produce and discharge eggs.
inflame - Become inflamed.
relieve - Provide physical relief, as from pain.
massage - Give a massage to.
distill - Give off (a liquid).
secrete - Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.
swelter - Suffer from intense heat.
trample - Injure by trampling or as if by trampling.
concuss - Injure the brain.
trouble - Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.
torture - Subject to torture.
urinate - Pass after the manner of urine.
excrete - Eliminate from the body.
suction - Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction.
exhaust - Wear out completely.
frazzle - Exhaust physically or emotionally.
comfort - Lessen pain or discomfort.
bandage - Dress by covering or binding.
cripple - Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg.
disable - Injure permanently.
devolve - Grow worse.
relapse - Go back to bad behavior.
atrophy - Undergo atrophy.
necrose - Undergo necrosis.
snuffle - Snuff up mucus through the nose.
sunburn - Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun.
convert - Change in nature, purpose, or function.
opalize - Replace or convert into opal.
receive - Convert into sounds or pictures.
coarsen - Make less subtle or refined.
anodize - Coat a metal with an oxide coat.
citrate - Cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid.
redound - Have an effect for good or ill.
terrace - Make into terraces as for cultivation.
scallop - Shape or cut in scallops.
suspend - Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid.
readapt - Adapt anew.
augment - Enlarge or increase.
enlarge - Make larger.
explode - Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner.
pyramid - Increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base.
advance - Rise in rate or price.
backlog - Accumulate and create a backlog.
accrete - Grow or become attached by accretion.
rectify - Convert into direct current.
utilize - Convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust).
commute - Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.
replace - Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected).
retread - Give new treads to (a tire).
deprive - Take away.
harvest - Remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation.
uncloak - Remove a cloak from.
unhinge - Remove the hinges from.
clutter - Fill a space in a disorderly way.
include - Add as part of something else.
nitrate - Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate.
bromate - Treat with bromine.
launder - Convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones.
petrify - Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned.
enliven - Make lively.
qualify - Make more specific.
remodel - Do over, as of (part of) a house.
falsify - Falsify knowingly.
chasten - Restrain.
pervert - Change the inherent purpose or function of something.
upgrade - To improve what was old or outdated.
degrade - Lower the grade of something.
hydrate - Cause to be hydrated.
moisten - Make moist.
confirm - Make more firm.
sandbag - Protect or strengthen with sandbags.
fortify - Add nutrients to.
bolster - Support and strengthen.
depress - Lessen the activity or force of.
unbrace - Remove a brace or braces from.
enhance - Increase.
subside - Wear off or die down.
develop - Expand in the form of a series.
abridge - Lessen, diminish, or curtail.
oxidize - Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen.
oxidise - Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide.
shrivel - Wither, as with a loss of moisture.
mummify - Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
culture - Grow in a special preparation.
senesce - Grow old or older.
regress - Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.
encrust - Form a crust or a hard layer.
mollify - Make less rigid or softer.
balloon - Become inflated.
reflate - Become inflated again.
distend - Swell from or as if from internal pressure.
disturb - Damage as if by shaking or jarring.
afflict - Cause physical pain or suffering in.
amplify - Increase the volume of.
inflate - Fill with gas or air.
deflate - Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air.
acidify - Turn acidic.
dwindle - Become smaller or lose substance.
unblock - Make (assets) available.
ballast - Make steady with a ballast.
corrode - Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid.
weather - Change under the action or influence of the weather.
perturb - Throw into great confusion or disorder.
predate - Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
blacken - Make or become black.
lighten - Become lighter.
impress - Dye (fabric) before it is spun.
pinkify - Make pink.
embrown - Make brown in color.
ebonize - Stain black to make it look like ebony.
pigment - Color or dye with a pigment.
retouch - Give retouches to (hair).
bombard - Direct high energy particles or radiation against.
fancify - Make more beautiful.
blossom - Develop or come to a promising stage.
keynote - Set the keynote of.
toughen - Make tough or tougher.
implode - Burst inward.
dehisce - Burst or split open.
benight - Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight.
refocus - Put again into focus or focus more sharply.
revalue - Value anew.
expense - Reduce the estimated value of something.
shorten - Become short or shorter.
broaden - Become broader.
prolong - Lengthen in time.
rescale - Establish on a new scale.
crispen - Make brown and crisp by heating.
frizzle - Fry something until it curls and becomes crisp.
griddle - Cook on a griddle.
hibachi - Cook over a hibachi grill.
atomize - Break up into small particles.
dialyse - Separate by dialysis.
peptize - Disperse in a medium into a colloidal state.
shatter - Break into many pieces.
fissure - Break into fissures or fine cracks.
operate - Happen.
proceed - Follow a certain course.
iterate - Run or be performed again.
burgeon - Grow and flourish.
adjourn - Close at the end of a session.
unitize - Separate or classify into units.
calcine - Heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces.
preheat - Heat beforehand.
defrost - Make or become free of frost or ice.
smolder - Burn slowly and without a flame.
cremate - Reduce to ashes.
blister - Get blistered.
permute - Change the order or arrangement of.
reclaim - Make useful again.
sharpen - Become sharp or sharper.
flatten - Lower the pitch of (musical notes).
crumble - Break or fall apart into fragments.
putrefy - Become putrid.
involve - Make complex or intricate or complicated.
provide - Take measures in preparation for.
stiffen - Make stiff or stiffer.
buckram - Stiffen with or as with buckram.
tighten - Become tight or tighter.
slacken - Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.
outcrop - Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground.
thicken - Become thick or thicker.
decline - Grow smaller.
magnify - Increase in size, volume or significance.
checker - Variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns.
liquefy - Become liquid or fluid when heated.
solvate - Undergo solvation or convert into a solvate.
suffuse - Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across.
perfuse - Force a fluid through (a body part or tissue).
service - Make fit for use.
ferment - Cause to undergo fermentation.
inhibit - Limit the range or extent of.
silence - Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure.
squelch - Suppress or crush completely.
address - Adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting.
realign - Align anew or better.
sparkle - Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.
glorify - Bestow glory upon.
justify - Adjust the spaces between words.
mistime - Time incorrectly.
titrate - Measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration.
pollute - Make impure.
devalue - Lower the value or quality of.
isolate - Place or set apart.
seclude - Keep away from others.
calcify - Convert into lime.
carnify - Become muscular or fleshy.
nitrify - Treat (soil) with nitrates.
clarify - Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating.
jellify - Make into jelly.
freckle - Mark with freckles.
process - Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
sulphur - Treat with sulphur in order to preserve.
mystify - Make mysterious.
sweeten - Make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable.
caseate - Become cheeselike.
clinker - Turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning.
closure - Terminate debate by calling for a vote.
compost - Convert to compost.
recover - Regain a former condition after a financial loss.
debouch - Pass out or emerge.
delouse - Free of lice.
laicize - Reduce to lay status.
carmine - Color carmine.
steepen - Make steeper.
vitrify - Undergo vitrification.
outgrow - Grow too large or too mature for.
dignify - Raise the status of.
harshen - Make harsh or harsher.
emanate - Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
animize - Give lifelike qualities to.
disrupt - Throw into disorder.
verbify - Make into a verb.
sputter - Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed.
outmode - Make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete.
gradate - Pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another.
opacify - Become opaque.
lignify - Convert into wood or cause to become woody.
ozonize - Convert (oxygen) into ozone.
sulfate - Convert into a sulfate.
repress - Block the action of.
relearn - Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
unlearn - Discard something previously learnt, like an old habit.
consume - Engage fully.
swallow - Believe or accept without questioning or challenge.
espouse - Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.
retrain - Train again.
abandon - Stop maintaining or insisting on.
neglect - Leave undone or leave out.
exclude - Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
stumble - Make an error.
mistake - Identify incorrectly.
misdate - Assign the wrong date to.
confuse - Mistake one thing for another.
perplex - Be a mystery or bewildering to.
misread - Interpret wrongly.
anagram - Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning.
empanel - Select from a list.
dictate - Say out loud for the purpose of recording.
lipread - Interpret by lipreading.
extract - Calculate the root of a number.
prorate - Divide or assess proportionally.
quarter - Divide by four.
analyze - Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.
explore - Examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes.
measure - Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of.
caliper - Measure the diameter of something with calipers.
pioneer - Open up and explore a new area.
bristle - React in an offended or angry manner.
compare - Examine and note the similarities or differences of.
regroup - Reorganize into new groups.
bracket - Classify or group.
reorder - Assign a new order to.
collate - Compare critically.
receipt - Mark or stamp as paid.
control - Verify by using a duplicate register for comparison.
lowball - Make a deliberately low estimate.
approve - Judge to be right or commendable.
excerpt - Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.
dispose - Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.
bethink - Consider or ponder something carefully.
believe - Accept as true.
subsume - Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.
rethink - Change one's mind.
surmise - Infer from incomplete evidence.
respect - Regard highly.
purpose - Reach a decision.
filiate - Fix the paternity of.
reshape - Shape anew or differently.
overrun - Run beyond or past.
project - Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc..
premise - Take something as preexisting and given.
respond - Respond favorably or as hoped.
observe - Stick to correctly or closely.
resolve - Find the solution.
misgive - Suggest fear or doubt.
arrange - Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
destine - Decree or designate beforehand.
intrude - Thrust oneself in as if by force.
inflict - Impose something unpleasant.
mandate - Assign authority to.
command - Make someone do something.
officer - Direct or command as an officer.
request - Express the need or desire for.
solicit - Make a solicitation or petition for something desired.
profess - State insincerely.
contend - Maintain or assert.
purport - Have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming.
commune - Communicate intimately with.
concert - Settle by agreement.
palaver - Have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds.
bargain - Come to terms.
wheedle - Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
elocute - Declaim in an elocutionary manner.
stickle - Dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points).
quibble - Argue over petty things.
quarrel - Have a disagreement over something.
prevail - Use persuasion successfully.
besiege - Harass, as with questions or requests.
digress - Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking.
tweedle - Entice through the use of music.
examine - Question closely.
convoke - Call together.
provoke - Provide the needed stimulus for.
program - Arrange a program of or for.
reserve - Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance.
retreat - Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
dismiss - Bar from attention or consideration.
recount - Count again.
dissent - Withhold assent.
concede - Be willing to concede.
wrestle - Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate.
sustain - Admit as valid.
confess - Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith.
disavow - Refuse to acknowledge.
declare - State firmly.
reflect - Give evidence of the quality of.
certify - Declare legally insane.
beatify - Declare (a dead person) to be blessed.
deplore - Express strong disapproval of.
belabor - Attack verbally with harsh criticism.
unteach - Cause to disbelieve.
lecture - Deliver a lecture or talk.
debrief - Put someone through a debriefing and make him report.
romance - Tell romantic or exaggerated lies.
perjure - Knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury.
arraign - Accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy.
impeach - Charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office.
nitpick - Be overly critical.
deceive - Cause someone to believe an untruth.
referee - Evaluate professionally a colleague's work.
condemn - Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation.
trumpet - Utter in trumpet-like sounds.
applaud - Express approval of.
acclaim - Praise vociferously.
vitriol - Subject to bitter verbal abuse.
accurse - Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
account - Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.
contest - To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.
caution - Warn strongly.
propose - Make a proposal, declare a plan for something.
consult - Advise professionally.
flatter - Praise somewhat dishonestly.
adulate - Flatter in an obsequious manner.
commend - Express approval of.
promise - Make a promise or commitment.
article - Bind by a contract.
betroth - Give to in marriage.
precede - Furnish with a preface or introduction.
absolve - Let off the hook.
forgive - Stop blaming or grant forgiveness.
amnesty - Grant a pardon to (a group of people).
convict - Find or declare guilty.
protest - Utter words of protest.
declaim - Speak against in an impassioned manner.
exclaim - Utter aloud.
thunder - Utter words loudly and forcefully.
whisper - Speak softly.
enthuse - Utter with enthusiasm.
suppose - Express a supposition.
predict - Make a prediction about.
refract - Determine the refracting power of (a lens).
suspect - Imagine to be the case or true or probable.
bespeak - Be a signal for or a symptom of.
scruple - Have doubts about.
suggest - Call to mind.
connote - Involve as a necessary condition of consequence.
signify - Convey or express a meaning.
confide - Reveal in private.
unbosom - Relieve oneself of troubling information.
explain - Make plain and comprehensible.
blubber - Utter while crying.
itemize - Place on a list of items.
specify - Decide upon or fix definitely.
devoice - Utter with tense vocal chords.
narrate - Provide commentary for a film, for example.
smatter - Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge.
publish - Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.
podcast - Distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer.
misname - Assign in incorrect name to.
inflect - Change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language.
portray - Portray in words.
deliver - Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea).
placard - Publicize or announce by placards.
braille - Transcribe in braille.
rewrite - Write differently.
execute - Sign in the presence of witnesses.
endorse - Sign as evidence of legal transfer.
reshoot - Shoot again.
testify - Give testimony in a court of law.
mention - Commend.
baptize - Administer baptism to.
entitle - Give a title to.
airmail - Send or transport by airmail.
network - Communicate with and within a group.
comment - Explain or interpret something.
descant - Talk at great length about something of one's interest.
chatter - Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
shmooze - Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way.
whistle - Utter or express by whistling.
grumble - To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds.
chitter - Make high-pitched sounds, as of birds.
catcall - Utter catcalls at.
rubbish - Attack strongly.
unspell - Release from a spell.
connect - Join for the purpose of communication.
message - Send a message.
compete - Compete for something.
snooker - Leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot.
misplay - Play wrong or in an unskillful manner.
cricket - Play cricket.
promote - Change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent.
forearm - Arm in advance of a confrontation.
station - Assign to a station.
brigade - Form or unite into a brigade.
crusade - Go on a crusade.
soldier - Serve as a soldier in the military.
recruit - Cause to assemble or enlist in the military.
outroar - Roar louder than.
outsail - Sail faster or better than.
outdraw - Draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight.
surpass - Be or do something to a greater degree.
outsell - Sell more than others.
outpace - Surpass in speed.
bulldog - Throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo.
conquer - Overcome by conquest.
emulate - Compete with successfully.
tourney - Engage in a tourney.
feather - Turn the oar, while rowing.
teargas - Attack with teargas.
bulwark - Defend with a bulwark.
protect - Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.
misfire - Fail to fire or detonate.
trigger - Release or pull the trigger on.
kneecap - Shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning.
torpedo - Attack or hit with torpedoes.
harpoon - Spear with a harpoon.
foxhunt - Hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs.
skittle - Play skittles.
revenge - Take revenge for a perceived wrong.
croquet - Play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops.
outplay - Excel or defeat in a game.
overuse - Make use of too often or too extensively.
recycle - Use again after processing.
exploit - Use or manipulate to one's advantage.
harness - Exploit the power of.
victual - Take in nourishment.
partake - Consume.
gratify - Yield (to).
remount - Provide with fresh horses.
delight - Take delight in.
indulge - Enjoy to excess.
surfeit - Indulge (one's appetite) to satiety.
content - Satisfy in a limited way.
fritter - Spend frivolously and unwisely.
abstain - Choose not to consume.
stomach - Bear to eat.
nourish - Provide with nourishment.
nutrify - Give nourishment to.
violate - Destroy.
palpate - Examine (a body part) by palpation.
stopper - Close or secure with or as if with a stopper.
unclasp - Release from a clasp.
untwist - Cause to become untwisted.
twiddle - Manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner.
treadle - Operate (machinery) by a treadle.
poniard - Stab with a poniard.
bayonet - Stab or kill someone with a bayonet.
shingle - Cover with shingles.
shutter - Close with shutters.
percuss - Strike or tap firmly.
prepose - Place before another constituent in the sentence.
scissor - Cut with or as if with scissors.
roughen - Make rough or rougher.
abscise - Remove or separate by abscission.
asphalt - Cover with tar or asphalt.
beeswax - Cover with beeswax.
varnish - Cover with varnish.
shellac - Cover with shellac.
babbitt - Line with a Babbitt metal.
scarify - Puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals.
wrinkle - Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface.
unloose - Loosen the ties of.
manacle - Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs.
enchain - Restrain or bind with chains.
unchain - Make free.
unstrap - Remove the strap or straps from.
implant - Become attached to and embedded in the uterus.
mismate - Provide with an unsuitable mate.
mortice - Join by a tenon and mortise.
mortise - Cut a hole for a tenon in.
disjoin - Become separated, disconnected or disjoint.
swaddle - Wrap in swaddling clothes.
snaffle - Fit or restrain with a snaffle.
impound - Place or shut up in a pound.
aggrade - Build up to a level by depositing sediment.
scratch - Cut the surface of.
rummage - Search haphazardly.
engrave - Carve or cut a design or letters into.
butcher - Kill (animals) usually for food consumption.
destroy - Put (an animal) to death.
overlie - Kill by lying on.
unhitch - Unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch.
subjoin - Add to the end.
oversew - Sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both.
overlay - Put something on top of something else.
blinker - Put blinders on (a horse).
uncover - Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body.
undrape - Strip something of drapery.
padlock - Fasten with a padlock.
confine - Prevent from leaving or from being removed.
attract - Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.
contort - Twist and press out of shape.
unscrew - Loosen something by unscrewing it.
blanket - Cover as if with a blanket.
marshal - Arrange in logical order.
plaster - Coat with plaster.
repaint - Paint again.
syringe - Spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe.
spatter - Dash a liquid upon or against.
swatter - Splash and flutter about in or as if in water.
drizzle - Moisten with fine drops.
scatter - Distribute loosely.
bestrew - Cover by strewing.
slather - Spread thickly.
salvage - Collect discarded or refused material.
archive - Put into an archive.
embower - Enclose in a bower.
deterge - Wipe away.
leather - Whip with a leather strap.
dribble - Propel, "Carry the ball".
cowhide - Flog with a cowhide.
clobber - Strike violently and repeatedly.
shuffle - Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.
agitate - Change the arrangement or position of.
instill - Enter drop by drop.
embrace - Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness.
prickle - Make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn.
squeeze - Press firmly.
skitter - Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water.
airlift - Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means.
upheave - Lift forcefully from beneath.
concoct - Make a concoction (of) by mixing.
concord - Arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance.
cascade - Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible.
skyjack - Subject an aircraft to air piracy.
carjack - Take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it.
compart - Lay out in parts according to a plan.
unleash - Release or vent.
unstuff - Cause to become unblocked.
batfowl - Catch birds by temporarily blinding them.
capture - Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping.
uncrate - Remove from the crate.
freight - Load with goods for transportation.
outspan - Remove the yoke or harness from.
emplace - Put into place or position.
stagger - To arrange in a systematic order.
scuffle - Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters.
wreathe - Form into a wreath.
untwine - Undo what has been twined together.
inweave - Weave together into a fabric or design.
unweave - Undo strands that have been woven together.
unbraid - Undo the braids of.
unravel - Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.
ingrain - Thoroughly work in.
splotch - Blotch or spot.
tarnish - Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air.
blemish - Mar or impair with a flaw.
speckle - Mark with small spots.
stipple - Produce a mottled effect.
recline - Cause to recline.
dissect - Cut open or cut apart.
trisect - Cut in three.
whittle - Cut small bits or pare shavings from.
segment - Divide or split up.
whipsaw - Saw with a whipsaw.
discerp - Cut off from a whole.
collide - Crash together with violent impact.
subvert - Destroy completely.
replant - Plant again or anew.
smother - Conceal or hide.
install - Set up for use.
garrote - Strangle with an iron collar.
grapple - To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match.
situate - Put (something somewhere) firmly.
cushion - Protect from impact.
immerse - Thrust or throw into.
sheathe - Plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh.
envelop - Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
capsule - Enclose in a capsule.
enclose - Surround completely.
knuckle - Shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground.
retract - Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ).
produce - Create or manufacture a man-made product.
machine - Make by machinery.
compose - Put together out of existing material.
confect - Make into a confection.
compile - Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed.
gestate - Have the idea for.
imagine - Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
fantasy - Indulge in fantasies.
realize - Make real or concrete.
inspire - Supply the inspiration for.
rebuild - Build again.
fashion - Make out of components (often in an improvising manner).
preform - Form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand.
deglaze - Dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring.
precook - Cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long.
garland - Adorn with bands of flowers or leaves.
spangle - Decorate with spangles.
macrame - Make knotted patterns.
crochet - Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle.
brocade - Weave a design into (textiles).
extrude - Form or shape by forcing through an opening.
bejewel - Adorn or decorate with precious stones.
festoon - Decorate with strings of flowers.
profile - Represent in profile, by drawing or painting.
lacquer - Coat with lacquer.
miniate - Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red.
picture - Show in, or as in, a picture.
stylize - Represent according to a conventional style.
contour - Form the contours of.
diagram - Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
cartoon - Draw cartoons of.
imitate - Make a reproduction or copy of.
relyric - Write new lyrics for (a song).
metrify - Compose in poetic meter.
elegize - Compose an elegy.
miscast - Cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role.
perform - Carry out or perform an action.
support - Play a subordinate role to (another performer).
reenact - Enact or perform again.
prelude - Play as a prelude.
reprise - Repeat an earlier theme of a composition.
conduct - Lead, as in the performance of a composition.
reprint - Print anew.
typeset - Set in type.
gazette - Publish in a gazette.
stencil - Mark or print with a stencil.
overact - Exaggerate one's acting.
prepare - To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery.
release - Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
incline - Feel favorably disposed or willing.
contemn - Look down on with disdain.
dislike - Have or feel a dislike or distaste for.
idolize - Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess.
worship - Show devotion to (a deity).
overawe - Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe.
buffalo - Intimidate or overawe.
terrify - Fill with terror.
combust - Cause to become violent or angry.
fluster - Cause to be nervous or upset.
agonize - Suffer agony or anguish.
anguish - Suffer great pains or distress.
mortify - Hold within limits and control.
torment - Torment emotionally or mentally.
grizzle - Be in a huff.
disgust - Cause aversion in.
despair - Abandon hope.
despond - Lose confidence or hope.
gladden - Become glad or happy.
overjoy - Cause to feel extremely joyful or happy.
rejoice - Feel happiness or joy.
abreact - Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization.
satisfy - Make happy or satisfied.
enchant - Hold spellbound.
startle - To stimulate to action .
condole - Express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death.
revisit - Visit again.
transit - Cause or enable to pass through.
migrate - Move from one country or region to another and settle there.
restart - Start an engine again, for example.
trundle - Move heavily.
refloat - Set afloat again.
librate - Vibrate before coming to a total rest.
flicker - Move back and forth very rapidly.
pulsate - Expand and contract rhythmically.
maunder - Wander aimlessly.
slither - To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.
tremble - Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.
shudder - Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement.
succuss - Shake.
vibrate - Shake, quiver, or throb.
capsize - Overturn accidentally.
foxtrot - Dance the foxtrot.
flutter - Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements.
founder - Stumble and nearly fall.
chariot - Ride in a chariot.
traipse - Walk or tramp about.
uncross - Change from a crossed to an uncrossed position.
jaywalk - Cross the road at a red light.
clamber - Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
flounce - Walk emphatically.
channel - Direct the flow of.
bicycle - Ride a bicycle.
dogsled - Travel with a dogsled.
bobsled - Ride a bobsled.
steamer - Travel by means of steam power.
caravan - Travel in a caravan.
lighter - Transport in a flatbottom boat.
joyride - Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it.
outride - Ride better, faster, or further than.
unhorse - Alight from (a horse).
snorkel - Dive with a snorkel.
galumph - Move around heavily and clumsily.
saltate - Leap or skip, often in dancing.
descend - Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
plummet - Drop sharply.
entrain - Board a train.
mislead - Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.
detrain - Leave a train.
deplane - Get off an airplane.
emplane - Board a plane.
convene - Meet formally.
cluster - Come together as in a cluster or flock.
disband - Stop functioning or cohering as a unit.
diverge - Move or draw apart.
deflect - Turn aside and away from an initial or intended course.
recurve - Curve or bend (something) back or down.
convect - Circulate hot air by convection.
revolve - Turn on or around an axis or a center.
shuttle - Travel back and forth between two points.
riposte - Make a return thrust.
squinch - Crouch down.
deviate - Turn aside.
trickle - Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.
ratchet - Move by degrees in one direction only.
abscond - Run away.
pronate - Turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards.
circuit - Make a circuit.
precess - Move in a gyrating fashion.
undergo - Pass through.
fellate - Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation.
glimpse - Catch a glimpse of or see briefly.
odorize - Cause to smell or be smelly.
witness - Be a witness to.
splurge - Be showy or ostentatious.
conceal - Hold back.
attaint - Condemn by attainder.
autopsy - Perform an autopsy on a dead body.
preview - Watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public.
eclipse - Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention.
glitter - Be shiny, as if wet.
monitor - Keep tabs on.
inspect - Look over carefully.
clatter - Make a rattling sound.
clangor - Make a loud resonant noise.
resound - Ring or echo with sound.
wiretap - Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.
quieten - Become quiet or quieter.
surveil - Keep under surveillance.
finance - Obtain or provide money for.
sponsor - Assume sponsorship of.
discard - Throw or cast away.
reallot - Allot again.
offload - Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data.
procure - Get by special effort.
auction - Sell at an auction.
misdeal - Deal cards wrongly.
overpay - Pay too much.
default - Fail to pay up.
traffic - Trade or deal a commodity.
pension - Grant a pension to.
balance - Compute credits and debits of an account.
schnorr - Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.
shelter - Invest (money) so that it is not taxable.
pretend - Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of.
reposit - Put (something) in a place for storage.
unearth - Bring to light.
acquire - Win something through one's efforts.
benefit - Be beneficial for.
overbid - Bid more than the object is worth.
outcall - Make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player).
preempt - Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge.
forfeit - Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.
overtax - Tax excessively.
combine - Add together from different sources.
restore - Give or bring back.
deposit - Put into a bank account.
deplume - Strip of honors, possessions, or attributes.
bereave - Deprive through death.
inherit - Obtain from someone after their death.
invoice - Send an bill to.
restock - Stock again.
caption - Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing.
partner - Provide with a partner.
hobnail - Supply with hobnails.
furnish - Provide or equip with furniture.
appoint - Furnish.
requite - Make repayment for or return something.
plunder - Steal goods.
smuggle - Import or export without paying customs duties.
consign - Give over to another for care or safekeeping.
entrust - Confer a trust upon.
cornice - Furnish with a cornice.
curtain - Provide with drapery.
enfeoff - Put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society.
destain - Remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast.
egotrip - Act in a way that attracts attention.
venture - Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.
logroll - Work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes.
summate - Form or constitute a cumulative effect.
educate - Give an education to.
readmit - Admit again or anew.
ennoble - Give a title to someone.
lionize - Assign great social importance to.
reelect - Elect again.
succeed - Be the successor (of).
cashier - Discharge with dishonor, as in the army.
dragoon - Subjugate by imposing troops.
oppress - Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.
abolish - Do away with.
misally - Make a bad alliance.
imprint - Establish or impress firmly in the mind.
captain - Be the captain of a sports team.
oversee - Watch and direct.
preside - Act as president.
license - Authorize officially.
skipper - Work as the skipper on a vessel.
charter - Grant a charter to.
prevent - Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.
embargo - Prevent commerce.
canvass - Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.
rehouse - Put up in a new or different housing.
outvote - Defeat by a majority of votes.
probate - Establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents).
boycott - Refuse to sponsor.
reunify - Unify again, as of a country.
empower - Give or delegate power or authority to.
defrock - Divest of the frock.
reissue - Issue (a new version of).
pillory - Punish by putting in a pillory.
crucify - Kill by nailing onto a cross.
reunite - Have a reunion.
inmarry - Marry within one's own tribe or group.
remarry - Marry, not for the first time.
divorce - Get a divorce.
carouse - Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
manumit - Free from slavery or servitude.
enslave - Make a slave of.
scourge - Punish severely.
trellis - Train on a trellis, as of a vine.
redline - Discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood.
expiate - Make amends for.
achieve - To gain with effort.
compass - Bring about.
display - Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing.
disobey - Refuse to go along with.
enforce - Ensure observance of laws and rules.
impinge - Impinge or infringe upon.
ensnare - Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
rampage - Act violently, recklessly, or destructively.
connive - Encourage or assent to illegally or criminally.
consort - Keep company with.
coexist - Exist together.
indwell - To exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle.
survive - Continue to live through hardship or adversity.
outstay - Surpass in staying power.
outlive - Live longer than.
succumb - Be fatally overwhelmed.
resurge - Rise again.
obviate - Do away with.
exhibit - Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill.
possess - Have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill.
consist - Be composed of.
deserve - Be worthy or deserving.
cohabit - Share living quarters.
barrack - Lodge in barracks.
wrangle - Herd and care for.
pertain - Be a part or attribute of.
inhabit - Be present in.
chamber - Place in a chamber.
overlap - Coincide partially or wholly.
conform - Be similar, be in line with.
behoove - Be appropriate or necessary.
suffice - Be sufficient.
embroil - Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.
concern - Be on the mind of.
subtend - Be opposite to.
contain - Be capable of holding or containing.
truckle - Yield to out of weakness.
outwear - Last longer than others.
shimmer - Give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk.
weekend - Spend the weekend.
sojourn - Spend a certain length of time.
pattern - Form a pattern.
company - Be a companion to somebody.
refrain - Resist doing something.
forbear - Refrain from doing.
persist - Stay behind.
twinkle - Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner.
bluster - Blow hard.
benthos - Organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea.
feeling - The experiencing of affective and emotional states.
contact - Close interaction.
playing - The action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation.
bowling - The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc.
causing - The act of causing something to happen.
mitzvah - (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty.
arrival - Accomplishment of an objective.
docking - The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.
landing - The act of coming to land after a voyage.
sailing - The departure of a vessel from a port.
evasion - The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver.
getaway - A rapid escape (as by criminals).
success - An attainment that is successful.
winning - Succeeding with great difficulty.
sleeper - An unexpected hit.
passing - Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
failure - An unexpected omission.
leaning - The act of deviating from a vertical position.
blunder - An embarrassing mistake.
clanger - A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate.
wipeout - A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard).
trading - Buying or selling securities or commodities.
seizure - The taking possession of something by legal process.
staging - Getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket.
impulse - The act of applying force suddenly.
sending - The act of causing something to go (especially messages).
mailing - The transmission of a letter.
gunfire - The act of shooting a gun.
potshot - A shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter).
batting - (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base.
golfing - Playing golf.
smacker - A very powerful blow with the fist.
rebound - The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot.
checkup - A thorough physical examination.
joining - The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication).
merging - The act of joining together as one.
bonding - Fastening firmly together.
linkage - The act of linking things together.
untying - Loosening the ties that fasten something.
welding - Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure.
grazing - The act of brushing against while passing.
tracing - The discovery and description of the course of development of something.
casting - The choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie.
parking - The act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily.
economy - An act of economizing.
turning - Act of changing in practice or custom.
weaning - The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal.
passage - The act of passing from one state or place to the next.
lockout - A management action resisting employee's demands.
barring - The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
cession - The act of ceding.
removal - Dismissal from office.
suicide - The act of killing yourself.
gassing - The deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas.
choking - The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
undoing - An act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done).
kickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score.
startup - The act of setting in operation.
arousal - The act of arousing.
cooking - The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
basting - Moistening a roast as it is cooking.
salting - The act of adding salt to food.
rubdown - The act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes.
redress - Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
marking - The act of making a visible mark on a surface.
darning - The act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads.
tinting - The act of adding a tinge of color.
soiling - The act of soiling something.
wetting - The act of making something wet.
bruxism - Involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep.
saunter - A careless leisurely gait.
shamble - Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.
dogtrot - A steady trot like that of a dog.
tourism - The business of providing services to tourists.
flyover - A flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
takeoff - A departure.
journey - The act of traveling from one place to another.
odyssey - A long wandering and eventful journey.
lockage - Passage through a lock in a canal or waterway.
boating - Water travel for pleasure.
airdrop - Delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft.
packing - Carrying something in a pack on the back.
portage - Carrying boats and supplies overland.
pursuit - The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.
scaling - Ascent by or as if by a ladder.
descent - The act of changing your location in a downward direction.
reentry - The act of entering again.
gesture - Motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling.
saccade - A rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest.
birling - Rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport).
shaking - The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements.
cutback - A reduction in quantity or rate.
detente - The easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations).
haircut - The act of cutting the hair.
pruning - The act of trimming a plant.
tension - The action of stretching something tight.
tetanus - A sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses.
buildup - The act of building up an accumulation.
rupture - The act of making a sudden noisy break.
burning - The act of burning something.
reunion - The act of coming together again.
slicing - The act of cutting into slices.
pairing - The act of grouping things or people in pairs.
drawing - Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source.
filling - The act of filling something.
bending - The act of bending something.
flexion - Act of bending a joint.
couvade - A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child.
slavery - The practice of owning slaves.
peonage - The practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged.
ambages - (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action.
warpath - A course leading to warfare or battle.
despite - Contemptuous disregard.
cruelty - A cruel act.
outrage - A wantonly cruel act.
baiting - Harassment especially of a tethered animal.
bathing - Immersing the body in water or sunshine.
dancing - Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music.
pastime - A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly).
fireman - Play in which children pretend to put out a fire.
jumping - The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump.
surfing - The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave.
archery - The sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
skating - The sport of gliding on skates.
cycling - The sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle.
ducking - Hunting ducks.
farming - Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life.
fishing - The act of someone who fishes as a diversion.
angling - Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole).
innings - The batting turn of a cricket player or team.
pinball - A game played on a sloping board.
curling - A game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target.
tenpins - Bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins.
hurling - A traditional Irish game resembling hockey.
netball - A team game that resembles basketball.
singles - Tennis played with one person on each side.
doubles - Tennis played with two players on each side.
pallone - An Italian game similar to tennis.
marbles - A children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass).
canasta - A form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers.
bolivia - A form of canasta in which sequences can be melded.
tombola - A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
pachisi - An ancient board game resembling backgammon.
lottery - Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.
whoopee - Noisy and boisterous revelry.
cabaret - A series of acts at a night club.
gavotte - An old formal French dance in quadruple time.
turnout - (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip.
beguine - A ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies.
carioca - A lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba.
mazurka - A Polish national dance in triple time.
lancers - A quadrille for 8 or 16 couples.
landler - A moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time.
singing - The act of singing vocal music.
lullaby - The act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep.
hamming - Poor acting by a ham actor.
heroics - Ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct.
wilding - An outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women.
scamper - Rushing about hastily in an undignified way.
handoff - (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate.
utility - The service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility.
ironing - The work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles.
logging - The work of cutting down trees for timber.
emirate - The office of an emir.
khanate - The position of a khan.
manhood - The status of being a man.
prelacy - The office or station of a prelate.
regency - The office of a regent.
masonry - The craft of a mason.
oculism - The craft of an oculist.
pottery - The craft of making earthenware.
writing - The activity of putting something in written form.
roofing - The craft of a roofer.
couture - High fashion designing and dressmaking.
costing - Cost accounting.
subbing - Working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence.
jogging - Running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise.
roundup - The systematic gathering up of suspects by the police.
inquiry - A systematic investigation of a matter of public interest.
inquest - An inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death.
cloning - A general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell).
testing - The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works.
anatomy - A detailed analysis.
analogy - Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect.
eyedrop - A method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists.
therapy - (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.).
nursing - The work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm.
cautery - The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing.
myotomy - Surgical incision or division of a muscle.
spaying - Neutering a female by removing the ovaries.
justice - Judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments.
hospice - A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill.
cupping - A treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface.
loading - The labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc..
picking - The act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.).
tinning - The application of a protective layer of tin.
plating - The application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis).
scumble - The application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture.
pitcher - The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit.
catcher - The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws.
lineman - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage.
mission - The organized work of a religious missionary.
sellout - An act of betrayal.
fibbing - A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear.
avarice - Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
assault - A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped.
battery - An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact.
forgery - Criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud.
perjury - Criminal offense of making false statements under oath.
mugging - Assault with intent to rob.
bribery - The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage.
swindle - The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.
holdout - The act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later.
larceny - The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
robbery - Larceny by threat of violence.
treason - A crime that undermines the offender's government.
dacoity - Robbery by a gang of armed dacoits.
rolling - The act of robbing a helpless person.
attempt - Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
seeking - An attempt to acquire or gain something.
storage - The act of storing something.
stowage - The act of packing or storing away.
tankage - The act of storing in tanks.
toehold - A wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints.
defense - The act of defending someone or something against attack or injury.
jujutsu - A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan.
locking - The act of locking something up to protect it.
panting - Breathing heavily (as after exertion).
puffing - An act of forcible exhalation.
supping - Ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking.
tasting - Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.
sucking - The act of sucking.
gulping - The drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly.
bondage - Sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners.
lechery - Unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity.
tropism - An involuntary orienting response.
kinesis - A movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation.
wailing - Loud cries made while weeping.
sensing - Becoming aware of something via the senses.
lookout - The act of looking out.
phonics - Teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values.
seminar - A course offered for a small group of advanced students.
fartlek - A method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise.
pageant - An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc.
imaging - (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body.
filming - The act of making a film.
weaving - Creating fabric.
netting - Creating nets.
mintage - Act or process of minting coins.
molding - The act of creating something by casting it in a mold.
grading - Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface.
brewing - The production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast.
tillage - The cultivation of soil for raising crops.
plowing - Tilling the land with a plow.
tilling - Cultivation of the land in order to raise crops.
starter - A culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough.
forging - Shaping metal by heating and hammering.
tanning - Making leather from rawhide.
origami - The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
impasto - Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible.
topiary - Making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees.
devisal - The act of devising something.
framing - Formulation of the plans and important details.
carving - Removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape.
manhunt - An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).
looting - Plundering during riots or in wartime.
bombing - An attack by dropping bombs.
offense - The action of attacking an enemy.
barrage - The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.
voicing - The act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color.
shading - A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades.
reading - The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments.
scalage - The act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension.
listing - The act of making a list of items.
sorting - Grouping by class or kind or size.
shoring - The act of propping up with shores.
copying - An act of copying.
mimicry - The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects.
mapping - (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome.
routine - An unvarying or habitual method or procedure.
lustrum - A ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census.
liturgy - A rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship.
placebo - (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead.
baptism - A Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth.
penance - A Catholic sacrament.
unction - Anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual.
revival - Bringing again into activity and prominence.
rebirth - The revival of learning and culture.
burying - Concealing something under the ground.
stealth - Avoiding detection by moving carefully.
lodging - The act of lodging.
camping - The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp.
feeding - The act of supplying food and nourishment.
fueling - The activity of supplying or taking on fuel.
respite - A pause from doing something (as work).
bedrest - Confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons).
leisure - Freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity.
charity - An activity or gift that benefits the public at large.
handout - Giving money or food or clothing to a needy person.
lending - Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned.
banking - Transacting business with a bank.
gravure - The act of intaglio printing.
slating - The act of laying slates for a roof.
hauling - The activity of transporting goods by truck.
cartage - The work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it.
affairs - Transactions of professional or public interest.
selling - The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money.
dumping - Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market.
vending - The act of selling goods for a living.
selloff - A sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade.
payment - The act of paying money.
tribute - Payment by one nation for protection by another.
bossism - Domination of a political organization by a party boss.
mastery - The act of mastering or subordinating someone.
screwup - The complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation.
dealing - Method or manner of conduct in relation to others.
running - The act of administering or being in charge of something.
priming - The act of making something ready.
custody - Holding by the police.
ableism - Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
fattism - Discrimination against people who are overweight.
beating - The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
stoning - The act of pelting with stones.
hanging - A form of capital punishment.
discord - Strife resulting from a lack of agreement.
dispute - Coming into conflict with.
fencing - The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules).
stinger - A sharp stinging blow.
walkout - The act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest.
lawsuit - A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
opinion - The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself).
finding - The decision of a court on issues of fact or law.
verdict - (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision.
retrial - A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court.
hearing - (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence.
keeping - Conformity or harmony.
cultism - Devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult.
daycare - Childcare during the day while parents work.
seating - The service of ushering people to their seats.
backing - The act of providing approval and support.
booking - The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group).
meeting - The social act of assembling for some common purpose.
session - A meeting devoted to a particular activity.
absence - Failure to be present.
truancy - Failure to attend (especially school).
renewal - The act of renewing.
thuggee - Murder and robbery by thugs.
jamming - Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems.
humming - The act of singing with closed lips.
karaoke - Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs).
solfege - A voice exercise.
version - Manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery).
carrier - (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele.
critter - A regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals).
denizen - A plant or animal naturalized in a region.
varmint - Any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable.
stocker - A domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment.
pollard - A usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed.
topknot - Showy crest or knot of hair or feathers.
polyoma - A virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice.
erwinia - Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
microbe - A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium).
protist - Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes.
arcella - An amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella.
stentor - Any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor.
seaweed - Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae.
euglena - Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella.
giardia - A suspected cause of diarrhea in humans.
gudgeon - Small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers.
rivulus - Found in small streams of tropical America.
monster - (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
abortus - A human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body.
chalaza - One of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell.
amniote - Any member of the Amniota.
chorion - The outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals).
anaspid - Extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head.
lamprey - Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.
hagfish - Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles.
dogfish - Any of several small sharks.
sawfish - Primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout.
ostrich - Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet.
skylark - Brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height.
wagtail - Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks.
redpoll - Small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump.
bunting - Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America.
ortolan - Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy.
sparrow - Any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects.
chewink - Common towhee of eastern North America.
cotinga - Passerine bird of New World tropics.
manakin - Any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior.
antbird - Any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms.
redwing - Small European thrush having reddish flanks.
warbler - A small active songbird.
kinglet - Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice.
babbler - Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song.
cacique - Black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics.
grackle - Long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage.
cowbird - North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests.
jackdaw - Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
catbird - North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing.
creeper - Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet.
bushtit - Active grey titmice of western North America.
tanager - Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
waxwing - Brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips.
tiercel - Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
goshawk - Large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry.
redtail - Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail.
buzzard - The common European short-winged hawk.
harrier - Hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals.
kestrel - Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind.
vulture - Any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion.
urodele - Amphibians that resemble lizards.
axolotl - Larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing.
crapaud - Large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog.
reptile - Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms.
anapsid - Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.
diapsid - Reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye.
tuatara - Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
iguanid - Lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands.
carcase - The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
carrion - The dead and rotting body of an animal.
acarine - Mite or tick.
cackler - A hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk.
greyhen - Female black grouse.
moorhen - Female red grouse.
peafowl - Very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird.
peacock - Male peafowl.
hoatzin - Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
tinamou - Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds.
touraco - Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
oilbird - Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter.
wryneck - Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck.
piculet - Small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers.
jacamar - Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
quetzal - Large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage.
mallard - Wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended.
widgeon - Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals.
pintail - Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers.
pochard - Heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head.
redhead - North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head.
gosling - Young goose.
greylag - Common grey wild goose of Europe.
whooper - Common Old World swan noted for its whooping call.
echidna - A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites.
opossum - Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.
wallaby - Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos.
potoroo - Australian rat kangaroos.
bettong - Short-nosed rat kangaroo.
dasyure - Any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens.
furcula - A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds.
plumule - Down feather of young birds.
marabou - The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments.
aculeus - A sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect.
whisker - A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.
clypeus - A shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head.
apodeme - Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles.
planula - The flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates.
nanomia - Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope.
actinia - Any sea anemone or related animal.
sagitta - Any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta.
rotifer - Minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion.
pinworm - Small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children.
eelworm - Any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms.
filaria - Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates.
lugworm - Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back.
mollusk - Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
abalone - Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
neritid - Operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.
geoduck - A large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America.
piddock - Marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells.
octopod - A cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell.
octopus - Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles.
decapod - Cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones.
spirula - A small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral.
gizzard - Thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food.
lobster - Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae.
squilla - A kind of mantis shrimp.
daphnia - Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
copepod - Minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax.
cyclops - Minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming.
bittern - Relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry.
courlan - Wading bird of South America and Central America.
limpkin - Wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call.
bustard - Large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight.
ortygan - Any of several East Indian birds.
seabird - A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls.
lapwing - Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.
tattler - Any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry.
courser - Swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa.
skimmer - Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food.
pelican - Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.
penguin - Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers.
bowhead - Large-mouthed Arctic whale.
rorqual - Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin.
finback - Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat.
dolphin - Any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout.
vaquita - A short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California.
grampus - Slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas.
narwhal - Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
spouter - A spouting whale.
manatee - Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America.
coondog - Any dog trained to hunt raccoons.
redbone - A speedy red or red-and-tan American hound.
whippet - Small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England.
terrier - Any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground.
pointer - A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches.
spaniel - Any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears.
clumber - A thickset spaniel with longish silky hair.
griffon - Breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat.
mastiff - An old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog.
basenji - Small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark.
caracal - Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
leopard - Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots.
panther - A leopard in the black color phase.
lioness - A female lion.
tigress - A female tiger.
cheetah - Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
grizzly - Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America.
meerkat - A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
webfoot - A foot having the toes connected by folds of skin.
hexapod - An animal having six feet.
gallfly - Any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed.
ladybug - Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
vedalia - Native to Australia.
firefly - Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs.
blowfly - Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly.
wiggler - Larva of a mosquito.
andrena - A bee that is a member of the genus Andrena.
termite - Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.
katydid - Large green long-horned grasshopper of North America.
phasmid - Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants.
lygaeid - A true bug: usually bright-colored.
firebug - A true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain.
adelgid - Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
odonate - Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings.
admiral - Any of several brightly colored butterflies.
viceroy - Showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller.
ringlet - Any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae.
monarch - Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings.
pyralid - Usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests.
tineoid - Small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts.
cutworm - North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground.
emperor - Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings.
arctiid - Stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings.
webworm - Several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed.
trepang - Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia.
leporid - Rabbits and hares.
leveret - A young hare especially one in its first year.
muskrat - Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur.
packrat - Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America.
hamster - Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.
lemming - Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution.
gelding - Castrated male horse.
palfrey - Especially a light saddle horse for a woman.
charger - Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle.
prancer - A mettlesome or fiery horse.
mustang - Small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish.
hackney - A compact breed of harness horse.
stepper - A horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting.
warthog - African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks.
peccary - Nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America.
bullock - Castrated bull.
aurochs - Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox.
banteng - Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
cattalo - Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo.
carabao - Water buffalo of the Philippines.
tamarau - Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
lambkin - A very young lamb.
bighorn - Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns.
mouflon - Wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia.
markhor - Large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns.
chamois - Hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
gerenuk - Slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns.
sassaby - A large South African antelope.
gazelle - Small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes.
gemsbok - Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks.
pricket - Male deer in his second year.
brocket - Male red deer in its second year.
roebuck - Male roe deer.
caribou - Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes.
muntjac - Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark.
kanchil - Small chevrotain of southeastern Asia.
guanaco - Wild llama.
giraffe - Tallest living quadruped.
trotter - Foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food.
forepaw - Front paw.
polecat - Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.
glutton - Musteline mammal of northern Eurasia.
tatouay - Naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America.
mylodon - Large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America.
pastern - The part between the fetlock and the hoof.
coronet - Margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof.
fetlock - Projection behind and above a horse's hoof.
withers - The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals.
foreleg - The forelimb of a quadruped.
flipper - The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming.
tadpole - A larval frog or toad.
primate - Any placental mammal of the order Primates.
hominid - A primate of the family Hominidae.
gorilla - Largest anthropoid ape.
siamang - Large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web.
macaque - Short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa.
colobus - Arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs.
guereza - A colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body.
tamarin - Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
pentail - Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third.
tarsier - Nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing.
mammoth - Any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene.
raccoon - An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America.
spawner - A female fish at spawning time.
catfish - Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
silurid - Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin.
codling - Young codfish.
whiting - A food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod.
haddock - Important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic.
pollack - Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic).
alewife - Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn.
herring - Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific.
sardine - Any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned.
anchovy - Small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste.
redfish - Male salmon that has recently spawned.
sockeye - Small salmon with red flesh.
chinook - Large Pacific salmon valued as food.
capelin - Very small northern fish.
oarfish - Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin.
batfish - Bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins.
lingcod - Food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings.
walleye - Pike-like freshwater perches.
brotula - Deep-sea fishes.
sunfish - Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies.
crappie - Small sunfishes of central United States rivers.
grouper - Usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas.
jewfish - Large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales.
pompano - Any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
pomfret - Deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific.
piranha - Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
antenna - One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans.
cichlid - Freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes.
snapper - Any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters.
margate - A grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil.
tomtate - Found off the West Indies and Florida.
pigfish - Found from Long Island southward.
pinfish - Similar to sea bream.
croaker - Any of several fishes that make a croaking noise.
corbina - Bluish-grey whiting of California coast.
sweeper - Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body.
hogfish - Large wrasse of western Atlantic.
jawfish - Small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms.
eelpout - Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.
escolar - Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
oilfish - Very large deep-water snake mackerel.
bluefin - Largest tuna.
mojarra - Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
sculpin - Any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths.
poacher - Small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates.
gurnard - Bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom.
boxfish - Any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates.
cowfish - Trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes.
halibut - Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific.
abattis - A line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy.
abrader - A tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing.
academy - A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge.
acrylic - A synthetic fabric.
adapter - Device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible.
aerator - An apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage).
aerosol - A dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas).
agonist - (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
aileron - An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
airdock - A large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
airfoil - A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air.
airline - A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers.
airlock - A chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure.
airport - An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.
airship - A steerable self-propelled aircraft.
alcazar - Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
alembic - An obsolete kind of container used for distillation.
alidade - Surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles.
ammeter - A meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes.
amphora - An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
ampulla - A flask that has two handles.
andiron - Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
android - An automaton that resembles a human being.
annulet - A small ring.
antefix - Carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles.
apadana - The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
apparel - Clothing in general.
araroba - A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
areaway - A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.
armband - A band worn around the upper arm.
armhole - A hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached.
armilla - (archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm.
armoire - A large wardrobe or cabinet.
armrest - A support for the arm.
arsenal - A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.
ashtray - A receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes.
aspirin - The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid.
assegai - The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
athanor - A furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature.
automat - A cafeteria where food is served from machines.
backhoe - An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth.
backsaw - A handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge.
baggage - Cases used to carry belongings when traveling.
bagpipe - A tubular wind instrument.
balcony - A platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet.
baldric - A wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip.
bandbox - A light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats).
bandsaw - An endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels.
barbell - A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end.
barrier - A structure or object that impedes free movement.
barroom - A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
bascule - A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw).
basinet - A medieval steel helmet.
bassoon - A double-reed instrument.
bastard - Derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine.
bastion - Projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
bathtub - A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
batiste - A thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric.
bazooka - A portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon.
beading - A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture.
beanbag - A small cloth bag filled with dried beans.
bearing - A rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily.
bedpost - Any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead.
bedroll - Bedding rolled up for carrying.
bedroom - A room used primarily for sleeping.
beehive - A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees.
bellows - A mechanical device that blows a strong current of air.
belting - The material of which belts are made.
beltway - A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center.
bindery - A workshop where books are bound.
biochip - A microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time.
biplane - Old fashioned airplane.
biprism - An optical device for obtaining interference fringes.
biretta - A stiff cap with ridges across the crown.
bladder - A bag that fills with air.
blender - An electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods.
blocker - A class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process.
blowgun - A tube through which darts can be shot by blowing.
blucher - A high shoe with laces over the tongue.
bollard - A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
bollock - A pulley-block at the head of a topmast.
bomblet - One of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb.
bookend - A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table).
booster - An additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective.
borstal - Formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison.
boudoir - A lady's bedroom or private sitting room.
bouquet - An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
bowline - A loop knot that neither slips nor jams.
bradawl - An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
brassie - (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon.
brazier - Large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned.
brewery - A plant where beer is brewed by fermentation.
brewpub - A combination brewery and restaurant.
bridoon - A bit resembling a snaffle bit.
broadax - A large ax with a broad cutting blade.
broiler - An oven or part of a stove used for broiling.
bubbler - Any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid.
bucksaw - A saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H.
bullion - Gold or silver in bars or ingots.
bullpen - A large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily.
bumboat - A small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor.
burette - Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom.
burnous - A long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece.
burthen - A variant of `burden'.
bushing - A cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction.
bustier - A close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress.
cabinet - A piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers.
cagoule - Lightweight parka.
caisson - Large watertight chamber used for construction under water.
calceus - A shoe covering the ankle.
caldron - A very large pot that is used for boiling.
calumet - A highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians.
cambric - A finely woven white linen.
cannery - A factory where food is canned.
cannula - A small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication.
canteen - A flask for carrying water.
capitol - A building occupied by a state legislature.
capstan - A windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis.
carbine - Light automatic rifle.
caroche - A luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century.
carport - Garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles.
carrack - A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
cashbox - A strongbox for holding cash.
casquet - A light open casque without a visor or beaver.
cassock - A black garment reaching down to the ankles.
catboat - A sailboat with a single mast set far forward.
cathode - A negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device.
catling - A long double-edged knife used for amputations.
catwalk - Narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge).
cavetto - A concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section.
ceiling - The overhead upper surface of a covered space.
celesta - A musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard.
centrex - (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange.
chachka - (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket.
chalice - A bowl-shaped drinking vessel.
challis - A soft lightweight fabric (usually printed).
chancel - Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
chanter - Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played.
chantry - A chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor.
chassis - The skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor.
chateau - An impressive country house (or castle) in France.
chemise - A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist.
cheroot - A cigar with both ends cut flat.
chevron - An inverted V-shaped charge.
chicane - A movable barrier used in motor racing.
chiffon - A sheer fabric of silk or rayon.
chimney - A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building.
chlamys - A short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder.
chopine - A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole.
chunnel - The railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel.
circlet - Decorated metal band worn around the head.
cistern - An artificial reservoir for storing liquids.
cittern - A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
clapper - Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side.
classic - A creation of the highest excellence.
clavier - A stringed instrument that has a keyboard.
cleaver - A butcher's knife having a large square blade.
clipper - Scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural).
closeup - A photograph taken at close range.
coalbin - A bin for holding coal.
coaming - A raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out.
coaster - A covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle).
coating - A thin layer covering something.
cocaine - A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves.
cockade - An ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat.
cockpit - Compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft.
cocotte - A small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served.
codeine - Derivative of opium.
collage - A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image.
college - A complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed.
cologne - A perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol.
conduit - A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass.
console - An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture).
convent - A religious residence especially for nuns.
coracle - A small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame.
cordage - The ropes in the rigging of a ship.
cordite - Explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords.
corsair - A swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction).
cowbarn - A barn for cows.
cowbell - A bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located.
cracker - A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends.
crampon - An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing.
cringle - Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
crocket - An architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable.
crowbar - A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.
cruiser - A large fast warship.
crupper - A strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail.
crusher - A device that crushes something.
crystal - A protective cover that protects the face of a watch.
cuirass - Medieval body armor that covers the chest and back.
culotte - A divided skirt.
culvert - A transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway.
curette - A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity.
cutaway - A man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees.
cutlery - Tableware implements for cutting and eating food.
cutwork - Embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away.
dapsone - Antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases.
dashiki - A loose and brightly colored African shirt.
daybook - An accounting journal as a physical object.
deadeye - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud.
deanery - The official residence of a dean.
decoder - A machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language.
denture - A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth.
derrick - A simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom.
diamond - A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it.
digoxin - Digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia.
dilator - A surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ.
dinette - A small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining.
diptych - A painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book).
dishpan - Large pan for washing dishes.
dishrag - A cloth for washing dishes.
distaff - The staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning.
divider - A drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements.
doeskin - A fine smooth soft woolen fabric.
dogcart - A cart drawn by a dog.
doormat - A mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering.
doorway - The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building.
doubler - An electronic device that doubles the voltage or the frequency of an input signal.
doublet - A man's close-fitting jacket.
doxepin - A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
drapery - Cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds.
drawbar - A strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled.
drawers - Underpants worn by men.
dredger - A barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging.
dresser - A cabinet with shelves.
dropper - Pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time.
droshky - An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
drugget - A rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling.
dubbing - A new soundtrack that is added to a film.
duckpin - A bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin.
dungeon - A dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined.
dustmop - A dry swab for dusting floors.
dustpan - A short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept.
earflap - One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
earmuff - Either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather.
earplug - A plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise.
earring - Jewelry to ornament the ear.
echelon - A diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset.
echinus - Ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column.
embassy - A diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work.
emitter - The electrode in a transistor where electrons originate.
entrant - A commodity that enters competition with established merchandise.
epaulet - Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
epergne - A large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers.
esmolol - Intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time.
etagere - A piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments.
etamine - A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
etching - An etched plate made with the use of acid.
factory - A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
faience - Glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors.
fantail - An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship.
feature - An article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles.
feedlot - A building where livestock are fattened for market.
felucca - A fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean.
ferrule - A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting.
fighter - A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air.
firearm - A portable gun.
firebox - A furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned.
fishery - A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold.
fishnet - A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in.
fitment - Any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture).
fixings - The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity).
fixture - An object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household).
flannel - A soft light woolen fabric.
flasher - An electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display).
flatbed - An open truck bed or trailer with no sides.
flatcar - Freight car without permanent sides or roof.
flatlet - A tiny flat.
fleabag - A run-down hotel.
fleapit - An old shabby movie theater.
florist - A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold.
flotsam - The floating wreckage of a ship.
flytrap - A trap for catching flies.
foghorn - A warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone.
foglamp - Headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather.
footage - Film that has been shot.
forceps - An extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies).
foretop - A platform at the head of a foremast.
foulard - A light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design).
foundry - Factory where metal castings are produced.
foxhole - A small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire.
frigate - A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser.
fulcrum - The pivot about which a lever turns.
furnace - An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc..
fustian - A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap.
galleon - A large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts.
gallery - Narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building.
gallows - An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.
gambrel - A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper.
gamebag - A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
gangsaw - A power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts.
gangway - A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site).
gantlet - The convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place.
garbage - A receptacle where waste can be discarded.
garment - An article of clothing.
garnish - Any decoration added as a trimming or adornment.
gasmask - A protective mask with a filter.
gateway - An entrance that can be closed by a gate.
gearbox - The shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed.
gearing - Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
gearset - A set of gears.
gelatin - A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects.
ghillie - A shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep.
gingham - A clothing fabric in a plaid weave.
goggles - Tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes.
gondola - Long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling.
gouache - A watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum.
granary - A storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed.
grapnel - A light anchor for small boats.
grenade - A small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile.
grinder - A machine tool that polishes metal.
grocery - (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer.
grogram - A coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum.
groover - A device that makes grooves by cutting or punching.
gunboat - A small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns.
gunlock - The action that ignites the charge in a firearm.
gunnery - Guns collectively.
gunwale - Wale at the top of the side of boat.
gymslip - A sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform.
hacksaw - Saw used with one hand for cutting metal.
hairnet - A small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place.
hairpin - A double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place.
halberd - A pike fitted with an ax head.
hallway - An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
halyard - A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag.
hammock - A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees).
handbow - A bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow.
handcar - A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
handsaw - A saw used with one hand for cutting wood.
handset - Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle.
hardtop - A car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top.
hashish - Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant.
hassock - A cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church).
hatband - A band around the crown of a hat just above the brim.
hatchel - A comb for separating flax fibers.
hatchet - A small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood).
hauberk - A long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor.
hayfork - A long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay.
hayloft - A loft in a barn where hay is stored.
hayrack - A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
haywire - Wire for tying up bales of hay.
headpin - The front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
headset - Receiver consisting of a pair of headphones.
helicon - A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician.
heparin - A polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood.
highboy - A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs.
highway - A major road for any form of motor transport.
holster - A sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun.
hosiery - Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear).
housing - Structures collectively in which people are housed.
hutment - An encampment of huts (chiefly military).
hydrant - A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks.
iceboat - A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame.
icepick - Pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point.
icetray - A tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator.
inhaler - A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion.
inkwell - A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped.
jaconet - A lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish.
javelin - A spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events.
jellaba - A loose cloak with a hood.
jewelry - An adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems).
jibboom - A spar that extends the bowsprit.
jodhpur - A short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side.
joinery - Fine woodwork done by a joiner.
jointer - A long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together.
journal - The part of the axle contained by a bearing.
jukebox - A cabinet containing an automatic record player.
kachina - A carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit.
keelson - A longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it.
keyhole - The hole where a key is inserted.
khukuri - A curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas.
kitchen - A room equipped for preparing meals.
kneeler - A board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on.
knobble - A small knob.
knocker - A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door.
kremlin - Citadel of a Russian town.
lamella - Thin plate.
lanolin - An emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep).
lantern - Light in a transparent protective case.
lanyard - (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships.
latchet - A leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot.
latrine - A public toilet in a military area.
lattice - Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal.
laundry - Workplace where clothes are washed and ironed.
layette - Kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby.
lectern - Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.
legging - A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle).
leister - A spear with three or more prongs.
leotard - A tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles).
library - A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study.
limbers - A channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson.
limiter - (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude.
linecut - Engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved.
linocut - A design carved in relief into a block of linoleum.
locknut - Supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening.
longbow - A powerful wooden bow drawn by hand.
lounger - An article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear.
lugsail - A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast.
lunette - Oval or circular opening.
machete - A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
magneto - A small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine.
mailbag - Letter carrier's shoulder bag.
mailbox - A private box for delivery of mail.
maillot - Tights for dancers or gymnasts.
malacca - A cane made from the stem of a rattan palm.
mandala - Any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe.
mandola - An early type of mandolin.
manhole - A hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure.
mansion - A large and imposing house.
mantrap - A trap for catching trespassers.
marimba - A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
marline - A small usually tarred line of 2 strands.
marmite - A large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup.
marquee - Permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc..
mascara - Makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes.
mastaba - An ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof.
matting - A covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp).
mattock - A kind of pick that is used for digging.
maypole - A vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day.
mending - Garments that must be repaired.
menorah - (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches.
menthol - A lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint.
midiron - Long iron with a nearly vertical face.
milldam - Dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
milling - Corrugated edge of a coin.
minaret - Slender tower with balconies.
minibar - Sideboard with compartments for holding bottles.
minibus - A light bus (4 to 10 passengers).
minicab - A minicar used as a taxicab.
minicar - A car that is even smaller than a subcompact car.
minisub - Submersible vessel for one or two persons.
minivan - A small box-shaped passenger van.
miniver - Trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur.
minster - Any of certain cathedrals and large churches.
missile - A rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives.
monocle - Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye.
mooring - (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place.
muffler - A scarf worn around the neck.
mukataa - An Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center.
mullion - A nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen).
musette - A small bagpipe formerly popular in France.
nacelle - A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
nadolol - A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
nankeen - A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
narthex - A vestibule leading to the nave of a church.
necklet - Decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament.
necktie - Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
neolith - A stone tool from the Neolithic Age.
niblick - An iron with considerable loft.
ninepin - A bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles.
nogging - Rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame.
nosebag - A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse).
nostrum - Patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable.
nunnery - The convent of a community of nuns.
nursery - A child's room for a baby.
obelisk - A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
obverse - The side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design.
ocarina - Egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
oilskin - A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.
organdy - A sheer stiff muslin.
organza - A fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy.
orphrey - A richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment.
ossuary - Any receptacle for the burial of human bones.
ottoman - Thick cushion used as a seat.
outfall - The outlet of a river or drain or other source of water.
outpost - A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
outsole - The outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground.
outwork - Subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area.
package - A wrapped container.
padding - Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.
paddock - Pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race.
painter - A line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing).
paisley - A soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes.
palette - Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used.
pallium - Cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome.
panacea - Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
panache - A feathered plume on a helmet.
pannier - Set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips.
panpipe - A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.
parapet - Fortification consisting of a low wall.
parasol - A handheld collapsible source of shade.
parquet - Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
passkey - Key that secures entrance everywhere.
pathway - A trodden path.
pedicab - A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
pelisse - A sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur.
pendant - An adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring).
pennant - A long flag.
pentode - A thermionic tube having five electrodes.
percale - A fine closely woven cotton fabric.
periwig - A wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
petcock - Regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining.
piccolo - A small flute.
piggery - A farm where pigs are raised or kept.
pillbox - A small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete).
pillion - A seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc..
pinfold - A pen where stray animals are confined.
pinhead - The head of a pin.
pinhole - A small puncture that might have been made by a pin.
pithead - The entrance to a coal mine.
pitprop - A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine.
placket - A piece of cloth sewn under an opening.
planner - A notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc..
planter - A decorative pot for house plants.
platter - A large shallow dish used for serving food.
playbox - A box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school).
playpen - A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play.
plotter - An instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures.
plunger - Hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end.
plywood - A laminate made of thin layers of wood.
pontoon - A float supporting a seaplane.
porkpie - Man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim.
portico - A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area.
postbox - Public box for deposit of mail.
postern - A small gate in the rear of a fort or castle.
pothook - An S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire.
printer - A machine that prints.
product - An artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
propjet - An airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine.
quinine - A bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark.
raceway - A canal for a current of water.
railing - A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
railway - Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight.
ramekin - A small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions.
rampart - An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes.
rariora - (plural) rare collector's items.
rathole - A small dirty uncomfortable room.
ratline - (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship.
rattrap - A trap for catching rats.
reactor - An electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit.
readout - An electronic device the displays information is a visual form.
redoubt - An entrenched stronghold or refuge.
reducer - Pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter.
regalia - Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office).
replica - Copy that is not the original.
reticle - A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
ribbing - A framework of ribs.
rigging - Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails.
ripcord - A cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent.
roadbed - A bed supporting a road.
roadway - A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel.
roaster - A special cooking pan for roasting.
rosette - An ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor.
rotunda - A large circular room.
rouleau - A roll of coins wrapped in paper.
roundel - Round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit.
rounder - A tool for rounding corners or edges.
rubbing - Representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal.
sackbut - A medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone.
sacking - Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks.
saltbox - A type of house built in New England.
samisen - A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox.
samovar - A metal urn with a spigot at the base.
sampler - A piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches.
sandbox - A plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in.
satchel - Luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap.
satinet - A fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber.
sawmill - A large sawing machine.
saxhorn - Any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves.
scalpel - A thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery.
scanner - A radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition.
scauper - A graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal.
scenery - The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale.
schlock - Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
scooter - Child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot.
scraper - Any of various hand tools for scraping.
scriber - A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.
scuffer - A lightweight flexible sandal with a sturdy sole.
scupper - Drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard.
scuttle - Container for coal.
scyphus - An ancient Greek drinking cup.
section - One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object.
seedbed - A bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting.
seizing - Small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together.
selvage - The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray.
serpent - An obsolete bass cornet.
sextant - A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects.
shackle - A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner).
sharpie - A shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail.
shoebox - An oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes.
shoofly - A child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck).
shotgun - Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
shunter - A small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips.
siamese - An inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building.
sickbay - (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship).
sickbed - The bed on which a sick person lies.
sidecar - Conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle.
silesia - A sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric.
singlet - A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body.
skidder - A tractor used to haul logs over rough terrain.
skidpan - A paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them.
skyhook - A hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky.
skysail - The sail above the royal on a square-rigger.
skywalk - An elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed).
slasher - A weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing.
slipper - Low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily.
smelter - An industrial plant for smelting.
snifter - A globular glass with a small top.
snorter - Something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent.
snowman - A figure of a person made of packed snow.
snuffer - A cone-shaped implement with a handle.
soapbox - A crate for packing soap.
sounder - A device for making soundings.
soutane - A long cassock with buttons down the front.
spandex - An elastic synthetic fabric.
spanker - A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel.
spatula - A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances.
spindle - A stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning.
spinner - Fisherman's lure.
splicer - A mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape.
spoiler - A hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag.
sporran - A fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders.
sputnik - A Russian artificial satellite.
staddle - A base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked.
stadium - A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.
stammel - A coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red.
standee - A lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity).
stapler - A machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together.
steeper - A vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping.
steeple - A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
stemmer - A device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples).
stinker - Anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar).
stirrer - An implement used for stirring.
stirrup - Support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go.
striker - The part of a mechanical device that strikes something.
subbase - The lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard.
suiting - A fabric used for suits.
sundial - Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial.
sunlamp - A mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments.
sunroof - An automobile roof having a sliding or raisable panel.
sunsuit - A child's garment consisting of a brief top and shorts.
suntrap - A terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds.
surbase - The molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall).
surcoat - A tunic worn over a knight's armor.
surgery - A room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted.
surtout - A man's overcoat in the style of a frock coat.
sweater - A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body.
taboret - A low stool in the shape of a drum.
taffeta - A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
talaria - A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art).
tambour - A drum.
tampion - Plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture.
tandoor - A clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan.
tangram - A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs.
tankard - Large drinking vessel with one handle.
tannery - Workplace where skins and hides are tanned.
tatting - Needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle.
taxiway - A paved surface in the form of a strip.
teashop - A restaurant where tea and light meals are available.
telpher - One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage.
tempera - Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk.
tessera - A small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics.
testudo - A movable protective covering that provided protection from above.
tetrode - A thermionic tube having four electrodes.
theater - A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.
thermos - Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks.
thimble - A small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing.
ticking - A strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers.
timbrel - Small hand drum similar to a tambourine.
timolol - A beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks.
tinfoil - Foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead.
tintack - Tack or small nail of tinned iron.
tinware - Articles of commerce made of tin plate.
toaster - A kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread.
tobacco - Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
tokamak - A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
toolbox - A box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools.
topmast - The mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig.
topsail - A sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
topside - (usually plural) weather deck.
towline - (nautical) a rope used in towing.
towpath - A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats.
toyshop - Shop where toys are sold.
tracery - Decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs.
tractor - A wheeled vehicle with large wheels.
trailer - A wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy.
tramcar - A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine.
trammel - A restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble.
tramway - A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
transom - A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it.
trapeze - A swing used by circus acrobats.
trawler - A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
trefoil - An architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle.
trestle - Sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop.
tribune - The apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne.
tricorn - Cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points.
trident - A spear with three prongs.
trimmer - Joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc..
tripper - A catch mechanism that acts as a switch.
trireme - Ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side.
trouser - A garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers.
tugboat - A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.
tumbler - A glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem.
tumbrel - A farm dumpcart for carrying dung.
turbine - Rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate.
turnery - Products made on a lathe.
turnoff - A side road where you can turn off.
tweeter - A loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds.
twinjet - A jet plane propelled by two jet engines.
urceole - A vessel that holds water for washing the hands.
utensil - An implement for practical use (especially in a household).
vaccine - Immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies.
vehicle - A conveyance that transports people or objects.
venturi - A tube with a constriction.
veranda - A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
viaduct - Bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley.
warhead - The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents.
warship - A government ship that is available for waging war.
washtub - A tub in which clothes or linens can be washed.
waxwork - An effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax.
wayside - Edge of a way or road or path.
webbing - A strong fabric woven in strips.
whacker - Something especially big or impressive of its kind.
whirler - A revolving mechanism.
wickiup - A lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush.
wobbler - Something that wobbles.
woodcut - Engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it.
worsted - A woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap.
wringer - A clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed.
yardarm - Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship.
yashmak - The face veil worn by Muslim women.
privacy - The quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others.
languor - Inactivity.
fluency - The quality of being facile in speech and writing.
leresis - Rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged).
secrecy - The trait of keeping things secret.
laxness - The quality of being lax and neglectful.
persona - (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world.
eyespot - An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies).
eyesore - Something very ugly and offensive.
inkblot - A blot made with ink.
opacity - The quality of being opaque to a degree.
dimness - The quality of being dim or lacking contrast.
harmony - Compatibility in opinion and action.
aptness - Appropriateness for the occasion.
fitness - The quality of being suitable.
duality - (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry.
oneness - The quality of being united into one.
variety - A difference that is usually pleasant.
reality - The quality possessed by something that is real.
granite - Something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness).
cogency - The quality of being valid and rigorous.
coyness - The affectation of being demure in a provocative way.
errancy - Fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err.
clarity - Free from obscurity and easy to understand.
impiety - Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god.
frailty - Moral weakness.
courage - A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.
heroism - The qualities of a hero or heroine.
probity - Complete and confirmed integrity.
decency - The quality of being polite and respectable.
honesty - The quality of being honest.
jobbery - Corruptness among public officials.
loyalty - The quality of being loyal.
perfidy - Betrayal of a trust.
naivete - Lack of sophistication or worldliness.
madness - Unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm.
edacity - Extreme gluttony.
dignity - The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.
conceit - The trait of being unduly vain and conceited.
egotism - An exaggerated opinion of your own importance.
manners - Social deportment.
decorum - Propriety in manners and conduct.
modesty - Formality and propriety of manner.
suavity - The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner.
chutzpa - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall.
mediacy - The quality of being mediate.
oldness - The quality of being old.
vintage - The oldness of wines.
newness - The quality of being new.
recency - The property of having happened or appeared not long ago.
texture - The physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance).
density - The amount per unit size.
fuschia - A dark purplish-red color.
scarlet - A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge.
gamboge - A strong yellow color.
emerald - The green color of an emerald.
cadence - A recurrent rhythmical series.
hotness - A hot spiciness.
fatness - Excess bodily weight.
stature - (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot.
agility - The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble.
windage - The deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind.
mercury - Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer.
pliancy - The property of being pliant and flexible.
biomass - The total mass of living matter in a given unit area.
stamina - Enduring strength and energy.
potency - Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.
valence - (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals.
badness - Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.
acidity - PH values below 7.
fermata - (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest.
brevity - The attribute of being brief or fleeting.
ectopia - Abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth).
spacing - The property possessed by an array of things that have space between them.
patency - The openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct.
farness - The property of being remote.
lowness - A low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.).
deficit - The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
fewness - The quality of being small in number.
horizon - The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.
acreage - An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
yardage - Distance measured in the aggregate number of yards.
mileage - Distance measured in miles.
demerit - The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection.
realism - The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.
penalty - (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game.
urgency - Pressing importance requiring speedy action.
inanity - Total lack of meaning or ideas.
ability - The quality of being able to perform.
cadaver - The dead body of a human being.
chiasma - An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
dacryon - The craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone.
obelion - The craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture.
ophryon - The craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits.
pterion - The craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle.
rhinion - The anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones.
radicle - (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
exuviae - Cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis.
salpinx - A tube in the uterus or the ear.
nephron - Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.
orifice - An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity.
ductule - A very small duct.
headful - A covering over the surface of your head.
cowlick - A tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat.
chignon - A roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck.
pigtail - A plait of braided hair.
pageboy - A smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward.
stubble - Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days.
isthmus - A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
centrum - The main body of a vertebra.
dentine - Bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth.
ethmoid - One of the eight bones of the cranium.
hipbone - Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis.
ischium - One of the three sections of the hipbone.
ossicle - A small bone.
patella - A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
phalanx - Any of the bones of the fingers or toes.
punctum - (anatomy) a point or small area.
scapula - Either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings.
sternum - The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
chopper - Informal terms for a human `tooth'.
cambium - The inner layer of the periosteum.
elastin - A fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries.
levator - A muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip).
viscera - Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
glottis - The vocal apparatus of the larynx.
gingiva - The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.
overlip - The upper lip.
incisor - A tooth for cutting or gnawing.
choroid - A highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera.
eyebrow - The arch of hair above each eye.
canthus - Either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet.
eyelash - Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
eyeball - The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
eardrum - The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound.
utricle - A small pouch into which the semicircular canals open.
saccule - A small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth).
earlobe - The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear.
auricle - The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear.
malleus - The ossicle attached to the eardrum.
cochlea - The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti.
valvule - A small valve.
hormone - The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect.
gastrin - Polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach.
ghrelin - A gastrointestinal hormone produced by epithelial cells lining the fundus of the stomach.
motilin - A gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine.
insulin - Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas.
relaxin - Hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy.
synovia - Viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc..
omentum - A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera.
energid - A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
cytosol - The aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended.
nucleus - A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction.
vacuole - A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell.
condyle - A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
fimbria - Thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube).
spicule - Small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals.
papilla - A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather.
synapse - The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle.
medulla - The inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal.
putamen - The outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus.
urethra - Duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct.
scrotum - The external pouch that contains the testes.
vesicle - A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid).
decidua - The epithelial tissue of the endometrium.
prepuce - A fold of skin covering the tip of the penis.
trachea - Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
enteron - The alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate).
hindgut - The caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos.
pylorus - A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
jejunum - The part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum.
cranium - The part of the skull that encloses the brain.
occiput - Back part of the head or skull.
foramen - A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
fistula - An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface.
abdomen - The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
buttock - Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump.
cubitus - The arm from the elbow to the fingertips.
minimus - The fifth digit.
gluteus - Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh.
triceps - Any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii).
cuticle - The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail.
toenail - The nail at the end of a toe.
humerus - Bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
nostril - Either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose.
breadth - The capacity to understand a broad range of topics.
novelty - Originality by virtue of being new and surprising.
enology - The art of wine making.
bravura - Brilliant and showy technical skill.
faculty - One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind.
oxyopia - Unusually acute vision.
organon - A system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations.
amnesia - Partial or total loss of memory.
mystery - Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
dilemma - State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
pitfall - An unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty.
reverie - An abstracted state of absorption.
insight - Grasping the inner nature of things intuitively.
masking - The blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation.
incense - The pleasing scent produced when incense is burned.
malodor - A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
pricing - The evaluation of something in terms of its price.
letters - The literary culture.
chimera - A grotesque product of the imagination.
alchemy - A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times.
pabulum - Insipid intellectual nourishment.
bugbear - An object of dread or apprehension.
memento - A reminder of past events.
minutia - A small or minor detail.
example - An item of information that is typical of a class or group.
apology - A poor example.
bugaboo - A source of concern.
taproot - Something that provides an important central source for growth or development.
concept - An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.
species - A specific kind of something.
teacher - A personified abstraction that teaches.
quantum - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory).
operand - A quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
quantic - A homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables.
gemmule - The physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity.
outline - A schematic or preliminary plan.
fallacy - A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning.
sophism - A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
regimen - (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet).
figment - A contrived or fantastic idea.
inkling - A slight suggestion or vague understanding.
theorem - An idea accepted as a demonstrable truth.
meaning - The idea that is intended.
paragon - An ideal instance.
ingenue - The role of an innocent artless young woman in a play.
percept - The representation of what is perceived.
fractal - (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry.
gestalt - A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts.
tableau - Any dramatic scene.
prodigy - An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality.
rainbow - An illusory hope.
thought - The organized beliefs of a period or group or individual.
animism - The doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls.
dualism - The doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil.
mimesis - The imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature.
sorcery - The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world.
theurgy - White magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists).
atheism - A lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
science - A particular branch of scientific knowledge.
algebra - The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
outlier - An extreme deviation from the mean.
biology - The science that studies living organisms.
hygiene - The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
otology - The branch of medicine concerned with the ear.
urology - The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system.
ecology - The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment.
myology - The branch of physiology that studies muscles.
zoology - The branch of biology that studies animals.
physics - The science of matter and energy and their interactions.
atomism - (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles.
statics - The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium.
geology - A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks.
orology - The science of mountains.
geodesy - The branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points.
bionics - Application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems).
history - The discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings.
poetics - Study of poetic works.
prosody - The study of poetic meter and the art of versification.
trivium - (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric.
grammar - The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics).
neoteny - An evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species.
devices - An inclination or desire.
bigotry - The intolerance and prejudice of a bigot.
elitism - The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals.
fascism - A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism).
leftism - The ideology of the political left.
macumba - A Brazilian religious cult of African origin.
anagoge - A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
tactics - The branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy.
flyleaf - A blank leaf in the front or back of a book.
foldout - An oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine.
liaison - A channel for communication between groups.
tabloid - Newspaper with half-size pages.
morceau - A short literary or musical composition.
sidebar - A short news story presenting sidelights on a major story.
context - Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation.
anaphor - A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition.
antonym - A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.
charade - A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades.
holonym - A word that names the whole of which a given word is a part.
homonym - Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.
hyponym - A word that is more specific than a given word.
meronym - A word that names a part of a larger whole.
metonym - A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing.
oxytone - Word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
synonym - Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.
vocable - A word that is spoken aloud.
pronoun - A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase.
agnomen - An additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great').
surname - The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).
heading - A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.
trigram - A word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system.
fiction - A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
parable - (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message.
ballade - A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy.
couplet - A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse.
eclogue - A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life.
rondeau - A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes.
strophe - One section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama.
tushery - Writing of poor quality.
erasure - A surface area where something has been erased.
chapter - A subdivision of a written work.
episode - A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series.
epitaph - An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
curiosa - Books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica).
booklet - A small book usually having a paper cover.
crammer - A textbook designed for cramming.
speller - An introductory textbook to teach spelling.
catalog - A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things.
almanac - An annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
editing - Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form.
mezuzah - Religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law.
summary - A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form.
epitome - A brief abstract (as of an article or book).
keycard - A plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism.
diploma - A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study.
factoid - A brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item.
papyrus - A document written on papyrus.
cleanup - (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team).
credits - A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film).
posting - (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records.
blotter - The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station.
dossier - A collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record).
logbook - A book in which the log is written.
jotting - A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note.
minutes - A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
floater - An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location.
nullity - Something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity).
codicil - A supplement to a will.
warrant - A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts.
summons - A writ issued by authority of law.
browser - A program used to view HTML documents.
spyware - Computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent.
edition - The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.
omnibus - An anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author.
perusal - Reading carefully with intent to remember.
relatum - A term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition.
mummery - Meaningless ceremonies and flattery.
blather - Foolish gibberish.
baloney - Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
outtake - A scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film.
epistle - A specially long, formal letter.
refusal - A message refusing to accept something that is offered.
details - True confidential information.
wordnet - Any of the machine-readable lexical databases modeled after the Princeton WordNet.
voucher - A document that serves as evidence of some expenditure.
ovation - Enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause).
consent - Permission to do something.
blarney - Flattery designed to gain favor.
puffery - A flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes).
honours - A university degree with honors.
censure - Harsh criticism or disapproval.
chiding - Rebuking a person harshly.
slander - Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another.
paradox - (logic) a statement that contradicts itself.
formula - A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement.
extropy - The prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe.
whopper - A gross untruth.
pretext - Something serving to conceal plans.
entente - A friendly understanding between political powers.
treacle - Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental.
sarcasm - Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
waggery - Waggish behavior.
problem - A question raised for consideration or solution.
tickler - A file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done.
earmark - Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal.
postage - A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid.
symptom - Anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence.
thalweg - A line following the lowest points of a valley.
cedilla - A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s.
digraph - Two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe').
epsilon - The 5th letter of the Greek alphabet.
omicron - The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
upsilon - The 20th letter of the Greek alphabet.
solidus - A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.
roulade - (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable.
mediant - (music) the third note of a diatonic scale.
gaudery - Cheap or pretentious or vain display.
bravado - A swaggering show of courage.
pianism - Performance by or technique of a pianist.
recital - Performance of music or dance especially by soloists.
matinee - A theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon).
geordie - The nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
artwork - Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication.
myogram - A graphical recording of muscle activity.
playlet - A short play.
tragedy - Drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance.
follies - A revue with elaborate costuming.
secondo - The second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet).
chorale - A stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune.
introit - A composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services.
quartet - A musical composition for four performers.
quintet - A musical composition for five performers.
cantata - A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
toccata - A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
cadenza - A brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music.
scherzo - A fast movement (usually in triple time).
partita - (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century.
arietta - A short aria.
chantey - A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
scolion - A song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet.
pibroch - Martial music with variations.
ragtime - Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano).
skiffle - A style of popular music in the 1950s.
wording - The manner in which something is expressed in words.
caesura - A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line.
bombast - Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
apocope - Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
acronym - A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name.
anapest - A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
trochee - A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables.
spondee - A metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables.
litotes - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
kenning - Conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry.
phoneme - (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language.
plosion - The terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant.
hosanna - A cry of praise or adoration (to God).
yelling - Uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement.
chortle - A soft partly suppressed laugh.
syncope - (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle').
epigram - A witty saying.
proverb - A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
agrapha - Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
dialect - The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
ijtihad - The endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars.
bidding - A request to be present.
beggary - A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person).
benison - A spoken blessing.
epithet - Descriptive word or phrase.
whimper - A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way.
telling - Informing by words.
warning - Notification of something, usually in advance.
scandal - Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
pinning - A mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else.
ringing - The giving of a ring as a token of engagement.
oratory - Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous).
oration - An instance of oratory.
kerygma - Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
shocker - A sensational message (in a film or play or novel).
stuffer - An advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail.
crosier - A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office.
scepter - A ceremonial or emblematic staff.
auspice - A favorable omen.
miracle - A marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent.
endgame - The final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
deserts - An outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved.
stunner - An unexpected and amazing event.
bonfire - A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration.
calvary - Any experience that causes intense suffering.
blowout - A sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus.
ingress - (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse.
genesis - A coming into being.
destiny - An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
samsara - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth.
atavism - A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
sunrise - The daily event of the sun rising above the horizon.
soliton - (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance.
tsunami - A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
sinking - A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength).
debacle - A sudden and violent collapse.
liftoff - The initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad.
headway - Forward movement.
banging - A continuing very loud noise.
chirrup - A series of chirps.
screech - A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
scrunch - A crunching noise.
tapping - The sound of light blow or knock.
vibrato - (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch.
tremolo - Vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one.
systole - The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery.
ebbtide - The tide while water is flowing out.
riptide - A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore.
airflow - The flow of air.
freshet - The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow.
torrent - A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid).
fadeout - A gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances.
seepage - The process of seeping.
topspin - Forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke.
ceilidh - An informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling.
funeral - A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.
wedding - The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed.
playoff - Any final competition to determine a championship.
regatta - A meeting for boat races.
hurdles - A footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles.
victory - A successful ending of a struggle or contest.
shutout - A defeat in a game where one side fails to score.
emotion - Any strong feeling.
passion - A strong feeling or emotion.
craving - An intense desire for some particular thing.
longing - Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.
caprice - A sudden desire.
chafing - Soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction.
scunner - A strong dislike.
chagrin - Strong feelings of embarrassment.
gravity - A solemn and dignified feeling.
stewing - An extreme state of worry and agitation.
dudgeon - A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon').
umbrage - A feeling of anger caused by being offended.
frisson - An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.
presage - A foreboding about what is about to happen.
shyness - A feeling of fear of embarrassment.
anxiety - A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune.
willies - Feelings of uneasiness.
bonheur - (French) happiness and good humor.
elation - A feeling of joy and pride.
triumph - The exultation of victory.
sadness - Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
boredom - The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
fatigue - (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something.
jollity - Feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor.
empathy - Understanding and entering into another's feelings.
ingesta - Solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth.
oatmeal - Meal made from rolled or ground oats.
cuisine - The practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared.
potluck - Whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all.
cookout - An informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors.
banquet - A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed.
helping - An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.
pottage - A stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat.
chowder - A thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes.
goulash - A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika.
jimmies - Bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream.
fondant - Candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste.
penuche - Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
gumdrop - A jellied candy coated with sugar crystals.
lozenge - A small aromatic or medicated candy.
praline - Cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans.
truffle - Creamy chocolate candy.
dessert - A dish served as the last course of a meal.
compote - Dessert of stewed or baked fruit.
pavlova - A dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream.
pudding - Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed.
parfait - Layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream.
custard - Sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen.
tapioca - Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings.
topping - A flavorful addition on top of a dish.
tartlet - A small tart usually used as a canape.
timbale - Small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods.
strudel - Thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked.
baklava - Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
crumpet - A thick soft cake with a porous texture.
cupcake - Small cake baked in a muffin tin.
savarin - A sponge cake baked in a ring mold.
genoise - Rich and delicate Italian sponge cake.
teacake - Any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea.
brownie - Square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts.
ratafia - Macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur.
cruller - Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried.
pancake - A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
poultry - Flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food.
venison - Meat from a deer used as food.
biryani - An Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables.
brisket - A cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef.
sirloin - The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump.
biltong - Meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun.
fatback - Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass.
sausage - Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings.
bologna - Large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork.
chorizo - A spicy Spanish pork sausage.
saveloy - A ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage.
challah - (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
crouton - A small piece of toasted or fried bread.
bannock - A flat bread made of oat or barley flour.
oatcake - Thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal.
ashcake - Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern).
hoecake - Thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal.
popover - Light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup.
brioche - A light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet.
biscuit - Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda.
saltine - A cracker sprinkled with salt before baking.
pretzel - Glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot.
lasagna - Very wide flat strips of pasta.
ravioli - Small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings.
gnocchi - (Italian) a small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese.
polenta - A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water.
granola - Cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar.
potherb - Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
mustard - Leaves eaten as cooked greens.
cabbage - Any of various types of cabbage.
gherkin - Small prickly cucumber.
pimento - Fully ripened sweet red pepper.
cayenne - A long and often twisted hot red pepper.
tabasco - Very hot red peppers.
shallot - Small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning.
lettuce - Leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa.
celtuce - Leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked.
frijole - Mexican bean.
cardoon - Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery).
chicory - Crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste.
popcorn - Small kernels of corn exploded by heat.
salsify - Either of two long roots eaten cooked.
parsnip - Whitish edible root.
pumpkin - Usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn.
spinach - Dark green leaves.
currant - Any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams.
acerola - Acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C.
ceriman - Tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor.
satsuma - Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin.
tangelo - Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
kumquat - Small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp.
apricot - Downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach.
capulin - Mexican black cherry.
morello - Cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice.
sultana - Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine.
soursop - Large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples.
genipap - A succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind.
plumcot - Hybrid between plum and apricot.
pulasan - Fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter.
coconut - Large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk.
seafood - Edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc.
panfish - Any of numerous small food fishes.
bloater - Large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked.
quahaug - Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
alfalfa - Leguminous plant grown for hay or forage.
timothy - A grass grown for hay.
petfood - Food prepared for animal pets.
caraway - Leaves used sparingly in soups and stews.
chervil - Fresh ferny parsley-like leaves used as a garnish with chicken and veal and omelets and green salads and spinach.
comfrey - Leaves make a popular tisane.
parsley - Aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food.
chutney - A spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices.
paprika - A mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos.
saffron - Dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus.
vinegar - Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative.
veloute - White sauce made with stock instead of milk.
souffle - Light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit.
clabber - Raw milk that has soured and thickened.
cheddar - Hard smooth-textured cheese.
ricotta - Soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese.
sapsago - A hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover.
sorghum - Made from juice of sweet sorghum.
rissole - Minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat.
falafel - Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
risotto - Rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese.
sashimi - Very thinly sliced raw fish.
tempura - Vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried.
terrine - A pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole.
burrito - A flour tortilla folded around a filling.
tostada - A crisp flat tortilla.
philter - A drink credited with magical power.
alcohol - A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.
shebeen - Unlicensed drinking establishment.
oenomel - Wine mixed with honey.
retsina - Greek wine flavored with resin.
malmsey - Sweet Madeira wine.
aquavit - Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
bitters - Alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots.
tequila - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant.
whiskey - A liquor made from fermented mash of grain.
bourbon - Whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels.
liqueur - Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal.
absinth - Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise.
curacao - Flavored with sour orange peel.
sambuca - An Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice.
cobbler - Tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit.
collins - Tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice.
martini - A cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth.
swizzle - Any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice.
scrumpy - Strong cider (as made in western England).
criollo - Cocoa of superior quality.
koumiss - An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk.
limeade - Sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.
wassail - A punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples.
cassiri - A drink resembling beer.
seltzer - Naturally effervescent mineral water.
rugulah - Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
kingdom - A basic group of natural objects.
biotype - Organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared.
peoples - The human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group.
wounded - People who are wounded.
haycock - A small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick.
amalgam - A combination or blend of diverse things.
society - An extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization.
dynasty - A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family.
carload - A gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile.
trilogy - A set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme.
clowder - A group of cats.
klavern - A local unit of the Ku Klux Klan.
fiefdom - An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group.
kibbutz - A collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel.
kolkhoz - A collective farm owned by the communist state.
armorer - A manufacturer of firearms.
bottler - A manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages.
filmdom - The personnel of the film industry.
signage - Signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters).
varsity - A team representing a college or university.
lineage - The descendants of one individual.
payroll - The department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee.
royalty - Royal persons collectively.
hegemon - A leading or paramount power.
platoon - A military unit that is a subdivision of a company.
village - A community of people smaller than a town.
bohemia - A group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style.
gamelan - A traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs.
faction - A dissenting clique.
shindig - A large and noisy party of people.
aircrew - The crew of an aircraft.
yeshiva - An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud).
madrasa - Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
brahman - The highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category.
rajanya - The second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category.
council - A meeting of people for consultation.
assizes - The county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts).
diarchy - A form of government having two joint rulers.
coevals - All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
rockers - Originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s.
peerage - The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
samurai - Feudal Japanese military aristocracy.
cavalry - A highly mobile army unit.
militia - Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.
schmeer - (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together.
cortege - The group following and attending to some important person.
linemen - The football players who line up on the line of scrimmage.
dragnet - A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals).
shebang - An entire system.
spinney - A copse that shelters game.
shariah - The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed.
panoply - A complete and impressive array.
fauvism - An art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms.
imagism - A movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality.
shipper - A company in the business of shipping freight.
antapex - The point opposite in direction from the solar apex.
apojove - Apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter.
outback - The bush country of the interior of Australia.
borough - An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament.
commons - A pasture subject to common use.
corncob - The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.
country - The territory occupied by a nation.
diocese - The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop.
eparchy - A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
enclave - An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it.
exurbia - A residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia.
earldom - The domain controlled by an earl or count or countess.
earshot - The range within which a voice can be heard.
setting - The context and environment in which something is set.
element - The most favorable environment for a plant or animal.
equator - An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles.
fairway - The area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short.
grounds - A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.).
habitat - The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
hemline - The line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat.
heronry - A breeding ground for herons.
hipline - The line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment.
hideout - A hiding place.
hilltop - The peak of a hill.
midland - The interior part of a country.
isogram - A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
maximum - The point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right.
minimum - The point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right.
nombril - The center point on a shield.
pasture - A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
beeline - The most direct route.
perigee - Periapsis in Earth orbit.
prairie - A treeless grassy plain.
anomaly - (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun).
outport - A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade).
seaport - A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
rookery - A breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks).
sanctum - A place of inviolable privacy.
sandlot - A vacant lot used by city boys to play games.
savanna - A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions.
bedside - Space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person).
skyline - The outline of objects seen against the sky.
stratum - One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock).
desktop - The top of a desk.
rooftop - The top of a (usually flat) roof.
kampong - A native village in Malaysia.
terrain - A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential.
vantage - Place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective).
airhead - A bridgehead seized by airborne troops.
abience - (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
adience - (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
acicula - A needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal.
anthill - A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest.
aquifer - Underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.
bedrock - Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.
bonanza - An especially rich vein of precious ore.
boulder - A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin.
caldera - A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
cumulus - A globular cloud.
drumlin - A mound of glacial drift.
estuary - The wide part of a river where it nears the sea.
expanse - A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky.
fermion - Any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle.
flowage - A body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area.
glacier - A slowly moving mass of ice.
globule - A small globe or ball.
granule - A tiny grain.
growler - A small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping.
hogback - A narrow ridge of hills.
hyperon - Any baryon that is not a nucleon.
iceberg - A large mass of ice floating at sea.
icefall - A steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall.
meander - A bend or curve, as in a stream or river.
micelle - An electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents.
moraine - Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier.
mutagen - Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation.
neutron - An elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton.
nucleon - A constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus.
pinetum - An area planted with pine trees or related conifers.
plasmid - A small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication.
polynya - A stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas).
pothole - A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface).
relaxer - Any agent that produces relaxation.
remains - Any object that is left unused or still extant.
rivulet - A small stream.
saltpan - A shallow basin in a desert region.
sandbar - A bar of sand.
sandpit - A large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug.
seaside - The shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort.
snowcap - A covering of snow (as on a mountain peak).
starlet - A small star.
stratus - A large dark low cloud.
tideway - A channel in which a tidal current runs.
urolith - A urinary stone.
volcano - A mountain formed by volcanic material.
wetland - A low area where the land is saturated with water.
mermaid - Half woman and half fish.
centaur - (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse.
gryphon - Winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.
phoenix - A legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix.
goddess - A female deity.
messiah - Any expected deliverer.
sandman - An elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy.
eudemon - A benevolent spirit.
incubus - A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
vampire - (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
banshee - (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
shaitan - (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray.
silenus - Any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs).
changer - A person who changes something.
creator - A person who grows or makes or invents things.
percher - A person situated on a perch.
mulatto - An offspring of a black and a white parent.
greaser - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent.
effendi - A former Turkish term of respect.
abjurer - A person who abjures.
abettor - One who helps or encourages or incites another.
abutter - The owner of contiguous property.
accused - A defendant in a criminal proceeding.
accuser - Someone who imputes guilt or blame.
acolyte - Someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service.
acrobat - An athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination.
actress - A female actor.
adducer - A discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof.
admirer - Someone who admires a young woman.
adoptee - Someone (such as a child) who has been adopted.
advisee - Someone who receives advice.
adviser - An expert who gives advice.
affiant - A person who makes an affidavit.
alcalde - A mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
alienee - Someone to whom the title of property is transferred.
alienor - Someone from whom the title of property is transferred.
almoner - An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients.
alumnus - A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
amorist - One dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love.
amputee - Someone who has had a limb removed by amputation.
analyst - A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis.
apostle - An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform.
arbiter - Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue.
armiger - A nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms.
artiste - A public performer (a dancer or singer).
assayer - An analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals.
asshole - Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
atavist - An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
athlete - A person trained to compete in sports.
attache - A specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission.
auditor - A qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization.
avenger - Someone who takes vengeance.
aviator - Someone who operates an aircraft.
bailiff - An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc..
matador - The principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull.
picador - The horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low.
barmaid - A female bartender.
baronet - A member of the British order of honor.
bassist - A musician who play the bass viol.
beatnik - A member of the beat generation.
bellboy - Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
blaster - A workman employed to blast with explosives.
blogger - A person who keeps and updates a blog.
bluffer - A person who tries to bluff other people.
boatman - Someone who drives or rides in a boat.
boarder - A pupil who lives at school during term time.
bondman - A male slave.
bouncer - A person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting.
bounder - Someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition).
slugger - A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches.
bragger - A very boastful and talkative person.
bracero - A Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II.
brawler - A fighter (especially one who participates in brawls).
breaker - A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
breeder - A person who breeds animals.
brother - A male with the same parents as someone else.
builder - Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building).
bungler - Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
burgess - A citizen of an English borough.
burglar - A thief who enters a building with intent to steal.
bushman - A dweller in the Australian bush country.
caroler - A singer of carols.
casuist - Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.
caterer - Someone who provides food and service (as for a party).
caveman - Someone who lives in a cave.
cellist - Someone who plays a violoncello.
chapman - Archaic term for an itinerant peddler.
charmer - A person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness).
cheerer - A spectator who shouts encouragement.
chemist - A scientist who specializes in chemistry.
citizen - A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community.
cleaner - Someone whose occupation is cleaning.
climber - Someone who climbs as a sport.
coalman - Someone who delivers coal.
colleen - An Irish girl.
colonel - A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.
compere - British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc.
copilot - A relief pilot on an airplane.
copycat - Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
copyist - Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.
coroner - A public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes.
vaquero - Local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California).
cowgirl - A woman cowboy.
coxcomb - A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments.
crawler - A person who crawls or creeps along the ground.
crewman - A member of a work crew.
crofter - An owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain.
crooner - A singer of popular ballads.
cuckold - A man whose wife committed adultery.
cultist - A member of a religious cult.
curator - The custodian of a collection (as a museum or library).
currier - A craftsman who curries leather for use.
cyclist - A person who rides a bicycle.
czarina - The wife or widow of a czar.
dabbler - An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.
dallier - Someone who wastes time.
danseur - A male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina.
darling - A special loved one.
dastard - A despicable coward.
dauphin - Formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne.
dawdler - Someone who takes more time than necessary.
daygirl - A day boarder who is a girl.
dropout - Someone who quits school before graduation.
debaser - A person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins).
debater - Someone who engages in debate.
defamer - One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
delayer - A person who delays.
demigod - A person with great powers and abilities.
dentist - A person qualified to practice dentistry.
dervish - An ascetic Muslim monk.
devisee - Someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will.
devisor - Someone who devises real property in a will.
diarist - Someone who keeps a diary or journal.
dingbat - A silly empty-headed person.
diviner - Someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers.
dominus - A clergyman.
dowager - A widow holding property received from her deceased husband.
doyenne - A woman who is the senior member of a group.
draftee - Someone who is drafted into military service.
drafter - A writer of a draft.
redcoat - British soldier.
drawler - Someone who speaks with a drawl.
dreamer - Someone who is dreaming.
drinker - A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess).
drummer - Someone who plays a drum.
dualist - An adherent of dualism.
duchess - The wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right.
egghead - An intellectual.
egotist - A conceited and self-centered person.
elegist - The author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead.
elitist - Someone who believes in rule by an elite group.
empress - A woman emperor or the wife of an emperor.
enjoyer - A person who delights in having or using or experiencing something.
epicure - A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
epigone - An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician.
equerry - A personal attendant of the British royal family.
escapee - Someone who escapes.
esquire - (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight.
esthete - One who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature.
evacuee - A person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place.
exegete - A person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts).
faddist - A person who subscribes to a variety of fads.
famulus - A close attendant (as to a scholar).
fancier - A person having a strong liking for something.
fantast - Someone who predicts the future.
farrier - A person who shoes horses.
fiancee - A woman who is engaged to be married.
fielder - A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting.
flanker - A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation.
flapper - A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress.
flogger - A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders).
flutist - Someone who plays the flute.
fondler - A molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim.
footman - A man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores.
footpad - A highwayman who robs on foot.
forager - Someone who hunts for food and provisions.
foreman - A person who exercises control over workers.
freeman - A person who is not a serf or a slave.
gambist - A musician who performs upon the viola da gamba.
gambler - A person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events.
gangsta - (Black English) a member of a youth gang.
genitor - A natural father or mother.
gleaner - Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully.
gobbler - A hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls.
goliard - A wandering scholar in medieval Europe.
grabber - An unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately.
grandee - A nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal.
grandma - The mother of your father or mother.
grantee - A recipient of a grant.
granter - A person who grants or gives something.
grantor - A person who makes a grant in legal form.
gravida - A pregnant woman.
grazier - A rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market.
greeter - A person who greets.
grinner - A person who grins.
groaner - A person who groans.
groupie - An enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around).
grunter - A person who grunts.
guesser - A person who guesses.
guzzler - Someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages).
gymnast - An athlete who is skilled in gymnastics.
haggler - An intense bargainer.
fathead - A man who is a stupid incompetent fool.
handler - An agent who handles something or someone.
hangman - An executioner who hangs the condemned person.
harpist - Someone who plays the harp.
headman - The head of a tribe or clan.
heckler - Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
heiress - A female heir.
hellion - A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man).
heretic - A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
heroine - The main good female character in a work of fiction.
hoarder - A person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use.
hobbler - Someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait.
hoister - An operator of a hoist.
homeboy - A male friend from your neighborhood or hometown.
honoree - A recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments.
hornist - A musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn).
hostess - A woman innkeeper.
hostage - A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
hotspur - A rash or impetuous person.
huddler - A person who crouches.
hurdler - An athlete who runs the hurdles.
husband - A married man.
hustler - A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties.
indexer - Someone who provides an index.
ingrate - A person who shows no gratitude.
insider - An officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations.
invader - Someone who enters by force in order to conquer.
janitor - Someone employed to clean and maintain a building.
jeweler - Someone in the business of selling jewelry.
jezebel - A shameless impudent scheming woman.
juggler - A performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity.
kingpin - The most important person in a group or undertaking.
kinsman - A male relative.
knacker - Someone who buys up old horses for slaughter.
knitter - Someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread.
laborer - Someone who works with their hands.
laugher - A person who is laughing or who laughs easily.
learner - Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs.
legatee - Someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
leveler - A radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions.
linkboy - (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets.
locator - A person who fixes the boundaries of land claims.
luncher - Someone who is eating lunch.
luthier - A craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins).
maestro - An artist of consummate skill.
mafioso - A member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States.
mahatma - (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage.
mailman - A man who delivers the mail.
manikin - A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal.
marcher - Walks with regular or stately step.
mariner - A man who serves as a sailor.
marquis - Nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count.
masseur - A male massager.
meddler - An officious annoying person who interferes with others.
mestiza - A woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry).
mestizo - A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry).
midwife - A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies.
milkman - Someone who delivers milk.
modeler - A person who creates models.
moocher - Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
mounter - Someone who ascends on foot.
mourner - A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died).
muezzin - The Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day.
mugwump - A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics).
mujahid - A Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad.
muncher - A chewer who makes a munching noise.
muzzler - Someone who muzzles animals.
nebbish - (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton.
neonate - A baby from birth to four weeks.
nibbler - A biter who takes dainty repeated bites.
niggard - A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
niqaabi - An observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family.
noticer - Someone who gives formal notice.
nymphet - A sexually attractive young woman.
oarsman - Someone who rows a boat.
obliger - Someone who performs a service or does a favor.
offerer - Someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection.
oldster - An elderly person.
orderer - An organizer who puts things in order.
outcast - A person who is rejected (from society or home).
pachuco - A Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes.
padrone - An employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S..
palmist - Fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms.
papoose - An American Indian infant.
paretic - A person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis).
patrial - A person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent).
patriot - One who loves and defends his or her country.
peasant - A country person.
pedaler - A person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle).
peddler - Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
pianist - A person who plays the piano.
pilgrim - Someone who journeys in foreign lands.
plaiter - Someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.).
playboy - A man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure.
pleaser - A pleasing entertainer.
pledgee - Someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge.
pledger - Someone who makes or gives a pledge.
plodder - Someone who moves slowly.
plowboy - A boy who leads the animals that draw a plow.
plowman - A man who plows.
plumber - A craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances.
poetess - A woman poet.
poseuse - A woman poseur.
postdoc - A scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
pothead - Someone who smokes marijuana habitually.
praetor - An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic.
prefect - A chief officer or chief magistrate.
proctor - Someone who supervises (an examination).
prophet - An authoritative person who divines the future.
protege - A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career.
provost - A high-ranking university administrator.
prowler - Someone who prowls or sneaks about.
puddler - A worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling.
puncher - Someone who delivers punches.
punster - Someone overly fond of making puns.
puritan - Someone who adheres to strict religious principles.
pursuer - A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture.
quaffer - A person who drinks heartily.
quitter - A person who gives up too easily.
rambler - A person whose speech or writing is not well organized.
rancher - A person who owns or operates a ranch.
realist - A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them.
reciter - Someone who recites from memory.
redneck - A poor White person in the southern United States.
refiner - One whose work is to refine a specific thing.
refugee - An exile who flees for safety.
eremite - A Christian recluse.
remover - Someone who works for a company that moves furniture.
rentier - Someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments.
rescuer - Someone who saves something from danger or violence.
retiree - Someone who has retired from active working.
reveler - A celebrant who shares in a noisy party.
riveter - A worker who inserts and hammers rivets.
roadman - A workman who is employed to repair roads.
rosebud - (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl.
rustler - Someone who steals livestock (especially cattle).
saddler - A maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses.
sandboy - A young peddler of sand.
sangoma - A traditional Zulu healer and respected elder.
scalper - Someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost.
schemer - A planner who draws up a personal scheme of action.
schmuck - (Yiddish) a jerk.
schnook - (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised.
scholar - A learned person (especially in the humanities).
scoffer - Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
scourer - Someone who travels widely and energetically.
sculler - Someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward).
seducer - A man who takes advantage of women.
senator - A member of a senate.
servant - A person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
settler - A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country.
settlor - (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary.
shaheed - Arabic term for holy martyrs.
shearer - A skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals.
shedder - An attacker who sheds or spills blood.
shegetz - An offensive term for non-Jewish young man.
sheller - A worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters).
shelver - A worker who puts things (as books) on shelves.
sheriff - The principal law-enforcement officer in a county.
shooter - (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket).
shopper - Someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy.
showman - A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments.
shyster - A person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods.
sibling - A person's brother or sister.
signora - An Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name.
signore - An Italian title of respect for a man.
waverer - One who hesitates (usually out of fear).
skeptic - Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.
skinner - A person who prepares or deals in animal skins.
slacker - A person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).
slammer - A person who closes things violently.
slapper - A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand.
sledder - Someone who rides a sled.
slicker - A person with good manners and stylish clothing.
slinger - A person who uses a sling to throw something.
smasher - A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
smirker - A smiler whose smile is offensively self-satisfied.
sneerer - A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression.
sneezer - A person who sneezes.
sniffer - A person who sniffs.
soloist - A musician who performs a solo.
spammer - Someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk).
speaker - Someone who expresses in language.
speeder - A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit.
spender - Someone who spends money to purchase goods or services.
spitter - A person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth).
sponger - A workman employed to collect sponges.
spotter - A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers).
sprayer - A worker who applies spray to a surface.
spurner - A person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt.
stabber - Someone who stabs another person.
stacker - A laborer who builds up a stack or pile.
stainer - A worker who stains (wood or fabric).
stalker - Someone who stalks game.
stamper - Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground.
stander - An organism (person or animal) that stands.
starets - A religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
stepson - The son your spouse by a former marriage.
steward - Someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else.
stifler - A person who stifles or smothers or suppresses.
stinter - An economizer who stints someone with something.
stooper - A person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward.
strafer - A combat pilot who strafes the enemy.
strider - A person who walks rapidly with long steps.
striper - A serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service.
student - A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
stylist - An artist who is a master of a particular style.
stylite - An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars.
subduer - Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion.
supremo - The most important person in an organization.
surgeon - A physician who specializes in surgery.
swagman - An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work.
swearer - Someone who takes a solemn oath.
swimmer - A person who travels through the water by swimming.
swinger - A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex.
tackler - A football player who tackles the ball carrier.
tapster - A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks.
tempter - A person who tempts others.
thinker - An important intellectual.
thrower - Someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm).
tippler - Someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities.
tipster - One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack).
toddler - A young child.
toucher - A person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something.
tourist - Someone who travels for pleasure.
towhead - A person with light blond hair.
tracker - Someone who tracks down game.
trainee - Someone who is being trained.
trainer - One who trains other persons or animals.
traitor - Someone who betrays his country by committing treason.
trapper - Someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs).
trekker - A traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country).
trifler - One who behaves lightly or not seriously.
triplet - One of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
trooper - A mounted policeman.
trouper - A person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working.
trudger - Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner.
trustee - A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit.
turtler - Someone whose occupation is hunting turtles.
unicorn - An imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead.
upstart - A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.
usurper - One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.
utterer - Someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins.
vagrant - A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.
vaulter - An athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole.
veteran - An experienced person who has been through many battles.
villain - A wicked or evil person.
vintner - Someone who makes wine.
violist - A musician who plays the viola.
visitor - Someone who visits.
vomiter - A person who vomits.
vouchee - (law) a person called into court to defend a title.
voyager - A traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea).
waddler - Someone who walks with a waddling gait.
waffler - Someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner.
wagoner - The driver of a wagon.
waltzer - A dancer who waltzes.
warlock - A male witch or demon.
warlord - Supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak.
warrior - Someone engaged in or experienced in warfare.
wastrel - Someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently.
watcher - A person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body.
waterer - Someone who waters plants or crops.
weigher - An official who weighs and records the weight.
welcher - Someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager.
wencher - Someone who patronizes prostitutes.
wheeler - The man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling.
whiffer - A batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike.
widower - A man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried.
wingman - The pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation.
wireman - A worker who installs and repairs electric wiring.
workman - An employee who performs manual or industrial labor.
worrier - Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.
wrecker - Someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job.
wrester - Someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements.
yardman - A laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns).
deVries - Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935).
aureole - The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere.
valency - The phenomenon of forming chemical bonds.
khamsin - An oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring.
cyclone - A violent rotating windstorm.
fogbank - A large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance).
inertia - (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
sprites - Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves).
mistral - A strong north wind that blows in France during the winter.
monsoon - A seasonal wind in southern Asia.
sunbeam - A ray of sunlight.
sunspot - A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere.
tempest - (literary) a violent wind.
tornado - A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
torsion - A twisting force.
typhoon - A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
updraft - A strong upward air current.
voltage - The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
thallus - A plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system.
acrogen - Any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
apomict - A plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis.
agamete - An asexual reproductive cell.
oospore - A thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi.
stipule - A small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk.
ephedra - Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds.
mahuang - Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine.
coontie - Small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba.
hemlock - An evergreen tree.
cypress - Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones.
juniper - Coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones.
sequoia - Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet.
redwood - The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees.
tarwood - New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches.
monocot - A monocotyledonous flowering plant.
bloomer - A flower that blooms in a particular way.
funicle - The stalk of a plant ovule or seed.
nectary - A gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar.
epicarp - Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
silique - Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae.
silicle - Short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants.
oilseed - Any of several seeds that yield oil.
corolla - (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
aconite - Any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers.
anemone - Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves.
bugbane - A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects.
nigella - Any plant of the genus Nigella.
bulrush - Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America.
arariba - Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
shittah - Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible.
catechu - East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods.
dogbane - Any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root.
carissa - A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
calamus - The aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally.
ginseng - Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers.
lychnis - Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects.
cowherb - European annual with pale rose-colored flowers.
lithops - Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
pigweed - Leaves sometimes used as potherbs.
sowbane - Herb considered fatal to swine.
barilla - Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate.
saguaro - Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.
alyssum - Any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers.
collard - Variety of kale having smooth leaves.
awlwort - Small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers.
ragweed - Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma.
mayweed - Widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs.
burdock - Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs.
mugwort - Any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia.
ayapana - Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
thistle - Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves.
boneset - Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads.
gazania - Any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.
cudweed - Any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color.
gumweed - Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally.
rosilla - A sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California.
hawkbit - Any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon.
tarweed - Any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia.
mutisia - Any of various plants of the genus Mutisia.
othonna - A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
guayule - Much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico.
ragwort - Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers.
sawwort - European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye.
ursinia - Any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers.
rampion - Bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad.
aerides - Any orchid of the genus Aerides.
calypso - Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf.
liparis - An orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes.
pogonia - Any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower.
cowslip - Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers.
herbage - Succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land.
foxtail - Grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes.
sandbur - Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
cattail - Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves.
cymling - Squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge.
lobelia - Any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia.
roselle - East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber.
pavonia - Any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers.
breakax - West Indian timber tree having very hard wood.
dombeya - Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves.
banksia - Any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds.
lomatia - Any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers.
geebung - Any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits.
waratah - Tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes.
arbutus - Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America.
madrona - Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries.
heather - Common Old World heath represented by many varieties.
rosebay - Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers.
shortia - Any plant of the genus Shortia.
epacris - Any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers.
pinesap - Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
tanbark - Bark rich in tannin.
durmast - Deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood.
columbo - Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera.
gentian - Any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis.
felwort - Gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas.
jasmine - Any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia.
hickory - American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts.
gumwood - Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum.
fuchsia - Any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers.
maranta - Any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves.
begonia - Any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes.
canella - Highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic.
xylosma - Shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers.
freesia - Any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers.
jonquil - Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers.
cantala - Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
logwood - Spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye.
amorpha - Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
angelim - Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira.
rooibos - South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers.
camwood - Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye.
haricot - A French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans.
amboyna - Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
palmyra - Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar.
bassine - Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.
talipot - Tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper.
babassu - Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
rhubarb - Plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps.
frogbit - European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers.
bullace - Small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters.
marasca - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.
hamelia - Any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia.
weigela - Deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers.
turreae - Any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers.
bilimbi - East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit.
rangpur - Hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel.
quassia - Handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood.
caltrop - Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets.
boxwood - Very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box).
cyrilla - Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil.
buckeye - The inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut.
deutzia - Any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters.
astilbe - Any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers.
catalpa - Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
anchusa - Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
bugloss - Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
puccoon - Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment.
episcia - Any plant of the genus Episcia.
oregano - Aromatic Eurasian perennial.
monarda - Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
catmint - Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike.
phlomis - Any of various plants of the genus Phlomis.
figwort - Any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia.
mullein - Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers.
henbane - Poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers.
petunia - Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers.
verbena - Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers.
lantana - A flowering shrub.
cassava - Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
sanicle - A plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit.
skirret - An Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root.
dogwood - A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers.
ostiole - A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass.
plastid - Any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein.
rhizoid - Any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc.
pythium - Any fungus of the genus Pythium.
crottle - Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
milkcap - Edible mushroom.
lepiota - Any fungus of the genus Lepiota.
blewits - Edible agaric that is pale lilac when young.
lorchel - A large fungus of the family Helvellaceae.
discina - Any fungus of the genus Discina.
waxycap - Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance.
cortina - A cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils.
monilia - Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia.
candida - Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
annulus - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar.
sapwood - Newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant.
tendril - Slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support.
treelet - A small tree.
sapling - Young tree.
conifer - Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones.
bramble - Any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines.
saprobe - An organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water.
rootage - A developed system of roots.
rootlet - Small root or division of a root.
rhizome - A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.
cladode - A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
petiole - The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
pedicel - A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence.
panicle - Compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers.
cascara - Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
leaflet - Part of a compound leaf.
bracken - Large coarse fern often several feet high.
woodsia - Any fern of the genus Woodsia.
chattel - Personal as opposed to real property.
effects - Property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business.
escheat - The property that reverts to the state.
bequest - (law) a gift of personal property by will.
largess - A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence).
subsidy - A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public.
jackpot - Any outstanding award.
freebie - Something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme).
alimony - Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.
guerdon - A reward or payment.
tranche - A portion of something (especially money).
damages - A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
stipend - A sum of money allotted on a regular basis.
prebend - The stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon.
annuity - Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
tontine - An annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants.
payback - Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment).
corkage - A charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises.
airfare - The fare charged for traveling by airplane.
customs - Money collected under a tariff.
tonnage - A tax imposed on ships that enter the US.
dockage - A fee charged for a vessel to use a dock.
moorage - A fee for mooring.
tuition - A fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education).
wastage - Anything lost by wear or waste.
losings - Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).
bursary - The treasury of a public institution or religious order.
savings - A fund of money put by as a reserve.
fortune - A large amount of wealth or prosperity.
redraft - A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again.
coinage - Coins collectively.
arrears - An unpaid overdue debt.
payslip - A slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out.
peanuts - An insignificant sum of money.
aphesis - The gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'.
apogamy - (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization.
auxesis - Growth from increase in cell size without cell division.
blowing - Processing that involves blowing a gas.
calving - Giving birth to a calf.
cooling - The process of becoming cooler.
eponymy - The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person.
elision - Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next).
elution - The process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions).
epitaxy - Growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate.
erosion - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
fission - A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.
healing - The natural process by which the body repairs itself.
heating - The process of becoming warmer.
isogamy - (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure.
meiosis - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms.
mitosis - Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes.
orogeny - The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust).
osmosis - (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal.
outflow - The process of flowing out.
pitting - The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion.
rooting - The process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow.
shaping - Any process serving to define the shape of something.
souring - The process of becoming sour.
synergy - The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects.
washout - The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway).
zymosis - (medicine) the development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus).
diopter - A unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters.
modulus - (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance.
langley - Unit of solar radiation.
hectare - (abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters).
kilobit - A unit of information equal to 1000 bits.
kibibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 bits.
megabit - A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits.
mebibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,576) bits.
gigabit - A unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits.
gibibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits.
terabit - A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits.
tebibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bits.
petabit - A unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits.
pebibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibits or 2^50 bits.
exabyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes.
exbibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits.
zebibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits.
yobibit - A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits.
abfarad - A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
coulomb - A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second.
oersted - The magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole.
maxwell - A cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss.
abhenry - A unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry.
lambert - A cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter.
gilbert - A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
rydberg - A wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element.
kiloton - A measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT.
megaton - A measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT.
poundal - A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
pounder - (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds.
furlong - A unit of length equal to 220 yards.
archine - A Russian unit of length (71 cm).
afghani - The basic unit of money in Afghanistan.
centimo - A fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain.
centavo - A fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal.
centime - A fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo.
bolivar - The basic unit of money in Venezuela.
millime - 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia.
drachma - Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece.
guarani - The basic unit of money in Paraguay.
guilder - Formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands.
tambala - 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi.
lempira - The basic unit of money in Honduras.
pfennig - 100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany.
metical - The basic unit of money in Mozambique.
chetrum - 100 chetrums equal 1 ngultrum in Bhutan.
ouguiya - The basic unit of money in Mauritania.
cordoba - The basic unit of money in Nicaragua.
piaster - A fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria.
ringgit - The basic unit of money in Malaysia.
kapeika - 100 kapeikas equal 1 rubel in Belarus.
santims - 100 santimi equal 1 lats in Latvia.
hryvnia - The basic unit of money in Ukraine.
kopiyka - 100 kopiykas equal 1 hryvnia in Ukraine.
milline - An advertising measure.
decibel - A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
centner - In some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms.
quintal - A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms.
calorie - Unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure.
integer - Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.
minuend - The number from which the subtrahend is subtracted.
divisor - The number by which a dividend is divided.
boxcars - (usually plural) an expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots.
modicum - A small or moderate or token amount.
barnful - The quantity that a barn will hold.
busload - The quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry.
handful - The quantity that can be held in the hand.
pipeful - The quantity of tobacco that can be smoked in a pipe at one time.
roomful - The quantity a room will hold.
shoeful - The amount that a shoe will hold.
skinful - A quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk.
skepful - The quantity a skep can hold.
droplet - A tiny drop.
barrels - The amount that many barrels might hold.
tangent - Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
oddness - The parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two).
footing - A relation that provides the foundation for something.
subpart - A part of a part.
rapport - A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people.
kinship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
entasis - A slight convexity in the shaft of a column.
polygon - A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides.
ellipse - A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
hexagon - A six-sided polygon.
octagon - An eight-sided polygon.
nonagon - A nine-sided polygon.
decagon - A polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles.
rhombus - A parallelogram with four equal sides.
perigon - An angle of 360 degrees.
azimuth - The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
dewdrop - A drop of dew.
quadric - A curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree.
crevice - A long narrow depression in a surface.
frustum - A truncated cone or pyramid.
egality - Social and political equality.
stardom - The status of being acknowledged as a star.
falsity - The state of being false or untrue.
exogamy - Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law.
anarchy - A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).
balagan - A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
rioting - A state of disorder involving group violence.
ecstasy - A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.
nirvana - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation.
freedom - The condition of being free.
autarky - Economic independence as a national policy.
liberty - Freedom of choice.
svoboda - (Russia) freedom.
serfdom - The state of a serf.
durance - Imprisonment (especially for a long time).
slumber - A dormant or quiescent state.
acardia - Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
amastia - Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
aplasia - Failure of some tissue or organ to develop.
shuteye - Informal term for sleep.
flexure - The state of being flexed (as of a joint).
bulimia - Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions).
hypoxia - Oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency.
atresia - An abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent.
acholia - A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed.
achylia - Absence of gastric juices (partial or complete).
ailment - An often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
dysuria - Painful or difficult urination.
fantods - An ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
illness - Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
ectasia - Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
disease - An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning.
anthrax - A disease of humans that is not communicable.
malaria - An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
apraxia - Inability to make purposeful movements.
aphagia - Loss of the ability to swallow.
aphakia - Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
aphasia - Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion.
agnosia - Inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
ascites - Accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity.
measles - An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash.
cholera - An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
leprosy - Chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions.
typhoid - Serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration.
ametria - Congenital absence of the uterus.
empyema - A collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity).
scabies - A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
gumboil - A boil or abscess on the gums.
chancre - A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis).
toxemia - Blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood.
lipemia - Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
purpura - Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding.
rickets - Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus.
hydatid - Cyst filled with liquid.
infarct - Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply.
malacia - A state of abnormal softening of tissue.
bedsore - A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients).
prurigo - Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching.
adenoma - A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
angioma - A tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels.
celioma - An abdominal tumor.
fibroma - Nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue.
sarcoma - A usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.).
myeloma - A tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow.
neuroma - Any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system.
osteoma - A slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue.
leukoma - Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
bighead - Any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck.
kalemia - The presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood.
scrapie - A fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system.
murrain - Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague.
dieback - A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
abscess - Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.
furring - A furlike coating of matter as on the tongue.
earache - An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
lumbago - Backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back.
melagra - Rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs.
myalgia - Pain in a muscle or group of muscles.
ulalgia - Pain in the gums.
pustule - A small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus.
catarrh - Inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus.
colitis - Inflammation of the colon.
ileitis - Inflammation of the ileum.
uveitis - Inflammation of the uvea of the eye.
dyspnea - Difficult or labored respiration.
hyphema - Bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye.
embolus - An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood.
jitters - Extreme nervousness.
zoopsia - Visual hallucination of animals.
aphonia - A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice.
stammer - A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds.
infancy - The earliest state of immaturity.
ranking - Position on a scale in relation to others in a sport.
dukedom - The dignity or rank or position of a duke.
primacy - The state of being first in importance.
obloquy - State of disgrace resulting from public abuse.
malaise - Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
myiasis - Infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation.
vacancy - Being unoccupied.
latency - The state of being not yet evident or active.
poverty - The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions.
asepsis - (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms.
trisomy - Chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell.
climate - The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
habitus - Person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease).
allergy - Hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen.
wetness - The condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
rawness - A chilly dampness.
dryness - The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
drought - A shortage of rainfall.
aridity - A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall).
astasia - Inability to stand due to muscular incoordination.
sequela - Any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment.
dysomia - Impairment of the sense of smell.
anosmia - Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages).
scotoma - An isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field.
paresis - A slight or partial paralysis.
morphea - Localized scleroderma.
stridor - A whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration).
neotony - The state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species.
trismus - Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles.
urocele - Extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac.
viremia - The presence of a virus in the blood stream.
pyrogen - Any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature.
mixture - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding).
colloid - A mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension.
styrene - A colorless oily liquid.
sorbate - A material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption.
sorbent - A material that sorbs another substance.
acetate - A salt or ester of acetic acid.
acetone - The simplest ketone.
alanine - A crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins.
cystine - A crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin).
diamine - Any organic compound containing two amino groups.
glycine - The simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane.
tritium - A radioactive isotope of hydrogen.
isotope - One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons.
arsenic - A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
bismuth - A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
bohrium - A transuranic element.
bromine - A nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
cadmium - A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element.
calcium - A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
dubnium - A transuranic element.
fermium - A radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
gallium - A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
hafnium - A grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
hassium - A radioactive transuranic element.
holmium - A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
iridium - A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
krypton - A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
lithium - A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group.
niobium - A soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys.
rhenium - A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
rhodium - A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores.
silicon - A tetravalent nonmetallic element.
terbium - A metallic element of the rare earth group.
thorium - A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element.
thulium - A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
uranium - A heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element.
yttrium - A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals.
apatite - A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate.
azurite - Blue carbonate of copper.
bauxite - A clay-like mineral.
biotite - Dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock.
bornite - A mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits.
caspase - Any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis.
cuprite - A mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper.
greaves - The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered.
jadeite - A hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form.
kainite - A white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride.
kernite - A light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form.
kyanite - A grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form.
lactate - A salt or ester of lactic acid.
monomer - A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers.
niobite - A black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum.
olivine - A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate.
ozonide - Any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound.
proline - An amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen).
gasohol - A gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn.
tetrose - Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule.
pentose - Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule.
peptone - Any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids.
propane - Colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum.
pyrites - Any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest).
realgar - A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide.
regosol - A type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand.
topsoil - The layer of soil on the surface.
subsoil - The layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock.
breccia - A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
marlite - Metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl.
caliche - Nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru.
sealant - A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface).
adenine - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA.
brucine - A bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica.
latakia - Aromatic Turkish tobacco.
betaine - A sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets.
protein - Any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells.
amyloid - (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue.
albumin - A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids.
keratin - A fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves.
amylase - Any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants.
ptyalin - An amylase secreted in saliva.
peptide - Amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another.
ammonia - A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3).
estriol - A naturally occurring estrogenic hormone.
estrone - A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
aniline - Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
melanin - Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
rawhide - Untanned hide especially of cattle.
morocco - A soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin.
pigskin - Leather from the skin of swine.
bagasse - The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants.
benzene - A colorless liquid hydrocarbon.
reagent - A chemical agent for use in chemical reactions.
oxidant - A substance that oxidizes another substance.
bromide - Any of the salts of hydrobromic acid.
lagging - Used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat.
butyrin - Any of three glycerides of butyric acid.
cacodyl - The univalent group derived from arsine.
camphor - A resin obtained from the camphor tree.
carbide - A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element.
ceresin - A white wax extracted from ozokerite.
choline - A B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin.
citrine - Semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz.
lignite - Intermediate between peat and bituminous coal.
episome - DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells).
coolant - A fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling.
phellem - (botany) outer tissue of bark.
alumina - Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
alundum - A substance made of fused alumina.
creosol - A colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote.
cryogen - A liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant.
cyanide - An extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid.
nitrile - Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN.
dextrin - Any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch.
dioxide - An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
halitus - Exhaled breath.
sinopis - A red ocher formerly used as a pigment.
exudate - A substance that oozes out from plant pores.
fallout - The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion.
ferrite - A solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent.
flavone - A colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments.
tektite - Thought to derive from meteorites.
enamine - An amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-.
glucose - A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms.
saponin - Any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water.
greisen - A granitic rock composed of quartz and mica.
guanine - A purine base found in DNA and RNA.
copaiba - An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
benzoin - Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation.
gummite - A gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende.
halogen - Any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions.
heptane - A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings.
hydride - Any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements.
bitumen - Any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons.
inducer - An agent capable of activating specific genes.
inosine - A nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine.
jargoon - A colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon.
kunzite - A pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone.
lactase - Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose.
lactose - A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule.
adesite - Dark greyish extrusive rock.
diorite - A granular crystalline intrusive rock.
lindane - A white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide.
leucine - A white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition.
calcite - A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate.
linuron - A herbicide that kills weeds without harming vegetables.
maleate - A salt or ester of maleic acid.
maltose - A white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches.
calomel - A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic.
methane - A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel.
mitogen - An agent that triggers mitosis.
mordant - A substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing.
naphtha - Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures.
nitride - A compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal).
oxalate - A salt or ester of oxalic acid.
oxidase - Any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation.
oxyacid - Any acid that contains oxygen.
pantile - A roofing tile with a S-shape.
macadam - Broken stone used in macadamized roadways.
peridot - A pale green variety of chrysolite.
plasmin - An enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots.
polymer - A naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers.
quinone - Any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins.
residue - Matter that remains after something has been removed.
nitrite - The radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid).
sawdust - Fine particles of wood made by sawing wood.
notepad - A pad of paper for keeping notes.
histone - A simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids.
opsonin - An antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.
piperin - Derived from pepper (especially black pepper).
botulin - Potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism.
antigen - Any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies).
spackle - Powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
spelter - Impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots).
stearin - An ester of glycerol and stearic acid.
steroid - Any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings.
sucrose - A complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent.
jaggery - Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
sulfide - A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive.
sylvite - A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride.
terpene - An unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants.
thorite - A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate.
thymine - A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
toluene - A colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar.
trypsin - An enzyme of pancreatic origin.
linseed - The seed of flax used as a source of oil.
vitamin - Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism.
cerumen - A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.
dyewood - Any wood from which dye is obtained.
igniter - A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire.
zeolite - Any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium.
essence - Any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted.
workday - The amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.
boyhood - The childhood of a boy.
puberty - The time of life when sex glands become functional.
forties - The time of life between 40 and 50.
fifties - The time of life between 50 and 60.
sixties - The time of life between 60 and 70.
weekday - Any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday).
morning - The time period between dawn and noon.
evening - The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).
bedtime - The time you go to bed.
holiday - A day on which work is suspended by law or custom.
century - A period of 100 years.
washday - A day set aside for doing household laundry.
equinox - Either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length.
midterm - Middle of an academic term or a political term in office.
vespers - The sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office.
jubilee - A special anniversary (or the celebration of it).
chukker - (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided.
wartime - A period of time during which there is armed conflict.
abducent - Especially of muscles.
adducent - Especially of muscles.
emergent - Coming into existence.
moribund - Being on the point of death.
abridged - (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting.
absolute - Perfect or complete or pure.
implicit - Being without doubt or reserve.
infinite - Total and all-embracing.
relative - Estimated by comparison.
edacious - Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
abstract - Existing only in the mind.
concrete - Capable of being perceived by the senses.
abundant - Present in great quantity.
battered - Exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury.
unabused - Not physically abused.
bankable - Acceptable to or at a bank.
pathless - Lacking pathways.
accurate - Conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy.
surgical - Performed with great precision.
straight - In keeping with the facts.
alkaline - Relating to or containing an alkali.
saltlike - Resembling a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal.
accepted - Generally approved or compelling recognition.
unavowed - Not openly made known.
inactive - Not active physically or mentally.
bustling - Full of energetic and noisy activity.
indolent - (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless.
activist - Advocating or engaged in activism.
eruptive - Actively spewing out lava.
subacute - Less than acute.
virulent - Infectious.
adaptive - Having a capacity for adaptation.
addicted - Compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming.
additive - Characterized or produced by addition.
ablative - Tending to ablate.
adequate - Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.
adhesive - Tending to adhere.
adherent - Sticking fast.
bondable - Capable of holding together or cohering.
coherent - Sticking together.
cohesive - Causing cohesion.
ungummed - Not treated with adhesive gum.
bedaubed - Ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion.
brocaded - Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery.
feathery - Adorned with feathers or plumes.
inflamed - Adorned with tongues of flame.
tasseled - Fringed or adorned with tassels.
untufted - Not adorned with tufts.
bumbling - Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
sporting - Involving risk or willingness to take a risk.
artistic - Satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities.
cosmetic - Serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body.
sensuous - Taking delight in beauty.
affected - Acted upon.
mannered - Having unnatural mannerisms.
lifelike - Free from artificiality.
negative - Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial.
floating - Borne up by or suspended in a liquid.
shitless - Extremely frightened.
unnerved - Deprived of courage and strength.
agitated - Troubled emotionally and usually deeply.
feverish - Marked by intense agitation or emotion.
churning - (of a liquid) agitated vigorously.
seething - In constant agitation.
annoying - Causing irritation or annoyance.
liveborn - (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth.
executed - Put to death as punishment.
lifeless - Deprived of life.
murdered - Killed unlawfully.
apocrine - (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion.
artesian - (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure.
egoistic - Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
aspirant - Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.
generous - More than adequate.
exiguous - Extremely scanty.
anabolic - Characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism.
anabatic - Of an air current or wind.
analogue - Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
analytic - Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience.
choleric - Characterized by anger.
wrathful - Vehemently incensed and condemnatory.
unbitter - Having or showing no resentment or desire for revenge.
sentient - Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.
animated - Having life or vigor or spirit.
nameless - Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.
binomial - Having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies.
anterior - Earlier in time.
antrorse - Bent or curved forward or upward.
retrorse - Bent or curved backward or downward.
decurved - Bent down or curved downward.
overland - Traveling or passing over land.
prenatal - Occurring or existing before birth.
improper - Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion.
callable - Subject to a demand for payment before due date.
apposite - Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence.
prostyle - Marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure.
columned - Having or resembling columns.
columnar - Characterized by columns.
pillared - Having pillars.
arboreal - Inhabiting or frequenting trees.
equipped - Carrying weapons.
careless - Effortless and unstudied.
eloquent - Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
emphatic - Forceful and definite in expression or action.
reticent - Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
attached - Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.
bespoken - Pledged to be married.
intended - Future.
involved - Emotionally involved.
detached - Used of buildings.
cragfast - Stranded on or as if on a crag.
bindable - Capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond.
gullible - Easily tricked because of being too trusting.
engaging - Attracting or delighting.
fetching - Very attractive.
hypnotic - Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
pregnant - Carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life.
sounding - Making or having a sound as specified.
breathed - Uttered without voice.
subsonic - (of speed) less than that of sound in a designated medium.
gracious - Disposed to bestow favors.
approved - Established by authority.
gettable - Capable of being obtained.
lendable - Available for lending.
awakened - (somewhat formal) having been waked up.
sensible - Aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed.
alarming - Frightening because of an awareness of danger.
chilling - Provoking fear terror.
terrific - Causing extreme terror.
assuring - Giving confidence.
backmost - Located farthest to the rear.
foremost - Preceding all others in spatial position.
pursuing - Following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit.
backless - Lacking a back.
backward - Directed or facing toward the back or rear.
converse - Turned about in order or relation.
rearward - Directed or moving toward the rear.
barreled - Put in or stored in a barrel.
beaklike - Resembling the beak of a bird.
duckbill - Having a beak resembling that of a duck.
rostrate - Having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis.
beakless - Not having a beak or bill.
fernlike - Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape.
fernless - Devoid of ferns.
rushlike - Resembling rush or sedge.
gusseted - Provided or reinforced with gussets.
hairless - Having no hair or fur.
depilous - Completely hairless.
glabrous - Having no hair or similar growth.
nonhairy - Without hair.
tonsured - Having a bald spot either shaved or natural.
floccose - (of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs.
glorious - Having great beauty and splendor.
gorgeous - Dazzlingly beautiful.
stunning - Strikingly beautiful or attractive.
unlovely - Without beauty or charm.
unbanded - Not identified with a band.
beltlike - Resembling a belt around something.
unbelted - Lacking a belt.
vixenish - Shrewish and malicious.
champion - Holding first place in a contest.
pessimal - Of an organism's environment.
improved - Become or made better in quality.
worsened - Made or become worse.
remedial - Tending or intended to rectify or improve.
featured - Having facial features as specified.
faceless - Without a face or identity.
unimodal - Having a single mode.
binaural - Relating to or having or hearing with two ears.
monaural - Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear.
grizzled - Having dark hairs mixed with grey or white.
nutbrown - Of the color of nuts.
flyblown - Especially of reputation.
fettered - Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.
pinioned - Bound fast especially having the arms restrained.
tethered - Confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain.
enmeshed - Caught as if in a mesh.
bordered - Having a border especially of a specified kind.
wellborn - Of good or upper-class lineage.
stalwart - Used especially of persons.
cowardly - Lacking courage.
poltroon - Characterized by complete cowardliness.
landless - Owning no land.
floodlit - Illuminated by means of floodlights.
darkened - Become or made dark by lack of light.
darkling - (poetic) occurring in the dark or night.
glooming - Depressingly dark.
semidark - Partially devoid of light or brightness.
unshaded - Not darkened or dimmed by shade.
moonless - Without a moon or a visible moon.
glimmery - Shining softly and intermittently.
shimmery - Glistening tremulously.
undimmed - Not made dim or less bright.
catholic - Free from provincial prejudices or attachments.
dogmatic - Characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles.
unbroken - Not broken.
sisterly - Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.
unburied - Not buried.
drudging - Doing arduous or unpleasant work.
overbusy - Too busy.
faineant - Disinclined to work or exertion.
leisured - Free from duties or responsibilities.
bonelike - Resembling bone.
boneless - Being without a bone or bones.
buttoned - Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike.
jangling - Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together.
windless - Without or almost without wind.
thundery - Accompanied with thunder.
attended - Having a caretaker or other watcher.
untended - Lacking care and attention.
detailed - Developed or executed with care and in minute detail.
studious - Marked by care and effort.
thorough - Painstakingly careful and accurate.
heedless - Characterized by careless unconcern.
holozoic - Obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter.
carpeted - Covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified.
engraved - Cut or impressed into a surface.
uncarved - Not carved.
censored - Suppressed or subject to censorship.
acaudate - Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
cautious - Showing careful forethought.
gingerly - With extreme care or delicacy.
cellular - Characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization).
amidship - Located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft.
centered - Being or placed in the center.
afferent - Of nerves and nerve impulses.
efferent - Of nerves and nerve impulses.
definite - Known for certain.
doubtful - Fraught with uncertainty or doubt.
cocksure - Marked by excessive confidence.
evitable - Capable of being avoided or warded off.
volatile - Tending to vary often or widely.
adjusted - Altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation.
weighted - Adjusted to reflect value or proportion.
dateless - Unaffected by time.
unedited - Not changed by editing.
isotonic - Of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes.
positive - Having a positive charge.
celibate - Abstaining from sexual intercourse.
unchaste - Not chaste.
cheerful - Being full of or promoting cheer.
amethyst - Of a moderate purple color.
blushful - Of blush color.
chestnut - (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color.
lavender - Of a pale purple color.
sapphire - Of something having the color of a blue sapphire.
blackish - Of something that is somewhat black.
charcoal - Of a very dark grey.
achromic - Having no color.
colorful - Having striking color.
bleached - Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
etiolate - (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light.
prefaded - (of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means.
diatonic - Based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals.
advanced - (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry.
analyzed - Examined carefully and methodically.
pristine - Immaculately clean and unused.
scrubbed - Made clean by scrubbing.
unsoiled - Without soil or spot or stain.
befouled - Made dirty or foul.
begrimed - Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
cobwebby - Covered with cobwebs.
feculent - Foul with waste matter.
maculate - Spotted or blotched.
unwashed - Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water.
scabrous - Dealing with salacious or indecent material.
glaucous - Having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants.
confused - Mentally confused.
befogged - Stupefied by alcoholic drink.
anserine - Having or revealing stupidity.
cloddish - Heavy and dull and stupid.
gaumless - (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality.
adjacent - Near or close to but not necessarily touching.
ulterior - Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest.
familiar - Having mutual interests or affections.
intimate - Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity.
cousinly - Like or befitting a cousin.
breeched - Dressed in trousers.
costumed - Dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class.
tuxedoed - Dressed in a tuxedo.
seminude - Partially clothed.
starkers - (British informal) stark naked.
stripped - With clothing stripped off.
bareback - Riding without a saddle.
fogbound - Enveloped in fog.
maritime - Bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea.
interior - Of or coming from the middle of a region or country.
offshore - (of winds) coming from the land.
seamless - Perfectly consistent and coherent.
foldable - Capable of being folded up and stored.
crannied - Having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones).
immanent - Of qualities that are spread throughout something.
permeant - Spreading or spread throughout.
heralded - Publicly announced.
reported - Made known or told about.
burnable - Capable of burning.
homelike - Having a feeling of home.
soothing - Affording physical relief.
frequent - Frequently encountered.
standard - Commonly used or supplied.
uncommon - Not common or ordinarily encountered.
unwonted - Out of the ordinary.
peculiar - Markedly different from the usual.
communal - For or by a group rather than individuals.
singular - Being a single and separate person or thing.
gestural - Being other than verbal communication.
heraldic - Indicative of or announcing something to come.
impacted - Wedged or packed in together.
shifting - (of soil) unstable.
clashing - Sharply and harshly discordant.
miscible - (chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed.
feckless - Generally incompetent and ineffectual.
integral - Constituting the undiminished entirety.
livelong - (of time) constituting the full extent or duration.
complete - Having every necessary or normal part or component or step.
citywide - Occurring or extending throughout a city.
umbrella - Covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups.
composed - Serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress.
bothered - Caused to show discomposure.
unstrung - Emotionally upset.
recessed - Resembling an alcove.
biconvex - Convex on both sides.
cumulous - Thrown together in a pile.
thickset - Planted or growing close together.
diffused - (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material.
rationed - Distributed equitably in limited individual portions.
splashed - (of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses.
straggly - Growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly.
acentric - Not centered or having no center.
elliptic - Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements.
expanded - Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope.
enforced - Forced or compelled or put in force.
confined - Not free to move about.
thronged - Filled with great numbers crowded together.
sociable - Friendly and pleasant.
conjunct - Progressing melodically by intervals of a second.
disjunct - Progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second.
asternal - Not connected to the sternum or breastbone.
exploded - Showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another.
beatable - Susceptible to being defeated.
comatose - In a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness.
innocent - (used of things) lacking sense or awareness.
ordained - Invested with ministerial or priestly functions.
profaned - Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously.
priestly - Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood.
blimpish - Pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic.
constant - Steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection.
creative - Promoting construction or creation.
blasting - Causing injury or blight.
crushing - Physically or spiritually devastating.
damaging - Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions.
ravaging - Ruinously destructive and wasting.
wasteful - Laying waste.
restless - Worried and uneasy.
shakable - Capable of being weakened.
sporadic - Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances.
periodic - Recurring or reappearing from time to time.
isolated - Not close together in time.
obsessed - Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion.
anarchic - Without law or control.
lordless - Having no lord or master.
arguable - Open to argument or debate.
disputed - Subject to disagreement and debate.
received - Widely accepted as true or worthy.
bohemian - Unconventional in especially appearance and behavior.
branched - Having branches.
palmlike - Resembling a palm tree.
credible - Appearing to merit belief or acceptance.
overdone - Cooked too long but still edible.
uncooked - Not cooked.
depraved - Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.
aeriform - Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
material - Derived from or composed of matter.
physical - Having substance or material existence.
unbodied - Having no body.
bodiless - Having no trunk or main part.
formless - Having no physical form.
traveled - Familiar with many parts of the world.
laxative - Stimulating evacuation of feces.
aperient - Mildly laxative.
mannerly - Socially correct in behavior.
impolite - Not polite.
sidereal - (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars.
fanciful - Indulging in or influenced by fancy.
fabulous - Barely credible.
critical - Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws.
captious - Tending to find and call attention to faults.
scathing - Marked by harshly abusive criticism.
walleyed - Having divergent strabismus.
uncapped - Used especially of front teeth.
blockish - Resembling a block in shape.
cubelike - Shaped like a cube.
linelike - Resembling a line.
coplanar - Lying in the same plane.
outdated - Old.
accursed - Under a curse.
damnable - Deserving a curse.
handmade - Made by hand or a hand process.
handsewn - Sewn by hand rather than machine.
overhand - Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together).
homemade - Made or produced in the home or by yourself.
homespun - Made of cloth spun or woven in the home.
boughten - Purchased.
circular - Describing a circle.
bicyclic - Having molecules consisting of two fused rings.
biennial - Having a life cycle lasting two seasons.
deafened - Caused to hear poorly or not at all.
indecent - Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters.
decisive - Determining or having the power to determine an outcome.
hesitant - Lacking decisiveness of character.
declared - Made known or openly avowed.
asserted - Confidently declared to be so.
decorous - Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct.
profound - Situated at or extending to great depth.
fordable - Shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
defeated - Beaten or overcome.
unbeaten - Not conquered.
amenable - Disposed or willing to comply.
lamblike - Like a lamb in meekness and gentleness.
original - Not derived or copied or translated from something else.
distinct - Recognizable.
nebulous - Lacking definition or definite content.
dejected - Affected or marked by low spirits.
exultant - Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
uplifted - Exalted emotionally especially with pride.
delicate - Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing.
ethereal - Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy.
rigorous - Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
pressing - Compelling immediate action.
strident - Being sharply insistent on being heard.
despotic - Ruled by or characteristic of a despot.
effusive - Extravagantly demonstrative.
deniable - Capable of being denied or contradicted.
referent - Having reference.
reliable - Worthy of reliance or trust.
babelike - Like a baby especially in dependence.
helpless - Unable to manage independently.
underage - Dependent by virtue of youth.
autarkic - Of countries.
partisan - Devoted to a cause or party.
unbiased - Without bias.
enviable - Causing envy.
blighted - Affected by blight.
finished - Brought to ruin.
scorched - Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy.
retained - Continued in your keeping or use or memory.
racemose - Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow.
sinister - On or starting from the wearer's left.
diabatic - Involving a transfer of heat.
baffling - Making great mental demands.
painless - Requiring little hard work or exertion.
pathetic - Inspiring scornful pity.
diligent - Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks.
derelict - Failing in what duty requires.
indirect - Not direct in spatial dimension.
allusive - Characterized by indirect references.
tortuous - Not straightforward.
mediated - Acting or brought about through an intervening agency.
discreet - Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint.
sweeping - Ignoring distinctions.
eclectic - Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas.
proximal - Situated nearest to point of attachment or origin.
sagittal - Located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture.
chiseled - Having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges.
bedimmed - Made dim or indistinct.
partible - (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided.
blustery - Noisily domineering.
cavalier - Given to haughty disregard of others.
cringing - Totally submissive.
dominant - Exercising influence or control.
superior - (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by.
dramatic - Suitable to or characteristic of drama.
besotted - Very drunk.
bibulous - Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.
edgeless - Lacking a cutting edge.
incisive - Suitable for cutting or piercing.
deadened - Made or become less intense.
eventful - Full of events or incidents.
bouncing - Marked by lively action.
bubbling - Marked by high spirits or excitement.
burbling - Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm.
changing - Marked by continuous change or effective action.
slashing - As if striking with slashing blows.
stagnant - Not growing or changing.
earlyish - Being somewhat early.
attained - Achieved or reached.
unearned - Not gained by merit or labor or service.
honorary - Given as an honor without the normal duties.
easterly - From the east.
eastside - Of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan.
westerly - Of wind.
westside - Of the western part of a city.
oriental - Denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia.
asthenic - Having a slender physique.
athletic - Having a sturdy and well proportioned body.
killable - Fit to kill, especially for food.
inedible - Not suitable for food.
educated - Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge).
literate - Knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields.
ignorant - Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning.
numerate - Able to understand and use numbers.
dragging - Marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner.
unforced - Not resulting from undue effort.
economic - Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness.
forceful - Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical).
bruising - Brutally forceful and compelling.
forcible - Impelled by physical force especially against resistance.
flexible - Bending and snapping back readily without breaking.
elective - Subject to popular election.
assigned - Appointed to a post or duty.
allotted - Given as a task.
optional - Possible but not necessary.
eligible - Qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen.
bailable - Eligible for bail.
entitled - Qualified for by right according to law.
bathetic - Effusively or insincerely emotional.
notional - Not based on fact or investigation.
academic - Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result.
forensic - Used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
salaried - Receiving a salary.
employed - Having your services engaged for.
beguiled - Filled with wonder and delight.
rallying - Rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort.
daunting - Discouraging through fear.
burdened - Bearing a physically heavy weight or load.
exoergic - (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with evolution or releasing of energy.
vigorous - Characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity.
listless - Lacking zest or vivacity.
enhanced - Increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality.
desirous - Having or expressing desire for something.
appetent - Marked by eager desire.
covetous - Showing extreme cupidity.
homesick - Longing to return home.
entozoic - Living within a living animal usually as a parasite.
balanced - Being in a state of proper equilibrium.
esoteric - Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
abstruse - Difficult to penetrate.
exoteric - Suitable for the general public.
biogenic - Essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes.
becoming - Displaying or setting off to best advantage.
euphoric - Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation.
crinkled - Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves.
cashable - Able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent.
fungible - Of goods or commodities.
skittish - Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).
aflutter - Excited in anticipation.
thrilled - Feeling intense pleasurable excitement.
exciting - Creating or arousing excitement.
electric - Affected by emotion as if by electricity.
tickling - Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
leftover - Not used up.
existent - Having existence or being or actuality.
vanished - Having passed out of existence.
expected - Considered likely or probable to happen or arrive.
sixpenny - Of trifling worth.
seasoned - Rendered competent through trial and experience.
explicit - Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable.
untapped - Not drawn upon or used.
fingered - Having or resembling a finger or fingers.
digitate - Resembling a finger.
erectile - Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood.
external - Happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface.
internal - Happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface.
exterior - Situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building.
playable - Capable of or suitable for being played or played on.
faithful - Steadfast in affection or allegiance.
apostate - Not faithful to religion or party or cause.
disloyal - Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle.
mutinous - Consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny.
recreant - Having deserted a cause or principle.
fallible - Likely to fail or make errors.
everyday - Commonplace and ordinary.
hurrying - Moving with great haste.
meteoric - Like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience.
dilatory - Wasting time.
sluggish - Moving slowly.
moderato - (of tempo) moderate.
blubbery - Swollen with fat.
anorexic - Suffering from anorexia nervosa.
gangling - Tall and thin.
rawboned - Having a lean and bony physique.
wisplike - Thin and weak.
terminal - Causing or ending in or approaching death.
nonfatal - Not bringing death.
plumaged - Having or covered in plumage.
fattened - (of market animals) made ready for market.
starting - Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event.
freshman - Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college).
ultimate - Being the last or concluding element of a series.
apractic - Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
crippled - Disabled in the feet or legs.
disabled - Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness.
spavined - (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint.
suitable - Meant or adapted for an occasion or use.
subhuman - Unfit for human beings.
bendable - Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
ironclad - Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
yielding - Tending to give in or surrender or agree.
nonrigid - Designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure.
filmable - (used of a story or literary work) capable of being adapted to motion picture form.
variable - (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied.
uncurled - Not having been curled.
unpermed - Not having had a permanent wave.
footless - Having no feet or analogous appendages.
imported - Used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source.
domestic - Produced in a particular country.
haunting - Continually recurring to the mind.
informal - Not formal.
literary - Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.
fragrant - Pleasant-smelling.
aromatic - Having a strong pleasant odor.
perfumed - Filled or impregnated with perfume.
odorless - Having no odor.
adscript - (used of persons) bound to a tract of land.
serflike - Like someone in servitude.
freeborn - Born free of free parents.
brackish - Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water).
friendly - Characteristic of or befitting a friend.
icebound - Locked in by ice.
unthawed - Still frozen.
unfrozen - Not frozen.
fruitful - Productive or conducive to producing in abundance.
breeding - Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring.
prolific - Bearing in abundance especially offspring.
abortive - Failing to accomplish an intended result.
acarpous - Producing no fruit.
unrigged - Stripped of rigging.
helmeted - Equipped with or wearing a helmet.
prepared - Equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources.
unframed - Not provided with a frame.
unfunded - Not furnished with funds.
unfueled - Not provided with fuel.
specific - Stated explicitly or in detail.
ungeared - Having gears not engaged or disconnected.
pandemic - Existing everywhere.
national - Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country.
patented - (of devices and processes) protected by patent.
beggarly - (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt.
grudging - Petty or reluctant in giving or spending.
attested - Established as genuine.
talented - Endowed with talent or talents.
unglazed - Not having a shiny coating.
empyreal - Inspiring awe.
lustrous - Brilliant.
hopeless - (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform.
mediocre - Poor to middling in quality.
devilish - Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
churlish - Having a bad disposition.
shrewish - Continually complaining or faultfinding.
snappish - Apt to speak irritably.
vinegary - Having a sour disposition.
graceful - Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution.
merciful - (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious.
steepish - Somewhat steep.
grateful - Feeling or showing gratitude.
triploid - Of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes.
blissful - Completely happy and contented.
lovesick - Languishing because of love.
corneous - Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn).
granitic - Hard as granite.
hardened - Converted to solid form (as concrete).
semihard - Somewhat hard.
harmless - Not causing or capable of causing harm.
stabbing - Causing physical or especially psychological injury.
harmonic - Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body.
curative - Tending to cure or restore to health.
drugless - Without the use of drugs.
operable - Capable of being treated by surgical operation.
rubicund - Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life.
diseased - Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology.
enlarged - Larger than normal.
varicose - Abnormally swollen or knotty.
heavenly - Of or belonging to heaven or god.
sublunar - Of this earth.
temporal - Of this earth or world.
headlike - Having a protuberance that resembles a head.
headless - Not having a head or formed without a head .
beheaded - Having had the head cut off.
unheaded - Not having a heading or caption.
enabling - Providing legal power or sanction.
adjuvant - Enhancing the action of a medical treatment.
assorted - Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds.
bisexual - Sexually attracted to both sexes.
gradable - Capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.).
vertical - Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group).
ungraded - Not arranged in order hierarchically.
elevated - Raised above the ground.
upraised - Held up in the air.
necklike - Resembling a neck.
throated - Having a throat as specified.
neckless - Lacking or apparently lacking a neck.
raftered - Having the rafters especially having them visible.
falsetto - Artificially high.
baritone - Lower in range than tenor and higher than bass.
rascally - Lacking principles or scruples.
truthful - Expressing or given to expressing the truth.
laureate - Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction.
debasing - Used of conduct.
desolate - Crushed by grief.
inclined - At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position.
sidelong - Inclining or directed to one side.
cernuous - Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
standing - (of persons) on the feet.
opponent - Characterized by active hostility.
amicable - Characterized by friendship and good will.
heatable - Capable of becoming hot.
sizzling - Hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound.
tropical - Of weather or climate.
heatless - Without generating heat.
unheated - Not having been heated or warmed.
aestival - (rare) of or occurring in summer.
autumnal - Of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn.
hominian - Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures.
hominine - Characteristic of humankind.
nonhuman - Not human.
inhumane - Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion.
pitiless - Deficient in humane and kindly feelings.
humorous - Full of or characterized by humor.
farcical - Broadly or extravagantly humorous.
famished - Extremely hungry.
impaired - Diminished in strength, quality, or utility.
cardinal - Serving as an essential component.
historic - Important in history.
fiddling - (informal) small and of little importance.
baronial - Impressive in appearance.
dazzling - Amazingly impressive.
palatial - Suitable for or like a palace.
outboard - Located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft.
portable - Of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull.
incoming - Entering upon a position of office vacated by another.
outgoing - Retiring from a position or office.
outbound - That is going out or leaving.
effluent - That is flowing outward.
illative - Expressing or preceding an inference.
decadent - Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
catching - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection.
infernal - Being of the underworld.
supernal - Being or coming from on high.
advisory - Giving advice.
newsless - Not providing news or information.
agnostic - Uncertain of all claims to knowledge.
nescient - Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible.
informed - Having much knowledge or education.
clueless - Totally uninformed about what is going on.
occupied - Resided in.
populous - Densely populated.
familial - Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.
acquired - Gotten through environmental forces.
nurtural - Resulting from nurture.
lacerate - Having edges that are jagged from injury.
unharmed - Not injured.
absolved - Freed from any question of guilt.
criminal - Guilty of crime or serious offense.
didactic - Instructive (especially excessively).
edifying - Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement.
separate - Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion.
embedded - Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole.
combined - Made or joined or united into one.
occluded - (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance.
highbrow - Highly cultured or educated.
rational - Having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion).
mindless - Requiring little mental effort.
designed - Done or made or performed with purpose and intent.
narcotic - Inducing mental lethargy.
overshot - Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower.
volcanic - Igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface.
invasive - Marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue.
renewing - Tending to impart new life and vigor to.
draining - Having a debilitating effect.
inviting - Attractive and tempting.
smoothed - Made smooth by ironing.
unironed - (of linens or clothes) not ironed.
wrinkled - Marked by wrinkles.
gladsome - Experiencing or expressing gladness or joy.
beatific - Experiencing or bestowing celestial joy.
bereaved - Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
dolorous - Showing sorrow.
grievous - Causing or marked by grief or anguish.
mournful - Expressing sorrow.
ecstatic - Feeling great rapture or delight.
funereal - Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial.
wrongful - Not just or fair.
unkindly - Lacking in sympathy and kindness.
knowable - Capable of being known.
lamented - Mourned or grieved for.
laureled - Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory.
bouffant - Being puffed out.
colossal - So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.
enormous - Extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree.
gigantic - So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.
plumping - Very large.
whacking - (British informal) enormous.
dwarfish - Atypically small.
smallish - Rather small.
unlawful - Contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law.
unleaded - Not treated with lead.
airtight - Not allowing air or gas to pass in or out.
dripless - Designed to prevent dripping.
hermetic - Completely sealed.
leavened - Made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder.
downwind - Towards the side away from the wind.
windward - On the side exposed to the wind.
judicial - Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice.
ratified - Formally approved and invested with legal authority.
begotten - (of offspring) generated by procreation.
adoptive - Of parents and children.
suchlike - Of the same kind.
probable - Apparently destined.
unlikely - Has little chance of being the case or coming about.
limbless - Having no limbs.
bilinear - Linear with respect to each of two variables or positions.
unlisted - Not on a list.
extended - Beyond the literal or primary sense.
unfilmed - Not recorded on film or tape.
recorded - Set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction.
liveried - Wearing livery.
unloaded - (of weapons) not charged with ammunition.
loamless - Having no loam.
systemic - Affecting an entire system.
epidemic - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease.
enzootic - Of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases.
turbaned - Wearing a turban.
unguided - Not subject to guidance or control after launching.
lossless - Characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy.
elongate - Having notably more length than width.
shortish - Somewhat short.
truncate - Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off.
hourlong - Lasting for an hour.
lifelong - Continuing through life.
weeklong - Lasting through a week.
yearlong - Lasting through a year.
fleeting - Lasting for a markedly brief time.
clenched - Closed or squeezed together tightly.
viselike - Clamped as in a vise.
narrowed - Made narrow.
stenosed - Abnormally constricted body canal or passage.
straying - Unable to find your way.
ransomed - Reclaimed by payment of a ransom.
plangent - Loud and resounding.
adorable - Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
disliked - Regarded with aversion.
despised - Treated with contempt.
loveless - Receiving no love.
enamored - Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
overfond - Excessively fond.
uxorious - Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife.
unloving - Not giving or reciprocating affection.
magnetic - Having the properties of a magnet.
directed - Manageable by a supervising agent.
indocile - Of persons.
womanish - Having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men.
antheral - Capable of fertilizing female organs.
unmanned - Lacking a crew.
unmarked - Not having an identifying mark.
divorced - Of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved.
mateless - Of someone who has no marriage partner.
feminine - Associated with women and not with men.
matronly - Befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman.
fruiting - Capable of bearing fruit.
immature - Not yet mature.
prepupal - Of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages.
childish - Indicating a lack of maturity.
overripe - Too ripe and beginning to turn soft.
seasonal - Occurring at or dependent on a particular season.
meatless - Lacking meat.
mechanic - Resembling the action of a machine.
canorous - Richly melodious.
tuneless - Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune.
membered - Having members.
singable - Suitable for singing.
unmelted - Not melted.
tigerish - Resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy.
moderate - Not extreme.
unabated - Continuing at full strength or intensity.
military - Associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians.
civilian - Associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military.
lessened - Decreased in severity.
quenched - Allayed.
tempered - Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element.
sunbaked - Baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight.
airborne - Moved or conveyed by or through air.
ambulant - Able to walk about.
raisable - Capable of being raised.
seaborne - Conveyed by sea.
immobile - Not capable of movement or of being moved.
metallic - Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
abnormal - Much greater than the normal.
medieval - As if belonging to the Middle Ages.
immodest - Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance.
retiring - Not arrogant or presuming.
modified - Changed in form or character.
softened - Toned down.
bigamous - Of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first.
polyglot - Having a command of or composed in many languages.
bivalent - Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.
numerous - Amounting to a large indefinite number.
overmuch - Very great in quantity.
immortal - Not subject to death.
actuated - Moved to action.
stirring - Exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions.
unmoving - Not arousing emotions.
oncoming - Moving toward one.
becalmed - Rendered motionless for lack of wind.
lubberly - Inexperienced in seamanship.
arranged - Deliberately arranged for effect.
eldritch - Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
charming - Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
neurotic - Affected with emotional disorder.
hysteric - Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria.
schizoid - Marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships.
together - Mentally and emotionally stable.
pleasant - (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior.
imperial - Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
princely - Having the rank of or befitting a prince.
aberrant - Markedly different from an accepted norm.
atypical - Deviating from normal expectations.
freakish - Characteristic of a freak.
northern - Situated in or coming from regions of the north.
southern - Situated in or coming from regions of the south.
noseless - Having no nose.
detected - Perceived with the mind.
obedient - Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority.
contrary - Resistant to guidance or discipline.
recusant - Refusing to submit to authority.
clinical - Scientifically detached.
personal - Particular to a given individual.
obligate - Restricted to a particular condition of life.
apparent - Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.
ghoulish - Suggesting the horror of death and decay.
unsavory - Morally offensive.
antitank - Designed for defense against armored vehicles.
official - Having official authority or sanction.
drumhead - Performed speedily and without formality.
offstage - Situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience.
newfound - Newly discovered.
untested - Not yet proved or subjected to testing.
emeritus - Honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'.
puppyish - Characteristic of a puppy.
youngish - Somewhat young.
youthful - Suggestive of youth.
blinking - Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly.
unspaced - Arranged without spaces between.
enclosed - Closed in or surrounded or included within.
besieged - Surrounded by hostile forces.
included - Enclosed in the same envelope or package.
unfenced - Not enclosed by a fence.
untanned - Not converted to leather by a tanning agent.
opposite - Of leaves etc.
sanguine - Confidently optimistic and cheerful.
unformed - Not formed or organized.
ordinary - Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree.
banausic - (formal) ordinary and not refined.
holistic - Emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole.
oriented - Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances.
homeward - Oriented toward home.
aligning - Causing to fall into line or into position.
freehand - Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices.
germinal - Containing seeds of later development.
bromidic - Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.
orthodox - Adhering to what is commonly accepted.
alfresco - In the open air.
awninged - Covered with an awning.
canopied - Covered with or as with a canopy.
drenched - Abundantly covered or supplied with.
undraped - Lacking drapery or draperies.
unroofed - Having no roof.
uncoated - Not having a coating.
roofless - Not having a roof.
leaflike - Resembling a leaf.
leafless - Having no leaves.
postpaid - Used especially of mail.
buckshee - Free of charge.
agonized - Expressing pain or agony.
poignant - Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings.
unrouged - Not wearing rouge.
depicted - Represented graphically by sketch or design or lines.
palpable - Capable of being perceived.
parallel - Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
crabwise - (of movement) at an angle.
diagonal - Connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face.
expiable - Capable of being atoned for.
parental - Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent.
passable - Able to be passed or traversed or crossed.
platonic - Free from physical desire.
existing - Presently existing.
emerging - Coming to maturity.
parented - Having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates.
orphaned - Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
paternal - Characteristic of a father.
fatherly - Like or befitting a father or fatherhood.
maternal - Characteristic of a mother.
motherly - Befitting a mother.
enduring - Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble.
tolerant - Showing the capacity for endurance.
packaged - Enclosed in a package or protective covering.
peaceful - Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war.
militant - Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies.
penitent - Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds.
contrite - Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
flawless - Without a flaw.
episodic - Limited in duration to a single episode.
caducous - Shed at an early stage of development.
clogging - Preventing movement.
pervious - Admitting of passage or entrance.
runproof - (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders.
petalous - (of flowers) having petals.
churchly - Resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church.
placable - Easily calmed or pacified.
blotched - Marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots.
brindled - Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.
freckled - Relating to or covered with or resembling freckles.
sprigged - Decorated with designs of sprigs.
streaked - Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations.
tailored - Severely simple in line or design.
dreadful - Very unpleasant.
frowning - Showing displeasure or anger.
offended - Hurt or upset.
pleasing - Giving pleasure and satisfaction.
fusiform - Tapering at each end.
polished - Perfected or made shiny and smooth.
favorite - Appealing to the general public.
perverse - Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.
viewless - Not having or expressing opinions or views.
possible - Capable of happening or existing.
feasible - Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.
impotent - Lacking power or ability.
powerful - Having great power or force or potency or effect.
almighty - Having unlimited power.
coercive - Serving or intended to coerce.
muscular - Having or suggesting great physical power or force.
puissant - Powerful.
potbound - (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots.
unseeded - (of a piece of ground) not have a crop sown on it.
unplowed - (of farmland) not plowed.
untilled - Not plowed or harrowed or hoed.
unpotted - Not planted in pots.
meshugge - Senseless.
quixotic - Not sensible about practical matters.
unwieldy - Difficult to work or manipulate.
finespun - Developed in excessively fine detail.
retarded - Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.
imbecile - Having a mental age of three to seven years.
aleatory - Dependent on chance.
clannish - Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
deprived - Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences.
bootless - Unproductive of success.
marginal - Producing at a rate that barely covers production costs.
chinless - Having a receding chin.
priggish - Exaggeratedly proper.
shielded - (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury.
arrogant - Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.
boastful - Exhibiting self-importance.
verified - Proved to be true.
unproved - Not proved.
punctual - Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed.
punished - Subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience).
punitive - Inflicting punishment.
purebred - Bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain.
virginal - Untouched or undefiled.
outright - Without reservation or exception.
vicenary - Of or relating to or based on 20.
clanking - Having a hard nonresonant metallic sound.
clattery - A rattling sound as of hard things striking together.
whirring - Like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings.
cerebral - Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
biracial - Consisting of or combining two races.
reactive - Participating readily in reactions.
unstable - Highly or violently reactive.
illusive - Based on or having the nature of an illusion.
delusive - Inappropriate to reality or facts.
debonair - Having a sophisticated charm.
ladylike - Befitting a woman of good breeding.
agrestic - (of behavior) rustic and uncouth.
bandaged - Covered or wrapped with a bandage.
reformed - Caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one.
rentable - That is able or fit be rented.
assonant - Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables.
unrhymed - Not having rhyme.
relevant - Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.
hieratic - Adhering to fixed types or methods.
esteemed - Having an illustrious reputation.
reserved - Marked by self-restraint and reticence.
bookable - Subject to being reserved or booked.
unbooked - Not reserved in advance.
resolute - Firm in purpose or belief.
deferent - Showing deference.
derisive - Abusing vocally.
impudent - Marked by casual disrespect.
carefree - Cheerfully irresponsible.
limiting - Strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase.
echoless - Having or producing no echo.
mirrored - Like or characteristic of a mirror image.
absorbed - Retained without reflection.
clinking - Like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped.
jingling - Having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells.
resonant - Characterized by resonance.
tinkling - Like the short high ringing sound of a small bell.
anechoic - Not having or producing echoes.
reverent - Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration.
overawed - Overcome by a feeling of awe.
bountied - Rewarded or able to be rewarded by a bounty.
cadenced - Marked by a rhythmical cadence.
measured - The rhythmic arrangement of syllables.
affluent - Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.
bankrupt - Financially ruined.
handless - Without a hand or hands.
rightish - Tending toward the political right.
rightist - Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right.
centrist - Supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative.
leftmost - Farthest to the left.
antlered - Having antlers.
hornless - Having no horns.
decrepit - Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.
bulblike - Shaped like a bulb.
capitate - Being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip.
moonlike - Resembling the moon in shape.
ringlike - Having the shape of a ring.
roundish - Somewhat round in appearance or form.
quadrate - Having four sides and four angles.
squarish - Somewhat square in appearance or form.
aspheric - Varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape.
auriform - Having a shape resembling an ear.
bowfront - Having an outward curving front.
plumlike - Resembling a plum fruit.
asteroid - Shaped like a star.
bicuspid - Having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth).
isogonic - Having or making equal angles.
agrarian - Relating to rural matters.
arcadian - (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic.
citified - Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.
rustless - Without rust.
hallowed - Worthy of religious veneration.
numinous - Evincing the presence of a deity.
reverend - Worthy of adoration or reverence.
sadistic - Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another.
synoptic - Presenting or taking the same point of view.
maniacal - Wildly disordered.
paranoid - Suffering from paranoia.
satiable - Capable of being sated.
sardonic - Disdainfully or ironically humorous.
scalable - Capable of being scaled.
unopened - Not yet opened or unsealed.
unsealed - Not closed or secured with or as if with a seal.
ecumenic - Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions.
insecure - Lacking self-confidence or assurance.
fastened - Firmly closed or secured.
unbarred - Not firmly fastened or secured.
alluring - Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire.
soulless - Lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling.
discrete - Constituting a separate entity or part.
disjoint - Having no elements in common.
isolable - Capable of being isolated or disjoined.
sanitary - Free from filth and pathogens.
hygienic - Tending to promote or preserve health.
purulent - Containing pus.
germfree - Free from germs or pathogenic organisms.
sobering - Tending to make sober or more serious.
flippant - Showing inappropriate levity.
selected - Chosen in preference to another.
resident - Living in a particular place.
homeless - Without nationality or citizenship.
rootless - Wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community.
deformed - So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly.
nodulose - Having minute nodules.
torulose - Of a cylindrical or ellipsoid body.
breasted - Having a breast or breasts.
bacillar - Formed like a bacillus.
unshaped - Incompletely or imperfectly shaped.
unshared - Not shared.
unshaven - Not shaved.
sheathed - Enclosed in a protective covering.
ironshod - Shod or cased with iron.
sandaled - Shod with sandals.
barefoot - Without shoes.
unsigned - Lacking a signature.
silenced - Reduced to silence.
ensiform - Shaped like a sword blade.
reniform - (of a leaf or bean shape) resembling the shape of kidney.
compound - Composed of more than one part.
bilobate - Having two lobes.
colonial - Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony.
thirteen - Being one more than twelve.
fourteen - Being one more than thirteen.
eighteen - Being one more than seventeen.
nineteen - Being one more than eighteen.
thousand - Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.
trillion - One million million in the United States.
eleventh - Coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position.
fortieth - The ordinal number of forty in counting order.
fiftieth - The ordinal number of fifty in counting order.
sixtieth - The ordinal number of sixty in counting order.
scripted - Written as for a film or play or broadcast.
sinkable - Capable of being sunk.
multiple - Having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual.
manifold - Many and varied.
sextuple - Having six units or components.
septuple - Having seven units or components.
unsorted - Not arranged according to size.
bungling - Showing lack of skill or aptitude.
dustlike - As fine and powdery as dust.
powdered - Consisting of fine particles.
slippery - Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide.
nonstick - (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles.
slipping - Moving as on a slippery surface.
slithery - Having a slippery surface or quality .
abrasive - Causing abrasion.
lepidote - Rough to the touch.
gravelly - Abounding in small stones.
roughish - Somewhat rough.
textured - Having surface roughness.
furrowed - Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface.
undulate - Having a wavy margin and rippled surface.
crispate - Wavy or notched and curled very irregularly.
unrifled - Of a firearm.
cultural - Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people.
unsocial - Not seeking or given to association.
unseamed - Having no seams.
seedless - Lacking seeds.
clubbish - Effusively sociable.
soleless - Having no sole.
gasified - Converted into a gas or vapor.
fistular - Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed.
meltable - Capable of melting.
solvable - Capable of being solved.
unsolved - Not solved.
corroded - Eaten away as by acid or oxidation.
spirited - Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness.
elicited - Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
backhand - (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward.
longhand - Having words written out in full by hand.
unvoiced - Produced without vibration of the vocal cords.
codified - Enacted by a legislative body.
abatable - Capable of being abated.
syllabic - (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable.
staccato - (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds.
unstaged - Not performed on the stage.
casebook - According to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook.
starlike - Resembling a star.
starless - Not starry.
foodless - Being without food.
steadied - Made steady or constant.
unsteady - Subject to change or variation.
wobbling - (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily.
stemless - Not having a stem.
relaxant - Tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension.
excitant - (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate.
aquiline - Curved down like an eagle's beak.
malposed - Characterized by malposition.
reflexed - (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees.
squiggly - Wavy and twisting.
uncurved - Having no curves.
flexuous - Having turns or windings.
hooklike - Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold).
recurved - Curved backward or inward.
upcurved - Curving upward.
involute - (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured.
uncoiled - No longer coiled.
stressed - Bearing a stress or accent.
bullocky - Resembling a bullock in strength and power.
ironlike - Exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron.
vehement - Characterized by great force or energy.
adynamic - Lacking strength or vigor.
weakened - Made weak or weaker.
stubborn - Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.
unplaced - Not one of the first three in a race or competition.
depleted - No longer sufficient.
majestic - Majestic in manner or bearing.
inferior - Of or characteristic of low rank or importance.
greatest - Highest in quality.
spiffing - Excellent or splendid.
gimbaled - Supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips.
unbraced - Without braces or props.
baseless - Without a basis in reason or fact.
assisted - Having help.
jiggered - (British informal expletive) surprised.
startled - Excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement.
allergic - Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
sweetish - Somewhat sweet.
unsoured - Not having turned bad.
biradial - Showing both bilateral and radial symmetry.
cruciate - Shaped like a cross.
lopsided - Having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other.
actinoid - Having a radial form.
empathic - Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states.
syndetic - Connected by a conjunction.
taciturn - Habitually reserved and uncommunicative.
tactless - Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.
frenzied - Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason.
tangible - Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch.
tasteful - Having or showing or conforming to good taste.
barbaric - Unrestrained and crudely rich.
unsalted - Without salt or seasoning.
dutiable - Subject to import tax.
drooping - Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness).
strained - Showing signs of mental and emotional tension.
regional - Related or limited to a particular region.
brooding - Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
scraggly - Lacking neatness or order.
uncombed - (of hair) not combed.
timbered - Furnished with or made of wood or timbers.
toneless - Lacking in tone or expression.
untipped - Not provided with a special tip.
careworn - Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
footsore - Having sore or tired feet.
bearable - Capable of being borne though unpleasant.
crowning - Forming or providing a crown or summit.
bottomed - Having a bottom of a specified character.
chewable - Easy to cut or chew.
ototoxic - Toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve.
nontoxic - Not producing or resulting from poison.
troubled - Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need.
buffeted - Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.
specious - Plausible but false.
trustful - Inclined to believe or confide readily.
doubting - Marked by or given to doubt.
fiducial - Based on trust.
tubeless - Of a tire.
untucked - Lacking tucks or not being tucked.
inverted - Being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed.
reversed - Turned inside out and resewn.
unturned - Not turned.
opencast - (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface.
overhead - Located or originating from above.
tearless - Free from tears.
nonunion - Not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union.
biparous - Producing two offspring at a time.
unipolar - Having a single pole.
federate - United under a central government.
univalve - Used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc..
scandent - Used especially of plants.
dropping - Coming down freely under the influence of gravity.
upmarket - Designed for consumers with high incomes.
ungulate - Having or resembling hoofs.
clawlike - Resembling a claw.
sprouted - (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground.
downcast - Directed downward.
upstairs - On or of upper floors of a building.
upstream - In the direction against a stream's current.
downtown - Of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center.
utilized - Put to use.
reasoned - Logically valid.
valuable - Having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange.
precious - Of high worth or cost.
nugatory - Of no real value.
rubbishy - Cheap and inferior.
variform - Varying in form or shape.
unvaried - Lacking variety.
unveiled - Revealed.
louvered - Supplied with louvers for ventilation.
unvented - Not provided with vents.
violable - Capable of being violated.
virtuous - Morally excellent.
peccable - Liable to sin.
subgross - Too small to be visible to the naked eye.
panoptic - Including everything visible in one view.
viewable - Capable of being viewed.
infrared - Having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves.
freewill - Done of your own accord.
unwilled - Without deliberate volition.
unwanted - Not wanted.
outcaste - Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society.
lukewarm - Moderately warm.
washable - Capable of being washed without injury.
unweaned - Not weaned.
wearable - Suitable for wear or able to be worn.
weedless - Free from weeds.
autistic - Characteristic of or affected with autism.
diabetic - Suffering from diabetes.
unhealed - Not healed.
besprent - Sprinkled over.
steaming - Filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist.
rainless - Lacking rain.
semiarid - Somewhat arid.
milkless - Having no milk.
clerical - Appropriate for or engaged in office work.
winglike - Resembling a wing in shape or position.
wingless - Lacking wings.
apterous - (of insects) without wings.
wireless - Having no wires.
forested - Covered with forest.
scrabbly - Sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush.
unwooded - Not wooded.
ligneous - Consisting of or containing lignin or xylem.
nonwoody - Not woody.
attrited - Worn by rubbing or friction.
shopworn - Worn or faded from being on display in a store.
tattered - Worn to shreds.
quotable - Suitable for or worthy of quotation.
unworthy - Lacking in value or merit.
unwebbed - (of the feet of some animals) not webbed.
baptized - Having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism.
skinless - Having no skin.
abbatial - Of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess.
acervate - Pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass.
acetonic - Of or relating to acetone.
acetylic - Of or related to acetic acid.
achenial - Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
acidotic - Having or being characterized by acidosis.
aculeate - Having or resembling a stinger or barb.
agential - Of or relating to an agent or agency.
agraphic - Relating to or having agraphia.
alchemic - Related to or concerned with alchemy.
alopecic - Pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers.
alveolar - Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs.
amitotic - Pertaining to a simple method of cell division.
ammoniac - Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia.
amnestic - Of or relating to or caused by amnesia.
amniotic - Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
amphoric - The sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle.
ampullar - Of or related to an ampulla.
anagogic - Based on or exemplifying anagoge.
cathodic - Of or at or pertaining to a cathode.
anoxemic - Relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood.
antennal - Of or relating to antennae.
anuretic - Of or relating to an inability to urinate.
aoristic - Of or relating to the aorist tense.
apiarian - Relating to bees or beekeeping.
apogamic - Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
arbitral - Relating to or resulting from arbitration.
archival - Of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive.
argentic - Relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent.
arterial - Of or involving or contained in the arteries.
stomatal - Relating to or constituting plant stomata.
axillary - Of or relating to the armpit.
azotemic - Of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency).
balletic - Characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet.
balsamic - Of or relating to or containing balsam.
basaltic - Of or relating to or containing basalt.
basidial - Relating to or characterized by basidia.
bauxitic - Resembling or containing bauxite.
benzylic - Relating to benzyl.
billiard - Of or relating to billiards.
biotitic - Relating to or involving biotite.
biotypic - Of or relating to a biotype.
botryoid - Resembling a cluster of grapes in form.
brachial - Of or relating to an arm.
bracteal - Pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract.
brimless - Without a brim.
burrlike - Resembling a burr.
caducean - Of or relating to a caduceus.
caesural - Of or relating to a caesura.
calcitic - Of or relating to or containing calcite.
calyceal - Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
cancroid - Of or relating to a cancroid.
capsular - Of or relating to a capsule.
carangid - Of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae.
carbonyl - Relating to or containing the carbonyl group.
carboxyl - Relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical.
eremitic - Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living.
cervical - Relating to or associated with the neck.
cetacean - Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc.
chemical - Relating to or used in chemistry.
chiasmal - Of or relating to a chiasm.
chimeric - Being or relating to or like a chimera.
choragic - Pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus.
chordate - Of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata.
condylar - Of or relating to or resembling a condyle.
cordless - Not having a cord.
covalent - Of or relating to or characterized by covalence.
crustose - (of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing.
culinary - Of or relating to or used in cooking.
dynastic - Of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty.
dysgenic - Pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced.
empyrean - Of or relating to the sky or heavens.
epidural - On or outside the dura mater.
exegetic - Relating to exegesis.
extropic - Of or relating to extropy.
afebrile - Having no fever.
unifilar - Having or using only one filament.
filarial - Related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria.
filariid - Of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae.
garlicky - Relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic.
gingival - Of or relating to the gums.
guttural - Relating to or articulated in the throat.
heliacal - Pertaining to or near the sun.
hidrotic - Of or relating to sweat.
hooflike - Resembling a hoof.
humanist - Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities.
humified - Converted to humus.
indusial - Of or relating to or being an indusium.
inertial - Of or relating to inertia.
inguinal - Of or relating to or near the groin.
inhalant - Inhaling or serving for inhalation.
nonionic - Not ionic.
ischemic - Relating to or affected by ischemia.
isthmian - Of or relating to or forming an isthmus.
limacine - Of or resembling a slug.
medusoid - Relating to or resembling a medusa.
mercuric - Of or containing mercury.
omissive - Characterized by omissions.
neonatal - Relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth.
neotenic - Of or relating to or characterized by neoteny.
packable - Capable of being packed.
panicled - Having panicles.
parhelic - Relating to or resembling a parhelion.
monetary - Relating to or involving money.
petaloid - Resembling a flower petal.
phreatic - Of or relating to ground water.
planetal - Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets.
prandial - Of or relating to a meal.
prostate - Relating to the prostate gland.
pubertal - Of or related to puberty.
revenant - Of or relating to or typical of a revenant.
romantic - Belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts.
ruminant - Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud.
saccadic - Of or related to the rapid movement of the eyes between points of fixation.
scapular - Relating to or near the shoulder blade.
semiotic - Of or relating to semiotics.
sepaloid - Resembling or characteristic of a sepal.
spectral - Of or relating to a spectrum.
spermous - Consisting of or resembling spermatozoa.
sportive - Relating to or interested in sports.
subdural - Below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges.
suburban - Relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs.
symbolic - Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols.
synovial - Relating to or secreting synovia.
telluric - Of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium.
thematic - Relating to or constituting a topic of discourse.
threaded - (of bolts or screws) having screw threads.
toroidal - Of or relating to or shaped like a toroid.
tortious - Of or pertaining to the nature of a tort.
urethral - Of or relating to the urethra.
variolar - Relating to small pox.
viatical - Pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders.
vicarial - Of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar.
vitreous - Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass.
isomeric - Of or relating to or exhibiting isomerism.
lapidary - Of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them.
lymphoid - Resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues.
insectan - Of or relating to the class Insecta.
residual - Relating to or indicating a remainder.
bistered - Colored with or as if with bister.
bistroic - Of or relating to or resembling a bistro.
feminist - Of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women.
wolflike - Resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf.
clitoral - Of or relating to the clitoris.
succinic - Of or relating to or obtained from amber.
semantic - Of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning.
cephalic - Of or relating to the head.
cyprinid - Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae.
diluvian - Of or connected with a deluge.
galactic - Of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way).
chylific - Producing or converting into chyle.
ichorous - Of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies.
biblical - Of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible.
perianal - Around the anus.
perineal - Of or relating to the perineum.
peroneal - Of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee.
phonetic - Of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds.
phonemic - Of or relating to phonemes of a particular language.
pectoral - Of or relating to the chest or thorax.
pastoral - Of or relating to a pastor.
patellar - Near or relating to the patella or kneecap.
palatine - Of or relating to a palace.
visceral - Relating to or affecting the viscera.
meridian - Of or happening at noon.
acoustic - Of or relating to the science of acoustics.
auditory - Of or relating to the process of hearing.
seraphic - Of or relating to an angel of the first order.
diocesan - Belonging to or governing a diocese.
conjugal - Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband.
vascular - Of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids.
encysted - Enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst.
endermic - Acting by absorption through the skin.
lacrimal - Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
diatomic - Of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms.
littoral - Of or relating to a coastal or shore region.
nautical - Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
juvenile - Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people.
doctoral - Of or relating to a doctor or doctorate.
mnemonic - Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory.
parietal - Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium.
statuary - Of or relating to or suitable for statues.
anatomic - Of or relating to the structure of the body.
tectonic - Of or pertaining to construction or architecture.
isotopic - Of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope.
mucinous - Relating to or containing mucin.
mucinoid - Resembling mucin.
latinate - Derived from or imitative of Latin.
duodenal - In or relating to the duodenum.
operatic - Of or relating to or characteristic of opera.
exocrine - Of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions.
cationic - Of or relating to cations.
mensural - Having notes of fixed rhythmic value.
synaptic - (neuroscience) of or involving synapses.
hormonal - Of or relating to or caused by hormones.
skeletal - Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton.
riparian - Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream.
rotatory - Of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn.
tracheal - Relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea.
tractive - Exerting traction and serving to pull.
tympanic - Associated with the eardrum.
monistic - Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of monism.
mortuary - Of or relating to a funeral.
funerary - Of or for or relating to a funeral.
tactical - Of or pertaining to tactic or tactics.
cinerary - Containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead.
euphonic - Of or relating to or characterized by euphony.
cortical - Of or relating to a cortex.
agonadal - Lacking gonads.
cometary - Of or relating to or resembling a comet.
necrotic - Relating to or affected by necrosis.
coronary - Surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart).
yogistic - Of or relating to yoga.
logistic - Of or relating to logistics.
mutative - Of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation.
incident - Falling or striking of light rays on something.
nativist - Of or relating to or advocating nativism.
bubaline - Relating to or resembling a buffalo.
geodetic - Of or relating to or determined by geodesy.
nacreous - Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
prosodic - Of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing.
aversive - Tending to repel or dissuade.
oracular - Of or relating to an oracle.
canonist - Pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic.
motional - Of or relating to or characterized by motion.
alluvial - Of or relating to alluvium.
atrophic - Relating to or characterized by atrophy.
calcific - Involving or resulting from calcification.
pyknotic - Of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis.
salivary - Of or relating to saliva.
myelinic - Of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers.
myotonic - Of or relating to or caused by myotonia.
cochlear - Of or relating to the cochlea of the ear.
mithraic - Of or relating to Mithraism or its god.
saprobic - Living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen.
tuberous - Of or relating to or resembling a tuber.
cesarean - Relating to abdominal delivery.
dyslexic - Of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia.
armorial - Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms.
bilabial - Of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips.
bladdery - Resembling a bladder.
cantonal - Of or relating to a canton.
climatic - Of or relating to a climate.
consular - Having to do with a consul or his office or duties.
cyclonic - Of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm.
dactylic - Of or consisting of dactyls.
ductless - Not having a duct.
entozoan - Of or relating to entozoa.
fatalist - Of or relating to fatalism.
malarial - Of or infected by or resembling malaria.
manorial - Of or relating to or based on the manor.
eolithic - Of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths).
optative - Relating to a mood of verbs in some languages.
postural - Of or relating to or involving posture.
pudendal - Of or relating to or near the pudendum.
pyogenic - Producing pus.
pyrectic - Having or causing fever.
rhomboid - Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid.
spondaic - Of or consisting of spondees.
systolic - Of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole.
tartaric - Relating to or derived from or resembling tartar.
thespian - Of or relating to drama.
trochaic - Of or consisting of trochees.
tutorial - Of or relating to tutors or tutoring.
valvular - Relating to or operating by means of valves.
vestiary - Relating to clothing (especially vestments).
vocative - Relating to a case used in some languages.
zenithal - Relating to or located at or near the zenith.
zodiacal - Relating to or included in the zodiac.
hymeneal - Of or relating to a wedding or marriage.
abomasal - Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
thalloid - Of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus.
salvific - Pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption.
zoonotic - Of or relating to or constituting zoonosis.
hammered - Shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks.
unfilled - Of purchase orders that have not been filled.
unmalted - Of grain that has not been converted into malt.
oxidized - Combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen.
penciled - Drawn or written with a pencil.
shrieked - Uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror.
sintered - Formed into a mass by heat and pressure.
sluicing - Pouring from or as if from a sluice.
squashed - That has been violently compressed.
sublimed - Passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid.
enviably - In an enviable manner.
arguably - As can be shown by argument.
entirely - Without any others being included or involved.
sometime - At some indefinite or unstated time.
anywhere - At or in or to any place.
farthest - To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense).
furthest - To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense).
futilely - In a futile and unproductive manner.
stormily - In a stormy or violent manner.
slightly - To a small degree or extent.
movingly - In a moving manner.
forsooth - An archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief.
therefor - (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it.
nowadays - In these times.
steadily - At a steady rate or pace.
squarely - With firmness and conviction.
directly - Without deviation.
bitterly - With bitterness, in a resentful manner.
terribly - Used as intensifiers.
adroitly - With adroitness.
abruptly - Quickly and without warning.
suddenly - Happening unexpectedly.
absently - In an absentminded or preoccupied manner.
randomly - In a random manner.
urgently - With great urgency.
scantily - In a sparse or scanty way.
brazenly - In a brazen manner.
covertly - In a covert manner.
actively - In an active manner.
insanely - In an insane manner.
annually - Without missing a year.
dorsally - In a dorsal location or direction.
multiply - In several ways.
quickest - Most quickly.
intently - With strained or eager attention.
dingdong - Heartily or earnestly.
mightily - Powerfully or vigorously.
promptly - In a punctual manner.
normally - Under normal conditions.
recently - In the recent past.
manually - By hand.
serially - In a serial manner.
socially - By or with respect to society.
verbally - By means of language.
globally - Throughout the world.
linearly - In a linear manner.
racially - With respect to race.
fiscally - In financial matters.
visually - With respect to vision.
chorally - By a chorus.
facially - With respect to the face.
spinally - In the spine.
sexually - By sexual means.
probably - With considerable certainty.
feudally - In a feudal manner.
wickedly - In a wicked evil manner.
actually - Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated.
markedly - In a clearly noticeable manner.
palpably - So as to be palpable.
publicly - In a manner accessible to or observable by the public.
secretly - Not openly.
stupidly - In a stupid manner.
uniquely - So as to be unique.
distally - Far from the center.
strongly - With strength or in a strong manner.
strictly - Restricted to something.
overseas - In a place across an ocean.
formally - In a formal manner.
cleverly - In a clever manner.
lavishly - In a rich and lavish manner.
solemnly - In a grave and sedate manner.
divinely - By divine means.
clumsily - In a clumsy manner.
coarsely - In coarse pieces.
reflexly - In a reflex manner.
properly - In the right manner.
savagely - Wildly.
aerially - By means of aircraft.
unjustly - In an unjust manner.
ornately - In an ornate manner.
heartily - With gusto and without reservation.
smoothly - With no problems or difficulties.
expertly - In an expert manner.
boringly - In a tedious manner.
stepwise - Proceeding in steps.
stolidly - In a stolid manner.
ruefully - In a rueful manner.
politely - In a polite manner.
rakishly - In a rakish manner.
narrowly - In a narrow manner.
securely - In a secure manner.
finitely - With a finite limit.
unwarily - Without heed or caution.
mentally - In your mind.
inwardly - With respect to private feelings.
gloomily - With gloom.
seriatim - In a series.
doggedly - With obstinate determination.
atonally - Without tonality.
scienter - (law) deliberately or knowingly.
modestly - With modesty.
casually - In an unconcerned manner.
fiercely - In an emotionally fierce manner.
artfully - In an artful manner.
decently - In a decent manner.
verbatim - Using exactly the same words.
overtime - Beyond the regular time.
perforce - By necessity.
amicably - In an amicable manner.
abjectly - In a hopeless resigned manner.
adorably - In an adorable manner.
ardently - In an ardent manner.
bloodily - Involving a great bloodshed.
turgidly - In a turgid manner.
boyishly - Like a boy.
astutely - In a shrewd manner.
avowedly - By open declaration.
benignly - In a benign manner.
breezily - In a breezy manner.
chastely - In a chaste and virtuous manner.
chattily - In a chatty manner.
cheekily - In a brash cheeky manner.
unfairly - In an unfair manner.
craftily - In an artful manner.
credibly - Easy to believe on the basis of available evidence.
demurely - In a demure manner.
possibly - By chance.
absurdly - In an absurd manner or to an absurd degree.
creakily - In a creaky manner.
daintily - In a refined manner.
daringly - In an adventurous manner.
devoutly - In a devout and pious manner.
honestly - In an honest manner.
dismally - In a dreadful manner.
downhill - Toward the bottom of a hill.
dreamily - In a dreamy manner.
drowsily - In a drowsy manner.
westward - Toward the west.
eastward - Toward the east.
edgeways - With the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge.
edgewise - As if by an edge.
unevenly - In an uneven and irregular way.
evermore - At any future time.
famously - In a manner or to an extent that is well known.
faultily - In an inaccurate manner.
fitfully - In a fitful manner.
flabbily - In a flabby manner.
flexibly - With flexibility.
flimsily - In a weak and flimsy manner.
fluently - In a fluent manner.
forcibly - In a forcible manner.
fourfold - By a factor of four.
fourthly - In the fourth place.
frugally - In a frugal manner.
frostily - Without warmth or enthusiasm.
friskily - In a playfully frisky manner.
frothily - In a frothy manner.
garishly - In a tastelessly garish manner.
glossily - In a glossy manner.
greasily - In a greasy manner.
guiltily - In the manner of someone who has committed an offense.
headlong - With the head foremost.
heatedly - In a heated manner.
hereupon - Immediately after this.
hoarsely - In a hoarse or husky voice.
humanely - In a humane manner.
hungrily - In the manner of someone who is very hungry.
impishly - In an appealing but bold manner.
innately - In an innate manner.
insomuch - To such an extent or degree.
maturely - In a mature manner.
jokingly - In jest.
jocosely - With humor.
jovially - In a jovial manner.
landward - Toward land.
langsyne - At a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish).
manfully - In a manful manner.
lineally - By an unbroken line of descent.
malignly - In a malign and evil manner.
meagerly - To a meager degree or in a meager manner.
medially - In a medial position.
mellowly - (obsolete) in a mellow manner.
menially - In a menial manner.
minutely - In minute detail.
morbidly - In a morbid manner or to a morbid degree.
morosely - In a morose manner.
mortally - In such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.).
musingly - In a reflective manner.
mutually - In a mutual or shared manner.
jauntily - In a jaunty fashionable manner.
ninefold - By a factor of nine.
opaquely - In an opaque manner.
overleaf - On or to the other side of a page.
overside - Over the side of a boat.
owlishly - In an owlish manner.
pallidly - In a manner lacking interest or vitality.
patchily - In spots.
placidly - In a placid and good-natured manner.
pluckily - In a plucky manner.
popishly - Like the Pope.
potently - In a manner having a powerful influence.
carnally - In a carnal manner.
prettily - In a pretty manner.
pryingly - In a curious and prying manner.
quaintly - In a quaint old-fashioned manner.
queasily - In a queasy manner.
radially - In a radial manner.
raggedly - With a ragged and uneven appearance.
remotely - To a remote degree.
robustly - In a robust manner.
sedately - In a sedate manner.
serenely - In a peacefully serene manner.
shabbily - In a mean and ungenerous manner.
shaggily - In a shaggy manner.
shiftily - In a shifty manner.
shoddily - In a shoddy manner.
sideward - Toward one side.
sideways - Toward one side.
signally - In a signal manner.
skimpily - In a skimpy manner.
slangily - With slang.
slapdash - In a careless or reckless manner.
sleepily - In a sleepy manner.
sloppily - In a sloppy manner.
smuttily - In a smutty manner.
sociably - In a sociable manner.
somberly - In a somber manner.
sordidly - In a sordid or squalid way.
sparsely - In a sparse manner.
spirally - With spirals.
stickily - In a sticky viscid manner.
stingily - In a stingy manner.
stockily - So as to be stocky.
stuffily - In a stuffy manner.
sturdily - In a sturdy manner.
supinely - In an indifferently supine manner.
tangibly - In a tangible manner.
tenderly - With tenderness.
tetchily - In an ill-natured and tetchy manner.
tomorrow - The next day, the day after, following the present day.
touchily - In a touchy manner.
unawares - Suddenly and unexpectedly.
underarm - With the hand swung below shoulder level.
urbanely - In an urbane manner.
usefully - In a useful manner.
vacantly - In a vacant manner.
variably - With variation.
wantonly - In a wanton manner.
wheezily - With a wheeze.
wherever - Where in the world.
whopping - Extremely.
worthily - In a worthy manner.
clammily - In a clammy manner.
convexly - In a convex way.
floridly - In a florid manner.
ruggedly - In a rugged manner.
caudally - Toward the posterior end of the body.
causally - In a causal fashion.
aspirate - Suck in (air).
optimize - Act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world.
estivate - Sleep during summer.
reawaken - Awaken once again.
ulcerate - Affect with an ulcer.
entrance - Put into a trance.
etherize - Anesthetize with ether.
convulse - Be overcome with laughter.
lipstick - Apply lipstick to.
manicure - Care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc..
pedicure - Care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc..
stratify - Render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand.
conceive - Become pregnant.
vegetate - Propagate asexually.
fructify - Bear fruit.
miscarry - Suffer a miscarriage.
caponize - Convert a cock into a capon.
trephine - Operate on with a trephine.
irritate - Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame.
evacuate - Excrete or discharge from the body.
overtire - Tire excessively.
irrigate - Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting.
poultice - Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance.
venesect - Practice venesection.
medicate - Treat medicinally, treat with medicine.
overdose - Dose too heavily.
immunize - Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation.
contract - Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.
mutilate - Destroy or injure severely.
languish - Become feeble.
ankylose - Undergo ankylosis.
exercise - Do physical exercise.
splutter - Spit up in an explosive manner.
salivate - Produce saliva.
jaundice - Affect with, or as if with, jaundice.
fracture - Fracture a bone of.
creolize - Develop into a creole.
novelize - Convert into the form or the style of a novel.
continue - Exist over a prolonged period of time.
speciate - Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment.
modulate - Vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).
avianize - To modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo.
tabulate - Shape or cut with a flat surface.
readjust - Adjust anew.
decrease - Decrease in size, extent, or range.
increase - Make bigger or more.
suppress - Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop.
snowball - Increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate.
gentrify - Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations.
renovate - Restore to a previous or better condition.
vitalize - Make more lively or vigorous.
attemper - Modify the temperature of.
scavenge - Remove unwanted substances from.
butylate - Introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound.
creosote - Treat with creosote.
activate - Make active or more active.
totalize - Make into a total.
deforest - Remove the trees from.
mitigate - Make less severe or harsh.
conserve - Preserve with sugar.
preserve - Prevent (food) from rotting.
marinade - Soak in marinade.
humidify - Make (more) humid.
inundate - Fill or cover completely, usually with water.
buttress - Make stronger or defensible.
collapse - Lose significance, effectiveness, or value.
redouble - Make twice as great or intense.
sprinkle - Scatter with liquid.
mushroom - Grow and spread fast.
overgrow - Grow beyond or across.
restrict - Place limits on (extent or access).
geminate - Arrange or combine in pairs.
progress - Develop in a positive way.
leapfrog - Progress by large jumps instead of small increments.
adolesce - Become adolescent.
incubate - Grow under conditions that promote development.
overhaul - Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.
retrofit - Substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones.
alkalize - Turn basic and less acidic.
catalyze - Change by catalysis or cause to catalyze.
paralyze - Cause to be paralyzed and immobile.
mobilize - Cause to move around.
acerbate - Make sour or bitter.
disorder - Bring disorder to.
postdate - Establish something as being later relative to something else.
peroxide - Bleach with peroxide.
melanize - Convert into, or infiltrate with melanin.
discolor - Change color, often in an undesired manner.
tincture - Stain or tint with a color.
escalate - Increase in extent or intensity.
regulate - Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.
shoehorn - Fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited.
astringe - Become constricted or compressed.
detonate - Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction.
dynamite - Blow up with dynamite.
puncture - Be pierced or punctured.
brighten - Make lighter or brighter.
lengthen - Become long or longer.
ovenbake - Bake in an oven.
overboil - Boil excessively.
overcook - Cook too long.
barbeque - Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill.
arborize - Branch out like trees.
splinter - Break up into splinters or slivers.
dissolve - Declare void.
strangle - Die from strangulation.
condense - Undergo condensation.
disunify - Break up or separate.
converge - Come together so as to form a single product.
overheat - Get excessively and undesirably hot.
glaciate - Become frozen and covered with glaciers.
backfire - Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire.
moralize - Improve the morals of.
emaciate - Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.
enfeeble - Make weak.
enervate - Weaken mentally or morally.
macerate - Soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result.
simplify - Make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent.
organize - Bring order and organization to.
civilize - Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state.
colonize - Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).
relocate - Move or establish in a new location.
resettle - Settle in a new place.
emigrate - Leave one's country of residence for a new one.
rigidify - Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern.
evanesce - Disappear gradually.
manifest - Reveal its presence or make an appearance.
reappear - Appear again.
minimize - Make small or insignificant.
maximize - Make as big or large as possible.
retrench - Make a reduction, as in one's workforce.
heighten - Make more extreme.
fishtail - Slow down by moving the tail sideways.
diminish - Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.
solidify - Become solid.
validate - Make valid or confirm the validity of.
populate - Fill with inhabitants.
overfill - Fill beyond capacity.
saturate - Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance.
misalign - Align imperfectly or badly.
reorient - Set or arrange in a new or different determinate position.
decimate - Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies.
decouple - Reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another).
lustrate - Purify by means of a ritual.
massacre - Kill a large number of people indiscriminately.
finalize - Make final.
polarize - Become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation.
quantify - Express as a number or measure or quantity.
insulate - Protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material.
cloister - Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister.
ammonify - Treat with ammonia.
thoriate - Impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission.
urbanize - Make more industrial or city-like.
emulsify - Form into or become an emulsion.
denazify - Free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance.
topdress - Scatter manure or fertilizer over (land).
detoxify - Remove poison from.
esterify - Change (a compound) into an ester.
etherify - Change into an ether.
lapidify - Change into stone.
recharge - Charge anew.
iodinate - Cause to combine with iodine.
archaize - Give an archaic appearance of character to.
declutch - Disengage the clutch of a car.
salinate - Add salt to.
scramble - Make unintelligible.
saponify - Convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali.
smoothen - Become smooth.
demonize - Make into a demon.
devilize - Turn into a devil or make devilish.
dynamize - Make (a drug) effective.
denature - Make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes.
sanitize - Make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features.
transfer - Transfer from one place or period to another.
digitize - Put into digital form, as for use in a computer.
feminize - To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to.
paganize - Make pagan in character.
angulate - Make or become angular.
indurate - Become fixed or established.
opsonize - Make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.
cutinize - Convert into cutin.
downsize - Reduce in size or number.
subtract - Take off or away.
lifehack - Make one's day-to-day activities more efficient.
perceive - Become conscious of.
resonate - Be received or understood.
memorize - Commit to memory.
remember - Recall knowledge from memory.
identify - Consider to be equal or the same.
idealize - Form ideals.
decipher - Read with difficulty.
copyread - Edit and correct (written or printed material).
theorize - Form or construct theories.
quantize - Apply quantum theory to.
botanize - Collect and study plants.
diagnose - Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.
prospect - Explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals.
research - Inquire into.
mapquest - Search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program.
classify - Arrange or order by classes or categories.
outclass - Cause to appear in a lower class.
sequence - Arrange in a sequence.
contrast - Put in opposition to show or emphasize differences.
document - Support or supply with references.
disprove - Prove to be false.
evaluate - Form a critical opinion of.
misjudge - Judge incorrectly.
estimate - Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).
misgauge - Gauge something incorrectly or improperly.
dedicate - Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church.
schedule - Plan for an activity or event.
calendar - Enter into a calendar.
prejudge - Judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence.
reassess - Revise or renew one's assessment.
distrust - Regard as untrustworthy.
consider - Regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem.
bioassay - Subject to a bio-assay.
cogitate - Consider carefully and deeply.
conspire - Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together.
engineer - Design as an engineer.
conclude - Bring to a close.
overrule - Rule against.
discover - Make a discovery.
surprise - Cause to be surprised.
accredit - Ascribe an achievement to.
register - Enter into someone's consciousness.
dateline - Mark with a date and place.
relegate - Assign to a class or kind.
aphorize - Speak or write in aphorisms.
vocalize - Utter speech sounds.
furlough - Grant a leave to.
instruct - Give instructions or directions for some task.
petition - Write a petition for something to somebody.
disclaim - Make a disclaimer about.
abnegate - Deny or renounce.
persuade - Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action.
dissuade - Turn away from by persuasion.
polemize - Engage in a controversy.
question - Pose a question.
subpoena - Serve or summon with a subpoena.
misstate - State something incorrectly.
disagree - Be of different opinions.
sanction - Give religious sanction to, such as through on oath.
confront - Deal with (something unpleasant) head on.
notarize - Authenticate as a notary.
canonize - Declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
admonish - Take to task.
chastise - Censure severely.
reproach - Express criticism towards.
bloviate - Orate verbosely and windily.
acquaint - Inform.
denounce - Speak out against.
complain - Make a formal accusation.
badmouth - Speak unfavorably about.
ridicule - Subject to laughter or ridicule.
satirize - Ridicule with satire.
stultify - Cause to appear foolish.
forewarn - Warn in advance or beforehand.
threaten - To utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police".
propound - Put forward, as of an idea.
collogue - Confer secretly.
nominate - Propose as a candidate for some honor.
eulogize - Praise formally and eloquently.
inscribe - Address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication.
reinsure - Insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk.
preamble - Make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document.
sentence - Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.
foredoom - Doom beforehand.
backbite - Say mean things.
signpost - Mark with a signpost, as of a path.
indicate - Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing.
foreshow - Foretell by divine inspiration.
forecast - Predict in advance.
prophesy - Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration.
muckrake - Explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.
misspell - Spell incorrectly.
miscount - Count wrongly.
nasalize - Pronounce with a lowered velum.
bulletin - Make public by bulletin.
redefine - Give a new or different definition of (a word).
announce - Announce publicly or officially.
telecast - Broadcast via television.
headline - Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline.
ballyhoo - Advertize noisily or blatantly.
proclaim - State or announce.
describe - Give a description of.
harangue - Deliver a harangue to.
approach - Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion.
disabuse - Free somebody (from an erroneous belief).
scribble - Write down quickly without much attention to detail.
reaffirm - Affirm once again.
maintain - State or assert.
reassure - Give or restore confidence in.
misquote - Quote incorrectly.
namedrop - Refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them.
covenant - Enter into a covenant or formal agreement.
browbeat - Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner.
singsong - Speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong.
intonate - Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone.
perorate - Deliver an oration in grandiloquent style.
sibilate - Utter a sibilant.
traverse - Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit.
backstop - Act as a backstop.
fullback - Play the fullback.
demolish - Defeat soundly.
handicap - Put at a disadvantage.
garrison - Station (troops) in a fort or garrison.
dogfight - Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane.
campaign - Go on a campaign.
outpoint - Score more points than one's opponents.
outshout - Shout louder than.
outshine - Attract more attention and praise than others.
outrange - Have a greater range than (another gun).
outweigh - Be heavier than.
outbrave - Be braver than.
overcome - Get on top of.
outfight - To fight better than.
outmarch - March longer distances and for a longer time than.
equalize - Compensate.
reassail - Assail again.
outrival - Be more of a rival than.
skirmish - Engage in a skirmish.
blockade - Impose a blockade on.
stockade - Surround with a stockade in order to fortify.
firebomb - Attack with incendiary bombs.
overtake - Catch up with and possibly overtake.
misapply - Apply to a wrong thing or person.
ruminate - Chew the cuds.
overfeed - Feed excessively.
underlay - Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing.
befuddle - Make stupid with alcohol.
teetotal - Practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
mainline - Inject into the vein.
scaffold - Provide with a scaffold for support.
underpin - Support from beneath.
canoodle - Fondle or pet affectionately.
permeate - Spread or diffuse through.
laminate - Split (wood) into thin sheets.
lapidate - Throw stones at.
headbutt - Butt with the head.
shoulder - Push with the shoulders.
postpose - Place after another constituent in the sentence.
resmudge - Smudge again.
amputate - Remove surgically.
julienne - Cut into long thin strips.
undercut - Cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall.
refinish - Give a new surface.
patinate - Coat with a patina.
blacktop - Coat with blacktop.
causeway - Pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles.
postmark - Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing.
convolve - Curl, wind, or twist together.
mismatch - Match badly.
uncouple - Disconnect or separate.
unsolder - Remove the soldering from.
restrain - Hold back.
strickle - Smooth with a strickle.
excavate - Remove the inner part or the core of.
dispatch - Kill without delay.
tomahawk - Kill with a tomahawk.
overcast - Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next.
finedraw - Sew together very finely.
whiteout - Cover up with a liquid correction fluid.
submerge - Cover completely or make imperceptible.
unclothe - Take the covers off.
unfasten - Become undone or untied.
unstring - Remove the strings from.
skimcoat - Coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle.
airbrush - Paint with an airbrush.
unstaple - Take the staples off.
unbutton - Undo the buttons of.
dropkick - Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick.
redeploy - Deploy anew.
birdnest - Gather birdnests.
compress - Squeeze or press together.
straiten - Squeeze together.
calender - Press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets.
squeegee - Wipe with a squeegee.
belabour - Beat soundly.
deflower - Deprive of virginity.
copulate - Engage in sexual intercourse.
retrieve - Run after, pick up, and bring to the master.
transmit - Send from one person or place to another.
transfix - Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
brandish - Move or swing back and forth.
coalesce - Fuse or cause to grow together.
entangle - Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.
catenate - Arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores.
surround - Extend on all sides of simultaneously.
shanghai - Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship.
obstruct - Block passage through.
enshrine - Enclose in a shrine.
unburden - Take the burden off.
overload - Place too much a load on.
unsaddle - Remove the saddle from.
ensconce - Fix firmly.
misplace - Place or position wrongly.
struggle - To exert strenuous effort against opposition.
jettison - Throw as from an airplane.
catapult - Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult.
encircle - Form a circle around.
function - Perform as expected when applied.
dislodge - Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.
exorcise - Expel through adjuration or prayers.
checkrow - Plant in checkrows.
sandwich - Insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects.
entrench - Fix firmly or securely.
handwash - Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine.
reabsorb - Undergo resorption.
unbuckle - Undo the buckle of.
vivisect - Cut (a body) open while still alive.
transect - Cut across or divide transversely.
pockmark - Mark with or as if with pockmarks.
afforest - Establish a forest on previously unforested land.
reforest - Forest anew.
bulldoze - Flatten with or as if with a bulldozer.
spotweld - Make circular welds.
carburet - Combine with carbon.
crosscut - Cut using a diagonal line.
metalize - Coat with metal.
disperse - Separate (light) into spectral rays.
destruct - Destroy (one's own missile or rocket).
generate - Bring into existence.
envision - Picture to oneself.
redesign - Design anew, make a new design for.
initiate - Take the lead or initiative in.
occasion - Give occasion to.
engender - Call forth.
motivate - Give an incentive for action.
overbear - Bear too much.
assemble - Create by putting components or members together.
coldwork - Shape (metal) without heat.
overwork - Use too much.
applique - Sew on as a decoration.
decorate - Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
emblazon - Decorate with heraldic arms.
serenade - Sing and play for somebody.
annotate - Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments.
melodize - Supply a melody for.
typecast - Cast repeatedly in the same kind of role.
audition - Perform in order to get a role.
simulate - Make a pretence of.
rehearse - Engage in a rehearsal (of).
travesty - Make a travesty of.
minstrel - Celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels.
madrigal - Sing madrigals.
recreate - Create anew.
reinvent - Create anew and make over.
overcrop - To exhaust by excessive cultivation.
misprint - Print incorrectly.
boldface - Print in boldface.
aquatint - Etch in aquatint.
corduroy - Build (a road) from logs laid side by side.
underact - Act (a role) with great restraint.
filigree - Make filigree, as with a precious metal.
embattle - Prepare for battle or conflict.
rekindle - Arouse again.
embitter - Cause to be bitter or resentful.
frighten - Cause fear in.
bewilder - Cause to be confused emotionally.
distract - Draw someone's attention away from something.
distress - Cause mental pain to.
humanize - Make more humane.
interest - Excite the curiosity of.
estrange - Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.
alienate - Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.
begrudge - Wish ill or allow unwillingly.
ambition - Have as one's ambition.
prolapse - Slip or fall out of place, as of body parts.
sightsee - Visit famous or interesting sights.
glissade - Perform a glissade, in ballet.
capriole - Perform a capriole, in ballet.
tapdance - Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes.
cakewalk - Perform the cakewalk dance.
caracole - Make a half turn on a horse, in dressage.
overturn - Turn from an upright or normal position.
ambulate - Walk about.
escalade - Climb up and over.
backpack - Hike with a backpack.
navigate - Direct carefully and safely.
unicycle - Ride a unicycle.
toboggan - Move along on a luge or toboggan.
levitate - Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
windsurf - Ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water.
railroad - Transport by railroad.
recommit - Send back to a committee.
redirect - Channel into a new direction.
hedgehop - Fly very close to the ground.
override - Ride (a horse) too hard.
nosedive - Plunge nose first.
pinnacle - Raise on or as if on a pinnacle.
position - Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation.
sediment - Settle as sediment.
encroach - Advance beyond the usual limit.
withdraw - Pull back or move away or backward.
tailgate - Follow at a dangerously close distance.
hightail - Leave as fast as possible.
displace - Cause to move, usually with force or pressure.
diffract - Undergo diffraction.
overarch - Form an arch over.
stampede - Run away in a stampede.
overflow - Flow or run over (a limit or brim).
dispread - Spread abroad or out.
birdlime - Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds.
outflank - Go around the flank of (an opposing army).
supinate - Turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg).
snowshoe - Travel on snowshoes.
teleport - Transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another.
tolerate - Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition.
solarize - Overexpose to sunlight.
urticate - Whip with or as with nettles.
fumigate - Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests.
stargaze - Observe the stars.
disclose - Disclose to view as by removing a cover.
spectate - Be a spectator in a sports event.
disguise - Make unrecognizable.
overlook - Watch over.
resinate - Impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to.
benefice - Endow with a benefice.
withhold - Hold back.
bankroll - Provide with sufficient funds.
motorize - Equip with a motor.
bequeath - Leave or give by will after one's death.
download - Transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location.
allocate - Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose.
dishonor - Refuse to accept.
transact - Conduct business.
underpay - Pay too little.
coinsure - Take out coinsurance.
exchange - Give to, and receive from, one another.
graduate - Confer an academic degree upon.
misspend - Spend (money or other resources) unwisely.
scrounge - Collect or look around for (food).
freeload - Live off somebody's generosity.
distrain - Legally take something in place of a debt payment.
arrogate - Make undue claims to having.
shoplift - Steal in a store.
mothball - Put into long-term storage.
pinpoint - Locate exactly.
embezzle - Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
underbid - Bid too low.
disburse - Expend, as from a fund.
reimpose - Impose anew.
overdraw - Draw more money from than is available.
discount - Give a reduction in price on.
immolate - Offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction.
subtitle - Supply (a movie) with subtitles.
munition - Supply with weapons.
brattice - Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines.
unmuzzle - Remove the muzzle from (a dog).
accouter - Provide with military equipment.
mortgage - Put up as security or collateral.
amortize - Liquidate gradually.
leverage - Provide with leverage.
sanitate - Provide with sanitary facilities or appliances.
deaerate - Remove air or gas from.
degrease - Remove grease or oil from (a pan).
deionize - Remove ions from.
unbridle - Remove the bridle from (a horse or mule).
maneuver - Act in order to achieve a certain goal.
backslap - Display excessive cordiality (towards).
politick - Engage in political activities.
interact - Act together or towards others or with others.
abdicate - Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.
enthrone - Put a monarch on the throne.
dethrone - Remove a monarch from the throne.
delegate - Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
regiment - Assign to a regiment.
sideline - Remove from the center of activity or attention.
supplant - Take the place or move into the position of.
flounder - Behave awkwardly.
daydream - Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.
prorogue - Adjourn by royal prerogative.
militate - Have force or influence.
unionize - Form or join a union.
expedite - Process fast and efficiently.
minister - Work as a minister.
disinter - Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation.
malinger - Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill.
abrogate - Revoke formally.
monetize - Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country.
legalize - Make legal.
mismarry - Marry an unsuitable partner.
jubilate - Celebrate a jubilee.
imprison - Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
liberate - Grant freedom to.
bludgeon - Overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club.
localize - Restrict something to a particular area.
aggrieve - Infringe on the rights of.
mistreat - Treat badly.
endeavor - Attempt by employing effort.
dispense - Grant a dispensation.
dominate - Have dominance or the power to defeat over.
sabotage - Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
benefact - Help as a benefactor.
subserve - Be helpful or useful.
shepherd - Tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats.
reprieve - Relieve temporarily.
practice - Avail oneself to.
backdate - Make effective from an earlier date.
conflict - Go against, as of rules and laws.
trespass - Break the law.
sodomize - Practice anal sex upon.
overleap - Defeat (oneself) by going too far.
litigate - Engage in legal proceedings.
befriend - Become friends with.
preexist - Exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time.
neighbor - Be located near or adjacent to.
bachelor - Lead a bachelor's existence.
complect - Be interwoven or interconnected.
nucleate - Form into a nucleus.
preclude - Make impossible, especially beforehand.
overstay - Stay too long.
hesitate - Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.
postpone - Hold back to a later time.
eternize - Cause to continue indefinitely.
coincide - Be the same.
dovetail - Fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail.
aberrate - Diverge or deviate from the straight path.
underlie - Be or form the base for.
resemble - Appear like.
intrigue - Cause to be interested or curious.
distance - Keep at a distance.
enfilade - Rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction.
surmount - Be on top of.
endanger - Pose a threat to.
overhang - Be suspended over or hang over.
straddle - Be noncommittal.
vacation - Spend or take a vacation.
stagnate - Cease to flow.
resplend - Be resplendent or radiant.
iridesce - Be iridescent.
opalesce - Exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal.
ornament - Be an ornament to.
assonate - Correspond in vowel sounds.
osculate - Have at least three points in common with.
reignite - Ignite anew, as of something burning.
congener - A whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another.
organism - A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
nutrient - Any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis.
artifact - A man-made object taken as a whole.
location - A point or extent in space.
relation - An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.
kindness - A kind act.
dealings - Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with').
delivery - The act of delivering a child.
disposal - The act or means of getting rid of something.
recovery - The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).
comeback - Return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity.
farewell - The act of departing politely.
pullback - (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops).
receding - The act of becoming more distant.
boarding - The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft.
conquest - Success in mastering something difficult.
rounding - (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals.
omission - A mistake resulting from neglect.
pratfall - A fall onto your buttocks.
purchase - The acquisition of something for payment.
shopping - Searching for or buying goods or services.
clawback - Finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way.
spiccato - Bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings.
stopping - The kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch.
blastoff - The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination.
firewall - (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust.
slinging - Throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling).
beanball - A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
fastball - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.
spitball - An illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it.
bundling - The act of shoving hastily.
elbowing - Jostling with the elbows.
traction - (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing.
belching - The forceful expulsion of something from inside.
referral - The act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency).
wheeling - Propelling something on wheels.
shooting - The act of firing a projectile.
headshot - A shot aimed at a person's head.
gunfight - A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
fielding - (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field.
pitching - (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team.
grounder - (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground.
scorcher - A very hard hit ball.
knockout - A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
haymaker - A hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing.
handling - The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means.
junction - An act of joining or adjoining things.
ligation - (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery).
doweling - Fastening by dowels.
exposure - The act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience.
sampling - (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study.
decision - The act of making up your mind about something.
volition - The act of making a choice.
delegacy - The appointment of a delegate.
demarche - A move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs.
footwork - Skillful maneuvering or dealing.
adoption - The act of accepting with approval.
election - The act of selecting someone or something.
equation - The act of regarding as equal.
solution - The successful action of solving a problem.
novation - (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties.
demotion - Act of lowering in rank or position.
aeration - The act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent.
meddling - The act of altering something secretly or improperly.
reaction - Doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like.
backlash - An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence.
aversion - The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away.
apostasy - The act of abandoning a party for cause.
ejection - The act of forcing out someone or something.
handover - Act of relinquishing property or authority etc.
disaster - An act that has disastrous consequences.
homicide - The killing of a human being by another human being.
filicide - The murder of your own son or daughter.
harakiri - Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword.
lynching - Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.
regicide - The act of killing a king.
hecatomb - A great sacrifice.
abortion - Termination of pregnancy.
reversal - A change from one state to the opposite state.
reveille - A signal to get up in the morning.
shirring - Baking shelled eggs.
toasting - Cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill.
braising - Cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture.
poaching - Cooking in simmering liquid.
roasting - Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added).
infusion - The act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality.
cleaning - The act of making something clean.
swabbing - Cleaning with a mop.
ablution - The ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels.
trimming - The act of adding decoration.
mottling - The act of coloring with areas of different shades.
striping - The act of marking with stripes.
clearing - The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.
downturn - A worsening of business or economic activity.
downspin - A swift and dangerous downturn.
patching - The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it.
makeover - A complete reconstruction and renovation of something.
coaching - The job of a professional coach.
comedown - Decline to a lower status or level.
coloring - The act or process of changing the color of something.
staining - (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study.
fixation - (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body.
watering - Wetting with water.
chomping - The act of chewing noisily.
mumbling - Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth).
movement - The act of changing the location of something.
sidestep - A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
dressage - Maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider.
footstep - The act of taking a step in walking.
lockstep - A manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
plodding - The act of walking with a slow heavy gait.
moonwalk - An exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
drifting - Aimless wandering from place to place.
crossing - Traveling across.
motoring - The act of driving an automobile.
tailspin - Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
ministry - The work of a minister of religion.
cabotage - Navigation in coastal waters.
trailing - The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind.
lowering - The act of causing something to move to a lower level.
slippage - Failing to hold or slipping out of place.
effusion - Flow under pressure.
nutation - Uncontrolled nodding.
rotation - The act of rotating as if on an axis.
gyration - The act of rotating in a circle or spiral.
shutting - The act of closing something.
worrying - The act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes.
outreach - The act of reaching out.
tapering - The act of gradually lowering the size or amount.
shearing - Removing by cutting off or clipping.
rollback - Reducing prices back to some earlier level.
dilution - Weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner.
addition - The act of adding one thing to another.
dilation - The act of expanding an aperture.
breakage - The act of breaking something.
smashing - The act of breaking something into small pieces.
ignition - The act of setting something on fire.
avulsion - A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another.
disunion - The termination or destruction of union.
division - The act or process of dividing.
cleavage - The act of cleaving or splitting.
scission - The act of dividing by cutting or splitting.
ablation - Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.
autotomy - Spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack.
deletion - The act of deleting something written or printed.
emptying - The act of removing the contents of something.
revision - The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification).
updating - The act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something).
widening - The act of making something wider.
activity - Any specific behavior.
habitude - Habitual mode of behavior.
lobbyism - The practice of lobbying.
atrocity - An act of atrocious cruelty.
escapade - Any carefree episode.
eurythmy - The interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions.
gambling - The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
backbend - An acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor.
walkover - Backbends combined with handstands.
crucifix - A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally.
scissors - A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move.
telemark - A turn made in skiing.
swimming - The act of swimming.
sculling - Rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell.
sledding - The sport of riding on a sled or sleigh.
beagling - Hunting rabbits with beagles.
coursing - Hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent.
pachinko - A Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board.
charades - Player acts out a phrase for others to guess.
nightcap - The final game of a double header.
ninepins - A bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins.
duckpins - A bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider.
football - Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal.
baseball - A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players.
hardball - Baseball as distinguished from softball.
softball - A game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer.
rounders - An English ball game similar to baseball.
lacrosse - A game invented by American Indians.
pushball - A game using a leather ball six feet in diameter.
handball - A game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands.
peekaboo - A game played with young children.
baccarat - A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
cribbage - A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two.
pinochle - A card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards).
canfield - A form of solitaire that involves gambling.
klondike - A form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up.
dominoes - Any of several games played with small rectangular blocks.
anagrams - A game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters.
checkers - A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces.
roulette - A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in.
carnival - A festival marked by merrymaking and processions.
drollery - A quaint and amusing jest.
festival - An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place).
sideshow - A minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus).
courante - A court dance of the 16th century.
saraband - A stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries.
fandango - A provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time.
flamenco - A style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies.
habanera - A Cuban dance in duple time.
hornpipe - A British solo dance performed by sailors.
longways - Country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other.
drumming - The act of playing drums.
caroling - Singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas).
crooning - The act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner.
business - Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect.
brouhaha - A confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits.
outburst - A sudden violent disturbance.
takeaway - The act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass).
jugglery - The performance of a juggler.
blocking - The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements.
forehand - (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash).
facility - A service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you.
workload - Work that a person is expected to do in a specified time.
busywork - Active work of little value.
lifework - The principal work of your career.
services - Performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others.
bishopry - The office and dignity of a bishop.
deanship - The position or office of a dean.
headship - The position of head.
legation - The post or office of legate.
sinecure - An office that involves minimal duties.
basketry - The craft of basket making.
drafting - The craft of drawing blueprints.
lighting - The craft of providing artificial light.
painting - The occupation of a house painter.
piloting - The occupation of a pilot.
plumbing - The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building).
politics - The profession devoted to governing and to political affairs.
medicine - The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.
theology - The learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary).
notation - The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters.
encoding - The activity of converting data or information into code.
recoding - Converting from one code to another.
decoding - The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text.
butchery - The business of a butcher.
drudgery - Hard monotonous routine work.
hackwork - Professional work done according to formula.
aerobics - Exercise that increases the need for oxygen.
quackery - Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings.
overkill - Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal.
analysis - An investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole.
scanning - The act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission.
dialysis - Separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes.
likening - The act of comparing similarities.
modality - A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment.
gastromy - Surgical incision into the stomach.
incision - The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation).
lobotomy - Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain.
sedation - The administration of a sedative agent or drug.
dressing - The act of applying a bandage.
friction - Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure.
bodywork - The work of making or repairing vehicle bodies.
pickings - The act of someone who picks up or takes something.
planking - The work of covering an area with planks.
suturing - Surgical joining of two surfaces.
vasotomy - Surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens.
spraying - The application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer.
papering - The application of wallpaper.
capacity - A specified function.
halfback - (American football) the position of a back on a football team.
tailback - (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.
wingback - (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end.
homework - Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
mischief - Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
shirking - The evasion of work or duty.
villainy - A criminal or vicious act.
deviltry - Wicked and cruel behavior.
enormity - An act of extreme wickedness.
trickery - The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
delusion - The act of deluding.
pretense - The act of giving a false appearance.
attitude - A theatrical pose created for effect.
gluttony - Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins).
barratry - The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.
sedition - An illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government.
thuggery - Violent or brutal acts as of thugs.
skimming - Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it.
burglary - Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property.
striving - An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
takeover - A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation.
timework - Work paid for at a rate per unit of time.
marathon - Any long and arduous undertaking.
hustings - The activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making).
stumping - Campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches).
doubling - Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2.
grasping - The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).
headlock - A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body.
steering - The act of steering a ship.
security - Measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc..
ninjutsu - The traditional Japanese method of espionage.
covering - The act of protecting something by covering it.
primping - Careful or finicky grooming.
hypopnea - Slow or shallow breathing.
feasting - Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment).
geophagy - Eating earth, clay, chalk.
lunching - The act of eating lunch.
suckling - Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast.
drinking - The act of consuming liquids.
potation - The act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink).
pleasure - Sexual gratification.
coupling - The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
adultery - Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations.
foreplay - Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse.
snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss.
fellatio - Oral stimulation of the penis.
frottage - Masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd).
sleeping - The suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate.
judgment - The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event.
moralism - Judgments about another person's morality.
scrutiny - A prolonged intense look.
resurvey - A new survey or study.
sighting - The act of observing.
landfall - The first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water).
stakeout - Surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime).
teaching - The profession of a teacher.
tutelage - Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately).
workshop - A brief intensive course for a small group.
training - Activity leading to skilled behavior.
puppetry - A stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets).
creation - The human act of creating.
spinning - Creating thread.
knitting - Creating knitted wear.
erecting - The act of building or putting up.
dairying - The business of a dairy.
planting - Putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow.
ranching - Farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle).
industry - The organized action of making of goods and services for sale.
devising - The act that results in something coming to be.
grooving - The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm.
newspeak - Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public.
planning - The act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise.
ceramics - The art of making and decorating pottery.
modeling - A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.
drilling - The act of drilling.
centesis - (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid.
foraging - The act of searching for food and provisions.
intifada - An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000.
violence - An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists).
banditry - The practice of plundering in gangs.
rustling - The stealing of cattle.
invasion - The act of invading.
scouting - Exploring in order to gain information.
scouring - Moving over territory to search for something.
grouping - The activity of putting things together in groups.
phrasing - The grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line.
indexing - The act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve.
taxonomy - Practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships.
typology - Classification according to general type.
headroom - The capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion.
playback - The act of reproducing recorded sound.
abidance - The act of abiding (enduring without yielding).
survival - Something that survives.
hangover - Something that has survived from the past.
ceremony - Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way.
agrypnia - A vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter).
marriage - The act of marrying.
affusion - The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head.
oblation - The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity.
libation - The act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony.
devotion - (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently).
blessing - The act of praying for divine protection.
idolatry - The worship of idols.
zoolatry - The worship of animals.
visiting - The activity of making visits.
stocking - The activity of supplying a stock of something.
exaction - Act of demanding or levying by force or authority.
laziness - Relaxed and easy activity.
idleness - Having no employment.
slowdown - The act of slowing down or falling behind.
heckling - Shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree.
chastity - Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows).
sobriety - Abstaining from excess.
lenience - Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers.
clemency - Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice.
laughter - The activity of laughing.
blockage - The act of blocking.
averting - The act of preventing something from occurring.
mingling - The action of people mingling and coming into contact.
bestowal - The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.
commerce - Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services).
printing - The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution.
catering - Providing food and services.
bailment - The delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee.
downtick - A transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction.
closeout - A sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock.
spending - The act of spending or disbursing money.
coercion - The act of compelling by force of authority.
variance - An official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation).
guidance - The act of guiding or showing the way.
lockdown - The act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot).
cronyism - Favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications).
nepotism - Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs).
rollover - The act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty.
taxation - The imposition of taxes.
spanking - The act of slapping on the buttocks.
whipping - Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.
gauntlet - A form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim.
tradeoff - An exchange that occurs as a compromise.
defiance - A defiant act.
uppercut - A swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin).
contempt - A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body.
umpirage - The act of umpiring.
eviction - The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law.
mistrial - A trial that is invalid or inconclusive.
teamwork - Cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective).
honoring - Conformity with law or custom or practice etc..
hobbyism - A devotion to hobbies.
recourse - Act of turning to for assistance.
casework - Close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment.
royalism - Adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government.
advocacy - Active support of an idea or cause etc..
drumbeat - A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause.
auspices - Kindly endorsement and guidance.
behavior - Manner of acting or controlling yourself.
bitchery - Aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman.
bullying - The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something.
easiness - The quality of being easy in behavior or style.
derision - The act of deriding or treating with contempt.
courtesy - A courteous or respectful or considerate act.
assembly - The social act of assembling.
presence - The act of being present.
requital - An act of requiting.
reprisal - A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime.
vendetta - A feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other.
genocide - Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.
dismount - The act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.).
emission - The act of emitting.
psalmody - The act of singing psalms or hymns.
yodeling - Singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto.
slapshot - A fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick.
witching - The use or practice of witchcraft.
migrator - An animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year.
survivor - An animal that survives in spite of adversity.
acrodont - An animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets.
anaerobe - An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
dihybrid - A hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each.
poxvirus - Any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates.
reovirus - Any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis.
bacteria - (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission.
bacillus - Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
listeria - Any species of the genus Listeria.
shigella - Rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria.
borrelia - Cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever.
plankton - The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water.
parasite - An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant).
pathogen - Any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism).
rhizopod - Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod.
endameba - Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
seagrass - Any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds.
conferva - Any of various algae of the genus Tribonema.
rockweed - Coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
gulfweed - Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
goldfish - Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes.
redhorse - North American sucker with reddish fins.
flagfish - A fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes.
boarfish - Fish with a projecting snout.
pipefish - Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates.
seahorse - Small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails.
pellicle - Thin protective membrane in some protozoa.
blastula - Early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum.
gastrula - Double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula.
ectoderm - The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
mesoderm - The middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue.
endoderm - The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
urochord - A notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region.
lancelet - Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal.
tunicate - Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva.
ascidian - Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves.
doliolum - Free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body.
conodont - Small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone.
chimaera - A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail.
thresher - Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
stingray - Large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds.
nestling - Young bird not yet fledged.
gamecock - A cock bred and trained for fighting.
carinate - Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles.
songbird - Any bird having a musical call.
accentor - Small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia.
grosbeak - Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill.
hawfinch - A common large finch of Eurasia.
avadavat - Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
lyrebird - Australian bird that resembles a pheasant.
tyrannid - A passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni.
kingbird - Large American flycatcher.
bellbird - Any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call.
ovenbird - Small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests.
whinchat - Brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows.
redstart - European songbird with a reddish breast and tail.
wheatear - Small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump.
bluebird - Blue North American songbird.
blackcap - Small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown.
bobolink - Migratory American songbird.
starling - Gregarious birds native to the Old World.
thrasher - Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs.
nuthatch - Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects.
titmouse - Small insectivorous birds.
caracara - Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America.
carancha - South American caracara.
ringtail - An immature golden eagle.
amphibia - The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water.
waterdog - Any of several large aquatic salamanders.
amphiuma - Aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet.
bullfrog - Largest North American frog.
terrapin - Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water.
tortoise - Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs.
basilisk - Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs.
whiptail - Any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards.
dinosaur - Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era.
sauropod - Very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs.
barosaur - A dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall.
theropod - Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs.
allosaur - Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur.
eoraptor - A theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor.
synapsid - Extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull.
cynodont - Small carnivorous reptiles.
anaconda - Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
ringhals - Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet.
roadkill - The dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle.
arachnid - Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs.
scorpion - Arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger.
myriapod - General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes.
cockerel - A young domestic cock.
moorcock - Male red grouse.
curassow - Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails.
megapode - Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia.
pheasant - Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere.
afropavo - Both sexes are brightly colored.
bobwhite - A popular North American game bird.
peachick - A young peafowl.
tragopan - Brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head.
ringdove - Greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck.
popinjay - An archaic term for a parrot.
cockatoo - White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region.
lovebird - Small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates.
lorikeet - Any of various small lories.
parakeet - Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
hornbill - Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance.
swiftlet - Swift of eastern Asia.
poorwill - Goatsucker of western North America.
puffbird - Brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers.
toucanet - Small toucan.
duckling - Young duck.
bluewing - American teal.
garganey - Small Eurasian teal.
shoveler - Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill.
shelduck - Female sheldrake.
screamer - Gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call.
platypus - Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet.
kangaroo - Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail.
yearling - An animal in its second year.
hedgehog - Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines.
wishbone - The furcula of a domestic fowl.
cuticula - The outer body wall of an insect.
encolure - The mane of a horse.
forelock - A lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears.
sclerite - Hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods.
carapace - Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
plastron - (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside.
zoophyte - Any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge.
metazoan - Any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa.
apolemia - Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.
helminth - Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes.
woodworm - A larva of a woodborer.
flatworm - Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body.
cercaria - Tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm.
tapeworm - Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.
nematode - Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends.
trichina - Parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles.
hookworm - Parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts.
seasnail - Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks.
neritina - Ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters.
seashell - The shell of a marine organism.
shipworm - Wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells.
crayfish - Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.
amphipod - A kind of malacostracan crustacean.
barnacle - Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages.
openbill - Stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip.
shoebill - Large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe.
flamingo - Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill.
boatbill - Tropical American heron related to night herons.
notornis - Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
killdeer - American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry.
dotterel - Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia.
surfbird - Sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America.
redshank - A common Old World wading bird with long red legs.
woodcock - Game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe.
greyback - A dowitcher with a grey back.
dabchick - Small European grebe.
humpback - Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives.
porpoise - Any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth.
omnivore - An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances.
aardvark - Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites.
papillon - Small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat.
bluetick - A very fast American hound.
foxhound - Medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes.
wirehair - A terrier with wiry hair.
watchdog - A dog trained to guard property.
housedog - A dog trained to guard a house.
malinois - Fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog.
komondor - Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog.
pinscher - Any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped.
malamute - Breed of sled dog developed in Alaska.
keeshond - A spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland.
aardwolf - Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
fanaloka - Civet of Madagascar.
mongoose - Agile grizzled Old World viverrine.
suricate - Burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa.
macrotus - Large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico.
serotine - Common brown bat of Europe.
freetail - Small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail.
forewing - Either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings.
predator - Any animal that lives by preying on other animals.
denticle - Small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod.
tetrapod - A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages.
proturan - Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head.
calosoma - Any beetle of the genus Calosoma.
searcher - Large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars.
glowworm - The luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly.
wireworm - Wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles.
mealworm - The larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae.
housefly - Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
horsefly - Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
mosquito - Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
armyworm - Larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains.
blackfly - Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae.
honeybee - Social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces.
conenose - Large bloodsucking bug.
whitefly - Minute insect that feeds on plant juices.
superbug - A strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias.
mealybug - Scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion.
greenfly - Greenish aphid.
stonefly - Primitive winged insect with a flattened body.
lacewing - Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae).
alderfly - Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae.
snakefly - Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax.
caseworm - Insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body.
firebrat - Lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces.
lycaenid - Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
hawkmoth - Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed.
bombycid - Moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk.
silkworm - The commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber.
cecropia - North American silkworm moth.
cinnabar - Large red-and-black European moth.
bollworm - Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls.
phoronid - Hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom.
bryozoan - Sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles.
starfish - Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk.
dormouse - Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather.
squirrel - A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail.
chipmunk - A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia.
capybara - Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
viscacha - Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
abrocome - Ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes.
eohippus - Earliest horse.
stallion - Uncastrated adult male horse.
warhorse - Horse used in war.
buckskin - Horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail.
crowbait - An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows.
warrigal - Australian wild horse.
finisher - An animal that wins in a contest of speed.
palomino - A horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail.
chigetai - Mongolian wild ass.
babirusa - Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.
abomasum - The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
springer - A cow about to give birth.
maverick - An unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf).
longhorn - Long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States.
longwool - A domestic long-wool sheep.
antelope - Graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward.
bushbuck - Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns.
steenbok - Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa.
forefoot - A front foot of a quadruped.
hindfoot - A rear foot of a quadruped.
muishond - Southern African weasel.
edentate - Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth.
anteater - Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites.
tamandua - Small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs.
pangolin - Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites.
forelimb - The front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing).
fishbone - A bone of a fish.
hominoid - A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea.
talapoin - Smallest guenon monkey.
mangabey - Large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids.
mandrill - Baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters.
entellus - Langur of southern Asia.
marmoset - Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails.
capuchin - Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl.
elephant - Five-toed pachyderm.
mastodon - Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times.
kinkajou - Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail.
lungfish - Air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins.
bullhead - Any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States.
menhaden - Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer.
brisling - Small herring processed like a sardine.
pilchard - Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe.
salmonid - Soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters.
sparling - The common smelt of Europe.
ladyfish - Game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller.
bonefish - Slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons.
greeneye - Bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster.
dealfish - Deep-sea ribbonfish.
toadfish - Bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth.
frogfish - Fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout.
halfbeak - Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
sandfish - Either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand.
pickerel - Any of several North American species of small pike.
bluegill - Important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States.
soapfish - Fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin.
catalufa - Brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
tilefish - Yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters.
bluefish - Bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters.
moonfish - Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
lookdown - Similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead.
kingfish - Large game fish of Australia and New Zealand.
characin - Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
tentacle - Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals.
porkfish - Black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil.
mulloway - Large important food fish of Australia.
weakfish - Food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out.
goatfish - Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.
bluehead - Small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head.
wrymouth - Eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth.
wolffish - Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins.
dragonet - Small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers.
flathead - Pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout.
gempylid - Snake mackerels.
mackerel - Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae.
albacore - Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna.
skipjack - Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters.
sailfish - Large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail.
billfish - Giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw.
palometa - Smaller than Florida pompano.
sturgeon - Large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe.
lionfish - Brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins.
rockfish - Marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America.
rosefish - Large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe.
lumpfish - Clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker.
filefish - Narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine.
burrfish - Any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines.
flatfish - Any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side.
metamere - One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.
abattoir - A building where animals are butchered.
abutment - A masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge.
actuator - A mechanism that puts something into automatic action.
aigrette - A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
airbrake - A vehicular brake that operates by compressed air.
aircraft - A vehicle that can fly.
airfield - A place where planes take off and land.
airframe - The framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines).
airliner - A commercial airplane that carries passengers.
airplane - An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.
airstrip - An airfield without normal airport facilities.
alehouse - A tavern where ale is sold.
amrinone - A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure.
anaglyph - Anything carved in low relief.
analyzer - An instrument that performs analyses.
anesthyl - A mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride.
anteroom - A large entrance or reception room or area.
antidote - A remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison.
aperture - An man-made opening.
aqualung - A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
aquarium - A tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals.
aqueduct - A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
armament - Weaponry used by military or naval force.
armature - Coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field.
armchair - Chair with a support on each side for arms.
arquebus - An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
arrester - A restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
atenolol - An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina.
atomizer - A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.
atropine - A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family.
autobahn - An expressway in a German-speaking country.
autogiro - An aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades).
axletree - A dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve.
babushka - A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin.
backband - A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
backbone - The part of a network that connects other networks together.
backdrop - Scenery hung at back of stage.
backroom - The meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations.
backseat - A seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile).
backstay - A stay that supports the back of something.
backyard - The grounds in back of a house.
ballcock - Floating ball that controls level in a water tank.
ballpark - A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games).
ballroom - Large room used mainly for dancing.
balmoral - A sturdy laced walking shoe.
baluster - One of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
bandanna - Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
barbecue - A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors.
barbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet.
barbican - A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
barbital - A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
bareboat - A vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions.
bargello - Needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines.
barndoor - An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture.
barnyard - A yard adjoining a barn.
barouche - A horse-drawn carriage having four wheels.
barrette - A pin for holding women's hair in place.
basement - The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level.
basilica - A Roman building used for public administration.
bassinet - A basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed.
bastille - A jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner).
bathrobe - A loose-fitting robe of towelling.
bathroom - A room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet.
bearskin - Tall hat.
bedstead - The framework of a bed.
beefcake - A photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire.
bellpull - A handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc..
bentwood - Wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture.
betatron - Accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux.
bevatron - A cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts.
bifocals - Eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision.
binnacle - A nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm).
bioscope - A kind of early movie projector.
birdbath - An ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in.
birdcage - A cage in which a bird can be kept.
birdcall - A device for imitating a birdcall.
bitewing - A dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography.
bitthead - The upper end of a bitt.
bloomers - Underpants worn by women.
blowtube - A tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat.
boatyard - A place where boats are built or maintained or stored.
bologram - Record or recording made by a bolometer.
bookcase - A piece of furniture with shelves for storing books.
bookmark - A marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place.
bookshop - A shop where books are sold.
boothose - Protective stockings worn with or in place of boots.
bootjack - Has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots.
bootlace - A long lace for fastening boots.
boutique - A shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry.
bowsprit - A spar projecting from the bow of a vessel.
bracelet - Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration.
brassard - Armor plate that protects the arm.
breeches - Trousers ending above the knee.
britches - Informal term for breeches.
brougham - A sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat.
building - A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.
bulkhead - A partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments.
bullhorn - A portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier.
bullnose - A small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front.
bullring - A stadium where bullfights take place.
bungalow - A small house with a single story.
bunghole - A hole in a barrel or cask.
calabash - A pipe for smoking.
calliope - A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard.
camisole - A short negligee.
camshaft - Has cams attached to it.
canister - Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour.
cannabis - The most commonly used illicit drug.
cannikin - A small can.
capstone - A stone that forms the top of wall or building.
cardcase - A small case for carrying business cards.
cardigan - Knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper.
cardroom - A room for gambling on card games.
carillon - Set of bells hung in a bell tower.
carousel - A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement.
carriage - A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses.
carryall - A capacious bag or basket.
carrycot - Box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried).
caryatid - A supporting column carved in the shape of a person.
casement - A window sash that is hinged (usually on one side).
cashmere - A soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat.
cassette - A container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video.
catacomb - An underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).
catchall - An enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends.
cathedra - A throne that is the official chair of a bishop.
catheter - A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open.
cenotaph - A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered.
cesspool - A covered cistern.
chalkpit - A quarry for chalk.
chambray - A lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.
chancery - An office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records.
chanfron - Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
chasuble - A long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass.
checkout - A counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases.
chenille - A heavy fabric woven with chenille cord.
chessman - Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
clarence - A closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers.
clarinet - A single-reed instrument with a straight tube.
claymore - A large double-edged broadsword.
cleaners - Shop where dry cleaning is done.
clearway - A road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown).
clincher - A tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets.
clothing - A covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
clubroom - A room used for the activities of a club.
coatrack - A rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats.
coattail - The loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist.
cockloft - A small loft or garret.
codpiece - (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches.
colander - Bowl-shaped strainer.
collider - An accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on.
colliery - A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it.
colophon - A publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page).
commuter - A passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another.
computer - A machine for performing calculations automatically.
confetti - Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding).
cookfire - A fire for cooking.
coquille - A dish in the form of a scallop shell.
corncrib - A crib for storing and drying ears of corn.
corridor - An enclosed passageway.
corselet - A piece of body armor for the trunk.
corvette - A highly maneuverable escort warship.
coulisse - A timber member grooved to take a sliding panel.
coverall - A loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing.
coverlet - A decorative bedspread (usually quilted).
creamery - A workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold.
credenza - A kind of sideboard or buffet.
cretonne - An unglazed heavy fabric.
crockery - Tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively.
crossbar - Long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts.
crossbow - A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel).
crotchet - A small tool or hooklike implement.
crucible - A vessel made of material that does not melt easily.
cryostat - A thermostat that operates at very low temperatures.
cufflink - Jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt.
culverin - A medieval musket.
cupboard - A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space.
curbside - The side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb.
cyberart - Art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software.
cylinder - A cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air.
dampener - A device that dampens or moistens something.
darkroom - A room in which photographs are developed.
deadhead - A train or bus or taxi traveling empty.
deathbed - The bed on which a person dies.
defilade - The arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire.
demijohn - Large bottle with a short narrow neck.
demister - Heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car.
detector - Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.
dialyzer - A medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes.
diamante - Fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones.
diapason - Either of the two main stops on a pipe organ.
diaphone - A foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones.
diazepam - A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles.
diestock - A device that holds the dies that cut external threads on metal cylinders.
diffuser - Optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly.
digester - Autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested.
diggings - Temporary living quarters.
dipstick - A graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level.
diskette - A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit.
dogtooth - A carved pyramidal ornament.
doorbell - A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.
doorjamb - A jamb for a door.
doorknob - A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
doorlock - A lock on an exterior door.
doornail - A nail with a large head.
doorsill - The sill of a door.
doorstop - A stop that keeps open doors from moving.
dooryard - A yard outside the front or rear door of a house.
dovecote - A birdhouse for pigeons.
driveway - A road leading up to a private house.
drygoods - Textiles or clothing and related merchandise.
dulciana - The organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality.
dulcimer - A trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers.
dumbbell - An exercising weight.
dumpcart - A cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling.
durables - Consumer goods that are not destroyed by use.
dwelling - Housing that someone is living in.
earphone - Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
elevator - Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building.
emulsion - A light-sensitive coating on paper or film.
enginery - Machinery consisting of engines collectively.
enlarger - Photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph.
ensemble - A coordinated outfit (set of clothing).
envelope - Any wrapper or covering.
erection - A structure that has been erected.
espalier - A trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat.
etcetera - Additional unspecified odds and ends.
ethernet - A type of network technology for local area networks.
etodolac - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
eyeliner - Makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes.
eyepatch - A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.
eyepiece - Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments.
fagoting - Embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches.
fairlead - A pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing.
falchion - A short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point.
fanlight - A semicircular window over a door or window.
farmyard - An area adjacent to farm buildings.
fastener - Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.
fatigues - Military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor.
fauteuil - An upholstered armchair.
figurine - A small carved or molded figure.
filament - A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current.
filature - A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread.
firebase - An artillery base to support advancing troops.
fireboat - A boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront.
fireplug - An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire.
firetrap - A building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire.
firework - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames.
fishbowl - A transparent bowl in which small fish are kept.
fishhook - A sharp barbed hook for catching fish.
fixative - A varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging.
flagging - A walk of flagstones.
flagpole - A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised.
flagship - The ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag.
flambeau - A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night).
flashing - Sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing.
flatiron - An iron that was heated by placing it on a stove.
flatware - Silverware eating utensils.
flatwork - Ironing that can be done mechanically.
flotilla - A fleet of small craft.
flywheel - Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine.
folderal - Ornamental objects of no great value.
footbath - A small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet.
foothold - A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing.
footwear - Covering for a person's feet.
foredeck - The deck between the bridge and the forecastle.
foremast - The mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts.
foresail - The lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel.
forestay - An adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit.
forklift - A small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them.
fortress - A fortified defensive structure.
fountain - A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water.
fraction - A small part or item forming a piece of a whole.
frontlet - An adornment worn on the forehead.
fuselage - The central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo).
gadgetry - Appliances collectively.
gaffsail - A quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff.
garboard - The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship.
gargoyle - An ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal.
gasworks - The workplace where coal gas is manufactured.
gatepost - Either of two posts that bound a gate.
gildhall - The meeting place of a medieval guild.
glyptics - The art of engraving on precious stones.
goalpost - One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field.
goldmine - A mine where gold ore is found.
golfcart - A small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots.
golliwog - A grotesque black doll.
gorgerin - The molding at the top of a column.
gossamer - A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture.
governor - A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel).
graffito - A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls.
graphics - The drawings and photographs in the layout of a book.
gripsack - A small suitcase.
gueridon - A small round table.
gunflint - The piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon.
gunsight - A sight used for aiming a gun.
hacienda - The main house on a ranch or large estate.
halftone - An engraving used to reproduce an illustration.
handbell - A bell that is held in the hand.
handcart - Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person.
handcuff - Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
handhold - An appendage to hold onto.
handline - A fishing line managed principally by hand.
handloom - A loom powered by hand.
handrest - A support for the hand.
handwear - Clothing for the hands.
hardback - A book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers.
hardware - (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system.
hatchway - An entrance equipped with a hatch.
havelock - A cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun.
headband - A band worn around or over the head.
headfast - A mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf.
headgear - Stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head.
headrace - A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine.
headrest - A rest for the head.
headsail - Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel.
heliport - An airport for helicopters.
hemostat - A surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.
henroost - A roost for hens at night.
heraldry - Emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms.
hideaway - An area where you can be alone.
highroad - A highway.
hipflask - A flask that holds spirits.
hogshead - A large cask especially one holding 63 gals.
hologram - The intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography.
hoosegow - Slang for a jail.
horsebox - A conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses.
horsecar - An early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses.
hospital - A health facility where patients receive treatment.
housetop - The roof of a house.
huarache - A sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps.
icehouse - A house for storing ice.
impeller - The blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine).
inductor - An electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit.
inflater - An air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire).
injector - A contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.).
inkstand - A tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink.
intaglio - Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo).
internet - A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange.
intranet - A restricted computer network.
inverter - An electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current.
iodoform - A yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor.
ironwork - Work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc).
jacquard - A highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom.
jalousie - A shutter made of angled slats.
jeroboam - A large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon).
jetliner - A large jet plane that carries passengers.
jimdandy - Something excellent of its kind.
jodhpurs - Flared trousers ending at the calves.
joystick - A manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions.
jumbojet - A very large jet plane.
kaffiyeh - An Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal.
kamikaze - A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II.
keelboat - River boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails.
keepsake - Something of sentimental value.
kerchief - A square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck.
ketamine - A general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
keyboard - Holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung.
keystone - The central building block at the top of an arch or vault.
kingbolt - Bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle.
klystron - An electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation.
knitwear - Knitted clothing.
knockoff - An unauthorized copy or imitation.
lacework - Work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric.
lamasery - A monastery for lamas.
lamppost - A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight).
landside - Component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard.
lapboard - Writing board used on the lap as a table or desk.
larboard - The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose.
latchkey - Key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door.
laudanum - Narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient.
launcher - Armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket.
lavalava - A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton.
lenitive - Remedy that eases pain and discomfort.
lifeboat - A strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship.
lifeline - Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning.
ligament - Any connection or unifying bond.
ligature - Thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood).
likeness - Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing.
limekiln - A kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime.
linchpin - Pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on.
lingerie - Women's underwear and nightclothes.
liniment - A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain.
linstock - A stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match).
lockring - Washer that prevents a nut from loosening.
longboat - The largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel.
longshot - A photograph taken from a distance.
loophole - A small hole in a fortified wall.
loxapine - A tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia.
lychgate - A roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals.
mackinaw - A heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design.
magazine - A storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored.
mailboat - A boat for carrying mail.
maildrop - A drop where mail can be deposited.
mainmast - The chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts.
mainsail - The lowermost sail on the mainmast.
mainstay - The forestay that braces the mainmast.
majolica - Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide.
mandolin - A stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum.
mannitol - A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine.
mantelet - Short cape worn by women.
mantilla - A woman's silk or lace scarf.
marocain - A dress crepe.
masthead - The head or top of a mast.
matchbox - A box for holding matches.
materiel - Equipment and supplies of a military force.
mattress - A large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed.
megalith - Memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe).
membrane - A thin pliable sheet of material.
memorial - A structure erected to commemorate persons or events.
meniscus - (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube.
messuage - (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household.
microdot - Photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security).
middling - Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran).
millrace - A channel for the water current that turns a millwheel.
millwork - Woodwork that has been machined at a mill.
minibike - Small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars.
moccasin - Soft leather shoe.
moleskin - A durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap.
moneybag - A drawstring bag for holding money.
monolith - A single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk).
monorail - A railway having a single track.
monotype - A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters.
moquette - A thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery.
morphine - An alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium.
mounting - Framework used for support or display.
mousepad - A small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse.
mudguard - A curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels.
nailfile - A small flat file for shaping the nails.
nailhead - Flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point.
nainsook - A soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies.
naloxone - A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
naproxen - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain.
naumachy - A naval spectacle.
nautilus - A submarine that is propelled by nuclear power.
nearside - The side of a vehicle nearest the kerb.
neckband - A band around the collar of a garment.
necklace - Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).
neckline - The line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck.
neckwear - Articles of clothing worn about the neck.
negligee - A loose dressing gown for women.
neomycin - An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery.
newsroom - A reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read.
nomogram - A graphic representation of numerical relations.
noseband - A strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose.
notebook - A small compact portable computer.
nystatin - An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State.
obstacle - An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented).
odometer - A meter that shows mileage traversed.
ohmmeter - A meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms.
oilcloth - Cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin.
oilstone - A whetstone for use with oil.
ointment - Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
openwork - Ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings.
orthicon - A now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera.
otoscope - Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light.
outfield - The area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases.
outhouse - A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
ovenware - Heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served.
overcoat - An additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish).
overpass - Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels.
overshoe - Footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold.
oxazepam - A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.
oximeter - A measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood.
oxytocic - A drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus.
pacifier - Anything that serves to pacify.
paintbox - A box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint.
palestra - A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.
palisade - Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground.
pallette - One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor.
panatela - A long slender cigar.
paneling - A panel or section of panels in a wall or door.
pannikin - A small pan or cup (usually of tin).
panorama - A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
pantheon - (antiquity) a temple to all the gods.
parasail - Parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car.
parterre - An ornamental flower garden.
pastiche - A work of art that imitates the style of some previous work.
pavement - The paved surface of a thoroughfare.
pavilion - Large and often sumptuous tent.
pedestal - An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).
pediment - A triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof.
peephole - A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep.
pegboard - A board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted.
pendulum - An apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity.
penknife - A small pocketknife.
penlight - A small flashlight resembling a fountain pen.
pilaster - A rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached.
pimozide - The most commonly used diphenylbutyl piperidine.
pindolol - An oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension.
pinprick - Small puncture (as if made by a pin).
pinwheel - A toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind.
pipeline - A pipe used to transport liquids or gases.
pizzeria - A shop where pizzas are made and sold.
planchet - A flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin.
platform - A raised horizontal surface.
playsuit - A sports outfit for women or children.
plimsoll - A light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top.
plughole - A hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away).
poolroom - A room with pool tables where pool is played.
porthole - A window in a ship or airplane.
portiere - A heavy curtain hung across a doorway.
portrait - Any likeness of a person, in any medium.
posthole - A hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post.
potbelly - A bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned.
potsherd - A shard of pottery.
prazosin - Antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress).
presidio - A fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings.
procaine - A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine.
prolonge - A rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage.
prompter - A device that displays words for people to read.
property - Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie.
psaltery - An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings.
pullover - A sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head.
purifier - An apparatus for removing impurities.
pyrostat - A thermostat that operates at very high temperatures.
quadrant - A measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies.
quilting - A material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric.
radiator - A mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate.
railhead - A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
raincoat - A water-resistant coat.
ramipril - An ACE inhibitor (trade name Altace) used to treat high blood pressure or in some patients who have had a heart attack.
ravehook - A hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum.
receiver - Set that receives radio or tv signals.
recliner - An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it.
recorder - Equipment for making records.
refinery - An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance.
reformer - An apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel.
repeater - (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again.
resistor - An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current.
retainer - A dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment.
reticule - A woman's drawstring handbag.
revolver - A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets).
rheostat - Resistor for regulating current.
rickrack - A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
rifampin - An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
ringside - First row of seating.
roadster - An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
roomette - A small private compartment for one on a sleeping car.
ropewalk - Workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made.
saddlery - Workshop where a saddler works.
safehold - A refuge from attack.
sailboat - A small sailing vessel.
sarcenet - A fine soft silk fabric often used for linings.
saucepan - A deep pan with a handle.
saucepot - A cooking pot that has handles on either side and tight fitting lid.
sawhorse - A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.
sawtooth - A serration on a saw blade.
scabbard - A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet.
schooner - Sailing vessel used in former times.
scimitar - A curved oriental saber.
screwtop - The top of a container that must be screwed off and on.
scrubber - A purifier that removes impurities from a gas.
scullery - A small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen.
sealskin - A garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin.
seaplane - An airplane that can land on or take off from water.
seascape - A painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape).
sedative - A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.
selector - A switch that is used to select among alternatives.
setscrew - A screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted.
shantung - A heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation).
sheeting - Fabric from which bed sheets are made.
shipping - Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
shipyard - A workplace where ships are built or repaired.
shirting - Any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts.
shoelace - A lace used for fastening shoes.
shoetree - A wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn.
shortcut - A route shorter than the usual one.
showboat - A river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River).
showroom - An area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed.
shrapnel - Shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight.
shredder - A device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them).
shrimper - A vessel engaged in shrimping.
sickroom - A room to which a sick person is confined.
sidewalk - Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians.
sidewall - A wall that forms the side of a structure.
silencer - A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise.
skeleton - The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape.
sketcher - An implement for sketching.
skullcap - Rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head.
skylight - A window in a roof to admit daylight.
slipknot - A knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made.
slopshop - A store that sells cheap ready-made clothing.
smocking - Embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches.
snapshot - An informal photograph.
snowbank - A mound or heap of snow.
snowplow - A vehicle used to push snow from roads.
snowsuit - A child's overgarment for cold weather.
snuffbox - A small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket.
snuffers - Scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick.
solenoid - A coil of wire around an iron core.
solleret - Armor plate that protects the foot.
sombrero - A straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim.
sonogram - An image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves).
soundbox - A resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin).
sourdine - An organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound.
soutache - A narrow braid used as a decorative trimming.
spandrel - An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them.
sparkler - A firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of sparks.
speculum - A medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior.
speedway - A racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles.
spillway - A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction.
spittoon - A receptacle for spit (usually in a public place).
splasher - A protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud.
spreader - A hand tool for spreading something.
sprocket - Thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain.
squeaker - Any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used.
squeezer - A kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit.
stabling - Accommodation for animals (especially for horses).
stairway - A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.
stanhope - A light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat.
starship - A spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction).
staysail - A fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts).
steerage - The cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship.
stickpin - A decorative pin that is worn in a necktie.
stiletto - A small dagger with a tapered blade.
stockcar - Boxcar with latticed sides.
stockpot - A pot used for preparing soup stock.
stopcock - Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid.
strainer - A filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through.
stringer - A long horizontal timber to connect uprights.
stuffing - Padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture.
subtilin - A polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium.
sulindac - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
sunburst - A jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun.
sundress - A light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders.
sundries - Miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified.
sunglass - A convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun.
surfboat - A boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf.
surplice - A loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves.
swathing - Cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby).
sweatbox - A device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat.
swimsuit - Tight fitting garment worn for swimming.
tabletop - The top horizontal work surface of a table.
taffrail - The railing around the stern of a ship.
tailpipe - A pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car.
tailrace - A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine.
tapestry - A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
teaspoon - A small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee.
tenement - A run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
tenoroon - A tenor bassoon.
terminus - Either end of a railroad or bus route.
tessella - A small tessera.
theremin - An electronic musical instrument.
thiazide - Any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension.
thiotepa - An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies.
throstle - A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously.
thruster - A small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft.
tidemark - Indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides.
timecard - A card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day.
titrator - An apparatus for performing a titration.
toiletry - Artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body).
tollgate - A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
toolshed - A shed for storing tools.
toweling - Any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels.
tramline - The track on which trams or streetcars run.
transept - Structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church.
treasury - A depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely.
treenail - A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding.
trencher - A wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved.
triangle - A percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle.
tricolor - A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag).
tricycle - A vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals.
trimaran - A fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls.
triptych - Art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together).
trombone - A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide.
turnpike - An expressway on which tolls are collected.
turnspit - A roasting spit that can be turned.
tyrolean - Soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade.
vambrace - Cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm.
vaulting - (architecture) a vaulted structure.
venogram - An X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium.
vestment - Gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy.
vibrator - Mechanical device that produces vibratory motion.
vignette - A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books).
vineyard - A farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced.
viomycin - A basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis.
vivarium - An indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions.
vomitory - An entrance to an amphitheater or stadium.
voussoir - Wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault.
wainscot - Wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room.
wardrobe - A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes.
wardroom - Military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain).
warfarin - An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus.
warplane - An aircraft designed and used for combat.
washroom - A lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place).
weaponry - Weapons considered collectively.
weldment - An assembly of parts welded together.
wellhead - A structure built over a well.
whipcord - A strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib.
whizbang - A firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion.
windmill - Generator that extracts usable energy from winds.
wineskin - An animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine.
wirework - Mesh netting made of wires.
woodshed - A shed for storing firewood or garden tools.
woodwind - Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments.
woodwork - Work made of wood.
workroom - Room where work is done.
workwear - Heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work.
wrapping - The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped.
wreckage - The remaining parts of something that has been wrecked.
wristlet - A band or bracelet worn around the wrist.
yarmulke - A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
yataghan - A long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge.
zeppelin - A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs.
ziggurat - A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
identity - The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity.
schmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music.
coldness - A lack of affection or enthusiasm.
stoicism - An indifference to pleasure or pain.
pertness - Quality of being lively and confident.
airiness - Lightness in movement or manner.
alacrity - Liveliness and eagerness.
vitality - An energetic style.
vivacity - Characterized by high spirits and animation.
lyricism - Unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm.
dynamism - The activeness of an energetic personality.
softness - A disposition to be lenient in judging others.
severity - Excessive sternness.
patience - Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
asperity - Harshness of manner.
muteness - A refusal to speak when expected.
openness - Characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes).
wariness - The trait of being cautious and watchful.
machismo - Exaggerated masculinity.
solidity - The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally.
agerasia - Youthful appearance in an old person.
charisma - A personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others.
affinity - A natural attraction or feeling of kinship.
ugliness - Qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses.
bareness - An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation.
haziness - Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor.
dullness - Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point.
blatancy - The property of being both obvious and offensive.
boldness - The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly.
hardness - The quality of being difficult to do.
subtlety - The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze.
justness - Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety.
felicity - Pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression).
piquancy - The quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting.
mystique - An aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing.
fineness - The quality of being very good indeed.
poorness - The quality of being poorly made or maintained.
hallmark - A distinctive characteristic or attribute.
fluidity - A changeable quality.
monotony - Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection.
sameness - The quality of being alike.
homogeny - (biology) similarity because of common evolution.
homology - The quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function.
equality - The quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status.
evenness - The quality of being balanced.
isometry - Equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.).
finality - The quality of being final or definitely settled.
currency - General acceptance or use.
totality - The quality of being complete and indiscriminate.
waviness - Unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles.
mobility - The quality of moving freely.
motility - Ability to move spontaneously and independently.
fastness - The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment.
lodgment - The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily.
sureness - The quality of being steady and unfailing.
niceness - The quality of nice.
acridity - The quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone.
fatality - The quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters.
jejunity - Quality of lacking nutritive value.
adequacy - The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule".
eeriness - Strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear.
alienage - The quality of being alien.
accuracy - The quality of being near to the true value.
trueness - Exactness of adjustment.
fidelity - Accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.
baseness - Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
legality - Lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute.
validity - The quality of having legal force or effectiveness.
elegance - A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste.
urbanity - The quality or character of life in a city or town.
monosemy - Having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases.
polysemy - The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings.
humanity - The quality of being humane.
altruism - The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
meanness - Extreme stinginess.
audacity - Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.
fairness - Conformity with rules or standards.
delicacy - Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
morality - Concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong.
venality - Prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward.
divinity - The quality of being divine.
holiness - The quality of being holy.
ideality - The quality of being ideal.
safeness - The quality of being safe.
coolness - Fearless self-possession in the face of danger.
timidity - Fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities.
adamance - Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
sedulity - The quality of being constantly diligent and attentive.
nobility - The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.
veracity - Unwillingness to tell lies.
betrayal - The quality of aiding an enemy.
snobbery - The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.
humility - A disposition to be humble.
meekness - A disposition to be patient and long suffering.
prudence - Discretion in practical affairs.
tidiness - The trait of being neat and orderly.
disarray - Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance).
demeanor - (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people.
primness - Excessive or affected modesty.
gaminess - Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
ataraxia - Peace of mind.
disquiet - The trait of seeming ill at ease.
docility - The trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable.
tameness - The attribute of having been domesticated.
wildness - An intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature.
chivalry - Courtesy towards women.
civility - Formal or perfunctory politeness.
actinism - The property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects.
isotropy - (physics) the property of being isotropic.
rurality - A rural characteristic or trait.
heredity - The total of inherited attributes.
ancestry - Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.
pedigree - Ancestry of a purebred animal.
agedness - The property characteristic of old age.
senility - The state of being senile.
genotype - The particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism.
thinness - A consistency of low viscosity.
firmness - The property of being unyielding to the touch.
porosity - The property of being porous.
tendency - A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.
buoyancy - The tendency to float in water or other liquid.
graining - A texture like that of wood.
radiance - The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
flatness - The property of having little or no contrast.
richness - A strong deep vividness of hue.
achromia - An absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells.
burgundy - A dark purplish-red to blackish-red color.
pinkness - The quality of being pink.
paleness - Being deficient in color.
poliosis - Loss of color from the hair.
darkness - A swarthy complexion.
deepness - A low pitch that is loud and voluminous.
fullness - The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing.
nasality - A quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators.
pungency - A strong odor or taste property.
sourness - The property of being acidic.
acerbity - A sharp sour taste.
sapidity - A pleasant flavor.
physique - Constitution of the human body.
leanness - The property of having little body fat.
bonyness - Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
tallness - The property of being taller than average stature.
deadness - The inanimate property of something that has died.
maleness - The properties characteristic of the male sex.
virility - The masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation.
virilism - The development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy).
rigidity - The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending.
poundage - Weight expressed in pounds.
momentum - The product of a body's mass and its velocity.
strength - The property of being physically or mentally strong.
wiriness - The property of being lean and tough and sinewy.
immunity - The quality of being unaffected by something.
foulness - (of weather) the badness of the weather.
ferocity - The property of being wild or turbulent.
molality - Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
molarity - Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
weakness - The property of lacking physical or mental strength.
adynamia - Lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness).
lateness - Quality of coming late or later in time.
priority - Preceding in time.
pastness - The quality of being past.
futurity - The quality of being in or of the future.
duration - Continuance in time.
longness - Duration as an extension.
fugacity - The lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts).
celerity - A rate that is rapid.
slowness - A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.
cubicity - The property of resembling a cube.
symmetry - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation.
eyedness - The property of favoring one eye over the other (as in taking aim).
gradient - The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.
eversion - The position of being turned outward.
nearness - The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance.
diaspora - The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).
interval - The distance between things.
glibness - A kind of fluent easy superficiality.
sciolism - Pretentious superficiality of knowledge.
highness - A high degree (of amount or force etc.).
muchness - Greatness of quantity or measure or extent.
diameter - The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
puniness - Smallness of stature.
quantity - An adequate or large amount.
scarcity - A small and inadequate amount.
bellyful - An undesirable overabundance.
overplus - Extreme excess.
majority - The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts.
minority - Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts.
coverage - The extent to which something is covered.
frontage - The extent of land abutting on a street or water.
confines - A bounded scope.
latitude - Scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought.
spectrum - A broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities.
wingspan - Linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil.
altitude - Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface.
wideness - The property of being wide.
futility - Uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result.
idealism - Impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are.
resource - A source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed.
drawback - The quality of being a hindrance.
advowson - The right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice.
easement - (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land).
usufruct - A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way.
pressure - A force that compels.
imperium - Supreme authority.
lordship - The authority of a lord.
efficacy - Capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
stardust - A dreamy romantic or sentimental quality.
optimism - A general disposition to expect the best in all things.
response - The manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals.
fruition - Enjoyment derived from use or possession.
waxiness - The quality of being made of wax or covered with wax.
cremains - The remains of a dead body after cremation.
cingulum - (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth).
landmark - An anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken.
asterion - The craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture.
coronion - The craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible.
entomion - The craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone.
glabella - A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows.
gnathion - The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline.
metopion - The craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull.
orbitale - The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit.
pogonion - The craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin.
sphenion - The anterior tip of the parietal bone.
tomentum - A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.
spiracle - A breathing orifice.
blowhole - The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull.
sinusoid - Tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ.
hairline - The natural margin formed by hair on the head.
ponytail - A hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail.
mustache - An unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip.
sideburn - Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).
specimen - A bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes.
atheroma - A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery.
pisiform - A small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral.
clavicle - Bone linking the scapula and sternum.
heelbone - The largest tarsal bone.
acromion - The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade.
diastema - A gap or vacant space between two teeth.
vertebra - One of the bony segments of the spinal column.
axolemma - Outer membrane covering an axon.
collagen - A fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue.
abductor - A muscle that draws a body part away from the median line.
adductor - A muscle that draws a body part toward the median line.
pronator - A muscle that produces or assists in pronation.
masseter - A large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing.
platysma - Either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve.
ganglion - An encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons.
effector - An organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses.
tastebud - An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.
underlip - The lower lip.
premolar - A tooth having two cusps or points.
cementum - A specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth.
ependyma - Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
modiolus - The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea.
fenestra - A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear).
pancreas - A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach.
auricula - A pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart.
secretin - A gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine.
glucagon - A hormone secreted by the pancreas.
oxytocin - Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin).
thymosin - Hormone secreted by the thymus.
autacoid - Any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification.
venation - (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal.
blastema - A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops.
lysosome - An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells).
homeobox - One of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development.
modifier - A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene.
oncogene - A gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells.
polygene - A gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations.
autosome - Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.
ribosome - An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell.
monocyte - A type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria.
basophil - A leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains.
acrosome - A process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg.
dendrite - Short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron.
caruncle - An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds.
peduncle - A bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain.
neuropil - The complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded.
cerebrum - Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres.
amygdala - An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum.
pallidum - The inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus.
thalamus - Large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon.
midbrain - The middle portion of the brain.
pudendum - Human external genital organs collectively especially of a female.
cisterna - A sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid.
follicle - Any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity.
liposome - An artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged.
placenta - The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus.
clitoris - A female sexual organ homologous to the penis.
cobblers - A man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball).
alveolus - A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs.
bronchus - Either of the two main branches of the trachea.
duodenum - The part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum.
appendix - A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch.
perineum - The general region between the anus and the genital organs.
calvaria - The dome of the skull.
sinciput - The front part of the head or skull (including the forehead).
serratus - Any of several muscles of the trunk.
buttocks - The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
splenius - Either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck.
peroneus - Muscle of the lower leg that is involved in moving the foot.
flatfoot - A foot afflicted with a fallen arch.
adhesion - A fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures.
hangnail - A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail.
scalenus - Any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib.
tibialis - Either of two skeletal muscle in each leg arising from the tibia.
rudiment - The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life.
receptor - A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response.
telomere - Either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome.
episteme - The body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time.
superego - (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience.
sagacity - The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations.
aptitude - Inherent ability.
instinct - Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli.
hellfire - A place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned.
paracosm - A prolonged fantasy world invented by children.
aviation - The art of operating aircraft.
falconry - The art of training falcons to hunt and return.
horology - The art of designing and making clocks.
literacy - The ability to read and write.
mixology - Skill in preparing mixed drinks.
numeracy - Skill with numbers and mathematics.
musketry - The technique of using small arms (especially in battle).
moronity - Mild mental retardation.
language - The mental faculty or power of vocal communication.
velleity - Volition in its weakest form.
eyesight - Normal use of the faculty of vision.
protocol - Code of correct conduct.
levirate - The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line.
heritage - Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition.
blackout - A momentary loss of consciousness.
semicoma - A mild comatose state.
hebetude - Mental lethargy or dullness.
narcosis - Unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia.
nosiness - Offensive inquisitiveness.
reliance - Certainty based on past experience.
suspense - An uncertain cognitive state.
jealousy - Zealous vigilance.
overtone - A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency.
pruritus - An intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.).
topology - The configuration of a communication network.
quartile - (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores.
learning - The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.
thinking - The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.
prophecy - Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source).
geomancy - Divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another).
onomancy - Divination by the letters of a name.
ideology - Imaginary or visionary theorization.
ideation - The process of forming and relating ideas.
reliving - A recurrence of a prior experience.
cynosure - Something that strongly attracts attention and admiration.
noumenon - The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception.
reminder - An experience that causes you to remember something.
universe - Everything stated or assumed in a given discussion.
evidence - Your basis for belief or disbelief.
checksum - A digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data.
disproof - Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something.
nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive.
irritant - Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
afflatus - A strong creative impulse.
category - A general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme.
antitype - An opposite or contrasting type.
metarule - A rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI).
downside - A negative aspect of something that is generally positive.
argument - A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable.
subtotal - The sum of part of a group of numbers.
syndrome - A complex of concurrent things.
illusion - Something many people believe that is false.
activism - A policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal.
playbook - A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign.
shahadah - The first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith.
quiddity - The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.
exemplar - Something to be imitated.
lodestar - Something that serves as a model or guide.
template - A model or standard for making comparisons.
doctrine - A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
pacifism - The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.
religion - A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
quietism - A form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God.
totemism - Belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem.
ethicism - A doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important.
nihilism - A revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake.
populism - The political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite.
humanism - The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason.
feminism - A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women.
fatalism - A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them.
logicism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic.
nativism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate.
vitalism - (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry.
exorcism - Freeing from evil spirits.
unbelief - A rejection of belief.
folklore - The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture.
frontier - An undeveloped field of study.
algorism - Computation with Arabic figures.
geometry - The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces.
abscissa - The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
ordinate - The value of a coordinate on the vertical axis.
calculus - The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions.
subgroup - (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group.
eugenics - The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).
nosology - The branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease.
fetology - The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus.
oncology - The branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors.
pharmacy - The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,.
posology - The pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines.
alienism - An obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness.
podiatry - The branch of medicine concerned with the feet.
serology - The branch of medical science that deals with serums.
virology - The branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases.
agronomy - The application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production.
agrology - Science of soils in relation to crops.
mycology - The branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases.
pomology - The branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits.
cryonics - The freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing.
cytology - The branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells.
forestry - The science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber.
ethology - The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats.
genetics - The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.
genomics - The branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences).
zymology - The branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling).
avionics - Science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics.
rheology - The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.
dynamics - The branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies.
aerology - Meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere.
robotics - The area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots.
rocketry - The branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation.
penology - The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation.
hedonism - An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good.
etiology - The philosophical study of causation.
axiology - The study of values and value judgments.
ontology - The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence.
classics - Study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome.
rhetoric - Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking).
orthoepy - A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography.
toponymy - The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language.
theodicy - The branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.
polemics - The branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors.
credence - The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true.
sympathy - An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion.
disfavor - An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group.
doghouse - An idiomatic term for being in disfavor.
futurism - The position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future.
vanguard - The position of greatest importance or advancement.
paradigm - The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time.
legalism - Strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit.
centrism - A political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action.
rightism - The ideology of the political right.
paganism - Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism.
druidism - The system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies.
theogony - The study of the origins and genealogy of the gods.
strategy - The branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war.
foolscap - A size of paper used especially in Britain.
channels - Official routes of communication.
offprint - A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication.
samizdat - A system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature.
freemail - A service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising.
emoticon - A representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email.
headword - A word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry).
hypernym - A word that is more generic than a given word.
loanword - A word borrowed from another language.
antigram - An anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase.
retronym - A word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate.
troponym - A word that denotes a manner of doing something.
syllable - A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme.
morpheme - Minimal meaningful language unit.
genitive - The case expressing ownership.
syntagma - A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
particle - A function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs.
filename - (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files.
nickname - A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
misnomer - An incorrect or unsuitable name.
dropline - A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.
streamer - A newspaper headline that runs across the full page.
spelling - Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage.
firmware - (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory.
acrostic - Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message.
dialogue - A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people.
allegory - An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances.
euphuism - An elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period.
dystopia - A work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror.
thriller - A suspenseful adventure story or play or movie.
clerihew - A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person.
doggerel - A comic verse of irregular measure.
limerick - A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba.
rondelet - A shorter form of rondeau.
rhapsody - An epic poem adapted for recitation.
quatrain - A stanza of four lines.
versicle - A short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation.
fascicle - An installment of a printed work.
exordium - (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse.
foreword - A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
epilogue - A short passage added at the end of a literary work.
addendum - Textual matter that is added onto a publication.
squiggle - An illegible scrawl.
epigraph - An engraved inscription.
treatise - A formal exposition.
bestiary - A medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals.
cookbook - A book of recipes and cooking directions.
textbook - A book prepared for use in schools or colleges.
workbook - A student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them.
copybook - A book containing models of good penmanship.
breviary - (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders.
songbook - A book containing a collection of songs.
wordbook - A reference book containing words (usually with their meanings).
glossary - An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge.
handbook - A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.
hornbook - A primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge.
grimoire - A manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons).
roadbook - A guidebook describing the roads of a country.
baedeker - Any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker.
reckoner - A handbook of tables used to facilitate computation.
overview - A general summary of a subject.
contents - A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start.
playlist - A list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio.
alphabet - A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language.
passport - A document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country.
cadaster - A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
timeline - A sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom).
scholium - A marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature).
studbook - Official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses.
mandamus - An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion.
citation - A summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding.
monition - A summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted.
pleading - (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding.
demurrer - (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings.
rebutter - (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
software - (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory.
freeware - Software that is provided without charge.
compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program.
debugger - A program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors.
variorum - An edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors.
archives - Collection of records especially about an institution.
biweekly - A periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year).
nonsense - A message that seems to convey no meaning.
buzzword - Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition.
bullshit - Obscene words for unacceptable behavior.
folderol - Nonsensical talk or writing.
analects - A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
clipping - An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine.
telefilm - A movie that is made to be shown on television.
newsreel - A short film and commentary about current events.
peepshow - A short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth.
telegram - A message transmitted by telegraph.
postcard - A card for sending messages by post without an envelope.
greeting - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting).
blowback - Misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service.
database - An organized body of related information.
adducing - Citing as evidence or proof.
estoppel - A rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled.
glasnost - A policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems.
password - A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group.
agitprop - Political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema.
newscast - A broadcast of news or commentary on the news.
approval - A message expressing a favorable opinion.
applause - A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together.
handclap - A clap of the hands to indicate approval.
encomium - A formal expression of praise.
flattery - Excessive or insincere praise.
brickbat - Blunt criticism.
berating - A severe rebuke.
respects - (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem.
antinomy - A contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable.
deriving - (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.
rescript - A reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality.
feedback - Response to an inquiry or experiment.
obituary - A notice of someone's death.
playbill - A theatrical program.
racecard - A program for a race meeting.
negation - (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false.
scenario - A postulated sequence of possible events.
footnote - A printed note placed below the text on a printed page.
allusion - Passing reference or indirect mention.
alliance - A formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim.
repartee - Adroitness and cleverness in reply.
badinage - Frivolous banter.
jocosity - Fun characterized by humor.
ribaldry - Ribald humor.
ticktack - System of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks.
mintmark - A mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced.
upstroke - A stroke normally made in an upward direction.
ascender - (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters.
exponent - A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
mantissa - The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm.
monogram - A graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials).
asterisk - A star-shaped character * used in printing.
ideogram - A graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it.
logogram - A single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation.
flourish - (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments.
subtonic - (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale.
semitone - The musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument.
arpeggio - A chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously.
insignia - A badge worn to show official position.
swastika - The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich.
caduceus - An insignia used by the medical profession.
pedantry - An ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning.
premiere - The first public performance of a play or movie.
fragment - An incomplete piece.
prologue - An introduction to a play.
duologue - A part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors.
libretto - The words of an opera or musical play.
lipogram - A text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet.
operetta - A short amusing opera.
antiphon - A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response.
doxology - A hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God.
canticle - A hymn derived from the Bible.
overture - Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio.
postlude - A voluntary played at the end of a religious service.
concerto - A composition for orchestra and a soloist.
fantasia - A musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes.
sonatina - A short and simple sonata.
symphony - A long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra.
ostinato - A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition.
nocturne - A pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano).
partsong - A song with two or more voice parts.
shivaree - A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
legalese - A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law.
archaism - The use of an archaic expression.
parlance - A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
monotone - An unchanging intonation.
backbeat - A loud steady beat.
downbeat - The first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward).
laconism - Terseness of expression.
verbiage - Overabundance of words.
pleonasm - Using more words than necessary.
scansion - Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.
epanodos - Repetition of a group of words in reverse order.
epiphora - Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..
anaphora - Using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier.
symploce - Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
chiasmus - Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases.
emphasis - Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g..
enallage - A substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I').
metaphor - A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
metonymy - Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads').
oxymoron - Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence').
sibilant - A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh).
speaking - The utterance of intelligible speech.
chitchat - Light informal conversation for social occasions.
nothings - Inconsequential conversation.
colloquy - Formal conversation.
pretrial - (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried.
aphorism - A short pithy instructive saying.
ruralism - A rural idiom or expression.
localism - A phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality.
idiolect - The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
proposal - The act of making a proposal.
exegesis - An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible).
sparring - An argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage.
entreaty - Earnest or urgent request.
rogation - A solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church.
rebuttal - The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument.
growling - A gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal).
jeremiad - A long and mournful complaint.
giveaway - An unintentional disclosure.
briefing - Detailed instructions, as for a military operation.
megillah - (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account.
anecdote - Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).
folktale - A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk.
alarmism - Needless warnings.
anathema - A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication.
abetment - The verbal act of urging on.
cheering - Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators.
windsock - A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast.
printout - The output of a computer in printed form.
tipstaff - Staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable.
yearbook - A book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students.
nonevent - An anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected.
sequella - A secondary consequence.
mutation - A change or alteration in form or qualities.
accident - Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.
campfire - A small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp).
smoulder - A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame.
wildfire - A raging and rapidly spreading conflagration.
calamity - An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
meltdown - A disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown.
downfall - Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation.
eruption - The emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum.
epiphany - A divine manifestation.
menarche - The first occurrence of menstruation in a woman.
producer - Something that produces.
hardship - Something that causes or entails suffering.
casualty - A decrease of military personnel or equipment.
instroke - The stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft.
whitecap - A wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white.
settling - A gradual sinking to a lower level.
driftage - The deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting.
upheaval - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
footfall - The sound of a step of someone walking.
grinding - A harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears).
rhonchus - A sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels.
ticktock - Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
diastole - The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood.
undertow - The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.
mudslide - A landslide of mud.
backflow - A flow that returns toward its source.
dripping - A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house).
airburst - An explosion in the atmosphere.
ricochet - A glancing rebound.
pounding - Repeated heavy blows.
juncture - An event that occurs at a critical time.
seaquake - An earthquake at the sea bed.
outbreak - A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition).
allogamy - Cross-fertilization in plants.
autogamy - Self-fertilization in plants.
backspin - Spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion.
luxation - Displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ.
volution - A rolling or revolving motion.
bunfight - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion.
potlatch - A ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment).
footrace - A race run on foot.
gymkhana - A meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
takedown - (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position.
waterloo - A final crushing defeat.
appetite - A feeling of craving something.
fondness - A predisposition to like something.
feelings - Emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity).
calmness - A feeling of calm.
lividity - A state of fury so great the face becomes discolored.
hysteria - Excessive or uncontrollable fear.
edginess - Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.
gladness - Experiencing joy and pleasure.
euphoria - A feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation.
hilarity - Great merriment.
smugness - An excessive feeling of self-satisfaction.
cynicism - A cynical feeling of distrust.
misogamy - Hatred of marriage.
misogyny - Hatred of women.
misology - Hatred of reasoning.
despisal - A feeling of scornful hatred.
starches - Foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread).
cornmeal - Coarsely ground corn.
roughage - Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients.
semolina - Milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta.
clambake - A cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed.
cocktail - An appetizer served as a first course at a meal.
consomme - Clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken.
bouillon - A clear seasoned broth.
gazpacho - A soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs.
porkholt - Made of lamb or pork.
matelote - Highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock.
demerara - Light brown cane sugar.
hardbake - A British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds.
sourball - Round piece of tart hard candy.
licorice - A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant.
lollipop - Hard candy on a stick.
marzipan - Almond paste and egg whites.
ambrosia - (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods.
dumpling - Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry.
syllabub - Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor.
tiramisu - An Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate.
sherbert - A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin.
flummery - A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal.
frosting - A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes.
meringue - Sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar.
streusel - A crumbly topping for a pastry.
turnover - A dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling.
napoleon - A rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream.
seedcake - A sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon.
macaroon - Chewy cookie usually containing almond paste.
doughboy - A rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread.
doughnut - A small ring-shaped friedcake.
chowchow - A Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
wildfowl - Flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food.
sparerib - A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
pastrami - Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
pemmican - Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat.
porkchop - Chop cut from a hog.
sowbelly - Salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass.
marbling - The intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat.
linguica - A highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions.
grissino - A long slender crusty breadstick.
flatbrod - The thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia.
chapatti - Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
cornpone - Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern).
zwieback - Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp.
hardtack - Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread.
farfalle - Pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie.
rigatoni - Tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces.
linguine - Pasta in long slender flat strips.
macaroni - Pasta in the form of slender tubes.
couscous - A pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina.
frumenty - Sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat.
crudites - Raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip.
eggplant - Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.
pieplant - Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
collards - Kale that has smooth leaves.
broccoli - Branched green undeveloped flower heads.
zucchini - Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow.
cucumber - Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable.
jalapeno - Hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico.
chipotle - A ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking.
chickpea - Large white roundish Asiatic legume.
celeriac - Thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant.
kohlrabi - Fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant.
rutabaga - The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
windfall - Fruit that has fallen from the tree.
bilberry - Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries.
dewberry - Blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes.
mandarin - A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China.
citrange - More aromatic and acid tasting than oranges.
pitahaya - Highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice.
canistel - Ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.
honeydew - The fruit of a variety of winter melon vine.
amarelle - Pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice.
sweetsop - Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
tamarind - Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys.
mulberry - Sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus.
bartlett - Juicy yellow pear.
plantain - Starchy banana-like fruit.
quandong - Red Australian fruit.
rambutan - Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines.
beechnut - Small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees.
hazelnut - Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
monkfish - Flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America.
blowfish - Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver.
escargot - Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic.
rollmops - A pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle.
tomalley - Edible greenish substance in boiled lobster.
coleslaw - Basically shredded cabbage.
flavorer - Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
allspice - Ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree.
cinnamon - Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree.
costmary - Leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings.
marjoram - Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets.
rosemary - Extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats.
tarragon - Fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning.
turmeric - Ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning.
cardamom - Aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces.
angelica - Aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica.
ravigote - Veloute sauce seasoned with chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, shallots and capers.
marinara - Sauce for pasta.
poulette - Allemande sauce with chopped parsley.
tapenade - A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
molasses - Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane.
frittata - Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats.
kedgeree - A dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish.
souvlaki - Made of lamb.
lutefisk - Dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency.
meatball - Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth.
moussaka - Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
porridge - Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick.
loblolly - Thick gruel.
scrapple - Scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying.
sukiyaki - Thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce.
teriyaki - Beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled.
tortilla - Thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour.
beverage - Any liquid suitable for drinking.
aperitif - Alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer.
hydromel - Honey diluted in water.
vermouth - Any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs.
varietal - A wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape.
schnapps - Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
amaretto - An Italian almond liqueur.
anisette - Liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed.
highball - A mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass.
bullshot - A cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme.
smoothie - A thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk.
daiquiri - A cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice.
spritzer - A mixed drink made of wine mixed with a sparkling water.
sangaree - Sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water.
espresso - Strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans.
eggshake - A milkshake with egg in it.
lemonade - Sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice.
souchong - A fine quality of black tea native to China.
straggle - A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons).
ancients - People who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe).
tenantry - Tenants of an estate considered as a group.
findings - A collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes.
flinders - Bits and splinters and fragments.
dunghill - A heap of dung or refuse.
slagheap - Pile of waste matter from coal mining etc.
haystack - A stack of hay.
woodpile - A pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel.
homefolk - The people of your home locality (especially your own family).
avifauna - The birds of a particular region or period.
wildlife - All living things (except people) that are undomesticated.
subspace - A space that is contained within another space.
subclass - (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order.
suborder - (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order.
subgenus - (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species.
brethren - (plural) the lay members of a male religious order.
governed - The body of people who are citizens of a particular government.
suzerain - A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs.
populace - People in general considered as a whole.
gridlock - A traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible.
fedayeen - (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel.
yeomanry - A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
squadron - An air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group.
audience - A gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance.
koinonia - Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians.
bookclub - A club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices.
sorority - A social club for female undergraduates.
mariachi - A group of street musicians in Mexico.
academia - The academic world.
seminary - A private place of education for the young.
suburbia - Suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture.
conclave - A confidential or secret meeting.
congress - A meeting of elected or appointed representatives.
hegemony - The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others.
republic - A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch.
monarchy - An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.
literati - The literary intelligentsia.
noblesse - Members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility).
infantry - An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot.
commando - An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory.
acquirer - The financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card.
ordering - Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.
metadata - Data about data.
treasure - A collection of precious things.
luminism - An artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school.
unionism - The system or principles and theory of labor unions.
ambiance - The atmosphere of an environment.
apoapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited.
aphelion - Apoapsis in solar orbit.
antinode - (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system.
airspace - The atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction.
boundary - The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.
balkline - Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.
cabstand - A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
campsite - A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent.
cemetery - A tract of land used for burials.
centroid - The center of mass of an object of uniform density.
trichion - Point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead.
precinct - A district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes.
environs - An outer adjacent area of any place.
subtopia - Monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings.
district - A region marked off for administrative or other purposes.
faubourg - A New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits.
sheikdom - The domain ruled by a sheik.
domicile - (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return.
ecliptic - The great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun.
farmland - A rural area where farming is practiced.
hayfield - A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay.
midfield - (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse).
baseline - The lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases.
hatchery - A place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs).
junkyard - A field where junk is collected and stored for resale.
isotherm - (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time.
monument - An important site that is marked and preserved as public property.
outdoors - Where the air is unconfined.
perijove - Periapsis in orbit around Jupiter.
pesthole - A breeding ground for epidemic disease.
premises - Land and the buildings on it.
seafront - The waterfront of a seaside town.
entrepot - A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties.
dockyard - An establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired.
vicinity - A surrounding or nearby region.
dockside - The region adjacent to a boat dock.
shipside - The part of a wharf that is next to a ship.
solitude - A solitary place.
stopover - A stopping place on a journey.
coalface - The part of a coal seam that is being cut.
gasfield - A region where there is natural gas underground.
oilfield - A region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells).
hometown - The town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence.
township - An administrative division of a county.
tiltyard - (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests.
outskirt - A part of the city far removed from the center.
egomania - An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
cathexis - (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object.
aerolite - A stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals.
ammonite - One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks.
antimuon - The antiparticle of a muon.
asterism - (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation).
badlands - Deeply eroded barren land.
brooklet - A small brook.
cataract - A large waterfall.
contrail - An artificial cloud created by an aircraft.
crevasse - A deep fissure.
dandruff - Loose scales shed from the scalp.
deuteron - The nucleus of deuterium.
electron - An elementary particle with negative charge.
fireball - The luminous center of a nuclear explosion.
fishpond - A freshwater pond with fish.
foothill - A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain.
footwall - The lower wall of an inclined fault.
foreland - Land forming the forward margin of something.
graviton - A gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles.
hairball - A compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur).
highland - Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land.
hillside - The side or slope of a hill.
impairer - An agent that impairs.
ingrowth - Something that grows inward.
lakeside - The shore of a lake.
landfill - A low area that has been filled in.
landmass - A large continuous extent of land.
mainland - The main land mass of a country or continent.
millpond - A pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel.
molehill - A mound of earth made by moles while burrowing.
mountain - A land mass that projects well above its surroundings.
neutrino - An elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass.
piedmont - A gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land.
positron - An elementary particle with positive charge.
ptyalith - Calculus in a salivary gland.
riverbed - A channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river.
sandbank - A submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river.
scraping - (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected.
seamount - An underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor.
seashore - The shore of a sea or ocean.
siderite - A meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron.
sinkhole - A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof.
soapsuds - The froth produced by soaps or detergents.
stressor - Any agent that causes stress to an organism.
thermion - An electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature.
tideland - Land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide.
twinkler - An object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner.
vagabond - Anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place.
waterway - A navigable body of water.
weakener - That which weakens or causes a loss of strength.
wormcast - Fossil trail of a worm.
wormhole - Hole made by a burrowing worm.
xenolith - (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded.
bogeyman - An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
giantess - A female giant.
werewolf - A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again.
demiurge - A subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe.
succubus - A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.
argonaut - Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure.
commoner - A person who holds no title.
consumer - A person who uses goods or services.
cosigner - One of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration).
defender - A person who cares for persons or property.
eulogist - An orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics.
mediator - A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.
traveler - A person who changes location.
quadroon - An offspring of a mulatto and a white parent.
octoroon - An offspring of a quadroon and a white parent.
paleface - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians).
memsahib - A woman sahib.
abridger - One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work.
absolver - Someone who grants absolution.
abhorrer - A signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred.
abseiler - A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point.
absentee - One that is absent or not in residence.
acceptor - The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.
achiever - A person with a record of successes.
adjuster - One who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement.
adjutant - An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
advancer - Someone who advances.
advocate - A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
agitator - One who agitates.
alarmist - A person who alarms others needlessly.
alderman - A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council).
alienist - A psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness.
alpinist - A mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs.
ambusher - An attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack.
anagnost - A cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church).
ancestor - Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).
animator - The technician who produces animated cartoons.
annalist - A historian who writes annals.
anointer - One who anoints as a religious ceremony.
antipope - Someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected.
aphorist - Someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms.
appeaser - Someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands.
aquanaut - A skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research.
approver - An authority with power to approve.
archaist - A person who archaizes.
archduke - A sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria.
arianist - An adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God).
arranger - A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance.
arsonist - A criminal who illegally sets fire to property.
assassin - A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
assenter - A person who assents.
asserter - Someone who claims to speak the truth.
assessee - A person (or property) that is assessed.
assignee - (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred).
assignor - (law) the party who makes an assignment.
attacker - Someone who attacks.
attester - Someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something.
aviatrix - A woman aviator.
bacchant - (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus.
balancer - An acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions.
baldhead - A person whose head is bald.
bandsman - A player in a band (especially a military band).
barrator - Someone guilty of barratry.
barterer - A trader who exchanges goods and not money.
basileus - A ruler of the eastern Roman Empire.
baroness - A noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron.
beadsman - A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.
believer - A person who has religious faith.
benedick - A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).
besieger - An enemy who lays siege to your position.
bigamist - Someone who marries one person while already legally married to another.
bleacher - A worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.).
bluecoat - A person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor).
bondsman - Someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else.
bookworm - Someone who spends a great deal of time reading.
borderer - An inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England).
borrower - Someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent.
botanist - A biologist specializing in the study of plants.
brakeman - A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes.
bullyboy - A swaggering tough.
bunkmate - Someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself.
burgrave - The military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries.
busybody - A person who meddles in the affairs of others.
cabalist - An expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters.
campmate - Someone who lives in the same camp you do.
cannibal - A person who eats human flesh.
canoeist - Someone paddling a canoe.
castaway - A shipwrecked person.
castrato - A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice.
catalyst - Something that causes an important event to happen.
catamite - A boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man.
chandler - A maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints.
chaperon - One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people.
chaplain - A clergyman ministering to some institution.
chartist - A stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities.
choirboy - A boy who sings in a choir.
choragus - (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival.
cicerone - A guide who conducts and informs sightseers.
claimant - Someone who claims a benefit or right or title.
clothier - A merchant who sells men's clothing.
coachman - A man who drives a coach (or carriage).
coauthor - A writer who collaborates with others in writing something.
coiffeur - A man hairdresser.
colorist - A painter able to achieve special effects with color.
colossus - A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
comedian - A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts.
composer - Someone who composes music as a profession.
conferee - A member of a conference.
swindler - A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
convener - The member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings.
conveyer - A person who conveys (carries or transmits).
coquette - A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men.
corporal - A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines.
cotenant - One of two or more tenants holding title to the same property.
cottager - Someone who lives in a cottage.
countess - Female equivalent of a count or earl.
courtier - An attendant at the court of a sovereign.
coxswain - The helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew.
crackpot - A whimsically eccentric person.
creature - A human being.
creditor - A person to whom money is owed by a debtor.
croupier - Someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table.
customer - Someone who pays for goods or services.
dairyman - A man who works in a dairy.
dalesman - A person who lives in the dales of northern England.
daughter - A female human offspring.
deceiver - Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
deckhand - A member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor.
demander - A person who makes demands.
democrat - An advocate of democratic principles.
demoniac - Someone who acts as if possessed by a demon.
departer - Someone who leaves.
deserter - A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post).
designer - A person who devises plots or intrigues.
detainee - Some held in custody.
devourer - Someone who eats greedily or voraciously.
dictator - A ruler who is unconstrained by law.
diemaker - Someone who makes dies.
diplomat - An official engaged in international negotiations.
director - Someone who controls resources and expenditures.
disciple - Someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another.
divorcee - A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband.
dodderer - One who dodders from old age and weakness.
dogsbody - A worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do.
dragoman - An interpreter and guide in the Near East.
dribbler - A person who dribbles.
drunkard - A chronic drinker.
educator - Someone who educates young people.
effecter - One who brings about a result or event.
embalmer - A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives.
emigrant - Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
emissary - Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
employee - A worker who is hired to perform a job.
employer - A person or firm that employs workers.
conjurer - A witch doctor who practices conjury.
endorser - A person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security.
engraver - A printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate.
enophile - Someone who appreciates wine.
enrollee - A person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study.
escapist - A person who escapes into a world of fantasy.
essayist - A writer of literary works.
ethicist - A philosopher who specializes in ethics.
ethnarch - The ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority.
everyman - The ordinary person.
examiner - An investigator who observes carefully.
executor - A person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will.
exorcist - Someone who practices exorcism.
explorer - Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose).
exporter - A businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale).
fabulist - A person who tells or invents fables.
factotum - A servant employed to do a variety of jobs.
falconer - A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry.
farmhand - A hired hand on a farm.
fascista - An Italian fascist under Mussolini.
ferryman - A man who operates a ferry.
finagler - A deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods.
finalist - A contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition.
flatmate - An associate who shares an apartment with you.
follower - A person who accepts the leadership of another.
forebear - A person from whom you are descended.
forester - Someone trained in forestry.
franklin - A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth.
freedman - A person who has been freed from slavery.
frotteur - Someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd).
fugitive - Someone who is sought by law officers.
fugleman - A leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader).
fusilier - (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket.
futurist - A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future.
gadabout - A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.
gangster - A criminal who is a member of gang.
gardener - Someone who takes care of a garden.
garroter - Someone who kills by strangling.
gatherer - A person who gathers.
gendarme - A French policeman.
geometer - A mathematician specializing in geometry.
godchild - An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism.
grandson - A male grandchild.
gunsmith - Someone who makes or repairs guns.
handmaid - A personal maid or female attendant.
handyman - A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.
harasser - A persistent attacker.
harridan - A scolding (even vicious) old woman.
hatmaker - Someone who makes and sells hats.
headsman - An executioner who beheads the condemned person.
hedonist - Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures.
helmsman - The person who steers a ship.
hierarch - A person who holds a high position in a hierarchy.
helpmate - A helpful partner.
antihero - A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).
hireling - A person who works only for money.
hobbyist - A person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure.
holdover - An official who remains in office after his term.
homegirl - A fellow female member of a youth gang.
horseman - A person who breeds and cares for horses.
hotelier - An owner or manager of hotels.
huckster - A seller of shoddy goods.
humorist - Someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way.
huntress - A woman hunter.
hyperope - A person with hyperopia.
idealist - Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.
idolater - A person who worships idols.
idolizer - A lover blind with admiration and devotion.
importer - Someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country).
imposter - A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
inductee - A person inducted into an organization or social group.
informer - One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
polymath - A person of great and varied learning.
inquirer - Someone who asks a question.
internee - A person who is interned.
intruder - Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission.
inventor - Someone who is the first to think of or make something.
investor - Someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns.
ironside - A man of great strength or bravery.
islander - An inhabitant of an island.
kibitzer - (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others.
ladylove - A woman who is a man's sweetheart.
landlady - A landlord who is a woman.
landlord - A landowner who leases to others.
laudator - Someone who communicates high praise.
lawgiver - A maker of laws.
lecturer - Someone who lectures professionally.
letterer - A painter of letters.
licensee - Someone to whom a license is granted.
licenser - An official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications).
linesman - Official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside).
linguist - A person who speaks more than one language.
litigant - (law) a party to a lawsuit.
litterer - A person who litters public places with refuse.
lobbyist - Someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer.
logician - A person skilled at symbolic logic.
logomach - Someone given to disputes over words.
loiterer - Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.
underdog - One at a disadvantage and expected to lose.
loyalist - A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt).
luminary - A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.
lyricist - A person who writes the words for songs.
macushla - (an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling.
madwoman - A woman lunatic.
magdalen - A reformed prostitute.
magician - Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience.
maharaja - A great raja.
maharani - A great rani.
malahini - A newcomer to Hawaii.
maltster - A maker of malt.
mandator - An authority who issues a mandate.
marauder - Someone who attacks in search of booty.
margrave - A German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess).
marksman - Someone skilled in shooting.
marquess - A British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl.
martinet - Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
massager - Someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation.
masseuse - A female massager.
mayoress - A woman mayor.
measurer - A person who makes measurements.
medalist - (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament.
clansman - A member of a clan.
merchant - A businessperson engaged in retail trade.
messmate - (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship).
mistress - A woman master who directs the work of others.
molester - Someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities.
moralist - A philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems.
morosoph - A learned fool.
mossback - An extremely old-fashioned conservative.
motorist - Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile.
motorman - The operator of streetcar.
mujtihad - An Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts.
muleteer - A worker who drives mules.
muralist - A painter of murals.
murderee - A victim who is murdered.
murderer - A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being).
musician - Artist who composes or conducts music as a profession.
mutineer - Someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers).
mutterer - A person who speaks softly and indistinctly.
myrmidon - A follower who carries out orders without question.
namesake - A person with the same name as another.
narrator - Someone who tells a story.
naysayer - Someone with an aggressively negative attitude.
nepotist - A powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends.
newcomer - Any new participant in some activity.
newlywed - Someone recently married.
nihilist - Someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief.
novelist - One who writes novels.
nursling - An infant considered in relation to its nurse.
observer - An expert who observes and comments on something.
occupier - A member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country.
oligarch - One of the rulers in an oligarchy.
onlooker - Someone who looks on.
operator - An agent that operates some apparatus or machine.
optician - A worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision.
optimist - A person disposed to take a favorable view of things.
ordainer - A cleric who ordains.
ordinand - A person being ordained.
organist - A person who plays an organ.
outrider - An escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard).
outsider - A contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win.
overlord - A person who has general authority over others.
overseer - A person who directs and manages an organization.
pacifist - Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.
pamperer - Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence.
panderer - A person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money).
panelist - A member of a panel.
paperboy - A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.
pardoner - A medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences.
parodist - Mimics literary or musical style for comic effect.
partaker - Someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share.
passerby - A person who passes by casually or by chance.
patentee - The inventor to whom a patent is issued.
pederast - A man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner.
perfumer - A person who makes (and sells) perfumes.
perisher - Bounder.
perjurer - A person who deliberately gives false testimony.
pharisee - A self-righteous or sanctimonious person.
pinchgut - A niggardly person who starves himself (and others).
pitchman - An aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something.
placeman - A disparaging term for an appointee.
playgoer - Someone who attends the theater.
playmate - A companion at play.
plebeian - One of the common people.
poisoner - Someone who kills with poison.
pollster - Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion.
polluter - A person or organization that causes pollution of the environment.
pontifex - A member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome.
posseman - An able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse.
posturer - Someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others.
potholer - A person who explores caves.
powderer - Someone who applies or scatters powder.
prattler - Someone who speaks in a childish way.
preacher - Someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel.
princess - A female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign).
prisoner - A person who is confined.
procurer - Someone who obtains or acquires.
prodigal - A recklessly extravagant consumer.
promisee - A person to whom a promise is made.
promiser - A person who makes a promise.
promoter - Someone who is an active supporter and advocate.
proposer - (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion.
protegee - A woman protege.
provider - Someone who provides the means for subsistence.
psalmist - A composer of sacred songs.
publican - The keeper of a public house.
puerpera - A woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter.
purveyor - Someone who supplies provisions (especially food).
pushover - Someone who is easily taken advantage of.
pussycat - A person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable.
putterer - A person who putters about.
quaestor - Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration).
quibbler - A disputant who quibbles.
quietist - A religious mystic who follows quietism.
raftsman - Someone who travels by raft.
railbird - A fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track.
reasoner - Someone who reasons logically.
redeemer - Someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.).
reliever - A pitcher who does not start the game.
cenobite - A member of a religious order living in common.
renegade - Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw.
reporter - A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories.
retailer - A merchant who sells goods at retail.
revenuer - A government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging).
reviewer - Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication.
rifleman - A soldier whose weapon is a rifle.
roommate - An associate who shares a room with you.
ruralist - An advocate of rural living.
saboteur - Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks.
salesman - A man salesperson.
salvager - Someone who salvages.
sannyasi - A Hindu religious mendicant.
satirist - A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm.
scalawag - A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest).
scofflaw - One who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses.
scrawler - A writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read.
screener - A guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint.
scullion - A kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing).
sculptor - An artist who creates sculptures.
seasoner - A cook who uses seasonings.
seconder - Someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote.
seedsman - A dealer in seeds.
sergeant - Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal.
servitor - Someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else.
sheepman - A man who raises (or tends) sheep.
shingler - A worker who shingles roofs.
shipmate - An associate on the same ship with you.
shuffler - Someone who walks without raising the feet.
sidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden.
signaler - Someone who communicates by signals.
simperer - A smiler whose smile is silly and self-conscious and sometimes coy.
skinhead - A young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations.
skydiver - A person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord.
slattern - A dirty untidy woman.
sloucher - A person who slouches.
sluggard - An idle slothful person.
smuggler - Someone who imports or exports without paying duties.
snatcher - A thief who grabs and runs.
sniffler - A person who breathes audibly through a congested nose.
snuffler - A person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus).
sodalist - A member of a sodality.
sodomite - Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male).
solderer - A worker who joins or mends with solder.
songster - A person who sings.
sorcerer - One who practices magic or sorcery.
sorehead - Someone who is peevish or disgruntled.
soundman - A technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast).
sourpuss - Someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression.
spinster - An elderly unmarried woman.
spitfire - A highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman).
splitter - A taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics.
sprawler - A person who sprawls.
sprinter - Someone who runs a short distance at top speed.
squatter - Someone who settles on land without right or title.
squinter - A person with strabismus.
stickler - Someone who insists on something.
stippler - A painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect).
stitcher - A garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps.
stockist - One (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods.
stockman - Farmer who breed or raises livestock.
stowaway - A person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage.
stranger - Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found.
streaker - Someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place.
stripper - A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music.
stumbler - A walker or runner who trips and almost falls.
succorer - Someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty.
supermom - An informal term for a mother who can combine childcare and full-time employment.
supplier - Someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity.
surveyor - An engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures.
switcher - A person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip.
tagalong - Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.
tallyman - One who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received.
taxpayer - Someone who pays taxes.
teammate - A fellow member of a team.
teamster - Someone who drives a truck as an occupation.
tearaway - A reckless and impetuous person.
testator - A person who makes a will.
thatcher - Someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage.
theorist - Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art).
thurifer - An acolyte who carries a thurible.
tinkerer - An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend.
tinsmith - Someone who makes or repairs tinware.
titterer - A person who laughs nervously.
torturer - Someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion).
totemist - A person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem.
tovarich - A comrade (especially in Russian communism).
townsman - A resident of a town or city.
trainman - An employee of a railroad.
trampler - Someone who injures by trampling.
triumvir - One of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome.
turncock - One employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off.
twaddler - Someone who twaddles.
twiddler - Someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner.
upholder - Someone who upholds or maintains.
upsetter - An unexpected winner.
upstager - A selfish actor who upstages the other actors.
utilizer - Someone who puts to good use.
vaccinee - A patient who has been vaccinated.
vanisher - A person who disappears.
venturer - A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas).
villager - One who has lived in a village most of their life.
vintager - A person who harvests grapes for making wine.
violator - Someone who assaults others sexually.
virtuoso - A musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry.
viscount - A British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron.
vitalist - One who believes in vitalism.
waitress - A woman waiter.
walloper - A winner by a wide margin.
wanderer - Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
wardress - A woman warder.
warrener - Maintains a rabbit warren.
watchman - A guard who keeps watch.
wayfarer - A traveler going on a trip.
weakling - A person who is physically weak and ineffectual.
wheedler - Someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing.
whistler - Someone who makes a loud high sound.
whittler - Someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime).
wigmaker - Someone who makes and sells wigs.
wonderer - Someone filled with admiration and awe.
woodsman - Someone who lives in the woods.
workmate - A fellow worker.
wrangler - Someone who argues noisily or angrily.
wrestler - Combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground.
yodeller - A singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs).
cummings - United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962).
brisance - The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion.
endogeny - A geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth.
amperage - The strength of an electrical current measured in amperes.
cohesion - (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid.
headwind - Wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft.
tailwind - Wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft.
cyclosis - The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell.
daylight - Light during the daytime.
doldrums - A belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific.
gaslight - Light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
levanter - An easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area.
moonbeam - A ray of moonlight.
sunlight - The rays of the sun.
necrosis - The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).
raindrop - A drop of rain.
downpour - A heavy rain.
blizzard - A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds.
twilight - The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth.
elements - Violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements).
parallax - The apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object.
plantlet - A young plant or a small plant.
calyptra - The hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy.
ascocarp - Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus.
peridium - Outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi.
domatium - A part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi.
podetium - An organ or body resembling a stalk.
hornwort - Liverworts with slender hornlike capsules.
acrocarp - A moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule).
sphagnum - Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.
hepatica - A common liverwort.
conidium - An asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore.
oosphere - A gamete.
zoospore - An asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella.
hymenium - Spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia.
seedling - Young plant or tree grown from a seed.
neophyte - A plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously.
pahautea - Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.
sandarac - Large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood.
tanekaha - Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand.
podocarp - Any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed.
gynobase - The enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne.
mericarp - A carpel with one seed.
nucellus - Central part of a plant ovule.
galbulus - The seed-producing cone of a cypress tree.
pinecone - The seed-producing cone of a pine tree.
nutshell - The shell around the kernel of a nut.
pericarp - The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary.
mesocarp - The middle layer of a pericarp.
monocarp - A plant that bears fruit once and dies.
epicalyx - A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.
perianth - Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils.
barberry - Any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries.
mayapple - North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit.
magnolia - Any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia.
moonseed - Plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds.
clematis - Any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers.
larkspur - Any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium.
bayberry - Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries.
corkwood - Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood.
huisache - Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree.
albizzia - Any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia.
mesquite - Any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar.
oleander - An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions.
alocasia - Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
caladium - Any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red.
monstera - Any plant of the genus Monstera.
duckweed - Any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds.
sandwort - Low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens.
soapwort - Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised.
amaranth - Any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers.
saltwort - Low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves.
saltbush - Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil.
beetroot - Beet having a massively swollen red root.
cockspur - Small spiny West Indian tree.
chichipe - Tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit.
pokeweed - Perennial of the genus Phytolacca.
purslane - A plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb.
crucifer - Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae.
rapeseed - Seed of rape plants.
bocconia - Small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers.
fumewort - Herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers.
fumitory - Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
achillea - Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads.
ageratum - Any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers.
ammobium - Any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage.
andryala - Any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers.
wormwood - Any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium.
centaury - Any plant of the genus Centaurea.
knapweed - Any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers.
fireweed - An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers.
fleabane - Any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers.
hawkweed - Any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion.
tidytips - California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white.
muskwood - Musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads.
oxtongue - Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.
milkweed - Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads.
marigold - Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers.
feverfew - Bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads.
wingstem - Perennial herb with showy yellow flowers.
ironweed - Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue.
bartonia - Annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers.
harebell - Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers.
angrecum - Any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers.
arethusa - Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers.
calanthe - Any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise.
cattleya - Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column.
oncidium - Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers.
sobralia - Any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya.
vanillin - A crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins.
primrose - Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.
cyclamen - Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals.
sowbread - Common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers.
plumbago - Any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago.
leadwort - A plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers.
barbasco - West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
midgrass - Any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States.
burgrass - A grass of the genus Cenchrus.
bluestem - Tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States.
feterita - A Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains.
kaoliang - Sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching).
dropseed - A grass of the genus Sporobolus.
cornsilk - Each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn.
nutgrass - A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
pandanus - Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves.
cucurbit - Any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae.
abelmosk - Bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus.
hibiscus - Any plant of the genus Hibiscus.
lacebark - Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
makomako - Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.
basswood - Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees.
honeypot - South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes.
beefwood - Tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood.
teaberry - Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil.
cowberry - Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries.
hornbeam - Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus.
agueweed - Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
sabbatia - Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
ironwood - Exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees.
shagbark - North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts.
oleaster - Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits.
sundrops - A day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera.
mangrove - A tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building.
mezereon - Small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs.
mezereum - The dried bark of the shrub mezereon.
galangal - Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots.
dillenia - Any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves.
rockrose - Small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa.
labdanum - A soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative.
ocotillo - Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers.
tamarisk - Any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers.
richweed - A plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves.
caprifig - Wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs.
sycamore - Thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground.
salsilla - Tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute.
daffodil - Any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown.
asphodel - Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers.
brodiaea - Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
mariposa - Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals.
gloriosa - Any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia.
hyacinth - Any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs.
trillium - Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower.
lilyturf - Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers.
bellwort - Any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers.
dracaena - An agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage.
tuberose - A tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers.
soapweed - Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States.
rosewood - Any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black.
kingwood - Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood.
cocobolo - A valuable timber tree of tropical South America.
sainfoin - Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.
locoweed - Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock.
sesbania - Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers.
keurboom - Tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers.
wisteria - Any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria.
palmetto - Any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves.
carnauba - Brazilian fan palm having an edible root.
caranday - South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
latanier - Fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region.
fleawort - Plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative.
pipewort - Aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers.
hydrilla - Submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers.
pondweed - Any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae.
eelgrass - Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.
japonica - Deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms.
hawthorn - A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
hagberry - Small cherry much liked by birds.
woodruff - Any plant of the genus Asperula.
cinchona - Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona.
calisaya - Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers.
bedstraw - Any of several plants of the genus Galium.
cleavers - Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles.
gardenia - Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers.
woodbine - European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers.
bourtree - A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia.
scabious - Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa.
geranium - Any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae.
mahogany - Any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish.
milkwort - Any of various plants of the genus Polygala.
bergamot - Small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery.
guaiacum - Medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree.
buckleya - Parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits.
harpulla - Fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building.
inkberry - Evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries.
snowbell - Small tree native to Japan.
roridula - Either of 2 species of the genus Roridula.
decumary - Woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters.
bergenia - Any plant of the genus Bergenia.
alumroot - Any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera.
acanthus - Any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers.
blueweed - A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers.
gromwell - European perennial branching plant.
bindweed - Any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit.
scammony - Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin.
gesneria - Any plant of the genus Gesneria.
columnea - Tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers.
gloxinia - Any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers.
kohleria - Shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers.
calamint - Perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America.
origanum - Any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings.
genlisea - Rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps.
martynia - Sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit.
foxglove - Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis.
gerardia - Any plant of the genus Gerardia.
toadflax - Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers.
veronica - Any plant of the genus Veronica.
capsicum - Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers.
mandrake - A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers.
whitecup - Prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose.
camellia - Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
earthnut - A common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts.
valerian - A plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers.
pillwort - European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps.
moonwort - Of America and Eurasia and Australia.
rhizopus - Any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus.
lecanora - Any lichen of the genus Lecanora.
roccella - A source of the dye archil and of litmus.
basidium - A small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections.
shiitake - Edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe.
mycelium - The vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae.
helvella - Any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds.
puffball - Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
polypore - Woody pore fungi.
cornsmut - A smut fungus attacking Indian corn.
cultivar - A variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation.
fruitage - The yield of fruit.
indusium - A membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern.
tracheid - Long tubular cell peculiar to xylem.
lignosae - A category in some early taxonomies.
shrublet - Dwarf shrub.
subshrub - Low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base.
geophyte - A perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms.
prophyll - A plant structure resembling a leaf.
quickset - Cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines.
meristem - Undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root.
phyllode - An expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade.
fruitlet - A diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit.
syconium - The fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets.
drupelet - A small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe.
pyxidium - Fruit of such plants as the plantain.
cornhusk - The husk of an ear of corn.
redberry - Small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries.
vinifera - Common European grape cultivated in many varieties.
malvasia - Used to make malmsey wine.
greenery - Green foliage.
lenticel - One of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue.
squamule - A minute scale.
deadwood - A branch or a part of a tree that is dead.
polypody - Any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium.
davallia - Any fern of the genus Davallia.
cynancum - Any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods.
stapelia - Any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers.
copyhold - A medieval form of land tenure in England.
freehold - Tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life.
ratables - Property that provides tax income for local governments.
sublease - A lease from one lessee to another.
mortmain - Real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation).
orangery - A place where oranges are grown.
appanage - A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family.
deflator - A statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation.
winnings - Something won (especially money).
jointure - (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower.
heirloom - Something that has been in a family for generations.
gratuity - An award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation.
offering - Money contributed to a religious organization.
dividend - A bonus.
palimony - Support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends.
kickback - A commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction.
pittance - An inadequate payment.
truckage - A fee charged for transporting goods by truckage.
wharfage - A fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay.
payables - Money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts.
comforts - Things that make you comfortable and at ease.
paycheck - A check issued in payment of wages or salary.
sterling - British money.
shilling - An English coin worth one twentieth of a pound.
tenpence - A decimal coin worth ten pennies.
twopence - A former United Kingdom silver coin.
sixpence - A small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies.
farthing - A former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny.
doubloon - A former Spanish gold coin.
bankbook - A record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks.
abrasion - Erosion by friction.
agenesis - Imperfect development.
alluvion - Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment.
amitosis - The direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes.
anaphase - The stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle.
apomixis - Any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization.
autotype - Process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.
blooming - The organic process of bearing flowers.
clouding - The process whereby water particles become visible in the sky.
cracking - The process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process).
curdling - The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.
ellipsis - Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.
enuresis - Inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination.
nocturia - Excessive urination at night.
oliguria - Production of an abnormally small amount of urine.
prophase - The first stage of mitosis.
psilosis - Falling out of hair.
ptyalism - Excessive flow of saliva.
quellung - The swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody.
reducing - Loss of excess weight (as by dieting).
refining - The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.).
reuptake - A process of using up or consuming again.
ripening - Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time.
shedding - The process whereby something is shed.
sorption - The process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption).
spoilage - The process of becoming spoiled.
synapsis - The side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis.
teething - The eruption through the gums of baby teeth.
tripling - Increase by a factor of three.
zygotene - The second stage of the prophase of meiosis.
toxicity - The degree to which something is poisonous.
megaflop - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system.
teraflop - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system.
mutchkin - A Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint.
fluidram - A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
chaldron - A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels.
kilobyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
megabyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes.
gigabyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes.
terabyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes.
petabyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes.
zettabit - A unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits.
yottabit - A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits.
abampere - A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
magneton - A unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle.
nanovolt - A unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt.
picovolt - A unit of potential equal to one trillionth of a volt.
kilovolt - A unit of potential equal to a thousand volts.
kilowatt - A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
megawatt - A unit of power equal to one million watts.
roentgen - A unit of radiation exposure.
fistmele - About seven inches.
extremum - The most extreme possible amount or value.
angstrom - A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron).
qindarka - 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania.
stotinka - 100 stotinka equal 1 lev in Bulgaria.
ngultrum - The basic unit of money in Bhutan.
groschen - 100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria.
millibar - A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
nanogram - One billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram.
decigram - 1/10 gram.
dekagram - 10 grams.
kilogram - One thousand grams.
quotient - The number obtained by division.
aliquant - An integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity.
milliard - A billion.
spillage - The amount that has spilled.
cartload - The quantity that a cart holds.
houseful - As many as a house will accommodate.
mouthful - The quantity that can be held in the mouth.
shelfful - The amount that a shelf will hold.
boatload - The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car.
cosecant - Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
durative - The aspect of a verb that expresses its duration.
preterit - A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense.
hyponymy - The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class.
synonymy - The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.
antonymy - The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings.
holonymy - The semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts.
meronymy - The semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole.
homonymy - The relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning.
antipode - Direct opposite.
polarity - Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges).
midplane - The median plane of the body (or some part of the body).
catenary - The curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points.
extrados - The exterior curve of an arch.
intrados - The interior curve of an arch.
geodesic - (mathematics) the shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere).
hexagram - A regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles.
pentacle - A star with 5 points.
pentagon - A five-sided polygon.
heptagon - A seven-sided polygon.
parabola - A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.
crescent - Any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters.
spheroid - A shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes.
spherule - A small sphere.
teardrop - Anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring).
incisure - (anatomy) a notch or small hollow.
epicycle - A circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle.
cardioid - An epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle.
brachium - (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal.
prismoid - A prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms.
verticil - A whorl of leaves growing around a stem.
ballgame - A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation.
crowding - A situation in which people or things are crowded together.
ultimacy - The state or degree of being ultimate.
vagrancy - The state of wandering from place to place.
bastardy - The status of being born to parents who were not married.
eternity - A state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife.
ubiquity - The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once).
hereness - The state of being here in this place.
sympatry - The occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding.
nonbeing - The state of not being.
awayness - The state of being elsewhere than in particular place.
endogamy - Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.
monandry - The state of having only one husband at a time.
monogamy - Having only one spouse at a time.
monogyny - Having only one wife at a time.
polygamy - Having more than one spouse at a time.
polygyny - Having more than one wife at a time.
celibacy - An unmarried status.
disunity - Lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension).
penumbra - A fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra.
mourning - State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one.
autonomy - Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence.
isostasy - (geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust.
busyness - The state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity.
inaction - The state of being inactive.
abeyance - Temporary cessation or suspension.
dormancy - A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction.
deferral - A state of abeyance or suspended business.
lethargy - A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness).
deadlock - A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.
loginess - A dull and listless state resulting from weariness.
acidosis - Abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues.
acidemia - A blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale).
insomnia - An inability to sleep.
asynergy - Absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously.
asystole - Absence of systole.
hypnosis - A state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion.
exigency - A pressing or urgent situation.
cybersex - Sexual arousal involving communication on the internet.
anestrus - Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus.
diestrus - (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity.
asphyxia - A condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis.
anorexia - A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite.
dysaphia - A disorder in the sense of touch.
dysosmia - A disorder in the sense of smell.
overbite - (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth.
anuresis - Inability to urinate.
botulism - Food poisoning from ingesting botulin.
ptomaine - A term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use.
pycnosis - A degenerative state of the cell nucleus.
pyorrhea - Chronic periodontitis.
paroxysm - A sudden uncontrollable attack.
akinesis - Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
epilepsy - A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions.
diplegia - Paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body.
erethism - An abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part.
agraphia - A loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion.
dyslexia - Impaired ability to learn to read.
embolism - Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle).
aneurysm - A cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall.
stenosis - Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway.
polyuria - Renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine.
diabetes - A polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood.
myxedema - Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
smallpox - A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
alastrim - A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus.
syphilis - A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete.
scrofula - A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands.
albinism - The congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair.
diplopia - Visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects.
ischemia - Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.
pleurisy - Inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer).
pyelitis - Inflammation of the renal pelvis.
cystitis - Inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters.
sapremia - Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria.
hydremia - Blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood.
lysogeny - The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material.
beriberi - Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).
marasmus - Extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children).
pellagra - A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin).
algidity - Prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure.
synechia - Adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract.
fibrosis - Development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ.
myopathy - Any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction.
priapism - Condition in which the penis is continually erect.
azoturia - Excess of urea in the urine.
tubercle - A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
clawfoot - A deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw.
clubfoot - Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes.
erythema - Abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation).
impetigo - A very contagious infection of the skin.
rhagades - Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
vitiligo - An acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border).
xanthoma - A skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules.
blastoma - A tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells.
lymphoma - A neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant.
leukemia - Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues.
psammoma - A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain.
teratoma - A tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site.
hepatoma - Carcinoma of the liver.
seminoma - Malignant tumor of the testis.
melanoma - Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes.
glaucoma - An eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).
trachoma - A chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue.
adenitis - Inflammation of a gland or lymph node.
angiitis - Inflammation of a blood vessel or lymph duct.
aortitis - Inflammation of the aorta.
bursitis - Inflammation of a bursa.
camelpox - A viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox.
glanders - A destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans.
staggers - A disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle.
trembles - Disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
zoonosis - An animal disease that can be transmitted to humans.
gummosis - Pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees.
heartrot - Any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees).
pinkroot - A fungal disease of onions.
stigmata - Marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ.
bleeding - The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
petechia - A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever).
windburn - Redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind.
whiplash - An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident).
chloasma - A tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives.
clubbing - A condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick.
cyanosis - A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.
diuresis - Increased secretion of urine.
prodrome - An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur.
gangrene - Necrotic tissue.
swelling - An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.
anasarca - Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
chemosis - Edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining.
tumidity - Slight swelling of an organ or part.
hematoma - A localized swelling filled with blood.
enanthem - Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.
exanthem - Eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease.
numbness - Partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body.
backache - An ache localized in the back.
headache - Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs.
migraine - A severe recurring vascular headache.
meralgia - Pain in the thigh.
podalgia - Foot pain.
sciatica - Neuralgia along the sciatic nerve.
urodynia - Pain during urination.
carditis - Inflammation of the heart.
colpitis - Inflammation of the vagina.
corditis - Inflammation of the spermatic cord.
mastitis - Inflammation of a breast (or udder).
metritis - Inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium).
myelitis - Inflammation of the spinal cord.
myositis - Inflammation of muscle tissue.
neuritis - Inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function.
orchitis - Inflammation of one or both testes.
osteitis - Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration.
ovaritis - Inflammation of the ovaries.
otorrhea - Discharge from the external ear.
rachitis - Inflammation of the vertebral column.
rhinitis - An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge).
tarsitis - Inflammation of the eyelid.
uvulitis - Inflammation of the uvula.
vaccinia - A local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox.
vulvitis - Inflammation of the vulva.
giantism - Excessive size.
diarrhea - Frequent and watery bowel movements.
thrombus - A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin.
lucidity - A lucid state of mind.
delirium - A usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations.
neurosis - A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction.
insanity - Relatively permanent disorder of the mind.
dementia - Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.
paranoia - A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur.
dyslogia - Impaired ability to express ideas verbally.
tangency - The state of being tangent.
maturity - State of being mature.
ripeness - The state of being ripe.
kingship - The dignity or rank or position of a king.
salience - The state of being salient.
eminence - High status importance owing to marked superiority.
prestige - A high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc..
oblivion - The state of being disregarded or forgotten.
dominion - Dominance or power through legal authority.
monopoly - Exclusive control or possession of something.
coziness - A state of warm snug comfort.
baldness - The condition of having no hair on the top of the head.
alopecia - Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers.
entirety - The state of being total and complete.
abrachia - The condition of having no arms.
polysomy - Congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells.
progeria - A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child.
lameness - An imperfection or defectiveness.
sickness - Defectiveness or unsoundness.
solvency - The ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due.
impurity - The condition of being impure.
shakeout - An economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry.
neatness - The state of being neat and smart and trim.
shambles - A condition of great disorder.
anoxemia - Abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood.
cyclopia - A developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye.
monosomy - Chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number.
kyphosis - An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column.
lordosis - An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column.
dwarfism - A genetic abnormality resulting in short stature.
phimosis - An abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans.
ergotism - Poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products.
ophidism - Poisoning by snake venom.
province - The proper sphere or extent of your activities.
showcase - A setting in which something can be displayed to best effect.
mildness - Good weather with comfortable temperatures.
impunity - Exemption from punishment or loss.
moisture - Wetness caused by water.
humidity - Wetness in the atmosphere.
dankness - Unpleasant wetness.
sereness - A withered dryness.
tonicity - The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
myotonia - Abnormally long muscular contractions.
asthenia - An abnormal loss of strength.
cachexia - Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
deafness - Partial or complete loss of hearing.
hyposmia - Lessened sensitivity to odors.
iniquity - Absence of moral or spiritual values.
tinnitus - A ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears.
diploidy - The condition of being diploid.
haploidy - The condition of being haploid.
tenesmus - Painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces.
uratemia - Presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood.
uraturia - Presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the urine.
uropathy - Any pathology of the urinary tract.
volvulus - Abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction.
allergen - Any substance that can cause an allergy.
aldehyde - Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds.
alkapton - An acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
floccule - A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
eutectic - A mixture of substances having a minimum melting point.
hydrogel - A colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium.
absorber - (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation.
cysteine - An amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins.
arsenate - A salt or ester of arsenic acid.
arsenide - A compound of arsenic with a more positive element.
chlorate - Any salt of chloric acid.
haloform - Compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom.
nonmetal - A chemical element lacking typical metallic properties.
actinium - A radioactive element of the actinide series.
aluminum - A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
antimony - A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
astatine - A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
atrazine - A synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide.
chlorine - A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
chromium - A hard brittle multivalent metallic element.
europium - A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
fluorine - A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens.
francium - A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
hydrogen - A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas.
lutetium - A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
nitrogen - A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas.
nobelium - A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions.
phosphor - A synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent.
platinum - A heavy precious metallic element.
polonium - A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
rubidium - A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
samarium - A grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
scandium - A white trivalent metallic element.
selenium - A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
tantalum - A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion.
thallium - A soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
titanium - A light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts).
tungsten - A heavy grey-white metallic element.
ununbium - A radioactive transuranic element.
vanadium - A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys.
chlorite - A generally green or black mineral.
chromite - A brownish-black mineral.
corundom - Very hard mineral used as an abrasive.
cryolite - A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium.
dolomite - A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate.
fluorite - A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light.
gibbsite - White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide.
goethite - A red or yellow or brown mineral.
ilmenite - A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks.
lecithin - A yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats.
molecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound.
monazite - A reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals.
nephrite - An amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form.
gasoline - A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum.
kerosene - A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.
methanol - A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol.
orpiment - A yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar.
pyridine - A toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor.
pyroxene - Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
reactant - A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.
resinoid - A plastic containing resins.
hornfels - A fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks.
cabochon - A highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets.
alkaloid - Natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants.
nicotine - An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco.
gunmetal - A type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water).
electrum - An alloy of gold and silver.
carotene - Yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants.
lycopene - Carotenoid that makes tomatoes red.
andesite - A dark grey volcanic rock.
asbestos - A fibrous amphibole.
aphanite - Fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye.
firedamp - A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.
aleurone - Granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains.
chondrin - A substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water.
proteome - The full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome.
thrombin - An enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot.
catalase - Enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst.
ammonium - The ion NH4 derived from ammonia.
androgen - Male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics.
estrogen - A general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics.
urobilin - Brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine.
goatskin - The hide of a goat.
caffeine - A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects.
cordovan - A fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain.
deerskin - Leather from the hide of a deer.
lambskin - The skin of a lamb with the wool still on.
arginine - A bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition.
thiazine - A compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom.
beebread - A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
benzoate - Any salt or ester of benzoic acid.
bonemeal - Fertilizer made of ground bones.
butylene - Any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8.
butanone - Colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid.
cannabin - A resin obtained from the hemp plant.
glycogen - One form in which body fuel is stored.
graphite - Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.
coenzyme - A small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes.
cofactor - A substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result.
chromate - Any salt or ester of chromic acid.
pipeclay - Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather.
fireclay - A heat-resistant clay.
provirus - CDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus.
creatine - An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine.
cyanogen - A colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor.
cytokine - Any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system.
cytosine - A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine.
dilutant - A diluting agent.
dopamine - A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system.
formalin - A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water.
elastase - A pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin.
ethylene - A flammable colorless gaseous alkene.
meconium - Thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child.
detritus - Loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks.
feldspar - Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
ferritin - A protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen.
filtrate - The product of filtration.
flyspeck - A tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly.
taconite - A variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite.
flooring - Building material used in laying floors.
fluoride - A salt of hydrofluoric acid.
flypaper - Paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies.
fructose - A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits.
fumigant - A chemical substance used in fumigation.
furfural - A liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor.
galbanum - A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.
obsidian - Acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization.
exotherm - A compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition.
dextrose - An isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits.
glycerol - A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils.
glyceryl - A trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals.
laetrile - A substance derived from amygdalin.
linalool - A colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils.
copalite - Partly mineralized copal dug from the ground.
bdellium - Aromatic gum resin.
mucilage - A gelatinous substance secreted by plants.
polyfoam - A foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics.
hematite - The principal form of iron ore.
hydroxyl - The monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols.
inositol - An optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex.
paraffin - (British usage) kerosine.
lactogen - Any agent that enhances milk production.
laterite - A red soil produced by rock decay.
pahoehoe - Freely flowing lava.
rhyolite - Very acid volcanic rock.
massicot - The mineral form of lead monoxide.
limonene - A liquid terpene with a lemon odor.
limonite - A widely occurring iron oxide ore.
linoleum - A floor covering.
lysozyme - An enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria.
melamine - A white crystalline organic base.
monoxide - An oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule.
tartrate - A salt or ester of tartaric acid.
sapropel - Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans.
naphthol - Either of two phenols derived from naphthalene.
nuclease - General term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units.
oilpaper - Paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil.
opopanax - An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
palmitin - An ester of glycerol and palmitic acid.
paraquat - A poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide.
pearlite - A lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite.
phosgene - A colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay.
alizarin - An orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing.
porphyry - Any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals.
propanal - A colorless liquid aldehyde.
propanol - A clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic.
propenal - A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene.
protease - Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis.
raveling - A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric.
retinene - Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light.
neoprene - A synthetic rubber that is resistant to oils and aging.
seawater - Water containing salts.
rotenone - A white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals.
chloride - Any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion).
sardonyx - An onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral.
globulin - A family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed.
platelet - Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood.
glutelin - A simple protein found in the seeds of cereals.
antibody - Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response.
gingerol - Derived from ginger.
anatoxin - A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin.
exotoxin - A toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium.
mephitis - A poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth.
silicate - A salt or ester derived from silicic acid.
silicide - Any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical.
silicone - Any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures.
siloxane - Any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms.
simazine - A herbicide used to control weeds (especially among crops).
smaltite - A grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel.
sodalite - A vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form.
viricide - An agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses.
alkahest - Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
stannite - A dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin.
softener - A substance added to another to make it less hard.
stibnite - A soft grey mineral.
sunstone - A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals.
catechin - A tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance.
triazine - Any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring.
margarin - A glyceryl ester of margaric acid.
triolein - A naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
trioxide - An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
tyramine - Amino acid derived from tyrosine.
tyrosine - An amino acid found in most proteins.
urethane - An ester of carbamic acid.
vanadate - A salt or ester of vanadic acid.
iodopsin - A violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates.
hardwood - The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).
softwood - Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
pulpwood - Softwood used to make paper.
firewood - Wood used for fuel.
cordwood - Firewood cut and stacked in cords.
kindling - Material for starting a fire.
knothole - A hole in a board where a knot came out.
wurtzite - A brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide.
xenotime - A brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form.
vesicant - A chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas).
xanthate - A salt or ester of xanthic acid.
xanthine - Crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins.
downtime - A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions).
clocking - The time taken to traverse a measured course.
longueur - A period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art).
workweek - Hours or days of work in a calendar week.
playtime - Time for play or diversion.
girlhood - The childhood of a girl.
twenties - The time of life between 20 and 30.
thirties - The time of life between 30 and 40.
eighties - The time of life between 80 and 90.
nineties - The time of life between 90 and 100.
mealtime - The hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten.
midnight - 12 o'clock at night.
deadline - The point in time at which something must be completed.
semester - Half a year.
bimester - A period of 2 months.
solstice - Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.
compline - Last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring.
seedtime - The time during which seeds should be planted.
ephemera - Something transitory.
birthday - An anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it).
halftime - An intermission between the first and second half of a game.
airspeed - The speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying.
dogwatch - Either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm.
absorbent - Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.).
receptive - Able to absorb liquid (not repellent).
repellent - Incapable of absorbing or mixing with.
adsorbent - Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.
abstinent - Self-restraining.
crapulous - Given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking.
crapulent - Suffering from excessive eating or drinking.
objective - Belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events.
abounding - Existing in abundance.
exuberant - Produced or growing in extreme abundance.
plentiful - Existing in great number or quantity.
veracious - Precisely accurate.
rapacious - Excessively greedy and grasping.
acropetal - Of leaves or flowers.
basipetal - Of leaves or flowers.
acrobatic - Vigorously active.
sedentary - Requiring sitting or little activity.
activated - (military) set up and placed on active assignment.
quiescent - (pathology) causing no symptoms.
proactive - (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens.
effective - Existing in fact.
potential - Existing in possibility.
avirulent - Not virulent.
adjustive - Conducive to adjustment.
alcoholic - Addicted to alcohol.
dependent - Addicted to a drug.
addictive - Causing or characterized by addiction.
reductive - Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment.
addressed - (of mail) marked with a destination.
competent - Adequate for the purpose.
deficient - Inadequate in amount or degree.
incapable - Not meeting requirements.
adjective - Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law.
adoptable - Suitable or eligible for adoption.
champleve - (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired.
clinquant - Glittering with gold or silver.
crocketed - (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage).
inwrought - Having a decorative pattern worked or woven in.
unadorned - Not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction.
maladroit - Not adroit.
audacious - Disposed to venture or take risks.
advisable - Worthy of being recommended or suggested.
oxidative - Taking place in the presence of oxygen.
anaerobic - Living or active in the absence of free oxygen.
aesthetic - Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste.
painterly - Having qualities unique to the art of painting.
agonistic - Struggling for effect.
unstilted - Flowing naturally and continuously.
acceptive - Inclined to accept rather than reject.
accepting - Tolerating without protest.
rejective - Rejecting or tending to reject.
horrified - Stricken with horror.
battleful - Having or showing a ready disposition to fight.
predatory - Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
truculent - Defiantly aggressive.
unstirred - Not agitated by stirring.
agreeable - Conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature.
recursive - Of or relating to a recursion.
heuristic - Of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation.
alienable - Transferable to another owner.
bloodless - Destitute of blood or apparently so.
deathlike - Having the physical appearance of death.
nonviable - Not capable of living or developing successfully.
stillborn - (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth.
altricial - (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food.
precocial - (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open.
ambiguous - Having more than one possible meaning.
enigmatic - Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought.
uncertain - Ambiguous (especially in the negative).
ambitious - Having a strong desire for success or achievement.
shiftless - Lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative.
ametropic - Of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina.
catabolic - Characterized by destructive metabolism.
anaclinal - Of valleys and rivers.
synclinal - Sloping downward toward each other to create a trough.
katabatic - Of an air current or wind.
synthetic - Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts.
indignant - Angered at something unjust or wrong.
resentful - Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will.
rancorous - Showing deep-seated resentment.
unfeeling - Devoid of feeling or sensation.
inanimate - Not endowed with life.
enlivened - Made lively or spirited.
anonymous - Having no known name or identity or known source.
attendant - Following or accompanying as a consequence.
precedent - Preceding in time, order, or significance.
following - Immediately following in time or order.
perinatal - Occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after).
postnatal - Occurring immediately after birth.
posterior - Located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure.
befitting - Appropriate to.
repayable - Subject to repayment.
unarmored - (used of persons or things military) without protective armor.
brushlike - Resembling a brush.
thornless - Lacking thorns.
brachiate - Having arms or armlike appendages.
scaleless - Destitute of scales.
designing - Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest.
unjointed - Without joints or jointed segments.
unashamed - Used of persons or their behavior.
shameless - Feeling no shame.
unabashed - Not embarrassed.
assertive - Aggressively self-assured.
unengaged - Not promised in marriage.
appendant - Affixed as an appendage.
basifixed - Attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks).
unaffixed - Not affixed.
unguarded - Displaying or feeling no wariness.
attentive - (often followed by `to') giving care or attention.
advertent - Giving attention.
observant - Paying close attention especially to details.
forgetful - Failing to keep in mind.
appealing - Able to attract interest or draw favorable attention.
traceable - (usually followed by `to') able to be traced to.
inaudible - Impossible to hear.
fortunate - Presaging good fortune.
canonized - Accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.
empowered - Invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
automatic - Operating with minimal human intervention.
automated - Operated by automation.
available - Obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service.
insomniac - Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness.
unwitting - Not aware or knowing.
appalling - Causing consternation.
atrocious - Provoking horror.
assuasive - Freeing from fear and anxiety.
directing - Showing the way by conducting or leading.
razorback - Having a sharp narrow back.
backswept - Used of hair.
cacuminal - Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate.
reflexive - Referring back to itself.
retracted - Drawn back and in.
retroflex - Bent or curved backward.
headfirst - With the head foremost.
bumptious - Offensively self-assertive.
balconied - Having balconies or a balcony.
beneficed - Having a benefice.
sheetlike - Resembling a sheet.
grasslike - Resembling grass.
grassless - Lacking grass.
beardless - Lacking hair on the face.
canescent - Covered with fine whitish hairs or down.
tomentose - Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs.
beautiful - Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration.
beauteous - (poetic )beautiful, especially to the sight.
exquisite - Of extreme beauty.
ravishing - Stunningly beautiful.
grotesque - Distorted and unnatural in shape or size.
unsightly - Unpleasant to look at.
bellyless - Lacking a prominent belly.
malicious - Having the nature of or resulting from malice.
poisonous - Marked by deep ill will.
cancerous - Like a cancer.
superfine - (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality.
bettering - Changing for the better.
worsening - Changing for the worse.
bicameral - Composed of two legislative bodies.
unifacial - Having but one principal or specialized surface.
bilateral - Having two sides or parts.
bipartite - Involving two parts or elements.
redheaded - Having red hair and usually fair skin.
blemished - Marred by imperfections.
stainless - (of reputation) free from blemishes.
homicidal - Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being .
daredevil - Presumptuously daring.
foolhardy - Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences.
unchained - Not bound by shackles and chains.
entangled - Twisted together in a tangled mass.
rootbound - Having the roots matted or densely tangled.
untangled - Not tangled.
paperback - (of books) having a flexible binding.
looseleaf - Being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged.
bourgeois - Belonging to the middle class.
desperate - Showing extreme courage.
undaunted - Resolutely courageous.
breathing - Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally.
amorphous - Without real or apparent crystalline form.
darkening - Becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over.
lightless - Without illumination.
tenebrous - Dark and gloomy.
brilliant - Full of light.
jaundiced - Showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste.
illiberal - Narrow-minded about cherished opinions.
brotherly - Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother.
exergonic - (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy.
fraternal - (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova.
identical - (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum.
countable - That can be counted.
countless - Too numerous to be counted.
confident - Not liable to error in judgment or action.
neglected - Lacking a caretaker.
haphazard - Marked by great carelessness.
apivorous - Feeding on bees.
causative - Producing an effect.
anorectic - Causing loss of appetite.
conducive - Tending to bring about.
inductive - Inducing or influencing.
hotheaded - Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
alveolate - Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb).
nonporous - Not porous.
bicentric - Having two centers.
convinced - Having a strong belief or conviction.
reassured - Having confidence restored.
diffident - Lacking self-confidence.
certified - Endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements.
necessary - Unavoidably determined by prior circumstances.
checkered - Marked by changeable fortune.
jittering - Undergoing small rapid variations.
confirmed - Of persons.
alterable - (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe.
incurable - Unalterable in disposition or habits.
unadapted - Not having adapted to new conditions.
unaltered - Remaining in an original state.
unreduced - Not altered by reduction.
unrevised - Not improved or brought up to date.
unamended - (of legislation) not amended.
denatured - Changed in nature or natural quality.
exchanged - Changed for (replaced by) something different.
unchanged - Not made or become different.
isometric - Of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant.
immutable - Not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature.
uncharged - Of a particle or body or system.
chartered - Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
triclinic - Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles.
chromatic - Being or having or characterized by hue.
carnation - Pink or pinkish.
earthlike - Earth colored.
tangerine - Of a strong reddish orange color.
vermilion - Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
vinaceous - Of the color of wine.
albescent - Becoming or shading into white.
saturated - (of color) being chromatically pure.
uncolored - Without color.
unstained - Not stained.
untreated - (of a specimen for study under a microscope) not treated with a reagent or dye.
prismatic - Exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism.
colorless - Weak in color.
cisalpine - On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps.
christian - Following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ.
civilized - Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological.
barbarian - Without civilizing influences.
barbarous - Primitive in customs and culture.
primitive - Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies.
classical - Of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture.
sensitive - Of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security.
cleanable - Capable of being cleaned.
unsullied - Spotlessly clean and fresh.
uncleanly - Habitually unclean.
nonkosher - Not conforming to dietary laws.
confusing - Lacking clarity of meaning.
unclouded - Not made opaque or cloudy by sediment.
unfrosted - (of glass) lacking a frosted coating.
inclement - Used of persons or behavior.
unsparing - Not forbearing.
nitwitted - (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment.
clockwise - In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock.
appressed - Pressed close to or lying flat against something.
proximate - Very close in space or time.
scalelike - Reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale.
appareled - Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
cassocked - Dressed in a cassock.
surpliced - Wearing a surplice.
uniformed - Dressed in a uniform.
unclothed - Not wearing clothing.
unsaddled - With no saddle.
cloudless - Free from clouds.
cloudlike - Resembling a cloud.
coastwise - Along or following a coast.
aggregate - Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole.
knockdown - (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled.
allocable - Capable of being distributed.
suffusive - Spreading through.
published - Prepared and printed for distribution and sale.
according - (followed by `to') as reported or stated by.
comburent - Supporting combustion.
flammable - Easily ignited.
ignescent - Can emit sparks or burst into flame.
fireproof - Impervious to damage by fire.
explosive - Serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst.
unlighted - Not set afire or burning.
unkindled - Not set afire.
miserable - Characterized by physical misery.
comforted - Made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress.
technical - Resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations.
nonprofit - Not commercially motivated.
different - Differing from all others.
anecdotic - Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes.
expansive - Friendly and open and willing to talk.
narrative - Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story.
nonverbal - Involving little use of language.
outspoken - Given to expressing yourself freely or insistently.
matchless - Eminent beyond or above comparison.
nurturant - Providing physical and emotional care and nourishment.
congenial - (used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted.
congruous - Suitable or appropriate together.
undivided - Not separated into parts or shares.
committed - Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude.
undecided - Not yet having made a commitment.
dedicated - Devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose.
completed - Caught.
statewide - Occurring or extending throughout a state.
collected - In full control of your faculties.
flustered - Thrown into a state of agitated confusion.
biconcave - Concave on both sides.
bursiform - Shaped like a pouch.
umbellate - Resembling an umbel in form.
dispensed - Distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions.
dispersed - Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.
scattered - Occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space.
separated - Spaced apart.
unfocused - Not concentrated at one point or upon one objective.
eccentric - Not having a common center.
concerned - Feeling or showing worry or solicitude.
equivocal - Uncertain as a sign or indication.
fulfilled - Completed to perfection.
accordant - Being in agreement or harmony.
atrophied - (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use.
provisory - Subject to a proviso.
homebound - Confined usually by illness.
snowbound - Confined or shut in by heavy snow.
uncrowded - Having or allowing sufficient room.
congruent - Coinciding when superimposed.
partitive - Serving to separate or divide into parts.
connected - Joined or linked together.
disjoined - Have the connection undone.
uncoupled - Having the coupling undone.
subduable - Susceptible to being subjugated.
conscious - Knowing and perceiving.
hidebound - Stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded.
welfarist - Of or relating to a welfare state.
steadfast - Firm and dependable especially in loyalty.
unfailing - Unceasing.
formative - Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning.
contented - Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.
satisfied - Filled with satisfaction.
debatable - Capable of being disproved.
continent - Having control over urination and defecation.
continual - Occurring without interruption.
insistent - Repetitive and persistent.
perennial - Recurring again and again.
recurring - Coming back.
irregular - Not occurring at expected times.
ceaseless - Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
sustained - Maintained at length without interruption or weakening.
disrupted - Marked by breaks or gaps.
continued - Without stop or interruption.
contained - Gotten under control.
dominated - Controlled or ruled by superior authority or power.
harnessed - Brought under control and put to use.
favorable - Occurring at a convenient or suitable time.
customary - In accordance with convention or custom.
formulaic - Characterized by or in accordance with some formula.
confluent - Flowing together.
divergent - Tending to move apart in different directions.
branching - Resembling the branches of a tree.
maplelike - Resembling maple.
barbecued - Cooked over an outdoor grill.
lyonnaise - Cooked with onions.
untoasted - Not having been browned by exposure to heat.
corrupted - Ruined in character or quality.
incorrupt - Free of corruption or immorality.
incarnate - Invested with a bodily form especially of a human body.
corporeal - Having material or physical form or substance.
spiritual - Lacking material body or form or substance.
incorrect - Not correct.
erroneous - Containing or characterized by error.
corrected - Having something undesirable neutralized.
aplanatic - Free from or corrected for spherical aberration.
rectified - Having been put right.
amendable - Capable of being corrected by additions.
bumpkinly - Awkwardly simple and provincial.
jerkwater - Small and remote and insignificant.
cathartic - Strongly laxative.
diarrheal - Of or relating to diarrhea.
courteous - Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners.
undreamed - Not imagined even in a dream.
credulous - Disposed to believe on little evidence.
dangerous - Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
acritical - Without a crisis (as of some diseases).
crosstown - Going or extending across a town or city.
decussate - Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.
uncrossed - Not crossed.
chapleted - Provided with a chaplet.
uncrowned - Not (especially not yet) provided with a crown.
collinear - Lying on the same line.
unpierced - Not pierced.
unsheared - (used especially of fur or wool) not having been sheared.
incurious - Showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity.
incumbent - Currently holding an office.
occurrent - Presently occurring (either causally or incidentally).
unendowed - Not equipped or provided.
dowerless - Lacking a dowry.
unblessed - Not provided with something desirable.
curtained - Furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies.
noncyclic - Not cyclic.
aliphatic - Having carbon atoms linked in open chains.
nocturnal - Belonging to or active during the night.
undamaged - Not harmed or spoiled.
undatable - Not capable of being given a date.
announced - Declared publicly.
allowable - Deductible according to the tax laws.
compliant - Disposed or willing to comply.
undefined - Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished.
derivable - Capable of being derived.
underived - Not derived.
inflected - Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes).
modulated - Altered in volume as well as tone or pitch.
dehiscent - (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds.
gladdened - Made joyful.
breakable - Capable of being broken or damaged.
frangible - Capable of being broken.
splintery - Subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces.
demanding - Requiring more than usually expected or thought due.
easygoing - Relaxed and informal in attitude or standards.
mendicant - Practicing beggary.
precatory - Expressing entreaty or supplication.
suppliant - Humbly entreating.
classless - Favoring social equality.
monarchal - Ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch.
arbitrary - Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice.
parasitic - Of plants or persons.
symbiotic - Used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each.
breakaway - Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude.
desirable - Worth having or seeking or achieving.
destroyed - Spoiled or ruined or demolished.
despoiled - Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
shattered - Ruined or disrupted.
preserved - Kept intact or in a particular condition.
conserved - Protected from harm or loss.
protected - Guarded from injury or destruction.
definable - Capable of being defined, limited, or explained.
judicable - Capable of being judged or decided.
developed - Being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful.
vestigial - Not fully developed in mature animals.
dextrorse - Spiraling upward from left to right.
sinistral - Of or on the left.
adiabatic - Occurring without loss or gain of heat.
difficult - Not easy.
fractious - Unpredictably difficult in operation.
herculean - Extremely difficult.
dignified - Having or expressing dignity.
demeaning - Causing awareness of your shortcomings.
assiduous - Marked by care and persistent effort.
negligent - Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern.
undiluted - Not diluted.
immediate - Having no intervening medium.
prescient - Perceiving the significance of events before they occur.
imprudent - Lacking wise self-restraint.
diacritic - Capable of distinguishing.
selective - Tending to select.
knifelike - Having a sharp or distinct edge.
divisible - Capable of being or liable to be divided or separated.
cleavable - Capable of being cleaved.
dividable - Can be divided usually without leaving a remainder.
slavelike - Suitable for a slave or servant.
unservile - Not servile or submissive.
ascendant - Most powerful or important or influential.
governing - Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws.
sovereign - Greatest in status or authority or power.
secondary - Belonging to a lower class or rank.
recessive - (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical.
unactable - Not actable.
drinkable - Suitable for drinking.
sharpened - Made sharp or sharper.
undynamic - Characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness.
overeager - Excessively eager.
reluctant - Not eager.
premature - Uncommonly early or before the expected time.
embryonic - In an early stage of development.
incipient - Only partly in existence.
eastbound - Moving toward the east.
westbound - Moving toward the west.
unstudied - Lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field.
operative - Being in force or having or exerting force.
impelling - Markedly effective as if by emotional pressure.
toothless - Lacking necessary force for effectiveness.
effortful - Requiring great physical effort.
efficient - Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense.
impellent - Forcing forward or onward.
impetuous - Marked by violent force.
forceless - Lacking force.
inelastic - Not elastic.
electoral - Relating to or composed of electors.
nominated - Appointed by nomination.
appointed - Selected for a job.
dandified - Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner.
inelegant - Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste.
emotional - Of more than usual emotion.
impassive - Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
empirical - Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory.
practical - Having or put to a practical purpose or use.
freelance - Working for yourself.
enchanted - Influenced as by charms or incantations.
bewitched - Under a spell.
promotive - Tending to further or encourage.
mortgaged - Burdened with legal or financial obligations.
exogamous - Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe.
endoergic - (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy.
exogenous - Derived or originating externally.
energetic - Possessing or exerting or displaying energy.
strenuous - Characterized by or performed with much energy or force.
lethargic - Deficient in alertness or activity.
searching - Exploring thoroughly.
inquiring - Given to inquiry.
increased - Made greater in size or amount or degree.
augmented - Added to or made greater in amount or number or strength.
redoubled - Become much greater in intensity or size or amount.
decreased - Made less in size or amount or degree.
attenuate - Reduced in strength.
belittled - Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth).
minimized - Reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree.
remittent - (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity.
shriveled - Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity.
reducible - Capable of being reduced.
benighted - Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture.
slowgoing - Not inclined to be enterprising.
nostalgic - Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons.
isoclinal - Having equal magnetic inclinations.
hypotonic - (of a solution) having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution.
indelible - Cannot be removed or erased.
essential - Basic and fundamental.
estimable - Deserving of respect or high regard.
admirable - Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.
bastardly - Of no value or worth.
unethical - Not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior.
laudatory - Full of or giving praise.
adulatory - Obsequiously complimentary.
dysphoric - Generalized feeling of distress.
justified - Having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins.
evergreen - (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year.
deciduous - (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season.
broadleaf - Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves.
vicarious - Suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another.
excitable - Easily excited.
thrillful - Full of excitement.
unexcited - Not excited.
glamorous - Having an air of allure, romance and excitement.
damnatory - Threatening with damnation.
renewable - Capable of being renewed.
exhausted - Depleted of energy, force, or strength.
nonextant - No longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction.
surviving - Still in existence.
expedient - Serving to promote your interest.
carpetbag - Presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality.
expensive - High in price or charging high prices.
practiced - Skillful after much practice.
fledgling - Young and inexperienced.
unexpired - Not having come to an end or been terminated by passage of time.
exploited - Developed or used to greatest advantage.
speakable - Capable of being uttered in words or sentences.
extensile - Capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out.
pizzicato - (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger.
intrinsic - Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts.
outermost - Situated at the farthest possible point from a center.
satellite - Surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power.
equitable - Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience.
allegiant - Steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government).
faithless - Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor.
insurgent - In opposition to a civil authority or government.
foolproof - Not liable to failure.
inerrable - Not liable to error.
styleless - Lacking in style or elegance.
andantino - (of tempo) moderately fast.
larghetto - (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo.
corpulent - Excessively fat.
nonlethal - Not capable of causing death.
approving - Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.
indulgent - Being favorably inclined.
feathered - Having or covered with feathers.
plumelike - Resembling a plume.
unfledged - (of an arrow) not equipped with feathers.
fattening - Subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter.
roughhewn - Of stone or timber.
undressed - Of lumber or stone or hides.
boundless - Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent.
inaugural - Serving to set in motion.
firstborn - First in order of birth.
afflicted - Mentally or physically unfit.
crookback - Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
contrasty - Having sharp differences between black and white.
spinnable - Capable of being spun into fibres.
stretched - (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching.
semirigid - Not fully rigid.
adaptable - Capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use.
universal - Adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations.
ringleted - (of hair) shaped into ringlets.
aftermost - Located closest to the stern or tail.
adventive - Not native and not fully established.
nonnative - Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing.
homegrown - Grown or originating in a particular place.
municipal - Of or relating to the government of a municipality.
husbandly - Related to or suited to a husband.
memorable - Worth remembering.
forgiving - Inclined or able to forgive and show mercy.
scentless - Emitting or holding no odor.
liberated - (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination.
conjugate - Of an organic compound.
footloose - Free to go or do as one pleases.
comradely - Heartily friendly and congenial.
uncordial - Lacking warmth or friendliness.
glaciated - Covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action.
bountiful - Producing in abundance.
childless - Without offspring.
congested - Overfull as with blood.
overladen - Loaded past capacity.
untouched - Still full.
undrained - Not drained.
outrigged - Rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes.
outfitted - Equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories.
furnished - Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority).
specified - Clearly and explicitly stated.
localized - Made local or oriented locally.
unselfish - Not greedy.
authentic - Not counterfeit or copied.
pinchbeck - Serving as an imitation or substitute.
swingeing - Severe.
graceless - Lacking grace.
fulminant - Sudden and severe.
polyploid - Of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes.
regretful - Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.
cushioned - Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
demulcent - Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin.
fricative - Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
insidious - Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
consonant - Involving or characterized by harmony.
symphonic - Harmonious in sound.
healthful - Conducive to good health of body or mind.
crippling - That cripples or disables or incapacitates.
infective - Able to cause disease.
unhealthy - Not conducive to good health.
anicteric - Not affected by jaundice.
wholesome - Sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind.
arthritic - Of or pertaining to arthritis.
asthmatic - Relating to breathing with a whistling sound.
bloodshot - (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels.
cankerous - Having an ulcer or canker.
edematous - Swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid.
ingrowing - Growing abnormally into the flesh.
sunburned - Suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight.
ambrosial - Worthy of the gods.
celestial - Of heaven or the spirit.
earthborn - Connected with earthly life.
flatulent - Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
ponderous - Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness.
disabling - Depriving of legal right.
assistive - Giving assistance.
steadying - Causing to become steady.
unhelpful - Providing no assistance.
disparate - Including markedly dissimilar elements.
decollete - (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline.
ceilinged - Provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface.
depressed - Lower than previously.
adenoidal - Sounding as if the nose were pinched.
altissimo - Very high.
sopranino - Higher in range than soprano.
imitative - Marked by or given to imitation.
simulated - Reproduced or made to resemble.
nonechoic - Not echoic or imitative of sound.
homologic - Similar in evolutionary origin but not in function.
analogous - Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin.
downright - Characterized by plain blunt honesty.
dishonest - Deceptive or fraudulent.
beguiling - Misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods.
deceitful - Intended to deceive.
deceptive - Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently.
honorable - Worthy of being honored.
insoluble - Without hope of solution.
crosswise - In the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross.
accumbent - Lying down.
windswept - Open to or swept by wind.
welcoming - Very cordial.
calorific - Heat-generating.
scorching - Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface.
bantering - Cleverly amusing in tone.
hilarious - Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter.
slapstick - Characterized by horseplay and physical action.
humorless - Lacking humor.
unhurried - Relaxed and leisurely.
transeunt - Of a mental act.
dyslectic - Having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder.
important - Of great significance or value.
strategic - Highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war.
arresting - Commanding attention.
grandiose - Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur.
uncleared - Not cleared.
exaugural - Occurring at or marking the close of a term of office.
interbred - Bred of closely related parents.
inflowing - Flowing inward.
inpouring - Pouring inward.
deductive - Involving inferences from general principles.
deducible - Capable of being deduced.
epicurean - Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.
chthonian - Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth.
revealing - Disclosing unintentionally.
unadvised - Having received no information.
ingenuous - Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings.
distorted - Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented.
inhabited - Having inhabitants.
colonized - Inhabited by colonists.
populated - Furnished with inhabitants.
abandoned - Forsaken by owner or inhabitants .
unpeopled - With no people living there.
unsettled - Not yet settled.
ancestral - Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.
monogenic - Of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes.
polygenic - Of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once.
inhibited - Held back or restrained or prevented.
smothered - Held in check with difficulty.
uninjured - Not injured physically or mentally.
unwounded - Not wounded.
acquitted - Declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime.
blameless - Free of guilt.
inspiring - Stimulating or exalting to the spirit.
ennobling - Tending to exalt.
educative - Resulting in education.
ostensive - Manifestly demonstrative.
unblended - Not blended or mixed together.
endogenic - Of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth.
brainless - Not using intelligence.
causeless - Having no cause or apparent cause.
fashioned - Planned and made or fashioned artistically.
analgesic - Capable of relieving pain.
tempering - Moderating by making more temperate.
weakening - Moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker.
apathetic - Marked by a lack of interest.
absorbing - Capable of arousing and holding the attention.
extrinsic - Not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside.
extrovert - Being concerned with the social and physical environment.
intrusive - Tending to intrude (especially upon privacy).
intruding - Projecting inward.
obtrusive - Sticking out.
underhung - Having a lower part projecting beyond the upper.
irruptive - Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface.
extrusive - Of rock material.
animating - Giving spirit and vivacity.
unpressed - (of clothing) not smoothed with heat.
isotropic - Invariant with respect to direction.
overjoyed - Extremely joyful.
sorrowful - Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss.
anguished - Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.
lamenting - Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression.
woebegone - Affected by or full of grief or woe.
mirthless - Lacking mirth.
unsmiling - Not smiling.
juiceless - Lacking juice.
unmerited - Not merited or deserved.
benignant - Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects.
legendary - So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend.
chartless - (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated.
ungrasped - Not fully apprehended.
unlabeled - Lacking a label or tag.
capacious - Large in capacity.
extensive - Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity.
humongous - (used informally) very large.
monstrous - Abnormally large.
overlarge - Excessively large.
subatomic - Of smaller than atomic dimensions.
miniature - Being on a very small scale.
minuscule - Very small.
undersize - Smaller than normal for its kind.
antiknock - Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines.
leakproof - Not subject to leaks.
rainproof - Not permitting the passage of water.
uncaulked - Not caulked or sealed.
statutory - Prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute.
embezzled - Taken for your own use in violation of a trust.
illegible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible.
promising - Showing possibility of achievement or excellence.
boughless - Having no boughs (of trees).
unlimited - Having no limits in range or scope.
nonlinear - Designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree.
metonymic - Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.
habitable - Fit for habitation.
unlivable - Unfit or unsuitable to live in or with.
epizootic - (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region.
pestilent - Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease.
gloveless - Devoid of gloves.
dianoetic - Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition.
illogical - Lacking in correct logical relation.
intuitive - Obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation.
outspread - Fully extended in width.
elongated - Drawn out or made longer spatially.
monthlong - Last through a month.
nightlong - Lasting, open, or operating through the whole night.
skintight - So tight as to cling to the skin.
deafening - Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.
murmuring - Making a low continuous indistinct sound.
murmurous - Characterized by soft sounds.
grumbling - Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound.
unlovable - Incapable of inspiring love or affection.
unlikable - Difficult or impossible to like.
cherished - Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.
alienated - Caused to be unloved.
loverlike - Like or in the manner of a lover.
lowercase - Relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case.
uppercase - Relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case.
majuscule - Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters.
steerable - Capable of being steered or directed.
pilotless - Lacking a pilot.
unbranded - Not marked with a brand.
unmarried - Not married or related to the unmarried state.
masculine - Associated with men and not with women.
womanlike - Resembling a woman.
unwomanly - Not womanly.
hoydenish - Used of girls.
duplicate - Being two identical.
overblown - Past the stage of full bloom.
pubescent - (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature.
melodious - Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody.
cantabile - Smooth and flowing.
unmusical - Not musical in nature.
dissolved - (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form.
merciless - Having or showing no mercy.
cutthroat - Ruthless in competition.
metabolic - Undergoing metamorphosis.
consuming - Very intense.
intensive - Characterized by a high degree or intensity.
embroiled - Deeply involved especially in something complicated.
combatant - Engaging in or ready for combat.
soldierly - (of persons) befitting a warrior.
mitigated - Made less severe or intense.
bodacious - Incorrigible.
rotatable - Capable of being rotated.
versatile - Able to move freely in all directions.
immovable - Not able or intended to be moved.
nonmotile - (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement.
removable - Capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed.
metallike - Resembling metal.
metalloid - Of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal.
excessive - Beyond normal limits.
extremist - (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm.
nonmodern - Not modern.
diclinous - Having pistils and stamens in separate flowers.
autoicous - Having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant.
synoicous - Having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium.
paroicous - Having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium.
dioecious - Having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals.
bilingual - Using or knowing two languages.
univalent - Used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis.
monotonic - Of a sequence or function.
righteous - Morally justified.
debauched - Unrestrained by convention or morality.
deathless - Never dying.
motivated - Provided with a motive or given incentive for action.
motorized - Equipped with a motor or motors.
bimotored - Having two motors.
affecting - Arousing affect.
vibratory - Moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down.
nonmoving - Not in motion.
worldwide - Spanning or extending throughout the entire world.
unnatural - Not in accordance with or determined by nature.
cardboard - Without substance.
celluloid - Artificial as if portrayed in a film.
marvelous - Being or having the character of a miracle.
witchlike - Being or having the character of witchcraft.
disturbed - Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships.
coroneted - Belonging to the peerage.
anomalous - Deviating from the general or common order or type.
defective - Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior.
subnormal - Below normal or average.
northerly - Coming from the north.
southerly - From the south.
southeast - Situated in or oriented toward the southeast.
southwest - Situated in or oriented toward the southwest.
unnoticed - Not noticed.
perceived - Detected by means of the senses.
innocuous - Not injurious to physical or mental health.
innoxious - Having no adverse effect.
tributary - Paying tribute.
axiomatic - Evident without proof or argument.
unobvious - Not immediately apparent.
unimpeded - Not slowed or prevented.
unclogged - Freed of obstructions.
offensive - Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses.
abhorrent - Offensive to the mind.
verminous - Of the nature of vermin.
incursive - Involving invasion or aggressive attack.
marauding - Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.
defensive - Intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack.
defending - Attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.
offending - Offending against or breaking a law or rule.
doddering - Mentally or physically infirm with age.
venerable - Impressive by reason of age.
infantile - Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
childlike - Befitting a young child.
stoppered - (of a container) having a stopper in the opening.
squinched - Having eyes half closed in order to see better.
capsulate - Used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule.
clathrate - Designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another.
coarctate - (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case.
fencelike - Resembling a fence.
opportune - Suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose.
opposable - Capable of being placed opposite to something.
unopposed - Not having opposition or an opponent.
alternate - Of leaves and branches etc.
abactinal - (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated.
organized - Methodical and efficient in arrangement or function.
scrambled - Thrown together in a disorderly fashion.
corporate - Organized and maintained as a legal corporation.
exceeding - Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.
fantastic - Extraordinarily good or great .
frightful - Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.
inorganic - Relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis.
atomistic - Divided into separate and often disparate elements.
misplaced - Put in the wrong place or position.
orienting - Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually.
dissident - Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.
outdoorsy - Characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life.
blanketed - Covered with (or as if with) a blanket.
plastered - (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster.
overgrown - Covered with growing plants.
bifoliate - Having two leaves.
foliolate - (often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets.
petallike - Resembling a petal.
aphyllous - Having no leaves.
defoliate - Deprived of leaves.
bilabiate - Having two lips.
backstair - Secret and sly or sordid.
collusive - Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.
agonizing - Extremely painful.
traumatic - Psychologically painful.
unpainted - Not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat.
described - Represented in words especially with sharpness and detail.
paintable - Lending itself to being painted.
palatable - Acceptable to the taste or mind.
excusable - Easily excused or forgiven.
impartial - Showing lack of favoritism.
navigable - Able to be sailed on or through safely.
chivalric - Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages.
unhatched - Not yet emerged from an egg.
impatient - Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition.
briefless - (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients.
patriotic - Inspired by love for your country.
peaceable - Inclined or disposed to peace.
errorless - Free from error.
faultless - Without fault or error.
idealized - Exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence.
imperfect - Not perfect.
decayable - Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
permanent - Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place.
ephemeral - Lasting a very short time.
shipboard - Casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship.
revocable - Capable of being revoked or annulled.
forbidden - Excluded from use or mention.
deterrent - Tending to deter.
perplexed - Full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment.
unbaffled - Not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements.
permeable - Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through.
retentive - Having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water.
colorfast - Having color that is resistant to fading or running.
mothproof - Resistant to damage by moths.
resistant - Impervious to being affected.
apetalous - (of flowers) having no petals.
prayerful - Disposed to pray or appearing to pray.
religious - Of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows.
atheistic - Rejecting any belief in gods.
mitigable - Capable of being alleviated.
patterned - Having patterns (especially colorful patterns).
damascene - (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals.
elaborate - Marked by complexity and richness of detail.
embattled - Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement.
contrived - Showing effects of planning or manipulation.
unplanned - Without apparent forethought or prompting or planning.
plausible - Apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful.
enjoyable - Affording satisfaction or pleasure.
delighted - Greatly pleased.
gratified - Having received what was desired.
disgusted - Having a strong distaste from surfeit.
acanthoid - Shaped like a spine or thorn.
pyramidal - Resembling a pyramid.
spikelike - Resembling a spike.
pointless - Not having a point especially a sharp point.
sagacious - Skillful in statecraft or management.
impolitic - Not politic.
political - Involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians.
touristed - Visited by throngs of tourists.
unpopular - Regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval.
powerless - Lacking power.
unpowered - Not having or using power.
placental - Pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta.
unplanted - Not planted.
uncropped - Not used for growing crops.
imprecise - Not precise.
cretinous - Afflicted with cretinism.
impulsive - Without forethought.
precooked - Cooked partially or completely beforehand.
processed - Subjected to a special process or treatment.
unpompous - Not pompous.
firsthand - Received directly from a source.
auxiliary - Functioning in a supporting capacity.
thirdhand - Derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps.
omissible - Capable of being left out.
nonpublic - Not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc..
exclusive - Excluding much or all.
inclusive - Including much or everything.
lucrative - Producing a sizeable profit.
advancing - Moving forward.
atavistic - Characteristic of an atavist.
returning - Tending to return to an earlier state.
prophetic - Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention.
bastioned - Secured with bastions or fortifications.
custodial - Providing protective supervision.
bigheaded - (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant.
conceited - Characteristic of false pride.
overproud - Excessively proud.
evidenced - Supported by evidence.
provident - Providing carefully for the future.
farseeing - Planning prudently for the future.
agitative - Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment.
disarming - Capable of allaying hostility.
judicious - Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters.
crossbred - Bred from parents of different varieties or species.
bigeneric - Resulting from a cross between species of different genera.
underbred - Of inferior or mixed breed.
sublimate - Made pure.
unalloyed - Free from admixture.
desultory - Marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose.
qualified - Meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task.
untrained - Not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training.
categoric - Not modified or restricted by reservations.
noiseless - Making no sound.
nonrandom - Not random.
purposive - Having or showing or acting with a purpose or design.
nonracial - Not racial.
dreamlike - Resembling a dream.
realistic - Aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.
veridical - Coinciding with reality.
patrician - Befitting a person of noble origin.
unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined.
streaming - (computer science) using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport.
regulated - Controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law.
reparable - Capable of being repaired or rectified.
iterative - Marked by iteration.
printable - Fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable.
requested - Asked for.
multiform - Occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances.
triennial - Occurring every third year or lasting 3 years.
bimonthly - Occurring every two months.
semestral - Occurring every six months or during every period of six months.
midweekly - Occurring during the middle of the week.
aperiodic - Not recurring at regular intervals.
unrelated - Not connected by kinship.
pertinent - Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand.
evocative - Serving to bring to mind.
unmindful - Not mindful or attentive.
geometric - Characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration.
reputable - Having a good reputation.
respected - Receiving deferential regard.
admissive - Characterized by or allowing admission.
vacillant - Uncertain in purpose or action.
honorific - Conferring or showing honor or respect.
answering - Replying.
unbridled - Not restrained or controlled.
confining - Restricting the scope or freedom of action.
sumptuary - Regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior.
reflected - (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back.
resurgent - Rising again as to new life and vigor.
unrevived - Not revived.
rewarding - Providing personal satisfaction.
rewardful - Offering or productive of reward.
thankless - Not likely to be rewarded.
bombastic - Ostentatiously lofty in style.
empurpled - Excessively elaborate or showily expressed.
stylistic - Of or relating to style (especially in the use of language).
danceable - Suitable for dancing.
chantlike - Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
throbbing - Pounding or beating strongly or violently.
destitute - Poor enough to need help from others.
moneyless - Having no money.
insolvent - Unable to meet or discharge financial obligations.
rightmost - Farthest to the right.
starboard - Located on the right side of a ship or aircraft.
misguided - Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment.
allantoid - Shaped like a sausage.
disciform - Having a round or oval shape like a disc.
ellipsoid - Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.
lingulate - Shaped like a tongue.
olivelike - Resembling an olive.
parabolic - Having the form of a parabola.
tricuspid - Having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth).
unicuspid - Having a single cusp or point.
hobnailed - Marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails.
urbanized - Made urban in nature.
rustproof - Treated against rusting.
beatified - Roman Catholic.
ineffable - Too sacred to be uttered.
breakneck - Moving at very high speed.
hazardous - Involving risk or danger.
unsalable - Impossible to sell.
diametric - Characterized by opposite extremes.
otherwise - Other than as supposed or expected.
brainsick - Affected with madness or insanity.
maniclike - Resembling the mania of manic-depressive illness.
psychotic - Characteristic of or suffering from psychosis.
insatiate - Impossible to satisfy.
sarcastic - Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds.
corrosive - Spitefully sarcastic.
satirical - Exposing human folly to ridicule.
saturnine - Bitter or scornful.
copacetic - Completely satisfactory.
scholarly - Characteristic of scholars or scholarship.
unlearned - Not well learned.
unwrapped - Not yet wrapped or having the wrapping removed.
seaworthy - Fit for a sea voyage.
airworthy - (of aircraft) fit to fly.
concealed - Hidden on any grounds for any motive.
sectarian - Belonging to or characteristic of a sect.
unassured - Lacking boldness or confidence.
insurable - Capable of being insured or eligible to be insured.
uninsured - Not covered by insurance.
seductive - Tending to entice into a desired action or state.
egotistic - Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.
erogenous - Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
irritable - Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
concerted - Involving the joint activity of two or more.
conjoined - Consisting of two or more associated entities.
abscessed - Infected and filled with pus.
cleansing - Acting like an antiseptic.
purifying - Freeing from noxious matter.
detergent - Having cleansing power.
frivolous - Not serious in content or attitude or behavior.
airheaded - Lacking seriousness.
kittenish - Playful like a lively kitten.
unplayful - Completely lacking in playfulness.
relocated - Settled in a new location.
itinerant - Traveling from place to place to work.
unlocated - Lacking a particular location.
migratory - Used of animals that move seasonally.
lecherous - Given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity.
orgiastic - Used of frenzied sexual activity.
oversexed - Having excessive sexual desire or appeal.
unisexual - Relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ.
castrated - Deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.
anestrous - (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus.
diestrous - (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity.
retrousse - (used of noses) turned up at the end.
unshapely - Not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape.
shapeless - Lacking symmetry or attractive form.
navicular - Shaped like a boat.
perfected - (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed.
vermiform - Resembling a worm.
shockable - Capable of being shocked.
roughshod - (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping.
slippered - Shod with slippers.
discalced - (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals.
hyperopic - Abnormal ability to focus of distant objects.
blindfold - Wearing a blindfold.
momentous - Of very great significance.
probative - Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation.
acuminate - (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point.
apiculate - (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip.
pandurate - (of a leaf shape) having rounded ends and a contracted center.
sagittate - (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes.
spatulate - (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base.
bipinnate - Of a leaf shape.
trilobate - (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes.
composite - Consisting of separate interconnected parts.
intricate - Having many complexly arranged elements.
multiplex - Having many parts or aspects.
insincere - Lacking sincerity.
seventeen - Being one more than sixteen.
fifteenth - Coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position.
sixteenth - Coming next after the fifteenth in position.
umpteenth - Last in an indefinitely numerous series.
twentieth - Coming next after the nineteenth in position.
thirtieth - Coming next after the twenty-ninth in position.
eightieth - The ordinal number of eighty in counting order.
ninetieth - The ordinal number of ninety in counting order.
hundredth - The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order.
millionth - The ordinal number of one million in counting order.
billionth - The ordinal number of one billion in counting order.
bigeminal - Occurring in pairs.
quadruple - Four times as great or many.
quintuple - Having five units or components.
multilane - (of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic.
fourpenny - Used of nail size.
ninepenny - Used of nail size.
unskilled - Not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency.
numerical - Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers.
blackened - Darkened by smoke.
smokeless - Emitting or containing little or no smoke.
imbricate - Used especially of leaves or bracts.
verrucose - (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts.
unnotched - Having no notches.
bidentate - Having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed.
biserrate - Having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched.
crenulate - Having a margin with small rounded teeth.
fimbriate - Having a fringe of slender processes.
pectinate - Like a comb.
runcinate - Having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base.
serrulate - Minutely serrated.
clustered - Growing close together but not in dense mats.
broadloom - (of rugs or carpets) woven full width.
stoneless - (of fruits having stones) having the stone removed.
shuttered - Provided with shutters or shutters as specified.
clubbable - Inclined to club together.
convivial - Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.
congealed - Congealed into jelly.
semisolid - Partly solid.
liquefied - Reduced to a liquid state.
vaporific - Resembling or characteristic of vapor.
cavernous - Being or suggesting a cavern.
sparkling - Used of wines and waters.
spineless - Lacking spiny processes.
ebullient - Joyously unrestrained.
resilient - Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like.
sprightly - Full of spirit and vitality.
heartless - Devoid of courage or enthusiasm.
expressed - Communicated in words.
engrossed - Written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document.
inscribed - Written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface.
scrivened - Copied in handwriting.
shorthand - Written in abbreviated or symbolic form.
whispered - Spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords.
unwritten - Based on custom rather than documentation.
vowellike - Having characteristics of a vowel sound.
stoppable - Capable of being stopped.
syllabled - Pronounced in syllables.
accentual - (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity.
coseismic - Being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously.
tottering - (of structures or institutions) having lost stability.
criterial - Serving as a basis for evaluation.
nourished - Being provided with adequate nourishment.
faltering - Unsteady in speech or action.
palpitant - Having a slight and rapid trembling motion.
quavering - (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear.
thrilling - Causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock.
ataractic - Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
soporific - Sleep inducing.
analeptic - Stimulating the central nervous system.
stimulant - That stimulates.
stomatous - Having a mouth or mouthlike opening.
mouthlike - Of an opening that resembles a mouth.
untwisted - Not twisted.
contorted - Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle).
windblown - Used especially of trees.
trabeated - Not arcuate.
incurvate - Bent into or having an inward curve.
convolute - Rolled longitudinally upon itself.
guileless - Free of deceit.
fortified - Having something added to increase the strength.
sheeplike - Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity.
feudatory - Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign.
attempted - Tried unsuccessfully.
scoreless - Having no points scores.
honeylike - Resembling honey.
sugarless - Not containing sugar.
unsugared - With no sugar added.
excellent - Very good.
cheapjack - Cheap and shoddy.
coarsened - Made coarse or crude by lack of skill.
overlying - Placed on or over something else.
subjacent - Lying nearby but lower.
subscript - Written or printed below and to one side of another character.
supported - Held up or having the weight borne especially from below.
suspended - (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment.
strapless - Having no straps.
accessory - Furnishing added support.
accessary - Aiding and abetting in a crime.
surprised - Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment.
startling - So remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm.
temptable - Susceptible to temptation.
immunized - Having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease.
nonexempt - (of persons) not exempt from an obligation or liability.
taxpaying - Not exempt from paying taxes.
unexcused - Not excused.
scheduled - Planned or scheduled for some certain time or times.
suspected - Believed likely.
sweptback - (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment.
sweptwing - (of an aircraft) having sweptback wings.
isosceles - (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length.
condolent - Expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one.
sympatric - (of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas.
asyndetic - Lacking conjunctions.
delirious - Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.
unsubdued - Not brought under control.
tasteless - Lacking aesthetic or social taste.
bitterish - Somewhat bitter.
flavorful - Full of flavor.
unratable - Not subject to locally assessed property taxes.
temperate - Not extreme in behavior.
unrelaxed - Nor relaxed.
sectional - Related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people.
thickened - Made or having become thick.
capillary - Long and slender with a very small internal diameter.
hyperfine - Extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components.
coagulate - Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass.
thinkable - Capable of being conceived or imagined or considered.
cogitable - Capable of being thought about.
shipshape - Of places.
cluttered - Filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish.
sprawling - Spreading out in different directions.
ungroomed - Not neat and smart in appearance.
unbrushed - (of hair or clothing) not brushed.
knackered - Very tired.
tolerable - Capable of being borne or endured.
unbigoted - Not opinionated.
polytonal - Using more than one key or tonality simultaneously.
toothlike - Resembling a tooth.
broadside - Toward a full side.
intestate - Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will.
calloused - Having calluses.
antitoxic - Counteracting a toxin or poison.
tractable - Easily managed (controlled or taught or molded).
trackless - Having no tracks.
untrimmed - Not trimmed.
unclipped - Not clipped.
suffering - Troubled by pain or loss.
troublous - Full of trouble.
dreamless - Untroubled by dreams.
apodictic - Of a proposition.
confiding - Willing to entrust personal matters.
misogynic - (used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women.
underhand - With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.
submarine - Beneath the surface of the sea.
submerged - Beneath the surface of the water.
uniparous - Producing only one offspring at a time.
bifurcate - Resembling a fork.
bilocular - Divided into or containing two cells or chambers.
chambered - Having compartmental chambers.
metameric - Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters.
mullioned - Of windows.
segmental - Divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds.
assurgent - Growing or extending upward.
drizzling - (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops.
improving - Getting higher or more vigorous.
climactic - Consisting of or causing a climax.
downscale - Intended for people with low incomes.
downbound - Heading in any direction that is conventionally down.
downfield - Toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field.
downstage - Of the front half of a stage.
dystopian - As bad as can be.
validated - Declared or made legally valid.
sophistic - Plausible but misleading.
worthless - Lacking in usefulness or value.
valueless - Of no value.
covariant - Changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged.
invariant - Unaffected by a designated operation or transformation.
disclosed - Made known (especially something secret or concealed).
unaerated - (used of blood) not supplied with oxygen.
ferocious - Marked by extreme and violent energy.
ruffianly - Violent and lawless.
impeccant - Free from sin.
nefarious - Extremely wicked.
invisible - Impossible or nearly impossible to see.
nonvisual - Not resulting in vision.
oviparous - Egg-laying.
voluntary - Of your own free will or design.
uncoerced - Not brought about by coercion or force.
unwilling - In spite of contrary volition.
autonomic - Relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
bombproof - Able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells.
sheltered - Protected from danger or bad weather.
abdicable - Capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished.
unclaimed - Not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee.
undesired - Not desired.
unwelcome - Not welcome.
precooled - Cooled in advance.
accretive - Growing by accretion.
dwindling - Gradually decreasing until little remains.
crescendo - Gradually increasing in volume.
uninvited - Unwelcome and unwanted.
dyspeptic - Suffering from dyspepsia.
nauseated - Feeling nausea.
paralytic - Affected with paralysis.
anhydrous - Without water.
wheelless - Having no wheels or having no wheeled vehicles.
straplike - Long and narrow like a strap.
unworldly - Not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations.
waterworn - (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water.
deserving - Worthy of being treated in a particular way.
exemplary - Worthy of imitation.
cursorial - (of limbs and feet) adapted for running.
fossorial - (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging.
unfaceted - Lacking facets.
malignant - Dangerous to health.
unshelled - Of animals or fruits that have no shell.
flowering - Having a flower or bloom.
asphaltic - Containing asphalt.
aciculate - Related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts.
acneiform - Resembling acne.
acrogenic - Pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
antidotal - Counteracting the effects of a poison.
antiviral - Inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses.
advective - Of or relating to advection.
aerolitic - Of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites.
agrologic - Of or related to agrology.
agronomic - Of or relating to or promoting agronomy.
alabaster - Of or resembling alabaster.
aldehydic - Of or related to or containing aldehydes.
aleuronic - Of or related to aleurone.
alkalotic - Marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis).
allantoic - Relating to or characterized by an allantois.
aluminous - Pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum.
amaurotic - Pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis.
amblyopic - Pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology.
ammonitic - Of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods.
amoristic - Of or pertaining to romantic love.
anabiotic - Of or related to the state of anabiosis.
anaclitic - Of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another.
anaphasic - Of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase.
ankylotic - Relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis.
anorectal - Pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together.
anthropic - Relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence.
antigenic - Of or relating to antigens.
antimonic - Relating to or derived from antimony.
antipodal - Relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth.
antitypic - Of or relating to an antitype.
aphanitic - Of or relating to aphanite.
apomictic - Of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis.
apophatic - Of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable').
arachnoid - Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
araneidal - Relating to or resembling a spider.
arborical - Of or relating to or formed by trees.
archducal - Belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy.
argentous - Relating to compounds in which silver is univalent.
armillary - Of or relating to bracelets.
arsenical - Relating to or containing arsenic.
arsenious - Relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent.
articular - Relating to or affecting the joints of the body.
astomatal - Lacking a stoma or stomata.
asynergic - Of or relating to the state of asynergy.
auricular - Pertaining to an auricle of the heart.
autarchic - Of or relating to or characterized by autarchy.
authorial - Of or by or typical of an author.
autolytic - Of or relating to self-digestion.
autotelic - Of or relating to or believing in autotelism.
autotomic - Of or relating to autotomy.
autotypic - Of or relating to autotypy.
avifaunal - Of or relating to birds of a particular region or period.
avuncular - Being or relating to an uncle.
azimuthal - Of or relating to or in azimuth.
baboonish - Resembling a baboon.
ballistic - Relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity.
basilican - Of or relating to or resembling a basilica.
benzenoid - Similar to benzene in structure or linkage.
bibliotic - Of or relating to bibliotics.
bicipital - Having two heads or points of origin as a biceps.
biogenous - Producing or produced by living things.
boskopoid - Belonging or relating to or resembling Boskop man.
bracteate - Having bracts.
brahminic - Of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin.
branchial - Of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills).
bregmatic - Of or relating to the bregma of the skull.
broadband - Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies.
buteonine - Relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo.
cachectic - Relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia.
cacodylic - Of or relating to cacodyl.
cadastral - Of or relating to the records of a cadastre.
caecilian - Of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae.
caffeinic - Of or containing caffein.
calcaneal - Relating to the heel bone or heel.
calculous - Relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi.
calendric - Relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement.
calycular - Relating to or resembling a calyculus.
camphoric - Relating to or derived from or containing camphor.
canicular - Relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star).
capitular - Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
catalatic - Of or relating to the enzyme catalase.
catarrhal - Of or relating to a catarrh.
cathectic - Of or relating to cathexis.
cathedral - Relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne.
catkinate - Resembling a catkin.
catoptric - Of or relating to catoptrics.
cenobitic - Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living.
censorial - Belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions.
cercarial - Of or relating to cercaria.
chancrous - Of or having chancres.
chelonian - Of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise.
chitinous - Of or resembling chitin.
chlorotic - Of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis.
choleraic - Relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera.
cinematic - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema.
coccygeal - Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
collegial - Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues.
commensal - Living in a state of commensalism.
corymbose - Resembling a corymb.
cryogenic - Of or relating to very low temperatures.
cuneiform - Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones).
cytolytic - Of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell.
cytotoxic - Of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells.
diametral - Related to or along a diameter.
diastolic - Of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole.
dimorphic - Occurring or existing in two different forms.
dipterous - Of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera.
eutrophic - (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication.
editorial - Of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives.
elemental - Relating to or being an element.
epilithic - Growing on stone.
episcopal - Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops.
ergonomic - Of or relating to ergonomics.
erythroid - Relating to erythrocytes.
estuarine - Of or relating to or found in estuaries.
excretory - Of or relating to the process of excretion.
factorial - Of or relating to factorials.
fenestral - Of or relating to windows.
fibrinous - Characterized by the presence of fibrin.
fictional - Related to or involving literary fiction.
fistulous - Of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
forcipate - Shaped like a forceps.
formulary - Of or relating to or of the nature of a formula.
unfretted - Without frets.
geophytic - Of or relating to geophytes.
glabellar - Of or relating to the glabella.
grapelike - Resembling the fruit of a grape vine.
heathlike - Resembling heath.
homonymic - Of or related to or being homonyms.
jumentous - Smelling strongly like a beast of burden.
juridical - Of or relating to the law or jurisprudence.
lunisolar - Relating to or attributed to the moon and the sun or their mutual relations.
macaronic - Of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together.
matutinal - Pertaining to or occurring in the morning.
medullary - Of or relating to the medulla of any body part.
meningeal - Relating to the meninges.
provencal - Of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture.
micaceous - Hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica.
monotypic - Consisting of only one type.
moraceous - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae.
myopathic - Of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction.
oleaceous - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family.
olfactory - Of or relating to olfaction.
onomastic - Of or related to onomastics.
palpatory - Relating to or involving palpation.
paranasal - Adjacent to the nasal cavities.
passerine - Relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds.
perigonal - Of or relating to a perigone.
pectineal - Of or relating to the pubis.
penumbral - Of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra.
planetary - Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants.
polymeric - Of or relating to or consisting of a polymer.
popliteal - Of or relating to the area behind the knee joint.
pragmatic - Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.
prodromal - Symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease.
prolusory - Of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion.
pupillary - Of or relating to the pupil of the eye.
resinlike - Resembling resin in properties or texture.
sartorial - Of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring.
sclerotic - Of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball.
secretory - Of or relating to or producing a secretion.
sectorial - Relating to or resembling a sector.
siliceous - Relating to or containing or resembling silica.
spherical - Of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere.
sphingine - Resembling a sphinx.
stainable - Capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts).
stemmatic - Of or relating to a textual stemma.
steroidal - Of or relating to steroid hormones or their effects.
subarctic - Of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle.
suctorial - Adapted for sucking or clinging by suction.
sulfurous - Of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur.
surficial - Pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface.
syncretic - Of or characterized by syncretism.
tellurian - Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air.
tendinous - Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon.
tensional - Of or relating to or produced by tension.
tentacled - Having tentacles.
turbinate - Of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages.
uniovular - Having a single ovule.
urceolate - Urn-shaped.
vacuolate - Formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell.
vicennial - Occurring once every 20 years.
vigesimal - Relating to or based on the number twenty.
lymphatic - Of or relating to or produced by lymph.
lysogenic - Capable of producing or undergoing lysis.
mammalian - Of or relating to the class Mammalia.
reptilian - Of or relating to the class Reptilia.
bacterial - Relating to or caused by bacteria.
raptorial - Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey.
bismuthal - Of or relating to bismuth.
bismuthic - Containing bismuth (especially in the pentavalent state).
bisontine - Relating to or characteristic of bison.
pneumatic - Of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas).
umbilical - Relating to or resembling the umbilicus.
dominical - Of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day.
fiduciary - Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another).
funicular - Relating to or operated by a cable.
gymnastic - Of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility.
epistemic - Of or relating to epistemology.
resinated - Impregnated or flavored with resin.
algebraic - Of or relating to algebra.
litigious - Of or relating to litigation.
acronymic - Characterized by the use of acronyms.
apostolic - Of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings.
eudemonic - Producing happiness and well-being.
pictorial - Pertaining to or consisting of pictures.
nucleated - Having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus.
millenary - Relating to or consisting of 1000.
mercurial - Relating to or containing or caused by mercury.
messianic - Of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance.
gustatory - Of or relating to gustation.
ocellated - Having ocelli.
eparchial - Of or relating to an eparchy.
parochial - Relating to or supported by or located in a parish.
binocular - Relating to both eyes.
burlesque - Relating to or characteristic of a burlesque.
avascular - Without blood vessels.
chorionic - Of or relating to a chorion.
communist - Relating to or marked by communism.
cutaneous - Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin.
cuticular - Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.
maxillary - Of or relating to the upper jaw.
menstrual - Of or relating to menstruation or the menses.
syntactic - Of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax.
laryngeal - Of or relating to or situated in the larynx.
nephritic - Of or relating to the kidneys.
monatomic - Of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom.
thalassic - Relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas.
protozoal - Of or relating to the Protozoa.
pediatric - Of or relating to the medical care of children.
cognitive - Of or being or relating to or involving cognition.
molecular - Relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules.
colloidal - Of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid.
endocrine - Of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions.
exodontic - Of or relating to or involving exodontics.
geriatric - Of or relating to or practicing geriatrics.
obstetric - Of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics.
pietistic - Of or relating to Pietism.
pantheist - Of or relating to pantheism.
epicarpal - Of or relating to the epicarp.
dizygotic - Derived from two separately fertilized eggs.
dendritic - (neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite.
abdominal - Of or relating to or near the abdomen.
occipital - Of or relating to the occiput.
pneumonic - Relating to or affecting the lungs.
adverbial - Of or relating to or functioning as an adverb.
morphemic - Of or relating to morphemes.
indexical - Of or relating to or serving as an index.
indexless - Lacking an index.
anaphoric - Relating to anaphora.
anapestic - (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.
actuarial - Of or relating to the work of an actuary.
epicyclic - Of or relating to an epicycle.
expiatory - Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.
libidinal - Belonging to the libido.
epileptic - Of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy.
dualistic - Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism.
bronchial - Relating to or associated with the bronchi.
occlusive - Tending to occlude.
autosomal - Of or relating to an autosome.
circadian - Of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals.
perinasal - Near the nose.
rheologic - Of or relating to rheology.
botulinal - Of or relating to or produced by the botulinus.
mutagenic - Capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution).
serologic - Of or relating to serology.
mediatory - Of or related to or directed toward mediation.
falconine - Relating to or resembling a falcon.
marmorean - Of or relating to or characteristic of marble.
marsupial - Of or relating to the marsupials.
normative - Relating to or dealing with norms.
quarterly - Of or relating to or consisting of a quarter.
quartzose - Relating to or made of quartz.
idiomatic - Of or relating to or conforming to idiom.
dialectal - Belonging to or characteristic of a dialect.
enzymatic - Of or relating to or produced by an enzyme.
iodinated - Treated with iodine.
aneuploid - Having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
doctrinal - Relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine.
hemolytic - Relating to or involving or causing hemolysis.
papillary - Of or relating to or resembling papilla.
papillate - Resembling or covered with papillae.
vesicular - Of or relating to or involving vesicles.
vertebral - Of or relating to or constituting vertebrae.
hyperemic - Relating to or caused by hyperemia.
nilpotent - Equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
triumphal - Relating to or celebrating a triumph.
microbial - Of or involving or caused by or being microbes.
executive - Having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc..
taxonomic - Of or relating to taxonomy.
eutherian - Of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria.
patristic - Of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers.
epiphytic - Of or relating to epiphytes.
budgetary - Of or relating to a budget.
pianistic - Skilled at or adapted for the piano.
dialectic - Of or relating to or employing dialectic.
eponymous - Being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym.
puerperal - Relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth.
appellate - Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals).
anecdotal - Having the character of an anecdote.
aspectual - Of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb).
baptismal - Of or relating to baptism.
bivariate - Having two variables.
blastemal - Of or relating to blastemata.
bungaloid - Characterized by bungalows.
casuistic - Of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems.
catalytic - Relating to or causing or involving catalysis.
catatonic - Characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs.
cyclopean - Of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops.
daisylike - Resembling a daisy.
digestive - Relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion.
demagogic - Characteristic of or resembling a demagogue.
dolomitic - Relating to or consisting of dolomite.
euclidian - Relating to geometry as developed by Euclid.
glandular - Relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland.
greenside - Adjacent to a putting green.
hiplength - Extending to or just over the hips.
homiletic - Of or relating to homiletics.
hydraulic - Of or relating to the study of hydraulics.
mongoloid - Of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome.
neolithic - Of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic).
neuralgic - Of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia.
orthoptic - Of or relating to normal binocular vision.
piratical - Characteristic of pirates.
pituitary - Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
polygonal - Having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons.
postictal - Pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion.
pyrogenic - Produced by or producing fever.
pyrolytic - Resulting from pyrolysis.
quadratic - Of or relating to the second power.
residuary - Entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts).
resistive - Exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance.
rhizoidal - Of or relating to a rhizoid.
scorbutic - Of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy.
stigmatic - Pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata.
stingless - Without a sting.
gerundial - Relating to or like a gerund.
sulphuric - Of or relating to or containing sulfur.
tonsorial - Of or relating to barbers and barbering.
trivalent - Having a valence of three.
vehicular - Of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles.
vibrionic - Caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio.
viceregal - Of or relating to a viceroy.
weatherly - (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled.
rupestral - Composed of or inscribed on rock.
shamanist - Of or relating to shamanism.
shambolic - (British slang) disorderly or chaotic.
shelflike - Resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf).
isopteran - Relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera.
ossicular - Pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear.
rosaceous - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae.
vasomotor - Relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate.
viricidal - Tending to destroy viruses.
shakedown - Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system.
zygomatic - Of or relating to the cheek region of the face.
unavenged - For which vengeance has not been taken.
cantering - Riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop.
contested - Disputed or made the object of contention or competition.
corbelled - Having a corbel.
operating - Involved in a kind of operation.
punishing - Resulting in punishment.
sanitized - Made sanitary.
thoriated - Being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter.
horseback - On the back of a horse.
basically - In essence.
blessedly - In a blessed manner.
pointedly - In such a manner as to make something clearly evident.
anciently - In ancient times.
partially - In part.
perfectly - In a perfect or faultless way.
sometimes - On certain occasions or in certain cases but not always.
palmately - In a palmate manner.
somewhere - In or at or to some place.
hereafter - Following this in time or order or place.
hereunder - Under the terms of this agreement.
curiously - In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
decidedly - Without question and beyond doubt.
naturally - As might be expected.
unclearly - In a manner that is unclear.
obviously - Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
generally - Without distinction of one from others.
therefore - (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result.
extremely - To an extreme degree.
presently - At this time or period.
unhappily - In an unpleasant way.
variously - In diverse ways.
abusively - In an abusive manner.
adoringly - With adoration.
meanwhile - During the intervening time.
lengthily - In a lengthy or prolix manner.
lastingly - In an enduring or permanent manner.
asexually - In an asexual manner.
passively - In a passive manner.
comically - In a comical manner.
ventrally - In a ventral location or direction.
elsewhere - In or to another place.
expressly - With specific intentions.
amusingly - In an entertaining and amusing manner.
downriver - Away from the source or with the current.
initially - At the beginning.
furtively - In a furtive manner.
unusually - To a remarkable degree or extent.
girlishly - Like a girl.
gradually - In a gradual manner.
hereabout - In this general vicinity.
literally - (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration.
virtually - In essence or effect but not in fact.
painfully - Unpleasantly.
centrally - In or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function.
digitally - In terms of integers.
federally - By federal government.
medically - Involving medical practice.
nominally - In name only.
thermally - By means of heat or with respect to thermal properties.
typically - In a typical manner.
magically - In a magical manner.
spatially - With regard to space.
limitedly - In a limited manner.
optically - In an optical manner.
lexically - By means of words.
similarly - In like or similar manner.
primarily - Of primary import.
frontally - In, at, or toward the front.
glacially - By a glacier.
glaringly - In a glaring manner.
factually - As a fact or based on fact.
carefully - Taking care or paying attention.
mindfully - In a careful deliberate manner.
excitedly - With excitement.
allegedly - According to what has been alleged.
illegally - In an illegal manner.
precisely - Indicating exactness or preciseness.
sincerely - Written formula for ending a letter.
privately - Kept private or confined to those intimately concerned.
seriously - In a serious manner.
overboard - From on board a vessel into the water.
patiently - With patience.
haughtily - In a haughty manner.
inversely - In an inverse or contrary manner.
adamantly - Inflexibly.
radically - In a radical manner.
healthily - In a levelheaded manner.
helpfully - In a helpful manner.
anxiously - With anxiety or apprehension.
irritably - In an irritable manner.
popularly - Among the people.
diffusely - In a diffuse manner.
intensely - In an intense manner.
awkwardly - In an awkward manner.
regularly - In a regular manner.
liberally - In a generous manner.
tactually - By touch.
drunkenly - Showing effects of much strong drink.
raucously - With a raucous sound.
fearfully - In fear, "she hurried down the stairs fearfully".
hopefully - It is hoped.
viciously - In a vicious manner.
foolishly - Without good sense or judgment.
fatuously - Vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish.
correctly - In an accurate manner.
aimlessly - Without aim.
hurriedly - In a hurried or hasty manner.
soulfully - In a soulful manner.
routinely - According to routine or established practice.
haltingly - In a halting manner.
amazingly - In an amazing manner.
supremely - To the maximum degree.
admirably - In an admirable manner.
violently - In a violent manner.
furiously - (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner.
tenuously - In a tenuous manner.
unquietly - With agitation or turbulence.
outwardly - In outward appearance.
favorably - Showing approval.
pompously - In a pompous manner.
winsomely - In an engaging manner.
ominously - In an ominous manner.
restively - In a restive manner.
wittingly - With full knowledge and deliberation.
pityingly - In a compassionate manner.
callously - In a callous way.
overnight - During or for the length of one night.
underfoot - Under the feet.
feetfirst - With the feet foremost.
obscurely - In an obscure manner.
uniformly - In a uniform manner.
blatantly - In a blatant manner.
cloyingly - In an overly sweet manner.
wholesale - On a large scale without careful discrimination.
adversely - In an adverse manner.
ashamedly - With a feeling of shame.
assuredly - Without a doubt.
amorously - In an amorous manner.
inaudibly - In an inaudible manner.
arduously - In an arduous manner.
artlessly - In an ingenuous manner.
obliquely - At an oblique angle.
austerely - In an austere fashion.
backstage - In or to a backstage area of a theater.
balefully - In a baleful manner.
banefully - In a noxiously baneful way.
boorishly - Like a boor, "he behaved boorishly at the party".
bestially - In an inhumane manner.
buoyantly - In a cheerfully buoyant manner.
endlessly - With unflagging resolve.
gallantly - In a gallant manner.
coaxingly - In a cajoling manner.
compactly - Taking up no more space than necessary.
concisely - In a concise manner.
conically - In a conical manner.
cynically - With cynicism.
cursorily - Without taking pains.
crucially - To a crucial degree.
cunningly - In an attractive manner.
enviously - With jealousy.
currishly - In a currish manner.
dashingly - In a highly fashionable manner.
willingly - In a willing manner.
deviously - In a devious manner.
devotedly - With devotion.
direfully - In a direful manner.
honorably - With honor.
reputably - In a reputable manner.
distantly - From or at a distance.
dolefully - With sadness.
dutifully - Out of a sense of duty.
elegantly - In a gracefully elegant manner.
eminently - In an eminent manner.
emulously - In a competitively imitative manner.
equitably - In an equitable manner.
eruditely - With erudition.
ethically - In an ethical manner.
evasively - With evasion.
excusably - In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree.
faddishly - In a faddish manner.
uncivilly - In an uncivil manner.
fatefully - In a prophetically fateful manner.
feelingly - With great feeling.
forlornly - In a forlorn manner.
fretfully - In a fretful manner.
gainfully - In a gainful way.
genteelly - In a genteel manner.
jeeringly - In a disrespectful jeering manner.
gleefully - In a joyous and gleeful manner.
joylessly - In a joyless manner.
glissando - (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes).
piggyback - On the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip.
glowingly - In an enthusiastically glowing manner.
gratingly - In a harsh and grating manner.
gropingly - In an uncertain groping manner.
gushingly - In a gushing manner.
hatefully - In a hateful manner.
heinously - In a terribly evil manner.
hideously - In a hideous manner.
illegibly - In an illegible manner.
logically - In a logical manner.
immovably - So as to be incapable of moving.
immorally - Without regard for morality.
impiously - In an impious manner.
prudently - In a prudent manner.
cuttingly - In an intentionally unkind way.
incognito - Without revealing one's identity.
incurably - In a manner impossible to cure.
indelibly - In an indelible manner.
ineffably - To an inexpressible degree.
insipidly - In an insipid manner.
invisibly - Without being seen.
jarringly - In a manner that jars and irritates.
jealously - With jealousy.
killingly - In a very humorous manner.
languidly - In a languid and lethargic manner.
laterally - In a lateral direction or location.
laughably - So as to arouse or deserve laughter.
longingly - In a yearning manner.
lispingly - With a lisp.
lustfully - In a lustful manner.
lyrically - In a lyrical manner.
massively - To a massive degree or in a massive manner.
mawkishly - In a mawkish and emotional manner.
maximally - To a maximal degree.
minimally - To a minimal degree.
memorably - In a memorable manner.
amidships - At or near or toward the center of a ship.
mincingly - In a mincing manner.
miserably - In a miserable manner.
mundanely - In a mundane manner.
musically - In a musical manner.
nervously - In an anxiously nervous manner.
nevermore - At no time hereafter.
northeast - To, toward, or in the northeast.
northwest - To, toward, or in the northwest.
obscenely - To an obscene degree.
onerously - In an onerous manner.
optimally - In an optimal and most desirable way.
palatably - In a palatable way.
peaceably - In a peaceable manner.
peevishly - In a peevish manner.
pensively - In a pensive manner.
perchance - Through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream..".
piecemeal - A little bit at a time.
piggishly - In a piggish manner.
pinnately - Having a pinnate shape.
piquantly - With strong spices.
piteously - In a piteous manner.
pitifully - To a pitiful degree.
playfully - In a playful manner.
plenarily - In a plenary manner.
poutingly - With a pout or in a pouting manner.
profanely - In an irreverent or profane manner.
prudishly - In a prudish manner.
pungently - With a pungent taste or smell.
restfully - In a restful manner.
radiantly - In a radiant manner.
rampantly - In an uncontrolled and rampant manner.
reputedly - By repute.
reversely - In an opposite way.
roguishly - In a playfully roguish manner.
ruinously - In a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree.
coastward - In the direction of the coast.
sensually - In a sultry and sensual manner.
separably - With possibility of separation or individuation.
sevenfold - Seven times.
seventhly - In the seventh place.
shallowly - In a shallow manner.
sketchily - In a sketchy incomplete manner.
slantwise - At a slant.
slavishly - In a slavish manner.
slenderly - In a slim or slender manner.
slouchily - In a slouchy manner.
smilingly - With smiles.
sobbingly - With sobs.
sottishly - In a sottish manner.
staunchly - In a staunch manner.
stiltedly - In a stilted manner.
therewith - With that or this or it.
stoically - Without emotion.
stylishly - In a stylish manner.
sublimely - Completely.
summarily - Without delay.
tactfully - Showing tact or tactfulness.
tearfully - With tears.
tellingly - In a telling manner.
threefold - By a factor of three.
thirstily - In a thirsty manner.
thriftily - In a thrifty manner.
trivially - In a frivolously trivial manner.
unbeknown - Without someone's knowledge.
uncannily - In an uncanny manner.
uncouthly - In an uncouth manner.
uppermost - In or into the highest position.
uprightly - In an upright position.
uselessly - In a useless manner.
vacuously - In a vacuous manner.
valiantly - With valor.
verbosely - In a verbose manner.
waggishly - In a waggish manner.
wealthily - With riches.
weightily - As something very heavy.
willfully - In a willful manner.
wishfully - In a wishful manner.
wistfully - In a wistful manner.
wolfishly - In the manner of a wolf.
worriedly - In a worried manner.
zealously - In a zealous manner.
zestfully - With zest.
concavely - In a concave way.
corruptly - In a corrupt manner.
martially - In a martial manner.
specially - In a special manner.
haggardly - In a haggard manner.
yesterday - On the day preceding today.
literatim - Letter for letter.
abaxially - In an abaxial manner.
adaxially - In an adaxial manner.
complexly - In a complex manner.
cursively - In a cursive manner.
sinuously - In a sinuous manner.
spaceward - Towards outer space.
vulgarize - Act in a vulgar manner.
oversleep - Sleep longer than intended.
hibernate - Sleep during winter.
hypnotize - Induce hypnosis in.
cocainize - Anesthetize with cocaine.
stimulate - Cause to be alert and energetic.
pompadour - Style women's hair in a pompadour.
highlight - Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent.
condition - Apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny.
overdress - Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.
inoculate - Impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune.
pollinate - Fertilize by transfering pollen.
ejaculate - Eject semen.
reproduce - Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.
propagate - Multiply sexually or asexually.
pullulate - Breed freely and abundantly.
sterilize - Make infertile.
autoclave - Subject to the action of an autoclave.
indispose - Cause to feel unwell.
transpire - Give off (water) through the skin.
obstipate - Constipate severely.
transfuse - Give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to.
narcotize - Administer narcotics to.
disinfect - Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing.
galvanize - Stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock.
subluxate - Sprain or dislocate slightly.
hamstring - Cripple by cutting the hamstring.
suppurate - Cause to ripen and discharge pus.
resurrect - Cause to become alive again.
granulate - Form granulating tissue.
suffocate - Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air.
brutalize - Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.
rasterize - Convert (an image) into pixels.
verbalize - Convert into a verb.
sporulate - Convert into spores.
reconvert - Convert back.
barbarize - Make crude or savage in behavior or speech.
rubberize - Coat or impregnate with rubber.
repercuss - Cause repercussions.
bacterize - Subject to the action of bacteria.
commutate - Reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current.
alchemize - Alter (elements) by alchemy.
dimension - Shape or form to required dimensions.
culminate - Rise to, or form, a summit.
resuspend - Put back into suspension.
transduce - Cause transduction (of energy forms).
refurbish - Make brighter and prettier.
ruggedize - Produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage.
goofproof - Proof against human misuse or error.
republish - Revive (a cancelled will or a libel).
syncopate - Modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat.
redevelop - Change the plans for the use of (land).
extirpate - Surgically remove (an organ).
enucleate - Remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover.
unclutter - Rid of obstructions.
oxygenate - Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen.
mercerize - Treat to strengthen and improve the luster.
carbonate - Treat with carbon dioxide.
ammoniate - Treat with ammonia.
punctuate - Insert punctuation marks into.
recombine - To combine or put together again.
decompose - Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts.
exsiccate - Lose water or moisture.
dehydrate - Remove water from.
bedraggle - Make wet and dirty, as from rain.
lubricate - Make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant.
disengage - Become free.
undergird - Make secure underneath.
reinforce - Make stronger.
intensify - Become more intense.
moonshine - Distill (alcohol) illegally.
undergrow - Grow below something.
exfoliate - Grow by producing or unfolding leaves.
deoxidize - To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons.
telescope - Make smaller or shorter.
fossilize - Become mentally inflexible.
antiquate - Make obsolete or old-fashioned.
devastate - Overwhelm or overpower.
fluctuate - Be unstable.
stabilize - Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium.
sensitize - Make sensitive or aware.
habituate - Make psychologically or physically used (to something).
rearrange - Put into a new order or arrangement.
reshuffle - Reorganize and assign posts to different people.
randomize - Arrange in random order.
serialize - Arrange serially.
blackwash - Color with blackwash.
verdigris - Color verdigris.
handcolor - Color by hand.
irradiate - Expose to radiation.
spotlight - Illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater.
calibrate - Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.
anglicise - Make English in appearance.
constrict - Become tight or as if tight.
fulminate - Cause to explode violently and with loud noise.
oxygenize - Dehydrogenate with oxygen.
luxuriate - Thrive profusely or flourish extensively.
infuscate - Darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings.
temporize - Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time.
fetishize - Make a fetish of.
feudalize - Bring (a country or people) under feudalism.
microwave - Cook or heat in a microwave oven.
fricassee - Make a fricassee of by cooking.
powderize - Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.
partition - Separate or apportion into sections.
subdivide - Divide into smaller and smaller pieces.
alligator - Crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application.
brecciate - Break into breccia.
intervene - Occur between other event or between certain points of time.
supervene - Take place as an additional or unexpected development.
auspicate - Commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck.
jumpstart - Start or re-start vigorously.
persevere - Be persistent, refuse to stop.
obstinate - Persist stubbornly.
germinate - Cause to grow or sprout.
interrupt - Terminate.
resublime - Sublime (a compound) once again.
evaporate - Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue.
carbonize - Turn into carbon, as by burning.
cauterize - Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.
transpose - Change key.
metricize - Convert from a non-metric to the metric system.
transform - Change in outward structure or looks.
transmute - Alter the nature of (elements).
sorcerize - Transform or change by means of sorcery.
translate - Change from one form or medium into another.
customize - Make according to requirements.
subtilize - Make (senses) more keen.
magnetize - Make magnetic.
structure - Give a structure to.
interlock - Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively.
socialize - Make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies.
winterize - Prepare for winter.
summerize - Prepare for summer.
communize - Make into property owned by the state.
modernize - Become technologically advanced.
privatize - Change from governmental to private control or ownership.
immigrate - Come into a new country and change residency.
dislocate - Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship.
homestead - Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead.
resurface - Appear again.
disappear - Get lost, as without warning or explanation.
diversify - Vary in order to spread risk or to expand.
replenish - Fill something that had previously been emptied.
stonewall - Engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate.
steamroll - Make level or flat with a steamroller.
collimate - Adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument).
integrate - Make into a whole or make part of a whole.
normalize - Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard.
eliminate - Kill in large numbers.
mechanize - Make mechanical.
harmonize - Bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing.
linearize - Make linear or get into a linear form.
segregate - Separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others.
ghettoize - Put in a ghetto.
sequester - Set apart from others.
decalcify - Remove calcium or lime from.
chondrify - Turn into cartilage.
demulsify - Break down into components.
denitrify - Remove nitrogen from.
fertilize - Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to.
innervate - Stimulate to action.
devitrify - Make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque.
embrittle - Make brittle.
electrify - Equip for use with electricity.
harlequin - Variegate with spots or marks.
vulcanize - Subject to vulcanization.
demystify - Make less mysterious or remove the mystery from.
thrombose - Become blocked by a thrombus.
marbleize - Make something look like marble.
acetylate - Introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound).
ritualize - Make or evolve into a ritual.
glamorize - Make glamorous and attractive.
honeycomb - Make full of cavities, like a honeycomb.
introvert - Turn inside.
encrimson - Make crimson.
rusticate - Lend a rustic character to.
globalize - Make world-wide in scope or application.
introject - Incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously.
prostrate - Render helpless or defenseless.
hydrolyze - Undergo hydrolysis.
hydrolize - Make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis.
obsolesce - Become obsolete, fall into disuse.
sexualize - Make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to.
stalinize - Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies.
deaminate - Remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound.
isomerize - Change into an isomer.
recommend - Make attractive or acceptable.
solemnize - Make solemn and grave.
visualize - Make visible.
variegate - Change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors.
ventilate - Furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape.
vulgarise - Debase and make vulgar.
weaponize - Make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon.
diazotize - Convert (an amine) into a diazo compound.
eroticize - Give erotic character to or make more interesting.
brainwash - Submit to brainwashing.
inculcate - Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.
recognize - Perceive to be the same.
reminisce - Recall the past.
pretermit - Disregard intentionally or let pass.
interpret - Make sense of.
mythicize - Interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology.
proofread - Read for errors.
speculate - To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
establish - Use as a basis for.
calculate - Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
anatomize - Analyze down to the smallest detail.
catalogue - Make an itemized list or catalog of.
analogize - Make an analogy.
syllogize - Reason by syllogisms.
collocate - Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.
shortlist - Put someone or something on a short list.
downgrade - Rate lower.
prejudice - Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance.
repudiate - Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.
approbate - Accept (documents) as valid.
reprobate - Reject (documents) as invalid.
discredit - Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved.
backpedal - Modify one's opinion, make it less strong.
overvalue - Assign too high a value to.
determine - Fix conclusively or authoritatively.
miscreate - Shape or form or make badly.
overshoot - Aim too high.
introduce - Put before (a body).
entertain - Take into consideration, have in view.
associate - Make a logical or causal connection.
correlate - Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation.
postulate - Take as a given.
overreact - Show an exaggerated response to something.
ascertain - Learn or discover with certainty.
personify - Attribute human qualities to something.
penetrate - Come to understand.
demarcate - Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.
concenter - Bring into focus or alignment.
factorize - Resolve (a polynomial) into factors.
overwhelm - Charge someone with too many tasks.
intercede - Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
negociate - Discuss the terms of an arrangement.
reconcile - Come to terms.
encourage - Spur on.
importune - Beg persistently and urgently.
catechize - Examine through questioning and answering.
spoonfeed - Teach without challenging the students.
authorize - Grant authorization or clearance for.
subscribe - Adopt as a belief.
challenge - Raise a formal objection in a court of law.
interview - Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting.
blaspheme - Speak of in an irreverent or impious manner.
reprimand - Rebuke formally.
represent - Point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance.
reprehend - Express strong disapproval of.
sermonize - Speak as if delivering a sermon.
misinform - Give false or misleading information to.
bamboozle - Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
overstate - To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
disparage - Express a negative opinion of.
undeceive - Free from deception or illusion.
deprecate - Belittle.
exuberate - To express great joy.
cheerlead - Act as a cheerleader in a sports event.
desecrate - Remove the consecration from a person or an object.
misadvise - Give bad advice to.
volunteer - Tell voluntarily.
indenture - Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant.
disoblige - Ignore someone's wishes.
stipulate - Make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force.
undertake - Promise to do or accomplish.
guarantee - Give surety or assume responsibility.
apologize - Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing.
prologize - Write or speak a prologue.
vindicate - Clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof.
whitewash - Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data.
extenuate - Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
reconvict - Convict anew.
patronize - Be a regular customer or client of.
interject - To insert between other elements.
signalize - Make conspicuous or noteworthy.
surcharge - Show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
explicate - Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
enlighten - Give spiritual insight to.
euphemize - Refer to something with a euphemism.
obfuscate - Make obscure or unclear.
enumerate - Specify individually.
publicize - Make public.
embroider - Add details to.
dogmatize - Speak dogmatically.
circulate - Cause to become widely known.
colorcast - Broadcast in color.
pronounce - Pronounce judgment on.
advertise - Call attention to.
syllabize - Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable.
symbolize - Represent or identify by using a symbol.
actualize - Represent or describe realistically.
dramatize - Represent something in a dramatic manner.
delineate - Describe in vivid detail.
speechify - Make speeches.
misdirect - Put a wrong address on.
rubricate - Sign with a mark instead of a name.
undersign - Sign at the bottom of (a document).
autograph - Mark with one's signature.
overwrite - Write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data.
prerecord - Record before presentation, as of a broadcast.
accession - Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library.
chronicle - Record in chronological order.
trademark - Register the trademark of.
videotape - Record on videotape.
underline - Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.
handwrite - Write by hand.
backspace - Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.
reconfirm - Confirm again.
predicate - Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of.
exemplify - Clarify by giving an example of.
designate - Assign a name or title to.
sugarcoat - Cause to appear more pleasant or appealing.
discourse - To consider or examine in speech or writing.
semaphore - Convey by semaphore, of information.
susurrate - Issue soft noises.
wisecrack - Make a comment, usually ironic.
pluralize - Mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural.
stalemate - Subject to a stalemate.
overtrump - Play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick.
crossruff - Trump alternately in two hands.
fistfight - Fight with the fists.
barnstorm - Tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays.
criticize - Act as a critic.
officiate - Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
discharge - Release from military service.
conscript - Enroll into service compulsorily.
manoeuver - Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense.
overpower - Overcome by superior force.
checkmate - Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.
surrender - Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another.
blindside - Attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed.
barricade - Block off with barricades.
cannonade - Attack with cannons or artillery.
fusillade - Attack with fusillade.
safeguard - Make safe.
underplay - Play a card lower than (a held high card).
jacklight - Hunt with a jacklight.
retaliate - Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil.
patronage - Support by being a patron of.
breakfast - Eat an early morning meal.
predigest - Digest (food) beforehand.
spiritize - Imbue with a spirit.
masticate - Grind and knead.
holystone - Scrub with a holystone.
bonderize - Coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion.
wallpaper - Cover with wallpaper.
calcimine - Cover with calcimine.
sideswipe - Strike from the side.
character - Engrave or inscribe characters on.
sacrifice - Kill or destroy.
hemstitch - Sew with hemstitches.
clapboard - Cover with clapboards.
aluminize - Cover with aluminum.
thumbtack - Fasten with thumbtacks.
roughcast - Apply roughcast to.
bespangle - Dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects.
sandpaper - Rub with sandpaper.
sandblast - Grind with a sandblast.
corrugate - Fold into ridges.
goldplate - Plate with gold.
horsewhip - Whip with a whip intended for horses.
bastinado - Beat somebody on the soles of the feet.
manhandle - Handle roughly.
shadowbox - Go through boxing motions without an opponent.
cannulate - Introduce a cannula or tube into.
fornicate - Have sex without being married.
backcross - Mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents.
recapture - Capture again.
intercept - Seize on its way.
transport - Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.
frogmarch - Carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person.
percolate - Pass through.
commingle - Mix or blend.
superpose - Place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide.
unharness - Remove the harness from.
broadcast - Sow over a wide area, especially by hand.
juxtapose - Place side by side.
vandalize - Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism.
overstuff - Stuff too much.
stonewash - Wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance.
cicatrize - Form a scar, after an injury.
syllabify - Divide into syllables.
shipwreck - Destroy a ship.
reinstall - Install again.
dismember - Separate the limbs from the body.
redeposit - Deposit anew.
pitchfork - Lift with a pitchfork.
unsheathe - Draw from a sheath or scabbard.
construct - Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.
extricate - Release from entanglement of difficulty.
currycomb - Clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
chemisorb - Take up a substance by chemisorption.
blacklead - Cover with graphite.
butterfly - Cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking.
platinize - Coat with metallic platinum.
institute - Advance or set forth in court.
interdict - Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication.
originate - Bring into being.
formulate - Prepare according to a formula.
fabricate - Make up something artificial or untrue.
fantasize - Portray in the mind.
prefigure - Imagine or consider beforehand.
configure - Set up for a particular purpose.
handcraft - Make something by hand.
handbuild - Make without a potter's wheel.
caparison - Put a caparison on.
dropforge - Forge with a dropforge.
animalize - Represent in the form of an animal.
bodypaint - Apply paint to a body.
distemper - Paint with distemper.
blueprint - Make a blueprint of.
sloganeer - Coin new slogans.
paragraph - Write paragraphs.
hyphenate - Divide or connect with a hyphen.
spondaize - Make spondaic.
reference - Refer to.
microfilm - Record on microfilm.
interlude - Perform an interlude.
sightread - Perform music from a score without having seen the score before.
sightsing - Sing from a score without having seen it before.
cybernate - Control a function, process, or creation by a computer.
dissemble - Behave unnaturally or affectedly.
scrimmage - Practice playing (a sport).
improvise - Perform without preparation.
solmizate - Sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale.
replicate - Reproduce or make an exact copy of.
photocopy - Reproduce by xerography.
microcopy - Photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size.
photostat - Make a copy by means of a Photostat device.
landscape - Do landscape gardening.
cultivate - Prepare for crops.
sovietize - Model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union.
overprint - Print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper.
italicize - Print in italics.
infatuate - Arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way.
unbalance - Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance.
reverence - Regard with feelings of respect and reverence.
tyrannize - Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner.
apprehend - Anticipate with dread or anxiety.
preoccupy - Engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively.
infuriate - Make furious.
embarrass - Cause to be embarrassed.
tribulate - Oppress or trouble greatly.
humiliate - Cause to feel shame.
titillate - Excite pleasurably or erotically.
displease - Give displeasure to.
fascinate - To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.
gravitate - Move due to the pull of gravitation.
astrogate - Navigate in space.
junketeer - Go on a pleasure trip.
oscillate - Move or swing from side to side regularly.
palpitate - Beat rapidly.
gallivant - Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.
formicate - Crawl about like ants.
freewheel - Coast in a vehicle using the freewheel.
jitterbug - Do the jitterbug.
quickstep - Perform a quickstep.
spacewalk - Move in space outside a space craft.
sleepwalk - Walk in one's sleep.
promenade - Take a leisurely walk.
motorbike - Ride a motorcycle.
aquaplane - Ride on an aquaplane.
sailplane - Fly a plane without an engine.
motorboat - Ride in a motorboat.
surfboard - Ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard.
hitchhike - Travel by getting free rides from motorists.
jackknife - Dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife.
avalanche - Gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow.
chandelle - Climb suddenly and steeply.
disembark - Go ashore.
backtrack - Retrace one's course.
boomerang - Return to the initial position from where it came.
transship - Transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another.
intersect - Meet at a point.
reconvene - Meet again.
accompany - Go or travel along with.
chaperone - Accompany as a chaperone.
overcrowd - Crowd together too much.
genuflect - Bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image.
cartwheel - Do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet.
whirligig - Whirl or spin like a whirligig.
pirouette - Do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance.
corkscrew - Move in a spiral or zigzag course.
negotiate - Succeed in passing through, around, or over.
bushwhack - Cut one's way through the woods or bush.
sidetrack - Wander from a direct or straight course.
skedaddle - Run away, as if in a panic.
insinuate - Introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner.
interpose - Introduce.
itinerate - Travel from place to place, as for work.
snowboard - Glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board.
deodorize - Eliminate the odor from.
dissonate - Be dissonant or harsh.
disorient - Cause to be lost or disoriented.
fluoresce - Exhibit or undergo fluorescence.
abacinate - Blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes.
crepitate - Make a crackling sound.
consonate - Sound in sympathy.
grubstake - Supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits.
subsidize - Support through subsidies.
refinance - Renew the financing of.
cosponsor - Sponsor together with another sponsor.
foreswear - Turn away from.
copyright - Secure a copyright on a written work.
blackmail - Obtain through threats.
remainder - Sell cheaply as remainders.
syndicate - Sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations.
indemnify - Secure against future loss, damage, or liability.
liquidate - Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off.
vouchsafe - Grant in a condescending manner.
allowance - Put on a fixed allowance, as of food.
arbitrage - Practice arbitrage, as in the stock market.
overspend - Spend at a high rate.
panhandle - Beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money.
reconquer - Conquer anew.
garnishee - Take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support.
foreclose - Subject to foreclosing procedures.
profiteer - Make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods.
warehouse - Store in a warehouse.
reimburse - Pay back for some expense incurred.
admeasure - Determine the quantity of someone's share.
overstock - Stock excessively.
bewhisker - Furnish with whiskers.
refurnish - Furnish with new or different furniture.
provision - Supply with provisions.
horseshoe - Equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes.
upholster - Provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers.
disinfest - Rid of vermin.
disembody - Free from a body or physical form or reality.
overprice - Price excessively high.
undersell - Sell cheaper than one's competition.
redispose - Dispose anew.
subrogate - Substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured.
outsource - Obtain goods or services from an outside supplier.
satisfice - Decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal.
overexert - Exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength.
prosecute - Carry out or participate in an activity.
overthrow - Cause the downfall of.
overdrive - Drive or work too hard.
carpenter - Work as a carpenter.
implement - Apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design.
financier - Conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner.
moonlight - Work a second job, usually after hours.
affiliate - Join in an affiliation.
mismanage - Manage badly or incompetently.
spearhead - Be the leader of.
decertify - Cause to be no longer approved or accepted.
racketeer - Carry on illegal business activities involving crime.
franchise - Grant a franchise to.
interfere - Come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle.
privilege - Bestow a privilege upon.
ostracize - Avoid speaking to or dealing with.
legislate - Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation.
decontrol - Relax or remove controls of.
inventory - Make or include in an itemized record or report.
blacklist - Put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted.
formalize - Make formal or official.
celebrate - Have a celebration.
subjugate - Make subservient.
castigate - Inflict severe punishment on.
victimize - Punish unjustly.
extradite - Hand over to the authorities of another country.
terrorize - Coerce by violence or with threats.
advantage - Give an advantage to.
misbehave - Behave badly.
overreach - Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard.
influence - Have and exert influence or effect.
bootstrap - Help oneself, often through improvised means.
reinstate - Restore to the previous state or rank.
shamanize - Practice shamanism.
persecute - Cause to suffer.
misgovern - Govern badly.
philander - Have amorous affairs.
interlope - Encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license.
eventuate - Come out in the end.
dissipate - Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption.
buccaneer - Live like a buccaneer.
perennate - Survive from season to season, of plants.
outnumber - Be larger in number.
implicate - Bring into intimate and incriminating connection.
housekeep - Maintain a household.
honeymoon - Spend a holiday after one's marriage.
summarize - Be a summary of.
luminesce - Be or become luminescent.
overcloud - Become covered with clouds.
substance - The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists.
cognition - The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
attribute - An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity.
beachhead - An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments.
interplay - Reciprocal action and reaction.
placement - Contact established between applicants and prospective employees.
acquiring - The act of acquiring something.
departure - The act of departing.
discovery - The act of discovering something.
incursion - The act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers).
intrusion - Entrance by force or without permission or welcome.
irruption - A sudden violent entrance.
emergence - The act of emerging.
anchorage - The act of anchoring.
vanishing - A sudden disappearance from sight.
desertion - Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility.
standdown - (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action.
elopement - The act of running away with a lover (usually to get married).
surfacing - Emerging to the surface and becoming apparent.
footfault - A fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline.
confusion - A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
oversight - A mistake resulting from inattention.
spectacle - A blunder that makes you look ridiculous.
incurring - Acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable).
marketing - Shopping at a market.
borrowing - The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source.
addiction - (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor).
reception - The act of receiving.
expiation - The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).
salvation - Saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation.
mechanism - The technical aspects of doing something.
rendition - The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance.
launching - The act of propelling with force.
screwball - A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown.
expulsion - The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting.
centering - (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back.
remission - (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).
shellfire - Shooting artillery shells.
contusion - The action of bruising.
strikeout - An out resulting from the batter getting three strikes.
fingering - Touching something with the fingers.
palpation - A method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional).
concourse - A coming together of people.
encounter - A casual meeting with a person or thing.
fastening - The act of fastening things together.
loosening - The act of making something less tight.
grounding - Fastening electrical equipment to earth.
detection - The act of detecting something.
diagnosis - Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon.
prognosis - A prediction of the course of a disease.
hypnotism - The act of inducing hypnosis.
seduction - Enticing someone astray from right behavior.
cuckoldry - The practice of making cuckolds.
intention - An act of intending.
downshift - A change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle.
greenmail - (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business.
makeshift - Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
midwifery - Assisting women at childbirth.
touchback - (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone.
touchdown - A score in American football.
reduction - The act of reducing complexity.
variation - An activity that varies from a norm or standard.
promotion - Act of raising in rank or position.
whitelash - Backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances.
rejection - The act of rejecting something.
avoidance - Deliberately avoiding.
forsaking - The act of forsaking.
ostracism - The act of excluding someone from society by general consent.
exemption - An act exempting someone.
dismissal - The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
deathblow - The blow that kills (usually mercifully).
bloodshed - The shedding of blood resulting in murder.
parricide - The murder of your own father or mother.
matricide - The murder of your mother.
patricide - The murder of your father.
uxoricide - The murder of a wife by her husband.
slaughter - The killing of animals (as for food).
bloodbath - Indiscriminate slaughter.
poisoning - The act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill.
abolition - The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery).
attainder - Cancellation of civil rights.
recission - (law) the act of rescinding.
vitiation - Nullification by the destruction of the legal force.
beginning - The act of starting something.
induction - The act of bringing about something (especially at an early time).
seasoning - The act of adding a seasoning to food.
catharsis - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.
adornment - The action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting.
lineation - The act of marking or outlining with lines.
whitening - Changing to a lighter color.
drenching - The act of making something completely wet.
walkabout - Nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine.
traversal - Travel across.
wandering - Travelling about without any clear destination.
wayfaring - Traveling (especially on foot).
skydiving - Performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute.
excursion - A journey taken for pleasure.
junketing - Taking an excursion for pleasure.
seafaring - The work of a sailor.
porterage - The transportation of burdens by porters.
shadowing - The act of following someone secretly.
insertion - The act of putting one thing into another.
enclosure - The act of enclosing something inside something else.
injection - The forceful insertion of a substance under pressure.
perfusion - Pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels).
abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body.
adduction - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body.
agitation - The act of agitating something.
headshake - The act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement.
inversion - The act of turning inside out.
nystagmus - Involuntary movements of the eyeballs.
reclining - The act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position.
pronation - Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward.
vibration - The act of vibrating.
reversion - Turning in the opposite direction.
keystroke - The stroke of a key.
diversion - A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern).
depletion - The act of decreasing something markedly.
extrusion - Squeezing out by applying pressure.
severance - The act of severing.
shrinking - The act of becoming less.
abatement - The act of abating.
attrition - The act of rubbing together.
deflation - The act of letting the air out of something.
expansion - The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
inflation - The act of filling something with air.
extension - Act of expanding in scope.
inclusion - The act of including.
roughness - Harsh or severe speech or behavior.
explosion - The act of exploding or bursting.
cremation - The incineration of a dead body.
secession - Formal separation from an alliance or federation.
bisection - Dividing into two equal parts.
threshing - The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw.
censoring - Deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances.
septation - The division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum.
hardening - The act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact).
annealing - Hardening something by heat treatment.
plication - The act of folding in parallel folds.
narrowing - The act of making something narrower.
operation - The activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.).
biologism - Use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior.
formalism - The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms.
mycophagy - The practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild).
pluralism - The practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time.
symbolism - The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning.
modernism - Practices typical of contemporary life or thought.
careerism - The practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity.
chokehold - A restraining hold.
annoyance - The act of troubling or annoying someone.
disregard - Willful lack of care and attention.
strappado - A form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope.
brutality - A brutal barbarous savage act.
badgering - The act of harassing someone.
nightlife - The activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.).
avocation - An auxiliary activity.
handstand - The act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position.
headstand - An acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands).
wrestling - The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
bicycling - Riding a bicycle.
paintball - A game that simulates military combat.
stickball - A form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle.
badminton - A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net.
equalizer - A score that makes the match even.
hopscotch - A game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone.
blackjack - A gambling game using cards.
solitaire - A card game played by one person.
billiards - Any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls.
bagatelle - A table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs.
sexcapade - A sexual escapade.
meshugaas - (Yiddish) craziness.
horseplay - Rowdy or boisterous play.
horseshow - A competitive exhibition of horses.
farandole - A lively dance from Provence.
cotillion - A lively dance originating in France in the 18th century.
eightsome - A Scottish reel for eight dancers.
quadrille - A square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples.
whistling - The act of whistling a tune.
portrayal - Acting the part of a character on stage.
commotion - The act of making a noisy disturbance.
downswing - A swing downward of a golf club.
shoeshine - The act of shining shoes.
housework - The work of cleaning and running a house.
piecework - Work paid for according to the quantity produced.
nightwork - Work to be done at night.
paperwork - Work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc..
admiralty - The office of admiral.
cadetship - The position of cadet.
caliphate - The office of a caliph.
clerkship - The job of clerk.
eldership - The office of elder.
judgeship - The position of judge.
mayoralty - The position of mayor.
priorship - The office of prior.
rabbinate - The office or function of a rabbi.
residency - The position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship).
rulership - The position of ruler.
sainthood - The status and dignity of a saint.
seigniory - The position and authority of a feudal lord.
thaneship - The position of thane.
womanhood - The status of a woman.
treadmill - A job involving drudgery and confinement.
carpentry - The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood.
lumbering - The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber.
education - The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university).
shingling - The laying on of shingles.
tailoring - The occupation of a tailor.
haymaking - Cutting grass and curing it to make hay.
optometry - The practice of an optometrist.
forensics - Scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes.
endoscopy - Visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope.
screening - Testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics.
scatology - (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes).
titration - A measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete.
apheresis - A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis.
collation - Careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement.
countdown - Counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle).
espionage - The systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets.
aftercare - Care and treatment of a convalescent patient.
treatment - Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury).
diathermy - A method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents.
colostomy - A surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus.
curettage - Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette.
iridotomy - A surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma.
ileostomy - Surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus.
lipectomy - Plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue.
mastopexy - Plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts.
otoplasty - Reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear.
lithotomy - Surgical removal of a stone (calculus).
lobectomy - Surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain).
orchotomy - Surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count).
osteotomy - Surgical sectioning of bone.
resection - Surgical removal of part of a structure or organ.
rhinotomy - Surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus.
rhizotomy - Surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut.
neutering - The sterilization of an animal.
valvotomy - Incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction.
allopathy - The usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself.
predation - The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey.
anointing - The act of applying oil or an oily liquid.
foliation - The work of coating glass with metal foil.
unloading - The labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc..
vasectomy - Surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization).
pargeting - Ornamental plastering.
portfolio - The role of the head of a government department.
shortstop - The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.
classwork - The part of a student's work that is done in the classroom.
deviation - Deviate behavior.
indecency - An indecent or improper act.
fetishism - Sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs).
voyeurism - A perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior.
zoophilia - A sexual attraction to animals.
obscenity - An obscene act.
injustice - An unjust act.
depravity - A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice.
treachery - An act of deliberate betrayal.
deception - The act of deceiving.
duplicity - Acting in bad faith.
goldbrick - Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless.
imposture - Pretending to be another person.
terrorism - The calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature.
champerty - An unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded.
violation - An act that disregards an agreement or a right.
pilferage - The act of stealing small amounts or small articles.
biopiracy - Biological theft.
extortion - The felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence).
spadework - Dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking.
adventure - A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
crapshoot - A risky and uncertain venture.
proration - The proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer.
clampdown - Sudden restriction on an activity.
retention - The act of retaining something.
shielding - The act of shielding from harm.
hyperpnea - Energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders.
repletion - Eating until excessively full.
omophagia - The eating of raw food.
testcross - A cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring.
servicing - The act of mating by male animals.
caressing - Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
tribadism - A form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse.
pederasty - Sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner).
mydriasis - Reflex pupillary dilation as a muscle pulls the iris outward.
summation - The arithmetic operation of summing.
appraisal - An expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something.
listening - The act of hearing attentively.
dramatics - Participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity.
athletics - Participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity.
schooling - The act of teaching at school.
rehearsal - (psychology) a form of practice.
depiction - Representation by drawing or painting etc.
animation - The making of animated cartoons.
recording - The act of making a record (especially an audio record).
mastering - The act of making a master recording from which copies can be made.
gardening - The cultivation of plants.
quarrying - The extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry.
mapmaking - The making of maps and charts.
formation - The act of fabricating something in a particular shape.
veneering - The act of applying veneer.
redaction - The act of putting something in writing.
decoupage - The art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer.
perfumery - The art of making perfumes.
sculpture - Creating figures or designs in three dimensions.
engraving - Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.
composing - Musical creation.
invention - The act of inventing.
neologism - The act of inventing a word or phrase.
fetoscopy - Prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood.
recycling - The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products.
repulsion - The act of repulsing or repelling an attack.
rebellion - Organized opposition to authority.
mousetrap - (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated.
crossfire - Fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross.
algometry - Measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure.
alignment - The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other.
dosimetry - Measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source.
fetometry - Measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head).
gradation - The act of arranging in grades.
surveying - The practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map.
stocktake - An instance of stocktaking.
philately - The collection and study of postage stamps.
echolalia - (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia).
iteration - Doing or saying again.
imitation - Copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else.
emulation - Effort to equal or surpass another.
pursuance - The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
procedure - A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings.
objection - (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality.
rigmarole - A long and complicated and confusing procedure.
quotation - The practice of quoting from books or plays etc..
ritualism - Exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship.
sacrament - A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it.
betrothal - The act of becoming betrothed or engaged.
matrimony - The ceremony or sacrament of marriage.
aspersion - The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare).
immersion - A form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged.
adoration - The worship given to God alone.
idiolatry - The worship of yourself.
topolatry - The worship of places.
pyrolatry - The worship of fire.
monolatry - The worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god.
reburying - The act of burying again.
occupancy - An act of being a tenant or occupant.
logistics - Handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed.
demurrage - Detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure.
dalliance - The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working.
tarriance - The act of tarrying.
tolerance - The act of tolerating something.
enjoyment - Act of receiving pleasure from something.
satiation - The act of achieving full gratification.
hindrance - The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding.
debarment - The act of prevention by legal means.
obviation - The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively.
allotment - The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning.
rationing - The act of rationing.
endowment - The act of endowing with a permanent source of income.
financing - The act of financing.
investing - The act of investing.
flotation - Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares.
packaging - The business of packing.
quitclaim - Act of transferring a title or right or claim to another.
importing - The commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country.
exporting - The commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country.
smuggling - Secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due.
retailing - The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers.
telemetry - Automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means.
tonometry - The measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea.
rendering - Giving in acknowledgment of obligation.
expending - The act of spending money for goods or services.
migration - The movement of persons from one country or locality to another.
enactment - The passing of a law by a legislative body.
execution - The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order.
obedience - Behavior intended to please your parents.
clearance - Permission to proceed.
makeready - Final preparation and adjustments.
restraint - The act of controlling by restraining someone or something.
crackdown - Severely repressive actions.
privation - Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights.
placation - The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity.
detention - A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home.
truckling - The act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons).
battering - The act of subjecting to strong attack.
contumacy - Obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination.
acquittal - A judgment of not guilty.
seclusion - The act of secluding yourself from others.
cocooning - Retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape).
isolation - The act of isolating something.
formality - Compliance with formal rules.
punctilio - Strict observance of formalities.
childcare - A service involving care for other people's children.
kabbalism - Adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation.
insolence - An offensive disrespectful impudent act.
indignity - An affront to one's dignity or self-esteem.
attention - A courteous act indicating affection.
gallantry - Polite attentiveness to women.
deference - A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard.
vengeance - The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life.
mediation - The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.
annulment - (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc).
recusancy - Refusal to submit to established authority.
holocaust - An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire).
stupidity - A stupid mistake.
admission - The act of admitting someone to enter.
vandalism - Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others.
recession - The act of ceding back.
amendment - The act of amending or correcting.
radiation - The act of spreading outward from a central source.
singalong - Informal group singing of popular songs.
probation - (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them.
awakening - The act of waking.
vampirism - The actions or practices of a vampire.
scavenger - Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter.
hatchling - Any recently hatched animal (especially birds).
carnivore - Any animal that feeds on flesh.
herbivore - Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants.
polymorph - An organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites.
arbovirus - A large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions.
filovirus - Animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae.
coliphage - A bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli.
myxovirus - Any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps.
echovirus - Any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants.
rotavirus - The reovirus causing infant enteritis.
halophile - Archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival.
acidophil - An organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment.
probiotic - A beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals.
bacteroid - A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants).
spirillum - Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form.
botulinus - Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism.
chlamydia - Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals.
treponema - Spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws).
protozoan - Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic.
actinopod - Protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods.
heliozoan - Protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods.
nummulite - Large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period.
testacean - Any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell.
difflugia - A protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains.
euglenoid - Marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism.
spirogyra - Freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands.
chlorella - Any alga of the genus Chlorella.
stonewort - Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches.
eukaryote - An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria.
noctiluca - Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.
sporozoan - Parasitic spore-forming protozoan.
merozoite - A cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle.
coccidium - Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
gregarine - Vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates.
piroplasm - Minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals.
pseudopod - Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion.
killifish - Small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes.
mummichog - Silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
swordtail - Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
topminnow - Small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters.
anomalops - Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye.
snipefish - Small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth.
cytostome - Mouth of a protozoan.
flagellum - A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa).
notochord - A flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates.
larvacean - Any member of the class Larvacea.
allantois - The vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals).
placoderm - Fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body.
porbeagle - Voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific.
protoavis - Most primitive avian type known.
cassowary - Large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest.
chaffinch - Small European finch with a cheerful song.
brambling - Eurasian finch.
goldfinch - Small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings.
crossbill - Finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed.
bullfinch - Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast.
scrubbird - Small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub.
broadbill - Small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills.
woodhewer - Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers.
thickhead - Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call.
fieldfare - Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter.
blackbird - Common black European thrush.
stonechat - Common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast.
goldcrest - European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch.
blackpoll - North American warbler having a black-and-white head.
riflebird - Velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail.
currawong - Bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call.
chickadee - Any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America.
bowerbird - Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
peregrine - A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry.
gyrfalcon - Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.
amphibian - Cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water.
spadefoot - A burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot.
blindworm - Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes.
chameleon - Lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.
archosaur - Extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs.
crocodile - Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates.
stegosaur - Herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon.
hadrosaur - Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet.
trachodon - Large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period.
iguanodon - Massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail.
apatosaur - Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic.
carnosaur - Large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws.
therapsid - Probably warm-blooded.
pterosaur - An extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb.
thecodont - Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds.
nothosaur - Extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming.
coachwhip - A whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico.
hamadryad - Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies.
arthropod - Invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin.
trilobite - An extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times.
chelicera - Either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid.
mouthpart - Any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding.
tarantula - Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites.
centipede - Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors.
prehensor - The anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths.
millipede - Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs.
blackcock - Male black grouse.
ptarmigan - Large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage.
phasianid - A kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae.
partridge - Small Old World gallinaceous game birds.
cockateel - Small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head.
thornbill - Any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill.
nighthawk - Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker.
frogmouth - Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth.
ivorybill - Large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill.
sapsucker - Small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees.
waterfowl - Freshwater aquatic bird.
greenwing - Common teal of Eurasia and North America.
sheldrake - Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill.
goldeneye - Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions.
merganser - Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
goosander - Common merganser of Europe and North America.
coscoroba - Large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans.
trumpeter - Large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry.
monotreme - The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria.
bandicoot - Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands.
pademelon - Small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea.
phalanger - Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
thylacine - Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back.
livestock - Any animals kept for use or profit.
eiderdown - Down of the eider duck.
undercoat - Thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair.
underpart - A part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body.
operculum - A hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted.
jellyfish - Any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans.
hydrozoan - Colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant.
anthozoan - Sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps.
gorgonian - Corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton.
woodborer - Any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood.
arrowworm - Any worm of the Chaetognatha.
planarian - Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms.
wheatworm - Small roundworm parasitic on wheat.
earthworm - Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil.
bloodworm - A segmented marine worm with bright red body.
scaphopod - Burrowing marine mollusk.
gastropod - A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes.
ctenidium - Comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks.
clamshell - The shell of a clam.
bluepoint - Small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island.
belemnite - A conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae.
woodlouse - Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body.
spoonbill - Wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon.
corncrake - Common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields.
gallinule - Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens.
shorebird - Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries.
turnstone - Migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food.
sandpiper - Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call.
jacksnipe - A small short-billed Old World snipe.
dowitcher - Shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe.
phalarope - Small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers.
kittiwake - Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions.
razorbill - Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill.
guillemot - Small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas.
cormorant - Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish.
snakebird - Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
albatross - Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings.
boarhound - Large hound used in hunting wild boars.
coonhound - Any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons.
dachshund - Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears.
wolfhound - The largest breed of dogs.
greyhound - A tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight.
staghound - A large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game.
schnauzer - Old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large.
retriever - A dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game.
dalmatian - A large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots.
viverrine - Small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World.
binturong - Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
ichneumon - Northern African mongoose.
calyculus - A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp).
quadruped - An animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking.
uropygium - Posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow.
ephemeron - Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form.
tumblebug - Any of various dung beetles.
dorbeetle - Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound.
psychodid - A fly of the family Psychodidae.
bumblebee - Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions.
strawworm - Larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains.
cockroach - Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects.
booklouse - Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers.
ephemerid - Short-lived insect.
doodlebug - The larva of any of several insects.
mantispid - Insect that resembles a mantis.
spongefly - Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges.
dragonfly - Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest.
damselfly - Slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest.
nymphalid - Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.
anglewing - Nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings.
tortricid - Any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings.
browntail - Small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States.
geometrid - Slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms.
gelechiid - Small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests.
underwing - Moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings.
saturniid - Large brightly colored and usually tropical moth.
chrysalis - Pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon.
ectoproct - Sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
entoproct - Any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies.
lagomorph - Relative large gnawing animals.
porcupine - Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
chickeree - Far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel.
baronduki - Terrestrial Siberian squirrel.
groundhog - Reddish brown North American marmot.
dinoceras - A variety of dinocerate.
ridgeling - A colt with undescended testicles.
broodmare - A female horse used for breeding.
racehorse - A horse bred for racing.
workhorse - A horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor.
packhorse - A workhorse used as a pack animal.
carthorse - Draft horse kept for pulling carts.
reticulum - The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
broadtail - Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia.
blackbuck - Common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns.
springbok - A South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air.
waterbuck - Any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers.
pronghorn - Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns.
wolverine - Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal.
proboscis - A long flexible snout as of an elephant.
pachyderm - Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant.
armadillo - Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates.
proconsul - An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul.
orangutan - Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
prosimian - Primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits.
procyonid - Plantigrade carnivorous mammals.
bassarisk - Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
peristome - Region around the mouth in various invertebrates.
twitterer - A bird that twitters.
ceratodus - Extinct lungfish.
grenadier - Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail.
whitebait - The edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts.
blackfish - Female salmon that has recently spawned.
whitefish - Silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere.
argentine - Any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes.
goosefish - Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
pearlfish - Found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds.
surfperch - Small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America.
conchfish - Found in West Indies.
amberjack - Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes.
pilotfish - Small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas.
swimmeret - One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
jacksmelt - A relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length).
barracuda - Any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth.
spadefish - Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters.
chaetodon - Any fish of the genus Chaetodon.
angelfish - A butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus.
threadfin - Mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays.
stargazer - Heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head.
eelblenny - Eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters.
scombroid - Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas.
yellowfin - May reach 400 pounds.
swordfish - Large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw.
spearfish - Any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced.
driftfish - Small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide.
clingfish - Very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc..
stonefish - Venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock.
snailfish - Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker.
greenling - Food fish of the northern Pacific.
hogchoker - Useless as food.
prothorax - The anterior part of an insect's thorax.
accordion - A portable box-shaped free-reed instrument.
acropolis - The citadel in ancient Greek towns.
acyclovir - An oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes.
admixture - An additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base.
afterdeck - A deck abaft of midships.
agateware - Pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate.
airmailer - A mailer for airmail.
albuterol - A bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions.
algometer - Device for measuring pain caused by pressure.
altimeter - An instrument that measures the height above ground.
ambulance - A vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals.
amplifier - Electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it.
angiogram - An X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance.
antimycin - A crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi.
antiquity - An artifact surviving from the past.
apartment - A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house.
apparatus - Equipment designed to serve a specific function.
appendage - A part that is joined to something larger.
applecart - A handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street.
appliance - Durable goods for home or office use.
arabesque - An ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design.
arboretum - A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition.
arrowhead - The pointed head or striking tip of an arrow.
artillery - Large but transportable armament.
aspergill - A short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge.
aspirator - A pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid.
astrodome - A transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations.
astrolabe - An early form of sextant.
athenaeum - A place where reading materials are available.
atmometer - An instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water.
audiogram - A graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound.
audiotape - Magnetic tape for use in recording sound.
autofocus - An optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically.
automaton - A mechanism that can move automatically.
autopilot - A navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course.
aztreonam - An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections.
backbench - Any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons.
backboard - A board used to support the back of someone or something.
backplate - Plate armor protecting the back.
backsword - A sword with only one cutting edge.
balaclava - A cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face.
balalaika - A stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings.
baldachin - Ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar).
balldress - A suit or dress for formal occasions.
ballpoint - A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
bandoleer - A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers.
bandoneon - A type of concertina popular in South America.
bandstand - A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air.
bandwagon - A large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band.
bannister - A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
banquette - An upholstered bench.
barograph - A recording barometer.
barometer - An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
baseboard - A molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor.
bathhouse - A building containing public baths.
beachwear - Clothing to be worn at a beach.
bedspread - Decorative cover for a bed.
bedspring - (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed.
bellyband - A strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon.
belvedere - A gazebo sited to command a fine view.
billboard - Large outdoor signboard.
bioweapon - Any weapon usable in biological warfare.
birdhouse - A shelter for birds.
blackface - The makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro.
bleachers - An outdoor grandstand without a roof.
blowtorch - A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.
boardroom - A room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company).
boardwalk - A walkway made of wooden boards.
boathouse - A shed at the edge of a river or lake.
bolometer - An instrument that measures heat radiation.
bombardon - A large shawm.
bombazine - A twilled fabric used for dresses.
bombshell - An explosive bomb or artillery shell.
bombsight - A sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs.
bookshelf - A shelf on which to keep books.
botanical - A drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves).
bottlecap - A cap that seals a bottle.
bowstring - The string of an archer's bow.
brasserie - A small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food.
brassiere - An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
brickkiln - A kiln for making bricks.
brickwork - Masonry done with bricks and mortar.
brickyard - A place where bricks are made and sold.
briefcase - A case with a handle.
briquette - A block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel.
brochette - A small spit or skewer.
buckboard - An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
buckskins - Breeches made of buckskin.
bulldozer - Large powerful tractor.
bullfight - A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle.
buspirone - A drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety.
butacaine - A white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic.
cafeteria - A restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier.
camcorder - A portable television camera and videocassette recorder.
campanile - A bell tower.
campstool - A folding stool.
candlepin - A bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin.
capacitor - An electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge.
captopril - A drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation.
carabiner - An oblong metal ring with a spring clip.
cartouche - A cartridge (usually with paper casing).
cartridge - Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet.
casserole - Large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served.
catamaran - A sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck.
catchment - A structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area).
celecoxib - A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract.
cellarage - A storage area in a cellar.
cellblock - A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells).
cerecloth - A waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud.
chairlift - A ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside.
chandlery - A storeroom where candles are kept.
checkroom - A room where baggage or parcels are checked.
chinaware - Dishware made of high quality porcelain.
chopstick - One of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with.
churidars - Tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta).
cigarette - Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper.
cigarillo - Small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper.
circuitry - Electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits.
cityscape - Painting depicting a city or urban area.
classroom - A room in a school where lessons take place.
clipboard - A small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers.
cloakroom - A room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily.
clockwork - Any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring.
cloisonne - Enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips.
clonidine - An antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches.
clozapine - An antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
clubhouse - A building that is occupied by a social club.
coatdress - A dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front.
cockhorse - Anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult).
cockscomb - A cap worn by court jesters.
coelostat - Optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope.
coffeepot - Tall pot in which coffee is brewed.
collector - The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes.
colonnade - Structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns.
comforter - Device used for an infant to suck or bite on.
commodity - Articles of commerce.
component - An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up.
condenser - Lens used to concentrate light on an object.
conductor - A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc..
consulate - Diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul.
container - Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another).
convector - A space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection.
converter - A device for changing one substance or form or state into another.
cookhouse - A detached or outdoor shelter for cooking.
cookstove - A stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove).
cosmotron - A large proton synchrotron.
couchette - A compartment on a European passenger train.
crankcase - Housing for a crankshaft.
crematory - A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes.
crinoline - A stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing.
crosshead - Metal block that connects to a piston.
crossjack - The lowermost sail on a mizzenmast.
cryometer - A thermometer designed to measure low temperatures.
cryoscope - A measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points.
cubbyhole - A small compartment.
cubitiere - Body armor that protects the elbow.
curbstone - A paving stone forming part of a curb.
cybercafe - A cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink.
cyclotron - An accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles.
dartboard - A circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts.
dashboard - Instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls.
dasymeter - Densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density.
davenport - A large sofa usually convertible into a bed.
deadlight - A strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather.
deathtrap - Any structure that is very unsafe.
deflector - A device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc).
defroster - Heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane).
demitasse - Small coffee cup.
deodorant - A toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors.
depressor - A device used by physician to press a part down or aside.
dermatome - A surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin.
derringer - A pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel.
destroyer - A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship.
detonator - A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive.
developer - Photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film.
diaphragm - A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens.
diazoxide - Vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension.
dibucaine - A local anesthetic that is administered by injection.
dicumarol - An anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin.
digitizer - Device for converting analogue signals into digital signals.
digitoxin - Digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia.
diltiazem - A calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure.
dishtowel - A towel for drying dishes.
dispenser - A container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts.
dollhouse - A small model of a house used as a toy by children.
doorframe - The frame that supports a door.
doorplate - A nameplate fastened to a door.
dormitory - A college or university building containing living quarters for students.
dosemeter - A measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity).
doxazosin - An antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily.
drainplug - A removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin.
drawknife - A woodworker's knife to shave surfaces.
drawnwork - Ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns.
dripstone - A protective drip that is made of stone.
drugstore - A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.
drumstick - A stick used for playing a drum.
duckboard - A boardwalk laid across muddy ground.
dustcloth - A piece of cloth used for dusting.
earthwork - An earthen rampart.
eggbeater - A mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream.
electrode - A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit.
elevation - Drawing of an exterior of a structure.
enalapril - An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
encainide - Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
encaustic - A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax.
endoscope - A long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery.
energizer - A device that supplies electrical energy.
enflurane - A nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic.
epauliere - Armor plate that protects the shoulder.
equipment - An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service.
escalator - A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt.
esplanade - A long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore.
estaminet - A small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee.
estazolam - A frequently prescribed sleeping pill (trade name ProSom).
euphonium - A bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family.
extractor - An instrument for extracting tight-fitting components.
eyeshadow - Makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes.
faceplate - A protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component).
facsimile - Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
fallboard - The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played.
farmhouse - House for a farmer and family.
farmplace - A farm together with its buildings.
fetoscope - A stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat.
fieldwork - A temporary fortification built by troops in the field.
firebrick - Brick made of fire clay.
fireplace - An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built.
fishplate - Metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams.
flageolet - A small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes.
flintlock - An obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer.
flophouse - A cheap lodging house.
flowerbed - A bed in which flowers are growing.
fluxmeter - Meter that measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil.
footboard - A vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead.
footplate - The platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls.
footstool - A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
forecourt - The outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings.
framework - A structure supporting or containing something.
freshener - Anything that freshens.
fumigator - A device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests.
furniture - Furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy.
gabardine - A firm durable fabric with a twill weave.
gangplank - A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.
garibaldi - A loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves.
gatehouse - A house built at a gateway.
gearshift - A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears.
gelignite - A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate.
generator - Engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction.
georgette - A thin silk dress material.
girandole - An ornate candle holder.
glassware - An article of tableware made of glass.
glipizide - An oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
glyburide - An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
goalmouth - (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal.
grapeshot - A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot.
greatcoat - A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter.
greenroom - A backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitors.
grillroom - A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
grisaille - Chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief.
gristmill - A mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain).
grosgrain - A silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs.
guanabenz - Antihypertensive drug (trade name Wytensin) that reduces blood pressure by its effect on the central nervous system.
guardroom - A room used by soldiers on guard.
guestroom - A bedroom that is kept for the use of guests.
guildhall - The hall of a guild or corporation.
guilloche - An architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands.
gunnysack - A bag made of burlap.
gymnasium - Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
gyroscope - Rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction.
habergeon - (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk.
hairbrush - A brush used to groom a person's hair.
haircloth - Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair.
hairpiece - A covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment.
hallstand - A piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung.
halothane - A nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia.
handlebar - The shaped bar used to steer a bicycle.
handspike - A metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever.
handstamp - A stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand.
handwheel - Control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated.
harmonica - A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole.
harmonium - A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows.
harvester - Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields.
hatchback - A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open.
headboard - A vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead.
headdress - Clothing for the head.
headlight - A powerful light with reflector.
headpiece - A protective helmet for the head.
headscarf - A kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin.
headstall - The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head.
headstock - The stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe).
hearthrug - A rug spread out in front of a fireplace.
hematinic - A medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood.
hermitage - The abode of a hermit.
highboard - A high diving board.
highchair - A chair for feeding a very young child.
hitchrack - A fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying.
hodoscope - (physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle.
honkytonk - A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall.
hoopskirt - A skirt stiffened with hoops.
horoscope - A diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place.
horsehair - A fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses.
hourglass - A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes.
houseboat - A barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling.
hydantoin - Any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy.
hydrofoil - A speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds.
hygrodeik - A wet and dry bulb hygrometer.
ibuprofen - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic.
immunogen - Any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body.
incubator - Apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat.
indicator - A device for showing the operating condition of some system.
indinavir - A protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV.
interface - (chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases).
ironworks - The workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made.
isoniazid - Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
jackscrew - Screw-operated jack.
jackstraw - A thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws.
jobcentre - A government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered.
kalansuwa - A cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders.
kanamycin - Antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections.
ketorolac - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally.
kickstand - A swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle.
kinescope - A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver.
krummhorn - A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
kymograph - Scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure).
labetalol - Antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure).
lampshade - A protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view.
lavaliere - Jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck.
lazaretto - Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).
lightship - A ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable.
limelight - A lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light.
limousine - Large luxurious car.
litterbin - Bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish.
lomustine - An antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease.
lorazepam - Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
lorgnette - Eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle.
lunchroom - A restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased.
lypressin - An antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus.
machinery - Machines or machine systems collectively.
machmeter - Speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound.
macintosh - A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
magnetron - A diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields.
magnifier - A scientific instrument that magnifies an image.
mainframe - A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room.
mammogram - X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast.
mannequin - A life-size dummy used to display clothes.
manometer - A pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas.
marquetry - Inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture.
marseille - Strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern.
matchbook - A small folder of paper safety matches.
matchlock - An early style of musket.
maulstick - A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush.
mausoleum - A large burial chamber, usually above ground.
meclizine - An antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness.
megaphone - A cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice.
melphalan - Antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies.
menagerie - The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
mescaline - The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons.
metalware - Household articles made of metal (especially for use at table).
metalwork - The metal parts of something.
metformin - An antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes.
methadone - Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming.
metronome - Clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music.
mezzanine - Intermediate floor just above the ground floor.
mezzotint - Print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade.
microtome - Scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination.
midazolam - An injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures.
millinery - Hats for women.
millstone - One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain.
millwheel - Water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill.
minelayer - Ship equipped for laying marine mines.
mineshaft - Excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine.
miniskirt - A very short skirt.
minoxidil - A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension.
mitomycin - A complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium.
modillion - (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice.
moldboard - Wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow.
molindone - Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
monastery - The residence of a religious community.
monoplane - An airplane with a single wing.
mycomycin - A highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete.
mydriatic - A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate.
myelogram - X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space.
nafcillin - A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
nailbrush - A brush used to clean a person's fingernails.
nameplate - A plate bearing a name.
neckcloth - An ornamental white cravat.
neckpiece - An article of apparel worn about the neck.
newmarket - A long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century.
newspaper - The physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher.
newsstand - A stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold.
nightgown - Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
nightwear - Garments designed to be worn in bed.
nonsmoker - A passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke.
nosepiece - Armor plate that protects the nose.
nosewheel - A wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear.
novillada - A bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old.
obturator - A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate).
omnirange - A navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing.
orchestra - Seating on the main floor in a theater.
oriflamme - A red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings.
orphanage - A public institution for the care of orphans.
orthopter - Heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings.
oubliette - A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling.
outerwear - Clothing for use outdoors.
outfitter - A shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose.
outrigger - A stabilizer for a canoe.
overskirt - An outer skirt worn over another skirt.
oxacillin - A form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci.
oxaprozin - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro).
pacemaker - An implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker.
paillasse - Mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust.
palanquin - A closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers.
paleolith - A stone tool from the Paleolithic age.
pantaloon - Trousers worn in former times.
pantyhose - A woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings.
parachute - Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall.
paregoric - Medicine used to treat diarrhea.
parquetry - A patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor.
parsonage - An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.
patchcord - A length of wire that has a plug at each end.
patchouli - A heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant.
patchwork - Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern.
pedometer - Measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking.
pennoncel - A small pennant borne on a lance.
penthouse - An apartment located on the top floors of a building.
periscope - An optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field.
peristyle - A colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court.
petticoat - Undergarment worn under a skirt.
pikestaff - The staff of a pike.
pinstripe - A very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric).
piroxicam - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
playhouse - Plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of.
plaything - An artifact designed to be played with.
plowshare - A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil.
polonaise - A woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt.
polyester - Any of a large class of synthetic fabrics.
polygraph - A medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration).
polymyxin - Any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium.
poorhouse - An establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless.
porcelain - Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic.
porringer - A shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle).
posthouse - An inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders.
potholder - An insulated pad for holding hot pots.
potpourri - A jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume.
predictor - A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival.
primidone - An anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremor.
privateer - A privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation.
projector - An optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen.
propeller - A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water.
purgative - A purging medicine.
pyelogram - An X ray of the kidneys and ureters.
pyocyanin - A toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus.
pyrograph - A design produced by pyrography.
pyrometer - A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
quinidine - Cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias.
raceabout - A small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail.
racetrack - A course over which races are run.
radiogram - A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
rectifier - Electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current.
refectory - A communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery).
reflector - Device that reflects radiation.
regulator - Any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc..
reliquary - A container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints).
repertory - A storehouse where a stock of things is kept.
rerebrace - Cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm.
reserpine - Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
reservoir - Tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil).
residence - The official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president).
resonator - Any system that resonates.
retractor - Surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision.
revetment - A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment.
rheometer - An instrument for measuring the flow of liquids (especially arterial blood).
ribavirin - An inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections.
ritonavir - A protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV.
roadblock - A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc..
roadhouse - An inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling.
rofecoxib - A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract.
rushlight - A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick.
sackcloth - A coarse cloth resembling sacking.
saddlebag - A large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle.
sailcloth - A strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents.
saltworks - A plant where salt is produced commercially.
sanctuary - A consecrated place where sacred objects are kept.
sandglass - Timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage.
scantling - An upright in house framing.
scarecrow - An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
scheduler - Computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order.
schematic - Diagram of an electrical or mechanical system.
schoolbag - A bag for carrying school books and supplies.
scrambler - Electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception.
scrapbook - An album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted.
scratcher - A device used for scratching.
scrimshaw - A carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers.
secateurs - Small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface.
secretary - A desk used for writing.
semigloss - A paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat.
sequencer - Computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence.
serration - A single notch in a row of notches.
sgraffito - A ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground.
sharkskin - A smooth crisp fabric.
sharpener - Any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper.
sheathing - Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior.
sheepwalk - Farm devoted to raising sheep.
shirttail - Fabric forming the tail of a shirt.
shopfront - The front side of a store facing the street.
sideboard - A board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib.
sidelight - Light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction.
signboard - Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted.
simulator - A machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research.
singleton - The playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt.
skyrocket - Sends a firework display high into the sky.
slingback - A shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel.
slingshot - A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms.
slipcover - A removable fitted cloth covering for upholstered furniture.
sonograph - An instrument that uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves in order to provide an image of a bodily organ.
soupspoon - A spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup.
spacesuit - A pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space.
speakeasy - (during prohibition) an illegal barroom.
speedboat - A fast motorboat.
spicemill - A mill for grinding spices.
spinnaker - A large and usually triangular headsail.
spirogram - A recording of breathing made with a spirograph.
sprinkler - Mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden.
spritsail - A fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit.
stairhead - Platform at the top of a staircase.
stairwell - A vertical well around which there is a stairway.
stanchion - Any vertical post or rod used as a support.
standpipe - A vertical pipe.
stateroom - A guest cabin.
steamboat - A boat propelled by a steam engine.
steelyard - A portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length.
sternpost - (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel.
stillroom - A pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc.
stockinet - Knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments.
stockroom - Storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business.
stockyard - Enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily.
stokehold - (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired.
stomacher - Garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century.
stoneware - Ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous.
stonework - Masonry done with stone.
stopwatch - A timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race).
storeroom - A room in which things are stored.
stovepipe - Chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue.
streetcar - A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
stretcher - A litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead.
strongbox - A strongly made box for holding money or valuables.
subwoofer - A loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies.
sudorific - A medicine that causes or increases sweating.
sunbonnet - A large bonnet that shades the face.
sunscreen - A cream spread on the skin.
sweatband - A band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat.
sweatshop - Factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions.
synagogue - (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation.
synergist - A drug that augments the activity of another drug.
tablefork - A fork for eating at a dining table.
tableware - Articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware).
tadalafil - Virility drug (trade name Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
taillight - Lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle.
tailpiece - Appendage added to extend the length of something.
tailstock - Support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece.
tarpaulin - Waterproofed canvas.
taximeter - A meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride).
teakettle - Kettle for boiling water to make tea.
telegraph - Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code).
telemeter - Any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer.
telephone - Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds.
temazepam - A frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril).
terazosin - Antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure.
terrarium - A vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed.
thumbhole - A finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball).
thunderer - A noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder.
tightrope - Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
timepiece - A measuring instrument or device for keeping time.
tinderbox - A box for holding tinder.
toastrack - A rack for holding slices of toast.
tocainide - Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed.
tollbooth - A booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls.
tomograph - X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements.
tonometer - Measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma).
toothpick - Pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic.
tormenter - A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings.
trackball - An electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing.
trazodone - Oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative.
triazolam - A form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill.
tricyclic - An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain.
troopship - Ship for transporting troops.
trousseau - The personal outfit of a bride.
truncheon - A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
turnstile - A gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms.
turntable - A circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played.
underfelt - A carpet pad of thick felt.
underpass - An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.
underwear - Undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments.
valsartan - An angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure.
vaporizer - A device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation).
velodrome - A banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing.
velveteen - A usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet.
verapamil - A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
vermicide - An agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines).
vermifuge - A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms.
vestiture - An archaic term for clothing.
videodisk - A digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set.
viewgraph - A transparency for use with an overhead projector.
voltmeter - Meter that measures the potential difference between two points.
volumeter - A meter to measure the volume of gases, liquids, or solids (either directly or by displacement).
wallboard - A wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions.
washbasin - A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
washboard - Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side.
washcloth - Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body.
washhouse - A building or outbuilding where laundry is done.
washstand - Furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term.
watchband - A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist.
waterskin - A container of skin for holding water.
wattmeter - An instrument for measuring in watts the flow of power in an electrical circuit.
waveguide - A hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves.
weekender - A small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip.
whaleboat - A long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas.
wheelwork - Mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears).
whetstone - A flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives.
windbreak - Hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion.
wineglass - A glass that has a stem and in which wine is served.
winepress - A press that is used to extract the juice from grapes.
woodscrew - A metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver.
workbench - A strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic.
workboard - A horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work.
workhouse - A county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months.
workpiece - Work consisting of a piece of metal being machined.
workplace - A place where work is done.
worktable - A table designed for a particular task.
wristband - Band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist.
yardstick - A ruler or tape that is three feet long.
aloneness - A disposition toward being alone.
animality - The physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect.
animalism - Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites.
fieriness - A passionate and quick-tempered nature.
moodiness - Having temperamental and changeable moods.
blandness - The trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern.
tepidness - Lack of passion, force or animation.
inanition - Exhaustion resulting from lack of food.
passivity - The trait of remaining inactive.
indolence - Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work.
faineance - The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work.
sternness - Uncompromising resolution.
sulkiness - A sullen moody resentful disposition.
readiness - Prompt willingness.
graveness - A manner that is serious and solemn.
frivolity - The trait of being frivolous.
giddiness - An impulsive scatterbrained manner.
flippancy - Inappropriate levity.
frankness - The trait of being blunt and outspoken.
bluffness - Good-natured frankness.
garrulity - The quality of being wordy and talkative.
sociality - The tendency to associate with others and to form social groups.
aloofness - A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner.
closeness - Characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes).
hostility - A hostile (very unfriendly) disposition.
virulence - Extreme hostility.
brashness - The trait of being rash and hasty.
hastiness - Hasty impulsiveness.
alertness - Lively attentiveness.
incaution - The trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger.
hoydenism - Masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women).
diligence - Conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task.
semblance - An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.
hairiness - The quality of having hair.
birthmark - A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth.
plainness - The appearance of being plain and unpretentious.
fussiness - Unnecessary elaborateness in details.
clearness - The quality of clear water.
turbidity - Muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended.
vagueness - Indistinctness of shape or character.
sharpness - Thinness of edge or fineness of point.
acuteness - The quality of having a sharp edge or point.
agreement - Compatibility of observations.
normality - Conformity with the norm.
congruity - The quality of agreeing.
arability - The quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation.
handiness - The quality of being at hand when needed.
neediness - The quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree.
publicity - The quality of being open to public view.
inaptness - Inappropriateness.
unfitness - The quality of not being suitable.
humanness - The quality of being human.
ingenuity - The property of being ingenious.
foaminess - The property of being foamy.
diversity - The condition or result of being changeable.
liquidity - Being in cash or easily convertible to cash.
constancy - The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation.
fixedness - The quality of being fixed and unchangeable.
otherness - The quality of being not alike.
disparity - Inequality or difference in some respect.
certainty - Something that is certain.
givenness - The quality of being granted as a supposition.
unreality - The quality possessed by something that is unreal.
cyclicity - The quality of recurring at regular intervals.
rockiness - The quality of abounding in rocks and stones.
hilliness - The quality of being hilly.
looseness - Movement or space for movement.
shakiness - The quality of being unstable and insecure.
inertness - Immobility by virtue of being inert.
tightness - Lack of movement or room for movement.
stability - The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast.
nastiness - The quality of being unpleasant.
awfulness - A quality of extreme unpleasantness.
sincerity - A quality of naturalness and simplicity.
staginess - An artificial and mannered quality.
salubrity - The quality of being salubrious and invigorating.
prosiness - Commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting.
usualness - Commonness by virtue of not being unusual.
ethnicity - An ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties.
exoticism - The quality of being exotic.
freshness - Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel.
orthodoxy - The quality of being orthodox (especially in religion).
exactness - The quality of being exact.
inerrancy - (Christianity) exemption from error.
licitness - The quality of strictly conforming to law.
infection - (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure.
shadiness - Of questionable honesty or legality.
rusticity - The quality of being rustic or gauche.
dowdiness - Having a drab or dowdy quality.
crudeness - An unpolished unrefined quality.
cheapness - Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
coherence - Logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts.
ambiguity - Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
godliness - Piety by virtue of being a godly person.
pettiness - Lack of generosity in trifling matters.
benignity - The quality of being kind and gentle.
cattiness - Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.
malignity - Quality of being disposed to evil.
crassness - The quality of being crass--devoid of refinement.
bluntness - The quality of being direct and outspoken.
rightness - According with conscience or morality.
wrongness - Contrary to conscience or morality.
amorality - The quality of being amoral.
gutsiness - The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury.
cowardice - The trait of lacking courage.
stiffness - Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action.
assiduity - Great and constant diligence and attention.
hypocrisy - Insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have.
integrity - Moral soundness.
sublimity - Nobility in thought or feeling or style.
rascality - The quality of being a slippery rascal.
mendacity - The tendency to be untruthful.
innocency - An innocent quality or thing or act.
austerity - The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
eremitism - Monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience.
posturing - Adopting a vain conceited posture.
arrogance - Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.
absurdity - A ludicrous folly.
asininity - The quality of being asinine.
foresight - Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future.
frugality - Prudence in avoiding waste.
parsimony - Extreme care in spending money.
credulity - Tendency to believe readily.
suspicion - Being of a suspicious nature.
propriety - Correct or appropriate behavior.
indecorum - A lack of decorum.
immodesty - The trait of being vain and conceited.
composure - Steadiness of mind under stress.
balkiness - Likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly.
immediacy - Lack of an intervening or mediating agency.
heterosis - (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent.
hoariness - Great age (especially grey or white with age).
crispness - A pleasing firmness and freshness.
longevity - The property of being long-lived.
staleness - Having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging.
mustiness - The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy.
youngness - The opposite of oldness.
phenotype - What an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment.
viscosity - Resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow).
sliminess - A property resembling or being covered with slime.
thickness - Resistance to flow.
downiness - A light softness.
mushiness - A mushy pulpy softness.
flakiness - Having or breaking into thin crisp flakes.
mordacity - A disposition to biting.
proneness - Being disposed to do something.
silkiness - The smooth feel of silk fabric.
slickness - A slippery smoothness.
soapiness - The quality of being soap or being covered with soap.
scaliness - The property of being scaly.
harshness - The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions.
sandiness - A texture resembling that of sand.
bumpiness - The texture of a surface that has many bumps.
sleekness - The quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored.
sunniness - Lightness created by sunlight.
shininess - The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
undertone - A pale or subdued color.
solferino - A pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino.
chocolate - A medium brown to dark-brown color.
ruddiness - A healthy reddish complexion.
lividness - Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
tawniness - The quality or state of being the color of tanned leather.
whiteness - Lightness or fairness of complexion.
lightness - Having a light color.
muskiness - Having the olfactory properties of musk.
noisiness - The auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise.
quietness - The property of making no sound.
cacophony - Loud confusing disagreeable sounds.
resonance - The quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities.
gruffness - A throaty harshness.
plangency - Having the character of a loud deep sound.
faintness - Barely audible.
spiciness - The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored.
saltiness - The property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution).
brininess - The relative proportion of salt in a solution.
sweetness - The property of tasting as if it contains sugar.
edibility - The property of being fit to eat.
lankiness - A tall and thin physique.
dumpiness - A short and stout physique.
adiposity - Having the property of containing fat.
plumpness - The bodily property of being well rounded.
buxomness - The bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed.
shortness - The property of being shorter than average stature.
gawkiness - The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant.
sentience - The readiness to perceive sensations.
androgyny - Showing characteristics of both sexes.
torridity - Extreme heat.
ductility - The malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets.
fibrosity - The quality of being fibrous.
heaviness - The property of being comparatively great in weight.
huskiness - The property of being big and strong.
smallness - The property of having relatively little strength or vigor.
stoutness - The property of being strong and resolute.
fortitude - Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
endurance - The power to withstand hardship or stress.
covalence - Valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound.
intensity - High level or degree.
vehemence - Intensity or forcefulness of expression.
fragility - Lack of physical strength.
earliness - Quality of coming early or earlier in time.
tardiness - The quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time.
modernity - The quality of being current or of the present.
mortality - The quality or state of being mortal.
viability - (of living things) capable of normal growth and development.
fleetness - Rapidity of movement.
asymmetry - (mathematics) a lack of symmetry.
occlusion - (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
concavity - The property possessed by a concave shape.
convexity - The property possessed by a convex shape.
curvature - The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface.
roundness - The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular.
curliness - (of hair) a tendency to curl.
decubitus - A reclining position (as in a bed).
erectness - The property of being upright in posture.
proximity - The property of being close together.
adjacency - The attribute of being so near as to be touching.
wheelbase - The distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle.
magnitude - The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).
amplitude - Greatness of magnitude.
largeness - The property of having a relatively great size.
ampleness - The property of impressive largeness in size.
bulkiness - An unwieldy largeness.
gigantism - Excessive largeness of stature.
shrinkage - The amount by which something shrinks.
abundance - The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply.
profusion - The property of being extremely abundant.
greenness - The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation.
starkness - The quality of being complete or utter or extreme.
footprint - The area taken up by some object.
briefness - The temporal property of being very short.
squatness - The property of being short and broad.
inutility - The quality of having no practical use.
liability - The quality of being something that holds you back.
greatness - The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence.
vitalness - The quality of being essential to maintain life.
authority - Official permission or approval.
puissance - Power to influence or coerce.
heartbeat - An animating or vital unifying force.
lifeblood - An essential or life-giving force.
firepower - (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target.
inability - Lacking the power to perform.
primality - The property of being a prime number.
pessimism - A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things.
epicurism - The disposition and habits of an epicure.
frigidity - Sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse.
woodiness - The quality of abounding in trees.
acanthion - The craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture.
condylion - The craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle.
prosthion - Craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla.
epidermis - The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates.
whitehead - A small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland.
blackhead - A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin.
dreadlock - One of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp.
mustachio - A large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth).
funiculus - Any of several body structure resembling a cord.
cellulite - Lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc..
anklebone - The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
trapezium - The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals.
trapezoid - The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones.
cheekbone - The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
gladiolus - The large central part of the breastbone.
manubrium - The upper part of the breastbone.
dentition - The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal.
cartilage - Tough elastic tissue.
supinator - A muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination.
trabecula - Rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen).
vestibule - Any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina).
bucktooth - A large projecting front tooth.
pterygium - Either of two thickened triangular layers of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea.
endosteum - Vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones.
endolymph - The bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
perilymph - The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
arteriole - One of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries.
ventricle - A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries.
colostrum - Milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition.
menorrhea - Flow of blood from the uterus.
antiserum - Blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens.
secretion - A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell.
melatonin - Hormone secreted by the pineal gland.
thyroxine - Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells.
histamine - Amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels.
mesentery - A double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines.
mesocolon - Mesentery that holds the lower colon to the dorsal abdominal wall.
submucosa - The connective tissue beneath mucous membrane.
cytoplasm - The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus.
cytoplast - The intact cytoplasmic content of a cell.
ectoplasm - The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
endoplasm - The inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell.
microsome - A tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA.
nucleolus - A small round body of protein in a cell nucleus.
chromatin - The readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins.
haplotype - (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together.
nonallele - Genes that are not competitors at the same locus.
transgene - An exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism.
chromatid - One of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis.
karyotype - The appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes).
sarcosome - A large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber.
organelle - A specialized part of a cell.
centriole - One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells.
myelocyte - An immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow.
osteocyte - Mature bone cell.
leukocyte - Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
phagocyte - A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms.
monoblast - A large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow.
microcyte - An abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter).
parafovea - Area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea.
isogamete - Either of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure.
spermatid - An immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte.
myofibril - One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber.
sarcomere - One of the segments into which a myofibril is divided.
neuroglia - Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
astroglia - Tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells.
astrocyte - Comparatively large neuroglial cell.
microglia - Neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic.
hybridoma - A hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell.
apophysis - (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra.
lemniscus - A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus.
trochlear - Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes.
sensorium - The areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world.
forebrain - The anterior portion of the brain.
claustrum - A layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus.
hindbrain - The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem.
brainstem - The part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus.
introitus - Entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening).
genitalia - External sex organ.
ovotestis - Hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue.
marsupium - An external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled.
arytenoid - Either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached.
esophagus - The passage between the pharynx and the stomach.
epicardia - The short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach.
intestine - The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus.
megacolon - An abnormal enlargement of the colon.
extremity - An external body part that projects from the body.
fingertip - The end (tip) of a finger.
sphincter - A ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening.
hammertoe - A deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch.
autograft - Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person.
homograft - Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup.
thumbnail - The nail of the thumb.
sartorius - A muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor.
trapezius - Either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms.
epiphysis - The end of a long bone.
diaphysis - The main (mid) section of a long bone.
olecranon - Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended.
syncytium - A mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers).
albuginea - Whitish tunic.
tentorium - (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum.
fecundity - The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination.
fairyland - The enchanted realm of fairies.
purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins.
taxidermy - The art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance.
telescopy - The art of making and using telescopes.
adeptness - Skillful performance or ability without difficulty.
dexterity - Adroitness in using the hands.
brushwork - An artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush.
woodcraft - Skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood.
denseness - The quality of being mentally slow and limited.
rustiness - Ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice.
triteness - Unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed.
mnemonics - A method or system for improving the memory.
technique - A practical method or art applied to some particular task.
awareness - Having knowledge of.
curiosity - A state in which you want to learn more about something.
successor - A thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone.
assurance - Freedom from doubt.
certitude - Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant.
misgiving - Doubt about someone's honesty.
morbidity - An abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind.
obsession - An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.
exception - A deliberate act of omission.
intuition - Instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes).
sensation - An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.
threshold - The smallest detectable sensation.
prickling - A somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles.
believing - The cognitive process that leads to convictions.
criticism - A serious examination and judgment of something.
animatism - The attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones.
digestion - Learning and coming to understand ideas and information.
retrieval - The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory.
depicting - A representation by picture or portraiture.
picturing - Visual imagery.
nightmare - A terrifying or deeply upsetting dream.
evocation - Imaginative re-creation.
gestation - The conception and development of an idea or plan.
reasoning - Thinking that is coherent and logical.
deduction - Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).
inference - The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.
prevision - A prophetic vision (as in a dream).
palmistry - Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand.
pyromancy - Divination by fire or flames.
astrology - A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon.
horoscopy - The drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes.
syllogism - Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises.
corollary - (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition.
breakdown - An analysis into mutually exclusive categories.
synthesis - The combination of ideas into a complex whole.
mysticism - Obscure or irrational thought.
rationale - (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature).
collusion - Secret agreement.
testament - A profession of belief.
hindsight - Understanding the nature of an event after it has happened.
tradition - An inherited pattern of thought or action.
antipathy - The object of a feeling of intense aversion.
quodlibet - An issue that is presented for formal disputation.
mumpsimus - A traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable.
algorithm - A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.
recursion - (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation.
guidepost - A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior.
parameter - A constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves.
attractor - (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system.
principle - A basic truth or law or assumption.
semantics - The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text.
criterion - The ideal in terms of which something can be judged.
soubrette - A minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy.
prototype - A standard or typical example.
microcosm - A miniature model of something.
meliorism - The belief that the world can be made better by human effort.
foretaste - An early limited awareness of something yet to occur.
theosophy - A system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul.
tribalism - The beliefs of a tribal society.
amoralism - The doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid.
reformism - A doctrine of reform.
occultism - A belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control.
mentalism - (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness.
semiotics - (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols.
solipsism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist.
teleology - (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes.
conjuring - Calling up a spirit or devil.
diabolism - A belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan).
occasions - Something you have to do.
ignorance - The lack of knowledge or education.
genealogy - The study or investigation of ancestry and family history.
allometry - The study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole.
symbology - The study or the use of symbols and symbolism.
territory - An area of knowledge or interest.
statistic - A datum that can be represented numerically.
dietetics - The scientific study of food preparation and intake.
dysgenics - The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
euthenics - The study of methods of improving human well-being and efficient functioning by improving environmental conditions.
angiology - The branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders.
dentistry - The branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth.
neurology - (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders.
osteology - The branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.
audiology - The measurement of hearing.
pathology - The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases.
radiology - The branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation.
mammalogy - The branch of zoology that studies mammals.
phycology - The branch of botany that studies algae.
histology - The branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues.
chemistry - The science of matter.
acoustics - The study of the physical properties of sound.
astronomy - The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole.
cosmology - The branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe.
mechanics - The branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference.
harmonics - The study of musical sound.
tectonics - The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.
nephology - The branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation.
hydrology - The branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation.
limnology - The scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties.
magnetism - The branch of science that studies magnetism.
petrology - The branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification.
geography - Study of the earth's surface.
tribology - The branch of engineering that deals with the interaction of surfaces in relative motion (as in bearings or gears): their design and friction and wear and lubrication.
metrology - The scientific study of measurement.
nutrition - The scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans).
epigraphy - The study of ancient inscriptions.
paleology - The study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities.
ethnology - The branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics.
garbology - The study of a society by analyzing its garbage.
mythology - The study of myths.
economics - The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management.
proxemics - The study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations.
sociology - The study and classification of human societies.
iconology - The branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms).
bioethics - The branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences.
casuistry - Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas.
etymology - The study of the sources and development of words.
phonetics - The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis.
phonology - The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes.
liturgics - The study of liturgies.
synergism - The theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace.
mentality - A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations.
direction - A general course along which something has a tendency to develop.
anarchism - A political theory favoring the abolition of governments.
autocracy - A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual.
communism - A political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society.
democracy - The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives.
extremism - Any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies.
socialism - A political theory advocating state ownership of industry.
theocracy - The belief in government by divine guidance.
tritheism - (Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods.
pantheism - The doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
shamanism - An animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans.
floodgate - Something that restrains a flood or outpouring.
protology - The study of origins and first things.
heliogram - A message transmitted by means of the sun's rays.
signature - A sheet with several pages printed on it.
interleaf - A blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book.
notepaper - Writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters.
worksheet - A sheet of paper with multiple columns.
hypertext - Machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected.
messaging - The sending and processing of e-mail by computer.
contagion - The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people.
heteronym - Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation.
loanblend - A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root).
allomorph - A variant phonological representation of a morpheme.
pertainym - Meaning relating to or pertaining to.
praenomen - The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome.
pseudonym - A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role.
baronetcy - The title of a baron.
tetragram - A word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system.
syllabary - A writing system whose characters represent syllables.
cyberpunk - A genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies.
novelette - A short novel.
storyline - The plot of a book or play or film.
hagiology - Literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints.
dithyramb - (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus).
potboiler - A literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot).
dictation - Matter that has been dictated and transcribed.
narration - (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth.
flashback - A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story.
allograph - A signature written by one person for another.
monograph - A detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject.
catechism - An elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion.
storybook - A book containing a collection of stories (usually for children).
gazetteer - A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas).
thesaurus - A book containing a classified list of synonyms.
guidebook - Something that offers basic information or instruction.
directory - An alphabetical list of names and addresses.
phonebook - A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers.
ephemeris - An annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year.
rewriting - Editing that involves writing something again.
rewording - Changing a particular word or phrase.
scripture - Any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group.
checklist - A list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted.
necrology - A list of people who died recently.
timetable - A schedule of times of arrivals and departures.
biography - An account of the series of events making up a person's life.
statement - A document showing credits and debits.
reckoning - A bill for an amount due.
debenture - A certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt.
programma - An edict that has been publicly posted.
muniments - Deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land.
complaint - (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based.
rejoinder - (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication.
ordinance - A statute enacted by a city government.
groupware - Software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space.
assembler - A program to convert assembly language into machine language.
hyperlink - A link from a hypertext file to another location or file.
shareware - Software that is available free of charge.
anthology - A collection of selected literary passages.
intension - What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
denotatum - An actual object referred to by a linguistic expression.
euphemism - An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh.
amphigory - Nonsensical writing (usually verse).
gibberish - Unintelligible talking.
shmegegge - (Yiddish) baloney.
tetralogy - A series of four related works (plays or operas or novels).
simulcast - A broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio).
handshake - Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract).
testimony - Something that serves as evidence.
apartheid - A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites.
etiquette - Rules governing socially acceptable behavior.
esoterica - Secrets known only to an initiated minority.
collotype - A photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced.
adulation - Servile flattery.
stricture - Severe criticism.
impudence - An impudent statement.
manifesto - A public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government).
assertion - A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
affidavit - Written declaration made under oath.
explanans - (logic) statements that explain the explicandum.
construal - An interpretation of the meaning of something.
categorem - A categorematic expression.
falsehood - A false statement.
fairytale - An interesting but highly implausible story.
ecumenism - (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity.
hoofprint - A visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal.
descender - (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters.
guideline - A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters.
harbinger - Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
logarithm - The exponent required to produce a given number.
obbligato - A part of the score that must be performed without change or omission.
tablature - A musical notation indicating the fingering to be used.
phonogram - Any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word.
polyphone - A letter that has two or more pronunciations.
ampersand - A punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and).
semicolon - A punctuation mark (`.
atonality - The absence of a key.
sforzando - (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack.
contralto - The lowest female singing voice.
medallion - An emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered.
profiling - Recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people.
unveiling - Putting on display for the first time.
substrate - An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population.
histogram - A bar chart representing a frequency distribution.
tachogram - A graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph.
monologue - A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor.
soliloquy - A (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections.
throwaway - Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis.
substring - A string that is part of a longer string.
melodrama - An extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization.
monophony - Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment).
polyphony - Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments.
leitmotiv - A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas).
homophony - Part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style).
crossover - The appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience.
plainsong - A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church.
pastorale - A musical composition that evokes rural life.
antiphony - Alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts.
barcarole - A boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers.
roundelay - A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain.
serialism - 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition.
bluegrass - A type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars.
ecobabble - Using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware.
eloquence - Powerful and effective language.
elocution - An expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture.
terseness - A neatly short and concise expressive style.
prolixity - Boring verbosity.
turgidity - Pompously embellished language.
tautology - Useless repetition.
catalexis - The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.
hexameter - A verse line having six metrical feet.
octameter - A verse line having eight metrical feet.
assonance - The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words.
asyndeton - The omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used.
apophasis - Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned.
epiplexis - A rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them.
hendiadys - Use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier.
hypallage - Reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face').
prolepsis - Anticipating and answering objections in advance.
wellerism - A comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel.
hyperbole - Extravagant exaggeration.
syllepsis - Use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one.
utterance - The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication.
allophone - (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme.
diphthong - A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another.
semivowel - A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant.
obstruent - A consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
implosion - The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant.
affricate - A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy').
blasphemy - Blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred).
expletive - A word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line.
profanity - Vulgar or irreverent speech or action.
homograph - Two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair).
homophone - Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear).
communion - Sharing thoughts and feelings.
gossiping - A conversation that spreads personal information about other people.
logomachy - Argument about words or the meaning of words.
diplomacy - Negotiation between nations.
platitude - A trite or obvious remark.
sumpsimus - A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression.
directive - A pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity.
eisegesis - Personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas.
imbroglio - A very embarrassing misunderstanding.
firestorm - An outburst of controversy.
collision - A conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals.
courtship - A man's courting of a woman.
ultimatum - A final peremptory demand.
naysaying - The act of saying no to a request.
disavowal - Denial of any connection with or knowledge of.
grievance - A complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action.
informing - A speech act that conveys information.
grapevine - Gossip spread by spoken communication.
acrophony - Naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter.
damnation - The act of damning.
impromptu - An extemporaneous speech or remark.
fostering - Encouragement.
determent - A communication that makes you afraid to try something.
telepathy - Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions.
benchmark - A surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point.
merestone - An old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab.
stoplight - A red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop.
watermark - A distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture.
milestone - Stone post at side of a road to show distances.
bookplate - A label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted.
capriccio - An instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation.
slanguage - Language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant.
happening - An event that happens.
offspring - Something that comes into existence as a result.
grassfire - An uncontrolled fire in a grassy area.
onslaught - A sudden and severe onset of trouble.
ascension - (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon.
theophany - A visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person.
thelarche - The start of breast development in a woman at the beginning of puberty.
emanation - (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
diffusion - The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another.
martyrdom - Death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause.
megadeath - The death of a million people.
adversity - A stroke of ill fortune.
transient - (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load.
outstroke - The stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft.
capsizing - (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water.
pyrolysis - Transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat.
cessation - A stopping.
combining - An occurrence that results in things being united.
uplifting - The rise of something.
caterwaul - The yowling sound made by a cat in heat.
shrilling - A continuing shrill noise.
undertide - A current below the surface of a fluid.
landslide - A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff.
rockslide - A landslide of rocks.
backblast - Backfire from a recoilless weapon.
lightning - The flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash).
emergency - A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action.
detriment - A damage or loss.
pulsation - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients).
saltation - (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species.
foreshock - A tremor preceding an earthquake.
crosstalk - The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling.
exudation - The process of exuding.
whirlpool - A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides).
sleepover - An occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children).
decathlon - An athletic contest consisting of ten different events.
freestyle - A race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use.
repechage - A race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race.
cockfight - A match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs.
semifinal - One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament.
thrashing - A sound defeat.
sentiment - Tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion.
razbliuto - The sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do.
bloodlust - A desire for bloodshed.
hankering - A yearning for something or to do something.
nostalgia - Longing for something past.
prurience - Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.
amusement - A feeling of delight at being entertained.
afterglow - The pleasure of remembering some pleasant event.
masochism - Sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological).
philogyny - Admiration for women.
gratitude - A feeling of thankfulness and appreciation.
unconcern - A feeling of lack of concern.
abashment - Feeling embarrassed due to modesty.
placidity - A feeling of calmness.
huffiness - A passing state of anger and resentment.
hesitance - A feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something.
happiness - Emotions experienced when in a state of well-being.
rejoicing - A feeling of great happiness.
jocundity - A feeling facetious merriment.
belonging - Happiness felt in a secure relationship.
weepiness - Sadness expressed by weeping.
dysphoria - Abnormal depression and discontent.
defeatism - Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat.
affection - A positive feeling of liking.
misoneism - Hatred of change or innovation.
misopedia - Hatred of children.
animosity - A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
testiness - Feeling easily irritated.
eagerness - A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
leftovers - Food remaining from a previous meal.
foodstuff - A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food.
nutriment - A source of materials to nourish the body.
rechauffe - Warmed leftovers.
refection - A light meal or repast.
antipasto - A course of appetizers in an Italian meal.
appetizer - Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course).
guacamole - A dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings.
madrilene - A tomato-flavored consomme.
lobscouse - A stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors.
sugarloaf - A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar.
confiture - Preserved or candied fruit.
sweetmeat - A sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry).
nonpareil - A flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar.
horehound - A candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant.
sugarplum - Any of various small sugary candies.
charlotte - A mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard.
fruitcake - A rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on.
jellyroll - Thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake.
friedcake - Small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat.
fastnacht - Doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday.
marmalade - A preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits.
entrecote - Cut of meat taken from between the ribs.
foreshank - A cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg.
hindshank - A cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg.
beefsteak - A beef steak usually cooked by broiling.
tournedos - Thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin.
aitchbone - A cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone.
carbonado - A piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled.
horsemeat - The flesh of horses as food.
spareribs - Cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off.
margarine - A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
drippings - Fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried.
chipolata - A small thin sausage.
pepperoni - A pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage).
bratwurst - A small pork sausage.
mincemeat - Spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat.
forcemeat - Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs.
barmbrack - A rich currant cake or bun.
flatbread - Any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough.
cornbread - Bread made primarily of cornmeal.
shortcake - Very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf.
hamburger - A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients.
spaghetti - Pasta in the form of long strings.
fedelline - Extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli.
manicotti - Large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce.
vegetable - Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
crookneck - Yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin.
cocozelle - Squash resembling zucchini.
artichoke - A thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart.
asparagus - Edible young shoots of the asparagus plant.
radicchio - Prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves.
tomatillo - Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk.
freestone - Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit.
blueberry - Sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants.
cranberry - Very tart red berry used for sauce or juice.
raspberry - Red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries.
saskatoon - Edible purple or red berries.
persimmon - Orange fruit resembling a plum.
carambola - Deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit.
nectarine - A variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin.
greengage - Sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum.
pineapple - Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves.
jackfruit - Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit.
muskmelon - The fruit of a muskmelon vine.
cantaloup - The fruit of a cantaloup vine.
muscadine - Dull-purple grape of southern United States.
cherimoya - Large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp.
sapodilla - Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
butternut - Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family.
chincapin - Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States.
groundnut - Nutlike tuber.
pistachio - Nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel.
stockfish - Fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt.
shellfish - Meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean).
buckwheat - Grain ground into flour.
tabbouleh - A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat.
condiment - A preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment.
sassafras - Dried root bark of the sassafras tree.
coriander - Parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish.
fenugreek - Aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry.
carbonara - Sauce for pasta.
bearnaise - A sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice.
demiglace - Sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry.
allemande - Egg-thickened veloute.
fishpaste - A paste of fish or shellfish.
aspartame - An artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid.
saccharin - A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar.
grenadine - Thin syrup made from pomegranate juice.
croquette - Minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce.
enchilada - Tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili.
galantine - Boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic.
jambalaya - Spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery.
macedoine - Mixed diced fruits or vegetables.
tourtiere - A meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec.
succotash - Fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream.
schnitzel - Deep-fried breaded veal cutlets.
metheglin - Spiced or medicated mead.
champagne - A white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there.
zinfandel - Dry fruity red wine from California.
applejack - Distilled from hard cider.
slivovitz - A colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans.
firewater - Any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum).
sundowner - A drink taken at sundown.
refresher - A drink that refreshes.
manhattan - A cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters.
margarita - A cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice.
cassareep - A flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava.
milkshake - Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.
orangeade - Sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice.
phosphate - Carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid.
dichotomy - Being twofold.
community - (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
retreated - People who have retreated.
herbarium - A collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study.
gimmickry - A collection of gimmicks.
scrapheap - Pile of discarded metal.
mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends).
feudalism - The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century.
gathering - A group of persons together in one place.
adhocracy - An organization with little or no structure.
brokerage - The business of a broker.
publisher - A firm in the publishing business.
processor - A business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market.
vicariate - The religious institution under the authority of a vicar.
subphylum - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class.
subfamily - (biology) a taxonomic category below a family.
pastorate - Pastors collectively.
citizenry - The body of citizens of a state or country.
judiciary - Persons who administer justice.
overspill - The relocation of people from overcrowded cities.
multitude - The common people generally.
booboisie - Class consisting of all those who are considered boobs.
peasantry - The class of peasants.
mujahidin - A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
battalion - An army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies.
bodyguard - A group of men who escort and protect some important person.
rearguard - A detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body.
demimonde - A class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior.
beanfeast - An annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees.
preschool - An educational institution for children too young for elementary school.
pesantran - A Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders.
trainband - A company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century.
panchayat - A village council in India or southern Pakistan.
committee - A special group delegated to consider some matter.
politburo - The chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party.
presidium - A permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session.
symposium - A meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
mobocracy - A political system in which a mob is the source of control.
oligarchy - A political system governed by a few people.
ecosystem - A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment.
posterity - All future generations.
skinheads - A youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies.
vernation - (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens.
hierarchy - The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body.
culturati - People interested in culture and cultural activities.
selection - An assortment of things from which a choice can be made.
clientele - Customers collectively.
cavalcade - A procession of people traveling on horseback.
motorcade - A procession of people traveling in motor cars.
backfield - The offensive football players who line up behind the linemen.
breadline - A queue of people waiting for free food.
subsystem - A system that is part of some larger system.
canebrake - A dense growth of cane (especially giant cane).
shrubbery - A collection of shrubs growing together.
stockpile - A storage pile accumulated for future use.
trinketry - Trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively.
troponymy - The place names of a region or a language considered collectively.
womankind - Women as distinguished from men.
aposelene - Apoapsis in orbit around the moon.
biosphere - The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist.
aerospace - The atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole.
backwater - A place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring.
backwoods - A remote and undeveloped area.
minefield - A region in which explosives mines have been placed.
headwater - The source of a river.
outskirts - Outlying areas (as of a city or town).
cornfield - A field planted with corn.
bailiwick - The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction.
archduchy - The domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess.
viscounty - The domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess.
northland - Any region lying in or toward the north.
southland - Any region lying in or toward the south.
firebreak - A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire.
forefront - The part in the front or nearest the viewer.
epicenter - The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
goldfield - A district where gold is mined.
greenbelt - A belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city.
heartland - The central region of a country or continent.
irredenta - A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another.
isochrone - An isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time.
longitude - The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich.
grassland - Land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life.
coastline - The outline of a coast.
periapsis - (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited.
antipodes - Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth.
pleasance - A pleasant and secluded part of a garden.
harborage - (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship).
scrubland - An uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation.
showplace - A place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty.
touchline - Either of the sidelines in soccer or rugby.
coalfield - A region where there is coal underground.
waterline - A line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel.
watershed - A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.
workspace - Space allocated for your work (as in an office).
sultanate - Country or territory ruled by a sultan.
incentive - A positive motivational influence.
agromania - An intense desire to be alone or out in the open.
logorrhea - Pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.
monomania - A mania restricted to one thing or idea.
pyromania - An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things.
acathexis - (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis.
antimeson - The antiparticle of a meson.
antiquark - The antiparticle of a quark.
antitauon - An antilepton of very great mass.
billabong - A branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high.
chondrite - A rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules.
chondrule - Small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks.
coastland - Land in a coastal area.
coprolite - Fossil excrement.
coprolith - A hard mass of fecal matter.
exosphere - The outermost atmospheric layer.
firestone - A sandstone that withstands intense heat.
foreshore - The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark.
gallstone - A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts.
greenwood - Woodlands in full leaf.
horsepond - A pond for watering horses.
lakefront - Land bordering a lake.
matchwood - Fragments of wood.
meteorite - Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface.
meteoroid - (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere.
midstream - The middle of a stream.
monocline - A geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction.
necessity - Anything indispensable.
outthrust - An outcropping of rock that extends outward.
pallasite - A meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron.
peneplain - A more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements.
peninsula - A large mass of land projecting into a body of water.
precipice - A very steep cliff.
quickener - An agent that gives or restores life or vigor.
quicksand - A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down.
rangeland - Land suitable for grazing livestock.
repressor - An agent that represses.
retardant - Any agent that retards or delays or hinders.
riverbank - The bank of a river.
satisfier - Any agent capable of producing satisfaction.
scablands - (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington).
scintilla - A sparkling glittering particle.
shoreline - A boundary line between land and water.
shortener - Any agent that shortens.
sialolith - A stone formed in the salivary gland.
snowdrift - A mass of snow heaped up by the wind.
snowfield - A permanent wide expanse of snow.
streambed - A channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream.
supernova - A star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process.
tableland - A relatively flat highland.
teratogen - Any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples.
tidewater - Low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams.
waterfall - A steep descent of the water of a river.
waterside - Land bordering a body of water.
whinstone - Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).
leviathan - Monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament.
manticore - A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
archangel - An angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy.
cacodemon - An evil spirit.
trickster - A mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people.
anomalist - Someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases.
applicant - A person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission.
appointee - A person who is appointed to a job or position.
coadjutor - An assistant to a bishop.
cofounder - One of a group of founders.
contestee - A winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested.
contester - Someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.).
contadino - An Italian farmer.
disputant - A person who disputes.
enologist - A specialist in wine making.
excavator - A workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying.
mediatrix - A woman who is a mediator.
naprapath - A therapist who practices naprapathy.
nonworker - A person who does nothing.
perceiver - A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses.
precursor - A person who goes before or announces the coming of another.
recipient - A person who receives something.
wrongdoer - A person who transgresses moral or civil law.
abnegator - One who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something.
absconder - A fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution.
abdicator - One who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility.
abrogator - An authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal.
abstainer - A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages.
companion - One paid to accompany or assist or live with another.
defendant - A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law.
aerialist - An acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze).
addressee - One to whom something is addressed.
adulterer - Someone who commits adultery or fornication.
adversary - Someone who offers opposition.
aerophile - A lover of aviation.
aggressor - A confident assertive person who acts as instigator.
alchemist - One who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone.
alienator - An unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile.
aliterate - A person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources.
allergist - A physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.
allocator - A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion.
almsgiver - A person who gives alms.
amoralist - Someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid.
amputator - A surgeon who removes part or all of a limb.
analogist - Someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy.
analysand - A person undergoing psychoanalysis.
anarchist - An advocate of anarchism.
anatomist - An expert in anatomy.
annotator - A commentator who writes notes to a text.
announcer - Reads news, commercials on radio or television.
annuitant - The recipient of an annuity.
antiquary - An expert or collector of antiquities.
apologist - A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution.
appellant - The party who appeals a decision of a lower court.
appraiser - One who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things.
architect - Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings).
archivist - A person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives.
arrogator - A person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess.
assistant - A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
astronaut - A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
authoress - A woman author.
ayatollah - A high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well.
bacchante - (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
ballerina - A female ballet dancer.
novillero - A bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age.
bargainer - Negotiator of the terms of a transaction.
barrister - A British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution.
bartender - An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
bedfellow - A person with whom you share a bed.
bedwetter - Someone suffering from enuresis.
beekeeper - A farmer who keeps bees for their honey.
beggarman - A man who is a beggar.
berserker - One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury.
betrothed - The person to whom you are engaged.
biologist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms.
blubberer - Someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs.
boatswain - A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
bondwoman - A female slave.
bookmaker - A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races).
bootblack - A person who polishes shoes and boots.
bootmaker - A maker of boots.
boyfriend - A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
brigadier - A general officer ranking below a major general.
buttinsky - A meddler who tends to butt in.
bystander - A nonparticipant spectator.
cameraman - A photographer who operates a movie camera.
candidate - Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).
canvasser - A person who takes or counts votes.
carbineer - A soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine.
cardsharp - A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
careerist - A professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity.
caregiver - A person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult.
caretaker - A custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person).
cataloger - A librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system.
catechist - One who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism).
cattleman - A man who raises (or tends) cattle.
celebrant - An officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist.
celebrity - A widely known person.
centurion - (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers.
chauffeur - A man paid to drive a privately owned car.
charwoman - A human female employed to do housework.
chatterer - An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.
chorister - A singer in a choir.
clergyman - A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church.
clinician - A practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments.
coiffeuse - A woman hairdresser.
colleague - A person who is member of one's class or profession.
collegian - A student (or former student) at a college or university.
colonizer - Someone who helps to found a colony.
columnist - A journalist who writes editorials.
commander - Someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others.
commissar - An official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit.
commodore - A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral.
concierge - A French caretaker of apartments or a hotel.
concubine - A woman who cohabits with an important man.
conferrer - Someone who converses or confers (as in a conference).
confessor - A priest who hears confession and gives absolution.
confidant - Someone to whom private matters are confided.
conqueror - Someone who is victorious by force of arms.
consignee - The person to whom merchandise is delivered over.
consigner - The person who delivers over or commits merchandise.
constable - A lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff.
copartner - A joint partner (as in a business enterprise).
costumier - Someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade).
counselor - Someone who gives advice about problems.
couturier - Someone who designs clothing.
craftsman - A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
cricketer - An athlete who plays cricket.
cupbearer - The attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine.
curandera - A Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans.
curandero - A Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans.
custodian - One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals.
cybernaut - A computer user who uses the internet.
cymbalist - A performer on the cymbals.
dairymaid - A woman who works in a dairy.
deaconess - A woman deacon.
debutante - A young woman making her debut into society.
decorator - Someone who decorates.
defaulter - A contestant who forfeits a match.
defeatist - Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions.
defecator - A person who defecates.
deliverer - A person who gives up or transfers money or goods.
demagogue - A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices.
dependant - A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support).
depositor - A person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution.
desperado - A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier).
detective - A police officer who investigates crimes.
detractor - One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.
dichromat - A person with any of the various forms of dichromacy.
dietician - A specialist in the study of nutrition.
diplomate - Medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group.
dissenter - A person who dissents from some established policy.
disturber - A troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet.
distiller - Someone who distills alcoholic liquors.
dogmatist - A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions.
draftsman - An artist skilled at drawing.
dramatist - Someone who writes plays.
driveller - Someone whose talk is trivial drivel.
dynamiter - A person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause.
easterner - An inhabitant of an eastern area.
ecologist - A biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment.
economist - An expert in the science of economics.
ectomorph - A person with a thin body.
subeditor - An assistant editor.
egomaniac - An abnormally egotistical person.
embezzler - Someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use.
enchanter - A sorcerer or magician.
endomorph - A heavy person with a soft and rounded body.
escalader - Someone who gains access by the use of ladders.
evaluator - An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality.
exchanger - One whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country.
executant - A performer (usually of musical works).
executrix - A woman executor.
exhibitor - Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see.
exploiter - A person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically.
expositor - A person who explains.
falangist - A Spanish member of General Franco's political party.
falsifier - Someone who falsifies.
fantasist - A creator of fantasies.
fetishist - One who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature).
fisherman - Someone whose occupation is catching fish.
flatterer - A person who uses flattery.
flyweight - An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds.
foreigner - A person who comes from a foreign country.
forewoman - A woman in charge of a group of workers.
foundling - A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown.
foundress - A woman founder.
fruiterer - A person who sells fruit.
gadgeteer - A person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets.
gentleman - A man of refinement.
geologist - A specialist in geology.
geomancer - One who practices geomancy.
gladiator - (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat.
godfather - Someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild.
godmother - Any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism.
godparent - A person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism.
goldsmith - An artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold.
gondolier - A (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola.
governess - A woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home).
groomsman - A male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding.
guarantor - One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another.
guardsman - A soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'.
guerrilla - A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.
guitarist - A musician who plays the guitar.
gunrunner - A smuggler of guns.
haranguer - A public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech.
hardliner - A conservative who is uncompromising.
harpooner - Someone who launches harpoons.
headliner - A performer who receives prominent billing.
hellhound - A very evil man.
herbalist - A therapist who heals by the use of herbs.
highflier - A person of great ability and ambition.
hillbilly - A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person.
historian - A person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it.
homeopath - A practitioner of homeopathy.
homeowner - Someone who owns a home.
homophobe - A person who hates or fears homosexual people.
hosteller - A traveler who lodges in hostels.
housemate - Someone who resides in the same house with you.
housewife - A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income.
hygienist - A medical specialist in hygiene.
hypnotist - A person who induces hypnosis.
hypocrite - A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
ignoramus - An ignorant person.
immigrant - A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.
inamorata - A woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship.
inamorato - A man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship.
infielder - (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield.
informant - A person who supplies information.
inpatient - A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated.
inspector - A high ranking police officer.
internist - A specialist in internal medicine.
janissary - A loyal supporter.
jaywalker - A reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally.
jobholder - An employee who holds a regular job.
justiciar - Formerly a high judicial officer.
kidnapper - Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).
kingmaker - An important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence.
kinswoman - A female relative.
laminator - A person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates).
landgrave - A count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany.
landowner - A holder or proprietor of land.
larcenist - A person who commits larceny.
latecomer - Someone who arrives late.
lazybones - A lazy person.
letterman - An athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport.
liberator - Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage.
libertine - A dissolute person.
librarian - A professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services.
lifeguard - An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents.
liturgist - An authority on liturgies.
liveryman - A worker in a livery stable.
locksmith - Someone who makes or repairs locks.
underboss - An assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate).
loudmouth - A person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly.
lumberman - A person who fells trees.
bedlamite - An archaic term for a lunatic.
machinist - A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools.
magnifico - A person of distinguished rank or appearance.
mandatary - The recipient of a mandate.
masochist - Someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment.
matriarch - A female head of a family or tribe.
mechanist - A philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism.
nonmember - A person who is not a member.
memorizer - A person who learns by rote.
mentioner - A speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally.
mercenary - A person hired to fight for another country than their own.
mesomorph - A person with a well-developed muscular body.
messenger - A person who carries a message.
metalhead - A fan of heavy metal music.
midinette - A Parisian salesgirl.
misleader - Someone who leads astray (often deliberately).
mnemonist - An expert in the use of mnemonics.
humdinger - Someone of remarkable excellence.
moderator - Someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence.
modernist - An artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles.
mortgagee - The person who accepts a mortgage.
mortgagor - The person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid.
mortician - One whose business is the management of funerals.
moviegoer - Someone who goes to see movies.
muckraker - One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage).
murderess - A woman murderer.
muscleman - A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard.
musketeer - A foot soldier armed with a musket.
mutilator - A person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples.
navigator - In earlier times, a person who explored by ship.
obsessive - A person who has obsessions.
neglecter - A person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities.
neologist - A lexicographer of new words and expressions.
newsagent - Someone who sells newspapers.
nitpicker - Someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms.
nominator - Someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election.
nondriver - A person who is not a driver.
nonperson - A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights.
nonreader - A student who is very slow in learning to read.
novitiate - Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows.
nullifier - An advocate of nullification.
nullipara - (obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child.
oarswoman - A woman oarsman.
occultist - A believer in occultism.
odalisque - A woman slave in a harem.
officiant - A clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service.
ombudsman - A government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government.
onomancer - One who practices onomancy.
operagoer - A patron of the opera.
oppressor - A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures.
organizer - A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise.
osteopath - A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles.
pansexual - A person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds.
paparazzo - A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines.
paralegal - A person with specialized training who assists lawyers.
paramedic - A person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment.
partygoer - Someone who is attending a party.
passenger - A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it.
patriarch - A man who is older and higher in rank than yourself.
patroller - Someone on patrol duty.
patroness - A woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron.
paymaster - A person in charge of paying wages.
pedophile - An adult who is sexually attracted to children.
pendragon - The supreme war chief of the ancient Britons.
penpusher - A clerk who does boring paperwork.
pensioner - The beneficiary of a pension fund.
perfecter - A skilled worker who perfects something.
performer - An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience.
peshmerga - A member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state.
personage - Another word for person.
perspirer - A person who perspires.
persuader - Someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on.
pessimist - A person who expects the worst.
philomath - A lover of learning.
physicist - A scientist trained in physics.
picnicker - A person who is picnicking.
pistoleer - Someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed).
plainsman - An inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America).
plaintiff - A person who brings an action in a court of law.
plasterer - A worker skilled in applying plaster.
playmaker - A player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score.
plunderer - Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
pluralist - Someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society.
plutocrat - Someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth.
pointsman - A policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic.
policeman - A member of a police force.
postilion - Someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman).
postulant - One submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order.
pothunter - Someone who hunts for food (not for sport).
prankster - Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
preceptor - Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford).
preemptor - A bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid.
presbyope - A person with presbyopia.
presbyter - An elder in the Presbyterian Church.
presenter - An advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.).
preserver - Someone who keeps safe from harm or danger.
president - The chief executive of a republic.
preterist - A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled.
priestess - A woman priest.
primipara - (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time.
principal - The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange.
procuress - A woman pimp.
professor - Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university.
proselyte - A new convert.
sociopath - Someone with a sociopathic personality.
publicist - Someone who publicizes.
puppeteer - One who operates puppets or marionettes.
pythoness - A witch with powers of divination.
qualifier - A contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition.
quarreler - A disputant who quarrels.
quarryman - A man who works in a quarry.
ragpicker - An unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood.
ragsorter - A worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking).
rainmaker - American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain.
ratepayer - A person who pays local rates (especially a householder).
recruiter - An official who enlists personnel for military service.
reenactor - A person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier.
registrar - Someone responsible for keeping records.
anchorite - One retired from society for religious reasons.
repairman - A skilled worker whose job is to repair things.
newswoman - A female newsperson.
reservist - A member of a military reserve.
respecter - A person who respects someone or something.
rheumatic - A person suffering with rheumatism.
ritualist - A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies.
roisterer - An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker.
ropemaker - A craftsman who makes ropes.
roundhead - A brachycephalic person.
roundsman - A workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on).
rumrunner - Someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border.
sailmaker - A maker of sails.
salesgirl - A woman salesperson.
saunterer - Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
scapegoat - Someone who is punished for the errors of others.
scenarist - A writer of screenplays.
schlemiel - (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler.
schlepper - (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person.
schnorrer - (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
scholiast - A scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author).
schoolboy - A boy attending school.
scientist - A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences.
selectman - An elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns.
shipowner - Someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship.
sightseer - A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.
signalman - A railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard.
signorina - An Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman.
simpleton - A person lacking intelligence or common sense.
socialist - A political advocate of socialism.
socialite - A socially prominent person.
sojourner - A temporary resident.
solicitor - A British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents.
sommelier - A waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant.
sonneteer - A poet who writes sonnets.
sophomore - A second-year undergraduate.
sorceress - A woman sorcerer.
sourdough - A settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska).
specifier - Someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent).
spectator - A close observer.
spokesman - A male spokesperson.
spymaster - Someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities.
squabbler - Someone who quarrels about a small matter.
stableman - Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
stagehand - An employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production.
staggerer - Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall.
stammerer - Someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions.
statesman - A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.
stationer - A merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies.
stepchild - A child of your spouse by a former marriage.
stevedore - A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
straggler - Someone who strays or falls behind.
strongman - A powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence.
struggler - A person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort.
subaltern - A British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain.
subdeacon - A clergyman an order below deacon.
submitter - Someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others.
suffragan - An assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese.
suggester - Someone who advances a suggestion or proposal.
sunbather - Someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan.
supporter - A person who backs a politician or a team etc..
surpriser - A captor who uses surprise to capture the victim.
surrogate - Someone who takes the place of another person.
swaggerer - Someone who walks in an arrogant manner.
swineherd - A herder or swine.
switchman - A man who operates railroad switches.
sycophant - A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
syllogist - Logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning.
symbolist - A member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols.
tablemate - Someone you dine with.
tactician - A person who is skilled at planning tactics.
tailgater - A driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle.
taoiseach - The prime minister of the Irish Republic.
tentmaker - Someone who makes or repairs tents.
terrorist - A radical who employs terror as a political weapon.
testatrix - A female testator.
testifier - A person who testifies or gives a deposition.
therapist - A person skilled in a particular type of therapy.
throwster - A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn.
timberman - An owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering.
toolmaker - Someone skilled in making or repairing tools.
tormentor - Someone who torments.
tragedian - An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
traitress - Female traitor.
traverser - Someone who moves or passes across.
treasurer - An officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds.
tribesman - Someone who lives in a tribe.
tritheist - Someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods.
tympanist - A person who plays the kettledrums.
upbraider - Someone who finds fault or imputes blame.
urologist - A specialist in urology.
usherette - A female usher.
valentine - A sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day.
varnisher - Someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish.
venerator - Someone who regards with deep respect or reverence.
vestryman - A man who is a member of a church vestry.
vicereine - Wife of a viceroy.
victualer - An innkeeper (especially British).
vigilante - Member of a vigilance committee.
violinist - A musician who plays the violin.
visionary - A person with unusual powers of foresight.
vulgarian - A vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth).
warrantee - A customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given.
washerman - Operates industrial washing machine.
washwoman - A working woman who takes in washing.
wassailer - Someone who enjoys riotous drinking.
webmaster - A technician who designs or maintains a website.
westerner - An inhabitant of a western area.
whisperer - One who speaks in a whisper.
whiteface - A clown whose face is covered with white make-up.
womanizer - A man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them.
wordsmith - A fluent and prolific writer.
worldling - A person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world.
worshiper - Someone who admires too much to recognize faults.
yachtsman - A person who owns or sails a yacht.
zoologist - A specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals.
allotropy - The phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms.
aftermath - The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).
dominance - The organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not.
outgrowth - A natural consequence of development.
airstream - A relatively well-defined prevailing wind.
brainwave - (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph.
elastance - The reciprocal of capacitance.
harmattan - A dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter.
crosswind - Wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft.
dichroism - Pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions.
galvanism - Electricity produced by chemical action.
flashover - An unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator).
floodhead - A wall of water rushing ahead of the flood.
firelight - The light of a fire (especially in a fireplace).
hailstorm - A storm during which hail falls.
hurricane - A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale).
incidence - The striking of a light beam on a surface.
lamplight - Light from a lamp.
starlight - The light of the stars.
apoptosis - A type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself.
parhelion - A bright spot on the parhelic circle.
rainstorm - A storm with rain.
reactance - Opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance).
snowflake - A crystal of snow.
spillover - (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure.
downdraft - A strong downward air current.
volcanism - The phenomena associated with volcanic activity.
whirlwind - A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth.
windstorm - A storm consisting of violent winds.
holophyte - An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis.
acervulus - Small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi.
bryophyte - Any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta.
liverwort - Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses.
endospore - A small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae.
pycnidium - Flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia.
sporocarp - Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia.
cryptogam - Formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi.
burrawong - Large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales.
ponderosa - Common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature.
araucaria - Any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds.
kahikatea - New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood.
angiocarp - Tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk.
pollinium - A coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids).
gynophore - The stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle.
cornstalk - The stalk of a corn plant.
petiolule - The stalk of a leaflet.
micropyle - Minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters.
endosperm - Nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants.
cataphyll - A reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development.
cotyledon - Embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants.
perisperm - The nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds.
megaspore - Larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants.
candlenut - Seed of candlenut tree.
lancewood - Source of most of the lancewood of commerce.
spicebush - Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers.
tulipwood - Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree.
buttercup - Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
monkshood - A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers.
wolfsbane - Poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock.
baneberry - A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries.
columbine - A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers.
hellebore - Any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus.
zebrawood - Any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood.
cocuswood - Wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets.
courbaril - West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers.
melilotus - Erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement.
lightwood - Tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber.
coralwood - East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers.
conacaste - Tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits.
algarroba - Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela.
allamanda - A plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes.
rauwolfia - Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers.
snakewood - East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents.
pungapung - Putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber.
anthurium - Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers.
watermeal - Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia.
birthwort - Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses.
heartleaf - Evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves.
pearlwort - Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls.
chickweed - Any of various plants of the genus Stellaria.
bloodleaf - Any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage.
goosefoot - Any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers.
halogeton - A coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia.
glasswort - Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers.
portulaca - A plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers.
sicklepod - North American rock cress having very long curved pods.
candytuft - Any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers.
fringepod - Annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles.
celandine - Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.
corydalis - A plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers.
creamcups - California plant with small pale yellow flowers.
bloodroot - Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties.
pellitory - A small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache.
artemisia - Any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage.
sagebrush - Any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium.
calendula - Any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers.
safflower - Thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil.
chamomile - Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally.
horseweed - Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers.
coreopsis - Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods.
chafeweed - Weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike.
matchweed - Any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches.
broomweed - Annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers.
sunflower - Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays.
heliopsis - Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers.
edelweiss - Alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts.
daisybush - Any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays.
cineraria - Herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers.
butterbur - Small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers.
groundsel - Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers.
rosinweed - North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers.
goldenrod - Any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago.
silverrod - Plant of eastern North America having creamy white flowers.
pyrethrum - White-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below.
dandelion - Any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls.
coltsfoot - Perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do.
cocklebur - Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
campanula - Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers.
puttyroot - North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.
caladenia - Any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia.
coelogyne - Any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers.
twayblade - An orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves.
stanhopea - Any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors.
pimpernel - Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis.
chaffweed - Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves.
moneywort - A loosestrife vine.
brookweed - Water pimpernel of Europe to China.
marlberry - Tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries.
tallgrass - Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture.
crabgrass - Grasses with creeping stems that root freely.
yardgrass - Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers.
ricegrass - Any grass of the genus Oryzopsis.
knotgrass - Low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems.
sugarcane - Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks.
broomcorn - Tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes.
cordgrass - Any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina.
galingale - European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots.
hollyhock - Any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea.
waxmallow - Any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers.
sterculia - Any tree of the genus Sterculia.
kalumpang - Large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food.
kurrajong - Widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood.
corchorus - Any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers.
grevillea - Any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea.
macadamia - Any tree of the genus Macadamia.
casuarina - Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves.
briarroot - Hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea.
briarwood - Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea.
andromeda - Any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers.
bearberry - Chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas.
manzanita - Chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America.
bryanthus - Procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers.
leucothoe - Any plant of the genus Leucothoe.
maleberry - Deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.
deerberry - Small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer.
diapensia - Any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia.
forsythia - Any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia.
devilwood - Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits.
bloodwort - Any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae.
bitternut - Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.
mockernut - Smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut.
combretum - Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers.
nakedwood - Tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood.
arrowroot - White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch.
waxflower - Epiphytic clusia of British Guiana.
frostweed - Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers.
halophyte - Plant growing naturally in very salty soil.
marijuana - A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
hackberry - Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits.
orrisroot - Fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris.
amaryllis - Bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers.
narcissus - Bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters.
colicroot - Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic.
kniphofia - A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
bullbrier - 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 black berries.
clintonia - Any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries.
paloverde - A thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico.
leadplant - Shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers.
tagasaste - Shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves.
coronilla - Any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels.
blackwood - Any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood.
woodwaxen - Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye.
vetchling - Any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus.
millettia - Any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood.
breadroot - Densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots.
eriogonum - Any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers.
commelina - Any plant of the genus Commelina.
waterweed - A weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea.
agrimonia - A plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers.
applewood - Wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus.
fruitwood - Wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork.
wineberry - Raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits.
lemonwood - South African evergreen having hard tough wood.
twinberry - Shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers.
snowberry - Deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries.
feverroot - Coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers.
jewelweed - North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers.
satinwood - East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood.
goatsfoot - Short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers.
ailanthus - Any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus.
mistletoe - Shrub of central and southeastern Europe.
soapberry - A tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin.
heartseed - Herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa.
harpullia - Any of various tree of the genus Harpullia.
crowberry - A low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit.
moosewood - Maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn.
terebinth - A Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine.
squawbush - Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit.
buckthorn - Any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia.
satinleaf - Tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit.
sweetleaf - Small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers.
stonecrop - Any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers.
hydrangea - Any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea.
hortensia - Deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue.
saxifrage - Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga.
miterwort - Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter.
parnassia - Any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup.
skunkweed - Tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell.
bignoniad - Any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae.
stickweed - Any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing.
dichondra - A creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers.
gesneriad - Any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet.
achimenes - Any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias.
waterleaf - Any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum.
nemophila - Any plant of the genus Nemophila.
bugleweed - A mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers.
gipsywort - Hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers.
horsemint - A coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers.
spearmint - Common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring.
germander - Any of various plants of the genus Teucrium.
brooklime - Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers.
trompillo - Weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers.
cupflower - Any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers.
astrantia - Any plant of the genus Astrantia.
earthball - Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
toadstool - Common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom).
gyromitra - Any fungus of the genus Gyromitra.
stinkhorn - Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales.
earthstar - Any fungus of the family Geastraceae.
succulent - A plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs.
laticifer - A plant duct containing latex.
ascospore - Sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus.
gynoecium - A female gametoecium.
heartwood - The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant.
mesophyte - Land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water.
strangler - An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree.
katharobe - An organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter.
autophyte - Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.
rootstock - Root or part of a root used for plant propagation.
capitulum - An arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree.
internode - A segment of a stem between two nodes.
beanstalk - Stem of a bean plant.
glomerule - A compacted or sessile cyme.
peperomia - Any of various plants of the genus Peperomia.
hydathode - A pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants.
bracteole - A small bract.
involucre - A highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
branchlet - A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division).
horsetail - Perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes.
spikemoss - Any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella.
quillwort - Any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills.
asclepiad - Any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae.
zygospore - A plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells.
ownership - The relation of an owner to the thing possessed.
severalty - Exclusive individual ownership.
commonage - Property held in common.
leasehold - Land or property held under a lease.
farmstead - The buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm.
seigneury - The estate of a seigneur.
accretion - (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance).
offertory - The offerings of the congregation at a religious service.
patrimony - A church endowment.
lagniappe - A small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase).
emolument - Compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees).
atonement - Compensation for a wrong.
repayment - Payment of a debt or obligation.
valuation - Assessed price.
insurance - Promise of reimbursement in the case of loss.
overdraft - A draft in excess of the credit balance.
halfpenny - An English coin worth half a penny.
fourpence - A former English silver coin worth four pennies.
fivepence - A coin worth five cents.
ninepence - A coin worth nine pennies.
quittance - A document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt.
checkbook - A book issued to holders of checking accounts.
acylation - The process of introducing an acyl group into a compound.
advection - (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties.
anabolism - The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy.
anaglyphy - The process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens.
anisogamy - (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size).
autolysis - Lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process.
catalysis - Acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction.
chelation - The process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds.
corrosion - Erosion by chemical action.
cytolysis - Pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane.
decoction - (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling.
deepening - A process of becoming deeper and more profound.
diplotene - The fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis.
dithering - The process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color.
epilation - Loss of hair.
evolution - (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms.
festering - (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.
hemolysis - Lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin.
homospory - The development of a single kind of asexual spores.
hydration - The process of combining with water.
indweller - Activation by an inner spirit or force or principle.
lactation - The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
leptotene - The first stage of the prophase of meiosis.
libration - (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite.
mellowing - The process of becoming mellow.
metaphase - The second stage of mitosis.
neoplasia - The pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor.
oogenesis - Development of ova.
ovulation - The expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle).
oxidation - The process of oxidizing.
pachytene - The third stage of the prophase of meiosis.
planation - The process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced.
refilling - Filling again by supplying what has been used up.
reflation - Inflation of currency after a period of deflation.
softening - The process of becoming softer.
solvation - A chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound.
symphysis - A growing together of parts or structures.
syneresis - The separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making).
synizesis - The contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis.
telophase - The final stage of mitosis.
unfolding - A developmental process.
urochesia - Passage of urine from the anus.
bandwidth - A data transmission rate.
plurality - (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes).
frequency - The number of observations in a given statistical category.
steradian - The unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
kilderkin - An obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons.
deciliter - A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
dekaliter - A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
kiloliter - A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters.
zettabyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes.
yottabyte - A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes.
picofarad - A unit of capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad.
abcoulomb - A unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs.
millivolt - A unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt.
microvolt - A unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt.
femtovolt - A unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a nanosecond).
milliwatt - A unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt.
picometer - A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter.
nanometer - A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
decimeter - A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter.
decameter - A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
kilometer - A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
centesimo - A fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile.
lilangeni - The basic unit of money in Swaziland.
boliviano - The basic unit of money in Bolivia.
schilling - Formerly the basic unit of money in Austria.
microgram - One millionth (1/1,000,000) gram.
milligram - One thousandth (1/1,000) gram.
hectogram - 100 grams.
myriagram - One ten thousandth of a centner.
numerator - The dividend of a fraction.
doubleton - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player.
octillion - The number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros.
headspace - The volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing.
pocketful - The quantity a pocket will hold.
trainload - Quantity that can be carried by a train.
houseroom - Space for accommodation in a house.
relations - Mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups.
causality - The relation between causes and effects.
cotangent - Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
relevance - The relation of something to the matter at hand.
hypernymy - The semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class.
parentage - The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents.
clientage - Relation of a client to a patron.
mutuality - A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups).
symbiosis - The relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent.
subfigure - A figure that is a part of another figure.
gooseneck - Something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose).
asymptote - A straight line that is the limiting value of a curve.
perimeter - A line enclosing a plane areas.
undecagon - An eleven-sided polygon.
dodecagon - A twelve-sided polygon.
rectangle - A parallelogram with four right angles.
sinuosity - Having curves.
hyperbola - An open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone.
furcation - The place where something divides into branches.
columella - A small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal.
periphery - The outside boundary or surface of something.
cladogram - A tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships.
tesseract - The four-dimensional analogue of a cube.
situation - A condition or position in which you find yourself.
anaclisis - (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others.
exclusion - The state of being excluded.
intestacy - The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will.
isomerism - The state of being an isomer.
resultant - The final point in a process.
seniority - Higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service.
actuality - The state of actually existing objectively.
entelechy - (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized.
immanence - The state of being within or not going beyond a given domain.
inherence - The state of inhering.
thereness - The state of being there--not here--in position.
allopatry - The occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap.
cuckoldom - The state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery.
polyandry - Having more than one husband at a time.
virginity - The condition or quality of being a virgin.
widowhood - The state of being a widow who has not remarried.
armistice - A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms.
consensus - Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole.
unanimity - Everyone being of one mind.
cytopenia - A deficiency of some cellular element of the blood.
rowdiness - Rowdy behavior.
obscurity - The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination.
poignance - A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow.
innocence - A state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense.
cleanness - Without moral defects.
servitude - State of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment.
captivity - The state of being imprisoned.
imbalance - A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium.
desuetude - A state of inactivity or disuse.
acathexia - An inability to retain bodily secretions.
eyestrain - A tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem.
soberness - The state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol.
acephalia - Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters).
alkalemia - A blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale).
alkalosis - Abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues.
agalactia - A condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered.
ankylosis - Abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint.
anorchism - Absence of one of both testes.
anhedonia - An inability to experience pleasure.
oscitancy - Drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning.
imminence - The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
elastosis - Breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue).
eroticism - A state of anticipation of sexuality.
horniness - A state of sexual arousal.
emptiness - Having an empty stomach.
impotence - An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate.
sterility - The state of being unable to produce offspring.
pregnancy - The state of being pregnant.
gravidity - Technical terms for pregnancy.
wholeness - A state of robust good health.
fertility - The state of being fertile.
dyscrasia - An abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body.
cheilosis - A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth.
dysphagia - Condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful.
dystrophy - Any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition.
impaction - A disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally.
anabiosis - Suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns.
fluorosis - A pathological condition resulting from an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water).
catalepsy - A trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli.
onychosis - Any disease or disorder of the nails.
hysterics - An attack of hysteria.
tarantism - A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance.
amaurosis - Partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye.
amblyopia - Visual impairment without apparent organic pathology.
ametropia - (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia.
dysphasia - An impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage.
anarthria - Partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system.
athetosis - A continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts.
sclerosis - Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue.
nephritis - An inflammation of the kidney.
lithiasis - The formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ.
cirrhosis - A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver.
cretinism - Severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting.
influenza - An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
blindness - The state of being blind or lacking sight.
dysentery - An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea.
hepatitis - Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin.
gonorrhea - A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
emphysema - An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function.
pneumonia - Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants.
siderosis - Fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust.
silicosis - A lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate.
adactylia - Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes.
mongolism - A congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome.
lysinemia - An inborn error of metabolism in which the lack of certain enzymes leads to an inability to metabolize the amino acid lysine.
chlorosis - Iron deficiency anemia in young women.
amebiasis - Infection by a disease-causing ameba.
herpangia - A viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain.
chilblain - Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture.
carbuncle - An infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus.
arthritis - Inflammation of a joint or joints.
eclampsia - A toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy.
hydrocele - Disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum).
lipidosis - A disorder of lipid metabolism.
chalazion - A small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked.
sunstroke - Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat.
chancroid - Infectious venereal ulcer.
deformity - An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed.
keratosis - A skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin.
melanosis - A condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin).
molluscum - Any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules.
pemphigus - A skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane.
psoriasis - A chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales.
seborrhea - A condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily.
xanthosis - An abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin.
exostosis - A benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage).
acanthoma - A neoplasm originating in the epidermis.
chondroma - A common benign tumor of cartilage cells.
carcinoid - A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract.
granuloma - A tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection.
hamartoma - A focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ.
carcinoma - Any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue.
neurinoma - Tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve.
leiomyoma - Benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract).
papilloma - A benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass.
pinealoma - Tumor of the pineal gland.
arteritis - Inflammation of an artery.
balanitis - Inflammation of the head of the penis.
costiasis - A fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin.
ketonemia - An abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus.
lymphuria - The presence of lymph in the urine.
ketonuria - Excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation.
tularemia - A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals.
snakebite - A bite inflicted by a (venomous) snake.
diastasis - Separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone.
frostbite - Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.
colpocele - Hernia projecting into the vagina.
cystocele - Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina.
rectocele - Protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina.
purulence - Symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus).
hematuria - The presence of blood in the urine.
iridoncus - Swelling of the iris of the eye.
hyperemia - Increased blood in an organ or other body part.
toothache - An ache localized in or around a tooth.
causalgia - A burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve.
chiralgia - A pain in the hand that is not traumatic.
mastalgia - Pain in the breast.
metralgia - Pain in the uterus.
neuralgia - Acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves.
photalgia - Pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism).
palilalia - A pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated.
palmature - An abnormality in which the fingers are webbed.
heartburn - A painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus).
cheilitis - Inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips.
chorditis - Inflammation of the vocal cords.
enteritis - Inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine).
gastritis - Inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
glossitis - Inflammation of the tongue.
jejunitis - Inflammation of the jejunum of the small intestine.
keratitis - Inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision.
laminitis - Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse.
parotitis - Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.
phlebitis - Inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs).
posthitis - Inflammation of the foreskin of the penis.
proctitis - Inflammation of the rectum.
retinitis - Inflammation of the retina.
sinusitis - Inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses.
scleritis - Inflammation of the sclera.
splenitis - Inflammation of the spleen.
synovitis - Inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint.
vaginitis - Inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis).
meningism - Symptoms that mimic those of meningitis but without inflammation of the meninges.
myoclonus - A clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group.
callosity - An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot).
dysplasia - Abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth.
anaplasia - Loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor.
orthopnea - Form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect.
nosebleed - Bleeding from the nose.
dyschezia - Difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate).
dizziness - A reeling sensation.
neophobia - A morbid fear of novelty.
zoophobia - A morbid fear of animals.
dysthymia - Mild chronic depression.
craziness - Informal terms for insanity.
psychosis - Any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted.
dysphonia - Speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation.
lallation - Defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l'.
areflexia - Absence of a reflex.
coalition - The state of being combined into one body.
adulthood - The state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity.
childhood - The state of a child between infancy and adolescence.
princedom - The dignity or rank or position of a prince.
anonymity - The state of being anonymous.
disesteem - The state in which esteem has been lost.
notoriety - The state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality.
disrepute - The state of being held in low esteem.
abasement - A low or downcast state.
monopsony - (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer.
oligopoly - (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors.
wellbeing - A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous.
acariasis - Infestation with itch mites.
blankness - The state of being blank.
nakedness - The state of being without clothing or covering of any kind.
meromelia - Congenital absence of part of an arm or leg.
bugginess - The state of having bugs.
dejection - A state of melancholy depression.
dirtiness - The state of containing dirty impurities.
feculence - Something that is feculent.
putridity - The state of being putrid.
affluence - Abundant wealth.
indigence - A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
dinginess - Discoloration due to dirtiness.
dustiness - The state of being covered with dust.
griminess - The state of being grimy.
aberrance - A state or condition markedly different from the norm.
scoliosis - An abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column.
porphyria - A genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion.
tamponade - Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding).
lotusland - An idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence.
pollution - Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities.
balminess - The quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing.
stillness - Calmness without winds.
bleakness - A bleak and desolate atmosphere.
indemnity - Legal exemption from liability for damages.
diathesis - Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.
mugginess - A state of warm humidity.
sogginess - A heavy wetness.
xeroderma - A mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin.
biosafety - Safety from exposure to infectious agents.
biohazard - Hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions.
riskiness - A state of danger involving risk.
catatonia - Extreme tonus.
atonicity - Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
soundness - A state or condition free from damage or decay.
infirmity - The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age).
analgesia - Absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness.
hyperopia - Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects.
paralysis - Loss of the ability to move a body part.
disrepair - In need of repairs.
rancidity - The state of being rancid.
mosaicism - The condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup.
kraurosis - Atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane.
varicosis - Pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins.
hypotonia - (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic.
leakiness - The condition of permitting leaks or leakage.
paternity - The state of being a father.
feedstock - The raw material that is required for some industrial process.
absorbate - A material that has been or is capable of being absorbed.
adsorbate - A material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed.
acaricide - A chemical agent used to kill mites.
larvacide - An insecticide that kills the larvae of insects.
acetylene - A colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis.
diamagnet - A substance that exhibits diamagnetism.
glutamine - A crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins.
ornithine - An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea.
sulfonate - A salt of sulphonic acid.
bromoform - Colorless liquid haloform CHBr3.
fullerene - A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms.
allotrope - A structurally different form of an element.
americium - A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
berkelium - A radioactive transuranic element.
beryllium - A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
germanium - A brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
deuterium - An isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen).
lanthanum - A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
magnesium - A light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element.
manganese - A hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
neodymium - A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
neptunium - A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
columbium - A former name for niobium.
palladium - A silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
plutonium - A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons.
potassium - A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group.
ruthenium - A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
strontium - A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
tellurium - A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
ununtrium - A radioactive transuranic element.
ytterbium - A soft silvery metallic element.
zirconium - A lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium.
amphibole - A mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group.
aragonite - A mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate.
argentite - A valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S).
argillite - A sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages.
carnotite - A yellow radioactive mineral.
celestite - A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate.
cerussite - A mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead.
chromogen - A compound that can be converted to a pigment.
cobaltite - A rare silvery-white mineral.
crocolite - A rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals.
damourite - A variety of muscovite.
erythrite - A reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass.
almandite - A deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate.
germanite - A rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide.
kaolinite - A mineral consisting of aluminum silicate.
kieserite - A white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines.
magnesite - A white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate.
malachite - A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects.
manganite - A black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide.
millerite - A yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide.
muscovite - A colorless or pale brown mica with potassium.
nepheline - A whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form.
olivenite - Rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits.
pentoxide - An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
periclase - A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase.
pollucite - A rare mineral that is an important source of cesium.
proenzyme - Any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active.
quartzite - Hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals.
cairngorm - A smoky yellow or brown quartz.
rhodonite - A pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate.
ambergris - Waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore.
adenosine - (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids.
acetaldol - Unsaturated aldol.
acetamide - A colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds.
ephedrine - White odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically.
aflatoxin - A potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus.
activator - (biology) any agency bringing about activation.
inhibitor - A substance that retards or stops an activity.
tremolite - A white or pale green mineral (calcium magnesium silicate) of the amphibole group used as a form of asbestos.
afterdamp - A toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine.
apoenzyme - A protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme.
filaggrin - The main protein of the keratohyalin granules.
coagulase - An enzyme that induces coagulation.
megestrol - A synthetic progestational compound used to treat endometrial carcinoma.
progestin - Any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone.
prolactin - Gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary.
estradiol - The most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally.
hexestrol - Estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy.
mestranol - A synthetic form of estrogen used in combination with a progestin in oral contraceptives.
cortisone - A corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex.
bilirubin - An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin.
luciferin - Pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies).
whalebone - A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales.
parchment - Skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.
horsehide - Leather from the hide of a horse.
sheepskin - Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on.
astrakhan - The fur of young lambs.
anhydride - A compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water.
asafetida - The brownish gum resin of various plants.
austenite - A solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron.
diazonium - The univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon).
desiccant - A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture).
brushwood - The wood from bushes or small branches.
brimstone - An old name for sulfur.
butterfat - The fatty substance of milk from which butter is made.
carbamate - A salt (or ester) of carbamic acid.
cellulose - A polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers.
collodion - A colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol.
pyroxylin - Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers.
chokedamp - The atmosphere in a mine following an explosion.
millboard - Stout pasteboard used to bind books.
carnelian - A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony.
cementite - A chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron.
cetrimide - A cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant.
chamosite - A greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum.
serotonin - A neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory.
endorphin - A neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties.
bentonite - An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash.
claystone - Fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles.
coagulant - An agent that produces coagulation.
insulator - A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.
corkboard - A heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking.
aluminate - A compound of alumina and a metallic oxide.
cyanamide - A weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts).
cytolysin - A substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells.
defoliant - A chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off.
demantoid - A green andradite used as a gemstone.
andradite - A garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black.
dishwater - Water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed.
driftwood - Wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore.
elastomer - Any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed).
halitosis - Offensive breath.
saprolite - A deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place.
pheromone - A chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species.
effluvium - A foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste).
droppings - Fecal matter of animals.
pollutant - Waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil.
gallamine - Neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia.
anorthite - Rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks.
flavonoid - Any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone.
galactose - A simple sugar found in lactose.
tachylite - A basic or basalt glass.
glutamate - A salt or ester of glutamic acid.
glyceride - An ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils.
glycerite - A medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin.
glycoside - A group of compounds derived from monosaccharides.
amygdalin - A bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds.
glucoside - A glycoside derived from glucose.
goitrogen - Any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter.
goldstone - Aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles.
lubricant - A substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery.
colophony - Translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin.
oleoresin - A naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil.
copolymer - A polymer consisting of two or more different monomers.
hemolysin - Any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin.
herbicide - A chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth.
histidine - An essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue.
humectant - Any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist.
hydrazine - A colorless fuming corrosive liquid.
butadiene - A gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6.
hydroxide - A chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group.
hailstone - Small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm.
imidazole - An organic base C3H4N2.
inoculant - A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.
invertase - An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose.
isomerase - An enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form.
lactifuge - Any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding).
larvicide - A chemical used to kill larval pests.
batholith - Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
pegmatite - A form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements.
limestone - A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals.
limewater - Solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid.
lodestone - A permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically.
magnetite - An oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets.
manganate - A salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion.
meltwater - Melted snow or ice.
menstruum - (archaic) a solvent.
monoamine - A molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter).
moonstone - A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster.
morganite - A kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone.
polyamide - A polymer containing repeated amide groups.
onionskin - A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies.
oxygenase - An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen.
excelsior - Thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing.
pesticide - A chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects).
petroleum - A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
phosphine - A colorless gas with a strong fishy smell.
cochineal - A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects.
sandstone - A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.).
bluestone - Bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building.
greensand - An olive-green sandstone containing glauconite.
propylene - A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum.
rhodolite - A red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone.
safranine - Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes.
raffinose - A trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals.
reductase - An enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance.
evaporite - The sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater.
parathion - A colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide.
gunpowder - A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks.
sarcosine - A sweetish crystalline amino acid.
saxitoxin - A powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides.
scheelite - A mineral used as an ore of tungsten.
secretase - A set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's).
porphyrin - Any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues.
myoglobin - A hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed.
prolamine - A simple protein found in plants.
protamine - A simple protein found in fish sperm.
antitoxin - An antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin.
antivenin - An antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal.
capsaicin - Colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum.
cytotoxin - Any substance that has a toxic effect on cells.
endotoxin - A toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die.
mycotoxin - A toxin produced by a fungus.
scabicide - A drug that destroys the itch mite that causes scabies.
siltstone - A fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt.
soapstone - A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel.
almandine - A purple variety of the ruby spinel.
rubicelle - A yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel.
spodumene - A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate.
hiddenite - A green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone.
stachyose - A tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke.
spindrift - Spray blown up from the surface of the sea.
digitalis - A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove.
stiffener - Material used for stiffening something.
sylvanite - A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride.
tantalite - A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite.
telluride - Any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements.
tetroxide - An oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
threonine - A colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein.
fibrinase - In the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot.
thyronine - A phenolic amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative.
tridymite - A mineral form of silica.
tungstate - A salt of tungstic acid.
turquoise - A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate.
uraninite - A mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium.
chipboard - A cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin.
wulfenite - A yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore.
chabazite - A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum.
natrolite - A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum.
zinkenite - A steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony).
continuum - A continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts.
afterlife - Life after death.
seventies - The time of life between 70 and 80.
menopause - The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends.
lunchtime - The customary or habitual hour for eating lunch.
afternoon - The part of the day between noon and evening.
weeknight - Any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday.
fortnight - A period of fourteen consecutive days.
trimester - One of three divisions of an academic year.
midwinter - The middle of winter.
preseason - A period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation.
birthrate - The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area.
deathrate - The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area.
gigahertz - 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
kilohertz - One thousand periods per second.
megahertz - One million periods per second.
terahertz - One trillion periods per second.
peacetime - A period of time during which there is no war.
indiction - A 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms.
acroscopic - Facing or on the side toward the apex.
basiscopic - Facing or on the side toward the base.
dissilient - Bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels.
parturient - Giving birth.
unabridged - (used of texts) not shortened.
relational - Having a relation or being related.
absorbable - Capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface.
adsorbable - Capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid.
abstemious - Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink.
gluttonous - Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.
overgreedy - Excessively gluttonous.
conceptual - Being or characterized by concepts or their formation.
torrential - Pouring in abundance.
acceptable - Worthy of acceptance or satisfactory.
accessible - Capable of being reached.
inaccurate - Not exact.
unfaithful - Not trustworthy.
accustomed - (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to.
amphoteric - Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either.
assumptive - Accepted as real or true without proof.
declarable - That must be declared.
avaricious - Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
possessive - Desirous of owning.
plundering - Given to taking by force what is desired.
predaceous - Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.
hypoactive - Abnormally inactive.
resistless - Offering no resistance.
unaddicted - Not addicted.
inadequate - Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.
carbuncled - Set with carbuncles.
tapestried - Hung or decorated with tapestry.
beneficial - Promoting or enhancing well-being.
swaggering - Flamboyantly adventurous.
considered - Carefully weighed.
aerobiotic - Living or active only in the presence of oxygen.
inartistic - Lacking aesthetic sensibility.
unaffected - Undergoing no change when acted upon.
artificial - Artificially formal.
unmannered - Without artificiality.
assentient - Expressing agreement or consent.
dismissive - Stopping to associate with.
waterborne - Supported by water.
acrophobic - Suffering from acrophobia.
algophobic - Suffering from algophobia.
frightened - Made afraid.
mysophobic - Suffering from mysophobia.
xenophobic - Suffering from xenophobia.
unblinking - Not shrinking from danger.
aggressive - Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends.
pugnacious - Ready and able to resort to force or violence.
distraught - Deeply agitated especially from emotion.
hysterical - Marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion.
unagitated - Not agitated or disturbed emotionally.
assignable - Legally transferable to the ownership of another.
breathless - Appearing dead.
alphabetic - Arranged in order according to the alphabet.
altruistic - Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
polysemous - Of words.
monosemous - Having only one meaning.
compulsive - Strongly motivated to succeed.
emmetropic - Of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina.
cataclinal - Of valleys and rivers.
astigmatic - Of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images.
anticlinal - Sloping downward away from a common crest.
anadromous - Migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
diadromous - (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters.
apocarpous - (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses.
syncarpous - (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels.
aggravated - Incited, especially deliberately, to anger.
smoldering - Showing scarcely suppressed anger.
insentient - Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation.
reanimated - Given fresh life or vigor or spirit.
unanimated - Not animated or enlivened.
antemortem - Preceding death.
postmortem - Occurring or done after death.
antecedent - Preceding in time or order.
subsequent - Following in time or order.
subaqueous - Growing or remaining under water.
amphibious - Operating or living on land and in water.
premedical - Preceding and preparing for the study of medicine.
prehensile - Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.
retrograde - Of amnesia.
prefrontal - Anterior to a frontal structure.
appealable - Capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal.
appendaged - Having an appendage.
appetizing - Appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma.
delinquent - Past due.
receivable - Awaiting payment.
malapropos - Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature.
inapposite - Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature.
peripteral - Having columns on all sides.
monopteral - Having circular columniation.
peristylar - Having columniation completely circling an area of the structure.
arbitrable - Appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration.
colonnaded - Having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals.
unpillared - Lacking pillars.
arenaceous - Resembling or containing or abounding in sand.
barehanded - With bare hands.
weaponless - Without a weapon.
articulate - Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language.
incoherent - Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently.
speechless - Temporarily incapable of speaking.
shamefaced - Showing a sense of shame.
associable - Capable of being associated.
unattached - Not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.
attachable - Capable of being fastened or added to something else.
detachable - Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
solicitous - Showing hovering attentiveness.
distracted - Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety.
attractive - Pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm.
bewitching - Capturing interest as if by a spell.
personable - (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality.
photogenic - Looking attractive in photographs.
ascribable - Capable of being assigned or credited to.
infrasonic - Having frequencies below those of audible sound.
supersonic - Having frequencies above those of audible sound.
auspicious - Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck.
propitious - Presenting favorable circumstances.
thunderous - Extremely ominous.
authorized - Endowed with authority.
accredited - Given official approval to act.
autoecious - Of parasites especially rust fungi.
autogenous - Originating within the body.
acquirable - Capable of being acquired.
unsleeping - Fully awake.
slumberous - Inclined to or marked by drowsiness.
unawakened - Still asleep.
astringent - Tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue.
formidable - Inspiring fear.
petrifying - Paralyzing with terror.
stupefying - Shocking with surprise and consternation.
unalarming - Not alarming.
reassuring - Restoring confidence and relieving anxiety.
comforting - Affording comfort or solace.
hardbacked - Having a hard back or cover.
unbarreled - Not in a barrel.
stratified - Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers.
ungusseted - Not having gussets.
depilatory - Able to remove hair or render hairless.
nonbearing - (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own.
disfigured - Having the appearance spoiled.
scrofulous - Having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula.
beneficent - Doing or producing good.
maleficent - Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
despiteful - Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt.
malevolent - Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others.
unexcelled - Not capable of being improved on.
amendatory - Effecting amendment.
corrective - Tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition.
unicameral - Composed of one legislative body.
unilateral - Involving only one part or side.
trilateral - Having three sides.
tripartite - Involving three parties or elements.
binucleate - Having two nuclei.
nonviolent - Achieved without bloodshed.
emboldened - Made bold or courageous.
untethered - Not confined or restricted with a tether.
brassbound - Having trim or fittings of brass.
unbordered - Having no border.
propertied - Owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue.
smothering - Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
candescent - Glowing from great heat.
caliginous - Dark and misty and gloomy.
unshadowed - Not darkened or obscured by shadow.
bridgeable - Capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge.
glistening - Reflecting light.
iridescent - Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors.
lackluster - Lacking luster or shine.
prejudiced - Being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand.
homophobic - Prejudiced against homosexual people.
endergonic - (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy.
unbuttoned - Not buttoned.
collective - Set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government.
euphonious - Having a pleasant sound.
calculable - Capable of being calculated or estimated.
computable - May be computed or estimated.
boisterous - Violently agitated and turbulent.
incautious - Carelessly failing to exercise proper caution.
predacious - Hunting and killing other animals for food.
omnivorous - Feeding on both plants and animals.
holophytic - Obtaining nourishment as green plants do.
carpellate - Bearing or consisting of carpels.
acarpelous - Having no carpels.
uncarpeted - Not carpeted.
lapidarian - Inscribed on stone.
catalectic - (verse) metrically incomplete.
expurgated - Having material deleted.
uncensored - Not subject to censorship.
caulescent - (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground.
cancellate - Having an open or latticed or porous structure.
middlemost - Being in the exact middle.
peripheral - On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary.
neuromotor - Relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors.
indefinite - Not decided or not known.
ambivalent - Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow.
contingent - Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances.
inevitable - Incapable of being avoided or prevented.
changeable - Such that alteration is possible.
adjustable - Capable of being regulated.
reversible - Capable of assuming or producing either of two states.
changeless - Remaining the same for indefinitely long times.
commutable - Subject to alteration or change.
modifiable - Capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme).
unadjusted - Not altered to fit certain requirements.
idempotent - Unchanged in value following multiplication by itself.
nonionized - Not converted into ions.
diagnostic - Characteristic or indicative of a disease.
charitable - Full of love and generosity.
licentious - Lacking moral discipline.
depressing - Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
chondritic - Having a granular structure like that of chondrites.
monoclinic - Having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection.
chartreuse - Of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur.
achromatic - Having no hue.
cismontane - On this (the speaker's) side of the mountains.
tramontane - On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker).
christlike - Resembling or showing the spirit of Christ.
christless - Not believing in Christ.
neoclassic - Characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style.
classified - Arranged into classes.
restricted - The lowest level of official classification for documents.
unanalyzed - Not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination.
immaculate - Completely neat and clean.
bedraggled - Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud.
antiseptic - Devoid of objectionable language.
lightproof - Not penetrable by light.
semiopaque - Partially opaque.
radiopaque - Not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation.
trancelike - As if in a trance.
streetwise - Having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment.
levorotary - Rotating to the left.
contiguous - Very close or connected in space or time.
juxtaposed - Placed side by side often for comparison.
uncousinly - Not befitting a cousin.
vestmented - Dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment.
bareheaded - Having the head uncovered.
barelegged - Having the legs uncovered by clothing.
bottomless - Unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness.
landlocked - Surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land.
telescopic - Having parts that slide one within another.
uncrannied - Without chinks or crannies.
separative - (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group.
publicized - Made known.
advertised - Called to public attention.
suppressed - Kept from public knowledge by various means.
unreleased - Not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication.
notifiable - Requiring that official notification be given.
reportable - Meriting report.
unreported - Not reported.
combinable - Able to or tending to combine.
incendiary - Capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily.
flameproof - Resistant to catching fire.
detonative - Exploding almost instantaneously.
commodious - Large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense).
irritating - Causing physical discomfort.
commercial - Connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises.
mercantile - Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders.
democratic - Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large.
grassroots - Of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group.
oleophilic - Having a strong affinity for oils rather than water.
lipophilic - Having an affinity for lipids.
oleophobic - Lacking affinity for oils.
individual - Being or characteristic of a single thing or person.
expressive - Characterized by expression.
comparable - Able to be compared or worthy of comparison.
compatible - Able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination.
harmonious - Existing together in harmony.
immiscible - (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing.
protestant - Protesting.
compressed - Reduced in volume by pressure.
fractional - Constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety.
divisional - Constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit.
fragmental - Consisting of small disconnected parts.
exhaustive - Performed comprehensively and completely.
incomplete - Not complete or total.
countywide - Occurring or extending throughout a county.
schoolwide - Occurring or extending throughout a school.
unflurried - Free from emotional agitation or nervous tension.
fathomable - (of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended.
acetabular - Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone.
umbilicate - Depressed like a navel.
encyclical - Intended for wide distribution.
concentric - Having a common center.
aphoristic - Terse and witty and like a maxim.
pleonastic - Repetition of same sense in different words.
conclusive - Forming an end or termination.
definitive - Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement.
concordant - Being of the same opinion.
consensual - Existing by consent.
discordant - Not in agreement or harmony.
contracted - Reduced in size or pulled together.
unenforced - Not enforced.
conductive - Having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound.
stormbound - Delayed or confined or cut off by a storm.
unconfined - Not confined.
coincident - Matching point for point.
discrepant - Not in agreement.
copulative - Syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence.
connective - Connecting or tending to connect.
adjunctive - Joining.
invincible - Incapable of being overcome or subdued.
insensible - Unresponsive to stimulation.
desecrated - Treated with contempt.
unpriestly - Not priestly.
neoliberal - Having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values.
socialized - Under group or government control.
consistent - (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable.
reconciled - Made compatible or consistent.
unchanging - Conforming to the same principles or course of action over time.
inconstant - Likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason.
structural - Concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study.
complacent - Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.
inarguable - Against which no argument can be made.
persistent - Never-ceasing.
continuous - Continuing in time or space without interruption.
continuing - Remaining in force or being carried on without letup.
controlled - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
regimented - Strictly controlled.
undisputed - Generally agreed upon.
convenient - Suited to your comfort or purpose or needs.
conformist - Marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles.
convergent - Tending to come together from different directions.
branchless - Having no branches.
unbranched - Without branches.
convincing - Causing one to believe the truth of something.
synergetic - Working together.
immaterial - Not consisting of matter.
intangible - Lacking substance or reality.
fallacious - Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information.
unremedied - Not having been put right.
corrigible - Capable of being corrected or set right.
improvable - Susceptible of improvement.
redeemable - Susceptible to improvement or reform.
provincial - Characteristic of the provinces or their people.
thoughtful - Considerate of the feelings or well-being of others.
chivalrous - Being attentive to women like an ideal knight.
uncreative - Not creative.
incredible - Beyond belief or understanding.
astounding - Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder.
improbable - Too improbable to admit of belief.
censorious - Harshly critical or expressing censure.
uncritical - Not critical.
judgmental - Depending on judgment.
noncrucial - Of little importance.
perforated - Having a number or series of holes.
noncurrent - Not current or belonging to the present time.
homocyclic - Containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms.
indelicate - Verging on the indecent.
suggestive - Tending to suggest something improper or indecent.
peremptory - Putting an end to all debate or action.
indecisive - Not definitely settling something.
suspensive - Undecided or characterized by indecisiveness.
undeclared - Not announced or openly acknowledged.
indecorous - Lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct.
deductible - Acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction).
defeasible - Capable of being annulled or voided or terminated.
subjugated - Reduced to submission.
undefeated - Victorious.
triumphant - Experiencing triumph.
derivative - Resulting from or employing derivation.
chapfallen - Brought low in spirit.
knockabout - Suitable for rough use.
unexacting - Not rigorous.
imperative - Requiring attention or action.
adjuratory - Containing a solemn charge or command.
beseeching - Begging.
republican - Having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government.
capricious - Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.
prescribed - Set down as a rule or guide.
epideictic - Designed primarily for rhetorical display.
restrained - Cool and formal in manner.
undeniable - Not possible to deny.
denotative - Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming.
unreliable - Not worthy of reliance or trust.
autonomous - (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.
bipartisan - Supported by both sides.
nonaligned - Not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause.
delectable - Capable of arousing desire.
preferable - More desirable than another.
unenviable - So undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy.
demolished - Torn down and broken up.
formulated - Devised.
elementary - Easy and not involved or complicated.
simplified - Made easy or uncomplicated.
diplomatic - Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people.
alienating - Causing hostility or loss of friendliness.
backhanded - Roundabout or ambiguous.
circuitous - Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct.
digressive - (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.
reciprocal - Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function.
discerning - Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment.
indiscreet - Lacking discretion.
bigmouthed - Unwisely talking too much.
disposable - Designed to be disposed of after use.
returnable - That may be returned.
revertible - To be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs.
expendable - (used of funds) remaining after taxes.
indistinct - Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand.
monolithic - Characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity.
indiscrete - Not divided or divisible into parts.
documented - Furnished with or supported by documents.
referenced - Supported with written references or citations.
registered - (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc.
autocratic - Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.
oppressive - Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.
submissive - Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination.
obsequious - Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner.
overriding - Having superior power and influence.
undramatic - Lacking dramatic force and quality.
theatrical - Suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater.
histrionic - Characteristic of acting or a stage performance.
carnassial - (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh.
uneventful - Marked by no noteworthy or significant events.
energizing - Supplying motive force.
projectile - Impelling or impelled forward.
propellant - Tending to or capable of propelling.
auriculate - Having auricles.
aboriginal - Having existed from the beginning.
archeozoic - Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era.
posthumous - Occurring or coming into existence after a person's death.
precocious - Appearing or developing early.
precarious - Affording no ease or reassurance.
occidental - Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere.
midwestern - Of a region of the United States generally including Ohio.
uneducated - Not having a good education.
unschooled - Lacking in schooling.
innumerate - Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods.
impressive - Producing a strong effect.
exhausting - Producing exhaustion.
effortless - Requiring or apparently requiring no effort.
expandable - (of gases) capable of expansion.
springlike - Resembling a spring or the action of a spring.
springless - Lacking in elasticity or vitality.
appointive - Subject to appointment.
unassigned - Not assigned.
obligatory - Morally or legally constraining or binding.
compulsory - Required by rule.
ineligible - Not eligible.
unentitled - Having no right or entitlement.
phlegmatic - Showing little emotion.
unemployed - Not engaged in a gainful occupation.
discharged - Having lost your job.
employable - Physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available.
fascinated - Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
heartening - Cheerfully encouraging.
encumbered - Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load.
burdenless - Not encumbered with a physical burden or load.
unburdened - Not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities.
exocentric - Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents.
endogamous - Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe.
autogamous - Characterized by or fit for autogamy.
exothermic - (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat.
endogenous - Derived or originating internally.
exportable - Suitable for export.
marketable - Capable of being marketed.
hyperbolic - Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness.
multiplied - Greatly increased as by multiplication.
attenuated - Of an electrical signal.
diminished - (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval.
undesirous - Having or feeling no desire.
equivalent - Being essentially equal to something.
coordinate - Of equal importance, rank, or degree.
isochronal - Equal in duration or interval.
isothermal - Of a process or change taking place at constant temperature.
mismatched - (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents.
unbalanced - Debits and credits are not equal.
hypertonic - (of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution.
eradicable - Able to be eradicated or rooted out.
effaceable - Capable of being effaced.
cabalistic - Having a secret or hidden meaning.
mysterious - Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence.
incidental - Not of prime or central importance.
belittling - Tending to diminish or disparage.
derogative - Expressive of low opinion.
flattering - Showing or representing to advantage.
euphoriant - Tending to produce euphoria.
flatbottom - Having a flat bottom.
unparallel - Not straight or parallel.
coniferous - Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves.
stimulated - Emotionally aroused.
unexciting - Not exciting.
uninspired - Having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement.
accusative - Containing or expressing accusation.
depletable - Capable of being depleted.
unconsumed - Not consumed.
expectable - To be expected.
unexpected - Not expected or anticipated.
consumable - May be used up.
overpriced - Too costly for the value.
uninitiate - Not initiated.
unseasoned - Not tried or tested by experience.
terminated - (of e.g. a contract or term of office) having come to an end.
explicable - Capable of being explicated or accounted for.
protrusile - Capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue.
extricable - Capable of being extricated.
fingerless - Not having or having lost fingers.
inflatable - Designed to be filled with air or gas.
indwelling - Existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle.
unplayable - Not capable of or suitable for being played or played on.
evenhanded - Without partiality.
adulterous - Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
rebellious - Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government.
infallible - Incapable of failure or error.
unfamiliar - Not known or well known.
alacritous - Quick and eager.
blistering - Very fast.
allegretto - (of tempo) faster than allegro.
lentissimo - (of tempo) very slow.
fastidious - Giving careful attention to detail.
meticulous - Marked by extreme care in treatment of details.
pernickety - Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details.
abdominous - Having a large belly.
admonitory - Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
felicitous - Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style.
conceptive - Capable of conceiving.
sterilized - Made infertile.
unfinished - Not brought to an end or conclusion.
unfattened - (of market animals) not optimal for marketing.
concluding - Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
archetypal - Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.
nonfissile - Not fissile.
unsuitable - Not meant or adapted for a particular purpose.
inflexible - Resistant to being bent.
negotiable - Able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise.
fossilized - Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.
anatropous - (of a plant ovule) completely inverted.
connatural - Normally existing at birth.
undomestic - Not domestic or related to home.
revengeful - Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge.
ceremonial - Marked by pomp or ceremony or formality.
semiformal - Moderately formal.
colloquial - Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation.
epistolary - Written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence.
unliterary - Marked by lack of affectation or pedantry.
fortuitous - Occurring by happy chance.
malodorous - Having an unpleasant smell.
alliaceous - Smelling of onions or garlic.
stationary - Not capable of being moved.
unhampered - Not held in check or subject to control.
prisonlike - Resembling a prison.
prevailing - Most frequent or common.
infrequent - Not frequent.
putrescent - Becoming putrid.
saliferous - Containing or yielding salt.
neighborly - Exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor.
unfriendly - Not disposed to friendship or friendliness.
liquescent - Becoming liquid.
generative - Producing new life or offspring.
unfruitful - Not fruitful.
functional - Designed for or capable of a particular function or use.
accoutered - Provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military).
unequipped - Without necessary physical or intellectual equipment.
nominative - Named.
widespread - Widely circulated or diffused.
branchiate - Provided with gills.
unpatented - (of devices and processes) not protected by patent.
benevolent - Generous in providing aid to others.
ungrudging - Without envy or reluctance.
ungenerous - Lacking in magnanimity.
ostensible - Represented or appearing as such.
geocentric - Having the earth as the center.
untalented - Devoid of talent.
celebrated - Having an illustrious past.
inglorious - Not bringing honor and glory.
deplorable - Bad.
redemptive - Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin.
corruptive - Tending to corrupt or pervert.
despicable - Morally reprehensible.
misogynous - Hating women in particular.
ungracious - Lacking charm and good taste.
ungrateful - Not feeling or showing gratitude.
adamantine - Having the hardness of a diamond.
unyielding - Resistant to physical force or pressure.
cheeselike - Having the consistency of cheese.
flocculent - Having a fluffy character or appearance.
intoxicant - Causing.
spirituous - Containing or of the nature of alcohol.
unresolved - Characterized by musical dissonance.
medicative - Having the properties of medicine.
preventive - Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease.
inoperable - Not suitable for surgery.
dehydrated - Suffering from excessive loss of water from the body.
gangrenous - Suffering from tissue death.
membranous - Characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane).
windburned - Suffering from windburn.
translunar - Unworldly or ethereal.
earthbound - Confined to the earth.
digestible - Capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal.
undigested - Not digested.
acephalous - Lacking a head or a clearly defined head.
weightless - Having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull.
industrial - Suitable to stand up to hard wear.
burdensome - Not easily borne.
ministrant - Giving practical help to.
zygodactyl - (of bird feet) having the first and fourth toes directed backward the second and third forward.
homozygous - Having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci.
homosexual - Sexually attracted to members of your own sex.
homoerotic - Of or concerning homosexual love.
pederastic - Of homosexuality between a man and a boy.
commanding - Used of a height or viewpoint.
contrabass - Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range.
parrotlike - Mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding.
multistory - Having more than one story.
alpestrine - Growing at high altitudes.
homologous - Corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics.
autologous - Derived from organisms of the selfsame individual.
picaresque - Involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction.
untruthful - Not expressing or given to expressing the truth.
mendacious - Given to lying.
anticipant - Marked by eager anticipation.
despairing - Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
despondent - Without or almost without hope.
futureless - Having no prospect or hope of a future.
iodinating - Combining or causing to combine with iodine.
consolable - Able to be consoled.
horizontal - Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line.
monoclinal - Of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction.
fastigiate - Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column).
procumbent - Having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots.
hospitable - Favorable to life and growth.
overheated - Heated beyond a safe or desirable point.
sweltering - Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness.
frigorific - Causing cold.
anthropoid - Resembling human beings.
superhuman - Above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance.
infrahuman - Belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development.
cannibalic - Marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal.
buffoonish - Like a clown.
seriocomic - Mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating.
tragicomic - Having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics.
sobersided - Completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch.
supperless - Without supper.
unimpaired - Not damaged or diminished in any respect.
measurable - Of distinguished importance.
thundering - Extraordinarily big or impressive.
unimposing - Lacking in impressiveness.
noticeable - Capable or worthy of being perceived.
detectable - Easily seen or detected.
landscaped - (of land) improved by gardening or landscape architecture.
unimproved - Not made more desirable or valuable or profitable.
dissipated - Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance.
renunciant - Used especially of behavior.
developing - Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply.
infectious - Easily spread.
contagious - Easily diffused or spread as from one person to another.
corrupting - That infects or taints.
uninformed - Not informed.
unoccupied - Not leased to or occupied by a tenant.
inheriting - Having the legal right to inherit.
congenital - Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary.
injectable - (used of drugs) capable of being injected.
disjointed - Separated at the joint.
eviscerate - Having been disembowelled.
chargeable - Liable to be accused, or cause for such liability.
punishable - Liable to or deserving punishment.
clarifying - That makes clear.
expository - Serving to expound or set forth.
unedifying - Not edifying.
integrated - Not segregated.
desegrated - Rid of segregation.
segregated - Separated or isolated from others or a main group.
compounded - Combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
uncombined - Not joined or united into one.
reflective - Devoted to matters of the mind.
deliberate - Carefully thought out in advance.
unintended - Not deliberate.
accidental - Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally .
undesigned - Not done or made or performed with purpose or intent.
moderating - Lessening in intensity or strength.
interested - Having or showing interest.
intriguing - Capable of arousing interest or curiosity.
newsworthy - Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper.
pedestrian - Lacking wit or imagination.
intramural - Carried on within the bounds of an institution or community.
extramural - Carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community.
intermural - Between two or more institutions etc.
extraneous - Not essential.
protrusive - Thrusting outward.
ventricose - Having a swelling on one side.
invitatory - Conveying an invitation.
uninviting - Neither attractive nor tempting.
roughdried - (of laundry) dried but not ironed.
unsmoothed - Not having been made smooth by having hands run over the surface.
unwrinkled - Not wrinkled or creased.
melancholy - Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness.
lugubrious - Excessively mournful.
actionable - Affording grounds for legal action.
gratuitous - Without cause.
undeserved - Not deserved or earned.
unknowable - Not knowable.
identified - Having the identity known or established.
proverbial - Widely known and spoken of.
understood - Fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation.
unlamented - Not grieved for.
oceangoing - Used on the high seas.
suboceanic - Formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed.
unlaureled - Not crowned with laurel.
astronomic - Inconceivably large.
voluminous - Large in volume or bulk.
watertight - Not allowing water to pass in or out.
unleavened - Made without leavening.
amerciable - Of a crime or misdemeanor.
extralegal - Not regulated or sanctioned by law.
misbranded - Branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements.
unratified - Lacking legal authority.
deciphered - Converted from cryptic to intelligible language.
biological - Of parents and children.
legitimate - Of marriages and offspring.
morganatic - (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank.
adulterine - Conceived in adultery.
fatherless - Not having a known or legally responsible father.
catarrhine - Of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward.
farfetched - Highly imaginative but unlikely.
collateral - Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines.
figurative - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal.
analogical - Expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy.
illiterate - Lacking culture, especially in language and literature.
unliveried - Not wearing livery.
gauntleted - Wearing a protective glove.
unextended - Not extended or stretched out.
extendible - Capable of being lengthened.
telescoped - Shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another.
bimestrial - Two months long.
lengthwise - Running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing.
squandered - Not used to good advantage.
confiscate - Surrendered as a penalty.
shattering - Seemingly loud enough to break something.
pianissimo - Chiefly a direction or description in music.
fortemente - Chiefly a direction or description in music.
fortissimo - Chiefly a direction or description in music.
cuddlesome - Inviting cuddling or hugging.
abominable - Unequivocally detestable.
dislikable - Such as to provoke dislike.
captivated - Strongly attracted.
idolatrous - Blindly or excessively devoted or adoring.
unromantic - Neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance.
apotropaic - Having the power to prevent evil or bad luck.
geographic - Determined by geography.
majuscular - Of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules.
manageable - Capable of being managed or controlled.
effeminate - Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
pistillate - Having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant.
asterisked - Marked with an asterisk.
maidenlike - Befitting or characteristic of a maiden.
unfeminine - Not suitable for a woman.
adolescent - In the state of development between puberty and maturity.
inchoative - Beginning to develop.
seasonable - In keeping with the season.
borderline - Of questionable or minimal quality.
negligible - So small as to be meaningless.
meaningful - Having a meaning or purpose.
purposeful - Having meaning through having an aim.
mechanical - Using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices.
mechanized - Equipped with machinery.
memberless - Of a group or set having no members.
ametabolic - Undergoing slight or no metamorphosis.
implicated - Culpably involved.
uninvolved - Not involved.
unmilitary - Not associated with soldiers or the military.
alleviated - (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear.
untempered - Not moderated or controlled.
unportable - Not portable.
antimonial - Containing antimony.
auriferous - Containing gold.
epimorphic - Characterized by incomplete metamorphosis.
minimalist - Advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics).
immoderate - Beyond reasonable limits.
exorbitant - Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.
antebellum - Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War.
unmodified - Not changed in form or character.
monoecious - Having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal.
monophonic - Consisting of a single melodic line.
homophonic - Having a single melodic line with accompaniment.
polyphonic - Having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together.
monogamous - (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate.
monandrous - Having only one husband at a time.
monogynous - Having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines).
polygamous - Having more than one mate at a time.
polygynous - Having more than one wife at a time.
trilingual - Using or knowing three languages.
monovalent - Having a valence of 1.
polyvalent - Having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher.
moralistic - Narrowly and conventionally moral.
principled - Based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality.
motiveless - Occurring without motivation or provocation.
trimotored - Having three motors.
automotive - Containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement.
seamanlike - Characteristic of or befitting a seaman.
interstate - Involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States.
intrastate - Relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state.
unbleached - Not artificially colored or bleached.
factitious - Not produced by natural forces.
nonnatural - Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.
talismanic - Possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power.
delusional - Suffering from or characterized by delusions.
unneurotic - Not neurotic.
nidicolous - (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching.
nidifugous - (of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching.
dignifying - Investing with dignity or honor.
antidromic - Conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal.
paranormal - Not in accordance with scientific laws.
northbound - Moving toward the north.
southbound - Moving toward the south.
septrional - Of northern regions.
meridional - Located in the south or characteristic of southern people or places.
overlooked - Not taken into account.
unobserved - Not observed.
undetected - Not perceived or discerned.
determined - Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation.
vesicatory - Causing blisters.
impersonal - Having no personal preference.
verifiable - Capable of being verified.
subjective - Taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias.
unapparent - Not readily apparent.
unprovable - Not provable.
obstructed - Shut off to passage or view or hindered from action.
barricaded - Preventing entry or exit or a course of action.
deadlocked - At a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.
thrombosed - Affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood.
disgusting - Highly offensive.
assaultive - Disposed to attack.
apologetic - Offering or expressing apology.
formalized - Given formal standing or endorsement.
unofficial - Not having official authority or sanction.
entrenched - Established firmly and securely.
recognized - Provided with a secure reputation.
secondhand - Previously used or owned by another.
nonopening - Not open.
surrounded - Confined on all sides.
unenclosed - Not closed in our surrounded or included.
hypaethral - Partly or entirely open to the sky.
optimistic - Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds.
disorderly - Undisciplined and unruly.
disordered - Not arranged in order.
methodical - Characterized by method and orderliness.
configured - Organized so as to give configuration to.
structured - Having definite and highly organized structure.
phenomenal - Exceedingly or unbelievably great.
remarkable - Unusual or striking.
disarrayed - In disarray.
unoriented - Not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained.
estranging - Making one feel out of place or alienated.
innovative - Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.
newfangled - (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new.
unoriginal - Not original.
conforming - Adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion).
unreformed - Unaffected by the Reformation.
unorthodox - Breaking with convention or tradition.
foliaceous - Bearing numerous leaves.
unifoliate - Having a single leaf.
delineated - Represented accurately or precisely.
undepicted - Not pictured.
impalpable - Imperceptible to the senses or the mind.
catacorner - Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
orthogonal - Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes.
pardonable - Admitting of being pardoned.
inexpiable - Incapable of being atoned for.
daughterly - Befitting a daughter.
impassable - Incapable of being passed.
passionate - Having or expressing strong emotions.
unparented - Having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates.
motherless - Having no living or known mother.
motherlike - Suggestive of or acting like a mother.
forbearing - Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity.
patronized - Having patronage or clients.
unpackaged - Not packaged or put into packets.
unpeaceful - Not peaceful.
impenitent - Not penitent or remorseful.
perceptive - Having the ability to perceive or understand.
insightful - Exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception.
subliminal - Below the threshold of conscious perception.
pluperfect - More than perfect.
perishable - Liable to perish.
evanescent - Tending to vanish like vapor.
improvised - Done or made using whatever is available.
terminable - Capable of being terminated after a designated time.
admissible - Deserving to be admitted.
admittable - Deserving to be allowed to enter.
permissive - Granting or inclined or able to grant permission.
blockading - Blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors.
preclusive - Made impossible.
preemptive - Designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence.
persuasive - Intended or having the power to induce action or belief.
compelling - Tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument.
dissuasive - Deterring from action.
penetrable - Admitting of penetration or passage into or through.
impervious - Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected.
soundproof - Impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound.
salverform - Of or concerning a gamopetalous that has a slender tube and an abruptly expanded tip.
devotional - Relating to worship.
interfaith - Involving persons of different religious faiths.
appeasable - Capable of being pacified.
implacable - Incapable of being placated.
pinstriped - Having very thin stripes.
vermicular - Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings.
unpleasant - Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings .
afflictive - Causing misery or pain or distress.
displeased - Not pleased.
delightful - Greatly pleasing or entertaining.
gratifying - Pleasing to the mind or feeling.
unpolished - Not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing.
apolitical - Politically neutral.
ponderable - Capable of being weighed or considered.
assessable - Capable of being considered carefully.
affirmable - Capable of being affirmed or asserted.
attainable - Capable of being attained or accomplished.
impossible - Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with.
equipotent - Having equal strength or efficacy.
impuissant - Lacking physical strength or vigor.
aplacental - Having no placenta.
cultivated - (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing.
unprepared - Without preparation.
flamboyant - Marked by ostentation but often tasteless.
particular - First and most important.
cloistered - Providing privacy or seclusion.
semipublic - Having some of the features of public institution.
privileged - Blessed with privileges.
sweetheart - Privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically).
productive - Producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly).
duplicable - Capable of being duplicated.
inimitable - Defying imitation.
amateurish - Lacking professional skill or expertise.
profitable - Yielding material gain or profit.
dilettante - Showing frivolous or superficial interest.
modernized - Brought up to date.
regressive - Opposing progress.
degressive - (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount.
divinatory - Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
precursory - Warning of future misfortune.
predictive - Of or relating to prediction.
stormproof - Protected against or able to withstand storms.
unshielded - (used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield.
protective - Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind.
cautionary - Warding off.
disdainful - Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
unverified - Lacking proof or substantiation.
forehanded - Having provided for the future.
thriftless - Careless of the future.
prudential - Arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters.
unpunctual - Not punctual.
behindhand - Behind schedule.
unpunished - Not punished.
adulterate - Mixed with impurities.
unpurified - Not made pure.
duodecimal - Based on twelve.
apocryphal - Being of questionable authenticity.
impugnable - Subject to being discredited.
clangorous - Having a loud resonant metallic sound.
stertorous - Of breathing having a heavy snoring sound.
untroubled - Free from turmoil or worries.
disruptive - Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.
stochastic - Being or having a random variable.
reasonable - Marked by sound judgment.
irrational - Not consistent with or using reason.
reasonless - Not endowed with the capacity to reason.
oxidizable - Capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen.
unreactive - (chemistry) not reacting chemically.
historical - Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary.
envisioned - Seen in the mind as a mental image.
fabricated - Formed or conceived by the imagination.
illusional - Marked by or producing illusion.
hardheaded - Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
chimerical - Produced by a wildly fanciful imagination.
kafkaesque - Characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger.
unanswered - Not returned in kind.
unladylike - Lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady.
regenerate - Reformed spiritually or morally.
randomized - Set up or distributed in a deliberately random way.
remediable - Capable of being remedied or redressed .
unrentable - Not able or fit to be rented.
repeatable - Able or fit to be repeated or quoted.
repetitive - Characterized by repetition.
semiweekly - Occurring twice a week.
semiannual - Occurring or payable twice each year.
descendant - Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.
affiliated - Being joined in close association.
coreferent - Related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction.
misrelated - Mistakenly related.
applicable - Capable of being applied.
irrelevant - Having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.
emblematic - Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract.
resolvable - Capable of being settled or resolved.
unreserved - Not cautious or reticent.
resistible - Capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated.
foursquare - Characterized by firm and unwavering conviction.
undeterred - Not deterred.
irresolute - Uncertain how to act or proceed.
upstanding - Meriting respect or esteem.
respectful - Full of or exhibiting respect.
answerable - Morally or legally responsible to a higher authority.
responsive - Readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli.
refractory - Temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli.
inhibitory - Restrictive of action.
regulative - Restricting according to rules or principles.
reticulate - Resembling or forming a network.
crisscross - Marked with crossing lines.
retractile - Capable of retraction.
mirrorlike - Capable of reflecting light like a mirror.
reflecting - Causing reflection or having a device that reflects.
irreverent - Showing lack of due respect or veneration.
profitless - Without profit or reward.
rhetorical - Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought.
oratorical - Characteristic of an orator or oratory.
rhythmical - Recurring with measured regularity.
syncopated - Stressing a normally weak beat.
arrhythmic - Without regard for rhythm.
unmeasured - Not composed of measured syllables.
handleless - Having no handle.
equipoised - Lacking lateral dominance.
cumuliform - Shaped like a cumulus cloud.
triangular - Having three angles.
campestral - Of fields or open country.
inviolable - Must be kept sacred.
mordacious - Biting or given to biting.
antithetic - Sharply contrasted in character or purpose.
confusable - So similar as to be easily identified for another thing.
dissimilar - Not similar.
quenchless - Impossible to quench.
ascendable - Capable of being ascended.
unscalable - Incapable of being ascended.
unstudious - Not studious.
scientific - Conforming with the principles or methods used in science.
scrupulous - Having scruples.
concealing - Covering or hiding.
indicative - (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly.
unfastened - Not closed or secured.
telepathic - Communicating without apparent physical signals.
unsanitary - Not sanitary or healthful.
unhygienic - Unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease.
septicemic - Characteristic of septicemia.
uninfected - Free from sepsis or infection.
unselected - Not selected.
unrepaired - Unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made.
nonnomadic - Not nomadic or wandering.
autoerotic - Sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation).
coquettish - Like a coquette.
lascivious - Driven by lust.
lubricious - Characterized by lust.
undersexed - Having a subnormal degree of sexual desire.
monestrous - Having one estrous cycle per year.
clubfooted - Having a deformed foot.
breastless - Without a breast.
botuliform - Shaped like a sausage.
catenulate - Having a chainlike form.
phylliform - Having the shape of a leaf.
bestubbled - Having a short growth of beard.
unsheathed - Not having a protective covering.
stockinged - Wearing stockings.
farsighted - Able to see distant objects clearly.
shrinkable - Capable of being shrunk.
protanopic - Inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green.
tritanopic - Inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow.
subscribed - (of a contract or will or other document) having a signature written at the end.
evidential - Serving as or based on evidence.
monumental - Of outstanding significance.
noteworthy - Worthy of notice.
portentous - Of momentous or ominous significance.
unsilenced - Not silenced.
lanceolate - (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head.
orbiculate - Circular or nearly circular.
perfoliate - (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem.
decompound - Of a compound leaf.
palmatifid - Of a leaf shape.
pinnatifid - (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets.
trifoliate - (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets.
tripinnate - (of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate.
simplistic - Characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity.
analyzable - Capable of being partitioned.
thickening - Becoming more intricate or complex.
thirteenth - Coming next after the twelfth in position.
fourteenth - Coming next after the thirteenth in position.
eighteenth - Coming next after the seventeenth in position.
nineteenth - Coming next after the eighteenth in position.
seventieth - The ordinal number of seventy in counting order.
thousandth - The ordinal number of one thousand in counting order.
trillionth - The ordinal number of one trillion in counting order.
unscripted - Not furnished with or using a script.
unsinkable - Incapable of being sunk.
uninominal - Based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature).
quaternate - Consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four.
eightpenny - Used of nail size.
threepenny - Used of nail size.
consummate - Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
granulated - Made grainy or formed into granules.
lubricated - Smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction.
creaseless - Used especially of fabrics.
squamulose - Covered with tiny scales.
sandpapery - Having the abrasive texture of sandpaper.
corrugated - Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges.
unfurrowed - Not marked with shallow depressions or furrows.
emarginate - Having a notched tip.
gregarious - Instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others.
antisocial - Hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior.
unattended - Lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort.
caespitose - (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts.
sleeveless - Having no sleeves.
unsociable - Not inclined to society or companionship.
coagulated - Changed into a solid mass.
semiliquid - Somewhat liquid.
evaporated - Drawn off in the form of vapor.
insolvable - Not easily solved.
fleeceable - Naive and easily deceived or tricked.
dependable - Financially sound.
carbonated - Having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated).
mettlesome - Having a proud and unbroken spirit.
spiritless - Lacking ardor or vigor or energy.
dispirited - Marked by low spirits.
iatrogenic - Induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment).
unbeatable - Hard to defeat.
disyllabic - Having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables.
stabilized - Made stable or firm.
regulation - Prescribed by or according to regulation.
starchlike - Resembling starch.
starchless - Lacking starch.
surefooted - Not liable to stumble or fall.
convulsive - Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions.
flickering - Shining unsteadily.
shuddering - Shaking convulsively or violently.
depressant - Capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.
astomatous - Having no mouth or mouthlike opening.
deflective - Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave).
geniculate - Bent at a sharp angle.
serpentine - Resembling a serpent in form.
sinusoidal - Having a succession of waves or curves.
aboveboard - Without concealment or deception.
unstressed - Not bearing a stress or accent.
unaccented - (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress.
unemphatic - Not emphasized.
bullnecked - Having a thick short powerful neck.
reinforced - Given added strength or support.
vulnerable - Capable of being wounded or hurt.
bullheaded - Obstinate and stupid.
successful - Having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome.
victorious - Having won.
sufficient - Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant.
outclassed - Decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class.
underlying - Located beneath or below.
supervised - Under observation or under the direction of a superintendent or overseer.
underslung - Supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below.
subsidized - Having partial financial support from public funds.
unassisted - Lacking help.
supportive - Furnishing support or assistance.
gobsmacked - Utterly astounded.
surprising - Causing surprise or wonder or amazement.
allopatric - (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another.
synchronic - Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents.
diachronic - Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time.
coetaneous - Of the same period.
coexistent - Existing at the same time.
anachronic - Chronologically misplaced.
synonymous - (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same.
antonymous - Of words: having opposite meanings.
systematic - Characterized by order and planning.
realizable - Capable of being realized.
unflavored - Without flavoring added.
nontaxable - (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation.
overstrung - Too tightly strung.
unstrained - Not placed under psychological stress.
diaphanous - So thin as to transmit light.
ribbonlike - Long and thin.
coagulable - Capable of coagulating and becoming thick.
gelatinous - Thick like gelatin.
presumable - Capable of being inferred on slight grounds.
cogitative - Given to cogitation.
economical - Avoiding waste.
disheveled - In disarray.
uncombable - Not capable of being combed.
untimbered - Lacking timbers.
tonguelike - Resembling a tongue in form or function.
tongueless - Lacking a tongue.
intolerant - Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion.
edentulous - Having lost teeth.
bottommost - Farthest down.
equatorial - Of or existing at or near the geographic equator.
coriaceous - Resembling or made to resemble leather.
tenderized - Made tender as by marinating or pounding.
untraveled - Not traveled over or through.
disquieted - Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.
distressed - Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty.
struggling - Engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity.
unmolested - Not interfered with, disturbed, or harmed.
overturned - Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom.
subsurface - Beneath the surface.
amalgamate - Joined together into a whole.
coalescent - Growing together, fusing.
bifurcated - Divided into or made up of two parts.
downmarket - Designed for low-income consumers.
transitive - Designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning.
heavenward - Directed toward heaven or the sky.
downstairs - On or of lower floors of a building.
downstream - In the direction of a stream's current.
utilizable - Capable of being put to a profitable or practical use.
invaluable - Having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth.
invariable - Not liable to or capable of change.
ventilated - Exposed to air.
vertebrate - Having a backbone or spinal column.
rampageous - Displaying raging violence.
impeccable - Not capable of sin.
flagitious - Extremely wicked, deeply criminal.
iniquitous - Characterized by iniquity.
megascopic - Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features).
viviparous - Producing living young (not eggs).
evaporable - (used of substances) capable of being volatilized.
vegetative - Relating to involuntary bodily functions.
assailable - Not defended or capable of being defended.
endangered - (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction.
threatened - (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered.
defendable - Capable of being defended.
friendless - Excluded from a society.
increasing - Becoming greater or larger.
maximizing - Making as great as possible.
decreasing - Becoming less or smaller.
detractive - Causing to decrease in importance or value.
allargando - Gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner.
unwearable - Not suitable for wear or able to be worn.
bronchitic - Suffering from or prone to bronchitis.
paraplegic - Suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord.
tubercular - Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus.
desiccated - Thoroughly dried out.
alimentary - Of or providing nourishment.
salubrious - Favorable to health of mind or body.
nauseating - Causing or able to cause nausea.
cumbersome - Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight.
consenting - Having given consent.
volitional - With deliberate intention.
flightless - Incapable of flying.
sapiential - Characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God.
cockamamie - Ludicrous, foolish.
unforested - Not covered with forest.
herbaceous - Characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part.
anchoritic - Characterized by ascetic solitude.
threadbare - Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through.
creditable - Worthy of often limited commendation.
worthwhile - Sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest.
xerophytic - Adapted to a xeric (or dry) environment.
mesophytic - Being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment.
homocercal - Possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes).
nomothetic - Relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles.
unbaptized - Not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism.
invertible - Having an additive or multiplicative inverse.
allogeneic - Denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible).
xenogeneic - Denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species.
flowerless - Without flower or bloom and not producing seeds.
acanthotic - Of or relating to or having acanthosis.
acetylenic - Of or related to acetylene.
adactylous - Without fingers and/or toes.
adrenergic - Relating to epinephrine (its release or action).
aeriferous - Conveying air.
agrypnotic - Of or pertaining to agrypnia.
albuminous - Relating to or containing or resembling albumin.
algolagnic - Of or relating to algolagnia.
algometric - Of or related to algometry.
alkahestic - Of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist.
alkaloidal - Pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids.
allergenic - Relating to or having the effect of an allergen.
allogamous - Relating to cross-fertilization in plants.
allomerous - Pertaining to allomerism.
allometric - Relating to or marked by allometry.
allophonic - Pertaining to allophones.
allotropic - Of or related to or exhibiting allotropism.
ambulacral - Pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms.
ambulatory - Relating to or adapted for walking.
amygdaline - Related to or resembling an almond.
amylolytic - Of or related to the process of amylolysis.
anaglyphic - Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
anamnestic - Of or relating to anamnesis.
anamorphic - Pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system.
anaplastic - Of or relating to anaplasia.
anasarcous - Characterized by or affected by dropsy.
androgenic - Of or related to the male hormone androgen.
anisogamic - Relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape).
annalistic - Relating to annals.
anopheline - Relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes.
anorthitic - Characteristic of anorthite.
antibiotic - Of or relating to antibiotic drugs.
anticancer - Used in the treatment of cancer.
antinomian - Relating to or influenced by antinomianism.
anxiolytic - Anxiety relieving.
aphaeretic - Relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis.
apophyseal - Of or relating to an apophysis.
apoplectic - Pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy.
apothecial - Of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi.
aquiferous - Of or relating to an aquifer.
archaistic - Imitative of an archaic style or manner.
arthralgic - Of or relating to arthralgia.
ascosporic - Of or relating to ascospores.
asteriated - (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism.
asterismal - Relating to asterisms or constellations.
astragalar - Of or relating to the anklebone.
astrocytic - Of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia.
autoimmune - Of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body.
austenitic - Composed of austenite.
autacoidal - Of or relating to an autacoid.
bacchantic - Of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler.
bacteremic - Of or relating to or having bacteremia.
barometric - Relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer.
belemnitic - Of or relating to belemnites.
bentonitic - Of or relating to or containing bentonite.
bicapsular - Divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule.
biogenetic - Of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
bolometric - Of or relating to a bolometer.
brachiopod - Of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda.
cadaverous - Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse.
calcareous - Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk.
calceolate - Of slipper-shaped blossoms.
noncaloric - Of food have no (or few) calories.
calyculate - Having a calyculus.
calyptrate - Having a calyptra.
capacitive - Of or relating to capacitance.
carbolated - Containing or treated with carbolic acid.
carpellary - Belonging to or forming or containing carpels.
caruncular - Resembling a caruncle.
cataphatic - Of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively.
catapultic - Of or like a catapult.
categorial - Of or relating to the concept of categories.
cellulosid - Of or containing or made from cellulose.
centesimal - Relating to or divided into hundredths.
centralist - Advocating centralization.
centroidal - Of or relating to (especially passing through) a centroid.
cephalopod - Relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda.
cerebellar - Relating to or associated with the cerebellum.
ceruminous - Relating to or secreting cerumen.
chalybeate - Containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron.
cheliceral - Of or relating to or resembling chelicerae.
chlamydial - Of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite.
collarless - Without a collar.
collegiate - Of or resembling or typical of a college or college students.
colorectal - Relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum.
cosmologic - Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality.
corinthian - Of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants.
intertidal - Of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark.
curricular - Of or relating to an academic course of study.
diamantine - Consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds.
drupaceous - Of or related to a drupe.
dysplastic - Relating to or evidencing dysplasia.
ebracteate - Without bracts.
electronic - Of or relating to electronics.
epenthetic - Of or pertaining to epenthesis.
epigastric - Lying on or over the stomach.
equestrian - Of or relating to or featuring horseback riding.
ergotropic - Of or relating to ergotropism.
esophageal - Relating to the esophagus.
estrogenic - Relating to or caused by estrogen.
excrescent - Forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth).
fibrillose - Covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed.
fourhanded - (of card games) involving or requiring four players.
frictional - Pertaining to or worked or produced by friction.
geothermal - Of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth.
glycogenic - Of or relating to or involving glycogen.
heterodyne - Of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations.
hexangular - Having six sides or divided into hexagons.
humanistic - Of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism.
idiopathic - (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause.
incestuous - Relating to or involving incest.
iridaceous - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae.
isentropic - With unchanging entropy.
lactogenic - Inducing lactation.
leguminous - Relating to or consisting of legumes.
liliaceous - Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Liliaceae.
lucifugous - Light-avoiding.
biomedical - Relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine.
menopausal - Of or relating to the menopause.
postexilic - Of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity).
missionary - Relating to or connected to a religious mission.
monoclonal - Forming or derived from a single clone.
myelinated - (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin.
neoplastic - Of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm.
nosocomial - Taking place or originating in a hospital.
oligarchic - Of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy.
palpebrate - Having eyelids.
paroxysmal - Accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms.
pemphigous - Of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus.
phagocytic - Capable of functioning as a phagocyte.
phalangeal - Of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes.
planktonic - Of or relating to plankton.
polydactyl - Of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits.
polyhedral - Of or relating to or resembling a polyhedron.
positional - Of or relating to or determined by position.
positivist - Of or relating to positivism.
precordial - In front of the heart.
prosthetic - Relating to or serving as a prosthesis.
recoilless - Of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil.
refractive - Of or relating to or capable of refraction.
sacculated - Formed with or having saclike expansions.
scholastic - Of or relating to schools.
senatorial - Of or relating to senators.
sepulchral - Of or relating to a sepulchre.
stovepiped - Of or relating to data stored in separate databases.
sublingual - Beneath the tongue.
tangential - Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent.
tentacular - Of or relating to or resembling tentacles.
testaceous - Relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell.
unthematic - Not relating to a melodic subject.
nonthermal - Not involving heat.
totipotent - Having the ability to give rise to unlike cells.
urogenital - Of or relating to the urinary and reproductive systems.
apopemptic - Addressed to one who is departing.
electrical - Relating to or concerned with electricity.
fungicidal - Capable of destroying fungi.
tetragonal - Of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral.
octangular - Of or relating to or shaped like an octagon.
transpolar - Extending across or crossing either pole.
vocational - Of or relating to a vocation or occupation.
nonspatial - Not spatial.
linguistic - Consisting of or related to language.
chylaceous - Consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle.
eukaryotic - Having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei.
millennial - Relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years.
metastable - (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium.
muciferous - Containing or secreting mucus.
suborbital - Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket.
ectodermal - Of or relating to the ectoderm.
hypodermal - Of or relating to the hypodermis.
hypodermic - Relating to or located below the epidermis.
mandibular - Relating to the lower jaw.
neurogenic - Arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues.
neuroglial - Relating to or consisting of neuroglia.
neurotoxic - Poisonous to nerves or nerve cells.
polyatomic - Of or relating to a molecule made up of more than two atoms.
nonlexical - Not relating to words.
multilevel - Of a building having more than one level.
multiphase - Of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle.
ophthalmic - Of or relating to ophthalmology.
zoological - Of or relating to animals or animal groups.
ateleiotic - Of or relating to ateleiosis.
sacerdotal - Of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism.
macerative - Accompanied by or characterized by maceration.
isothermic - Of or relating to an isotherm.
micropylar - Of or relating to a micropyle.
managerial - Of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management.
geological - Of or relating to or based on geology.
ecological - Of or relating to the science of ecology.
parametric - Of or relating to or in terms of a parameter.
nihilistic - Of or relating to nihilism.
endodontic - Of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics.
sculptural - Relating to or consisting of sculpture.
asymptotic - Relating to or of the nature of an asymptote.
rabbinical - Of or relating to rabbis or their teachings.
epithelial - Of or belonging to the epithelium.
epitheliod - Resembling epithelium.
pancreatic - Of or involving the pancreas.
testicular - Of or involving the testes.
intestinal - Of or relating to or inside the intestines.
adjectival - Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
pronominal - Relating to pronouns.
scriptural - Written or relating to writing.
pentatonic - Relating to a pentatonic scale.
behavioral - Of or relating to behavior.
trabecular - Of or relating to trabeculae.
tympanitic - Of or relating to tympanites.
perceptual - Of or relating to the act of perceiving.
arteriolar - Of or relating to or involving arterioles.
orchestral - Relating to or composed for an orchestra.
operculate - Having an operculum.
metastatic - Relating to or affected by metastasis.
meteoritic - Of or relating to or caused by meteorites.
asteroidal - Of or relating to or resembling an asteroid.
thyrotoxic - Of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism.
volumetric - Of or relating to measurement by volume.
organismal - Of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole).
mutational - Of or relating to or resulting from mutation.
naturistic - In accord with naturism.
congeneric - Belonging to the same genus.
curatorial - Of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator.
epiphyseal - Relating to the epiphysis of a bone.
diaphyseal - Relating to the diaphysis of a bone.
theocratic - Of or relating to or being a theocracy.
sentential - Of or relating to a sentence.
futuristic - Of or relating to futurism.
lacustrine - Of or relating to or living near lakes.
liturgical - Of or relating to or in accord with liturgy.
locomotive - Of or relating to locomotion.
pharyngeal - Of or relating to the throat.
appetitive - Of or relating to appetite.
promissory - Relating to or having the character of a promise.
centennial - Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years.
capitalist - Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists.
peritoneal - Of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum.
contextual - Relating to or determined by or in context.
percussive - Involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments.
aneurysmal - Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
philatelic - Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists.
pleochroic - Of or relating to or having pleochroism.
congestive - Relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid.
sarcosomal - Of or relating to sarcosomes.
basophilic - Staining readily with basic dyes.
mesenteric - Of or relating to or located in a mesentery.
glomerular - Of or relating to glomeruli.
vestibular - Relating to the sense of equilibrium.
myocardial - Of or relating to the myocardium.
flagellate - Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).
microsomal - Of or relating to microsomes.
follicular - Of or relating to or constituting a follicle.
sapphirine - Made of or resembling sapphire.
katharobic - Of living being in an oxygenated environment lacking organic matter.
shouldered - Having shoulders or shoulders as specified.
monocarpic - Dying after bearing fruit only once.
aldermanic - Of or relating to or like an alderman.
prenuptial - Relating to events before a marriage.
biographic - Of or relating to or being biography.
bituminous - Resembling or containing bitumen.
bituminoid - Like bitumen.
cataleptic - Of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy.
concessive - Of or pertaining to concession.
cretaceous - Abounding in chalk.
cybernetic - Of or relating the principles of cybernetics.
endoscopic - Of or relating to endoscopy.
genealogic - Of or relating to genealogy.
greenhouse - Of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect.
gyroscopic - Having the characteristics of a gyroscope.
allopathic - Of or relating to the practice of allopathy.
megalithic - Of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths.
metacarpal - Of or relating to the metacarpus.
metatarsal - Of or relating to the metatarsus.
methylated - Having received a methyl group.
mesolithic - Of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic).
orthopedic - Of or relating to orthopedics.
parenteral - Located outside the alimentary tract.
patronymic - Of or derived from a personal or family name.
peninsular - Of or forming or resembling a peninsula.
polynomial - Having the character of a polynomial.
praetorian - Of or relating to a Roman praetor.
procedural - Of or relating to procedure.
propulsive - Having the power to propel.
pugilistic - Of or relating to pugilism or pugilists.
pyrogallic - Of or relating to pyrogallol.
regimental - Belonging to or concerning a regiment.
expiratory - Of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration.
rotational - Of or pertaining to rotation.
sabbatical - Of or relating to sabbatical leave.
saxicolous - Growing on or living among rocks.
schismatic - Of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism.
syphilitic - Of or relating to or infected with syphilis.
telephonic - Of or relating to telephony.
thermionic - Of or relating to or characteristic of thermions.
trihydroxy - Containing three hydroxyl groups.
uricosuric - Acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine.
vestmental - Of or relating to or resembling a vestment.
veterinary - Of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine.
ammoniated - Combined or treated with ammonia.
paniculate - Having a panicle.
phyllodial - Having a phyllode.
ossiferous - Containing bones (especially fossil bones).
absolutist - Pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism.
bryophytic - Relating to plants of the division Bryophyta.
bulbaceous - Producing or growing from bulbs.
subclavian - Situated beneath the clavicle.
ulcerative - Of or relating to or characterized by ulceration.
undulatory - Resembling waves in form or outline or motion.
nosohusial - Taking place related or acquired under home healthcare.
calibrated - Marked with or divided into degrees.
surmounted - Having something on top.
mercerized - Of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye.
saponified - Converted into soap.
annoyingly - In an annoying manner or to an annoying degree.
negatively - In a negative way.
alarmingly - In an alarming manner.
absolutely - Totally and definitely.
constantly - Without interruption.
everywhere - To or in any or all places.
fabulously - Exceedingly.
henceforth - From this time forth.
spiritedly - In a spirited or lively manner.
sportively - In a merry sportive manner.
frequently - Many times at short intervals.
reasonably - To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.
apparently - From appearances alone.
ultimately - As the end result of a succession or process.
biradially - In a biradial manner.
presumably - By reasonable assumption.
acceptably - In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner.
admiringly - With admiration.
dreadfully - Of a dreadful kind.
thoroughly - In an exhaustive manner.
indirectly - Not in a forthright manner.
previously - At an earlier time or formerly.
altogether - With everything included or counted.
clinically - In a clinical manner.
punctually - At the proper time.
accusingly - In an accusing manner.
affectedly - In an affected manner.
conversely - With the terms of the relation reversed.
dazzlingly - In a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder.
digitately - In a digitate manner.
marginally - In a marginal manner.
perilously - In a dangerous manner.
deplorably - In an unfortunate or deplorable manner.
cortically - With respect to the cortex.
throughout - From first to last.
peacefully - In a peaceful manner.
militarily - With respect to the military.
inevitably - In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
officially - In an official role.
physically - In accord with physical laws.
preferably - More readily or willingly.
regardless - In spite of everything.
ethnically - With respect to ethnicity.
reversibly - In a reversible manner.
scenically - With respect to stage scenery.
temporally - With regard to temporal order.
terminally - At the end.
atypically - In a manner that is not typical.
chemically - With respect to chemistry.
poetically - In a poetic manner.
personally - As a person.
infernally - Extremely.
viscerally - In the viscera.
cerebrally - In the brain.
mystically - In a mystical manner.
regionally - In a regional manner.
nationally - With regard to a nation taken as a whole.
culturally - With regard to a culture.
materially - With respect to material aspects.
surgically - In a surgical manner.
bannerlike - Like a banner.
feverishly - In a feverish manner.
gutturally - In a guttural manner.
imperially - In an imperial manner.
judicially - In a judicial manner.
hesitantly - With hesitation.
thereafter - From that time on.
originally - In an original manner.
completely - So as to be complete.
relatively - In a relative manner.
communally - By a group of people rather than an individual.
fecklessly - In a feckless manner.
carelessly - Without care or concern.
oppositely - In an opposite position.
contrarily - Contrary to expectations.
profoundly - To a great depth psychologically.
unsteadily - In an unsteady manner.
creatively - In a creative manner.
repeatedly - Several time.
gracefully - In a graceful manner.
vigorously - With vigor.
distinctly - Clear to the mind.
positively - Extremely.
impeccably - Flawlessly.
rationally - In a rational manner.
critically - In a critical manner.
informally - Without formality.
tranquilly - Without emotional agitation.
studiously - In a studious manner.
mercifully - In a compassionate manner.
stealthily - In a stealthy manner.
thievishly - In a manner characteristic of a thief.
strikingly - In a striking manner.
graciously - In a gracious or graceful manner.
mistakenly - In a mistaken manner.
childishly - In a childlike manner.
needlessly - Without need.
improperly - In an improper way.
enormously - Extremely.
concretely - In concrete terms.
abstractly - In abstract terms.
stubbornly - In a stubborn unregenerate manner.
fearlessly - Without fear.
thankfully - Let us be thankful that.
hopelessly - Without hope.
reportedly - According to reports or other information.
spitefully - With spite.
accurately - With few mistakes.
charitably - In a charitable manner.
sluggishly - In a sluggish manner.
trustfully - In a trustful manner.
restlessly - In a restless manner.
binaurally - In a binaural manner.
monaurally - In a monaural manner.
helplessly - In a helpless manner.
habitually - According to habit or custom.
abundantly - In an abundant manner.
moderately - With moderation.
inexorably - In an inexorable manner.
impolitely - In an impolite manner.
pleasantly - In an enjoyable manner.
laughingly - With laughter.
twirlingly - Doing twirls.
rightfully - By right.
faithfully - In a faithful manner.
infinitely - Continuing forever without end.
rigorously - In a rigorous manner.
boastfully - In a boastful manner.
abnormally - In an abnormal manner.
exultantly - In an exultant manner.
sedulously - In a sedulous manner.
cheerfully - In a cheerful manner.
flawlessly - In an adroit manner.
obligingly - In accommodation.
unerringly - Without making errors.
charmingly - In a charming manner.
tragically - In a tragic manner.
immodestly - Without modesty.
frowningly - With a frown.
lopsidedly - In a crooked lopsided manner.
resolutely - Showing firm determination or purpose.
believably - In a believable manner.
indecently - In an indecent manner.
perversely - Deliberately deviant.
peculiarly - Uniquely or characteristically.
internally - On or from the inside.
externally - On or from the outside.
enduringly - In an enduring manner.
unlawfully - Not conforming to the law.
animatedly - In an animated manner.
abortively - In an unfruitful manner.
abstrusely - In a manner difficult to understand.
anteriorly - In an anterior direction.
arrogantly - In an arrogant manner.
seasonably - At an opportune time.
blissfully - In a blissful manner.
barefooted - Without shoes on.
becomingly - In a becoming manner.
biennially - Every two years.
biannually - Twice a year.
captiously - In a captious, carping manner.
cautiously - As if with kid gloves.
churlishly - In a churlish manner.
circularly - In a circular manner.
clannishly - In a clannish manner.
coherently - In a coherent manner.
compatibly - With compatibility.
succinctly - With concise and precise brevity.
criminally - In violation of the law.
confusedly - In a confused manner.
incredibly - Not easy to believe.
dauntingly - To a degree or in a manner that daunts.
decisively - In an indisputable degree.
dejectedly - In a dejected manner.
impossibly - To a degree impossible of achievement.
derisively - In a disrespectful and mocking manner.
deservedly - As deserved.
devilishly - In a playfully devilish manner.
crushingly - In a crushing manner.
decorously - In a proper and decorous manner.
delusively - In a deceptive and unrealistic manner.
desolately - In grief-stricken loneliness.
despicably - In a despicable manner.
detestably - In an offensive and hateful manner.
harmlessly - In a harmless manner.
diagonally - In a diagonal manner.
diligently - With diligence.
disloyally - Without loyalty.
obediently - In an obedient manner.
doubtfully - In a doubtful manner.
droopingly - In a drooping manner.
effusively - In an effusive manner.
eloquently - With eloquence.
excitingly - In an exciting manner.
familiarly - In an intimately familiar manner.
fancifully - In a fanciful manner.
farcically - In a farcical manner.
fearsomely - In a fearsome manner.
flagrantly - In a flagrant manner.
inflexibly - In an inflexible manner.
flippantly - In a flippant manner.
forcefully - With full force.
formidably - In a formidable manner.
formlessly - In a formless manner.
frenziedly - In a frenzied manner.
gloatingly - In a gloating manner.
gloriously - Blessedly or wonderfully.
gorgeously - In an impressively beautiful manner.
grievously - In a grievous manner.
grudgingly - In a grudging manner.
gruesomely - In a gruesome manner.
handsomely - In a generously handsome manner.
recklessly - In a reckless manner.
heroically - In a heroic manner.
insolently - In an insolent manner.
vertically - In a vertical direction.
hospitably - In a hospitable manner.
inhumanely - In an inhumane manner.
humorously - In a humorous manner.
ignorantly - In ignorance.
penitently - Showing remorse.
implicitly - Without ever expressing so clearly.
explicitly - In an explicit manner.
adequately - In an adequate manner or to an adequate degree.
incisively - In an incisive manner.
comparably - In a comparable manner or to a comparable degree.
discreetly - With discretion.
indolently - In an indolent manner.
inherently - In an inherent manner.
inimitably - In an unreproducible manner.
innocently - In a naively innocent manner.
insatiably - In an insatiable manner.
insecurely - In a manner involving risk.
tolerantly - In a tolerant manner.
invincibly - In an invincible manner.
ironically - In an ironic manner.
immaturely - In an immature manner.
lengthways - In the direction of the length.
lifelessly - In a lifeless manner.
lukewarmly - In an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner.
manageably - So as to be manageable.
unmanfully - Without qualities thought to befit a man.
listlessly - In a listless manner.
lusciously - So as to produce a delightful taste.
maniacally - In a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree.
maternally - In a maternal manner.
measurably - To a measurable degree.
menacingly - In a menacing manner.
truthfully - With truth.
metrically - With regard to meter.
mindlessly - In an unreasonably senseless manner.
mournfully - In a mournful manner.
optionally - In an optional manner.
parentally - In a parental manner.
paternally - In a paternal manner.
piercingly - Extremely and sharply.
pleasingly - In a pleasing manner.
ploddingly - In a plodding manner.
powerfully - In a powerful manner.
pressingly - In a pressing manner.
priggishly - In a priggish manner.
wastefully - To a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.
pruriently - In a prurient manner.
punitively - In a punishing manner.
rebukingly - In the manner of someone delivering a rebuke.
relevantly - With relevance.
reservedly - With reserve.
resignedly - With resignation and acceptance.
reticently - With reticence.
sonorously - In a sonorous manner.
ruthlessly - In a ruthless manner.
scathingly - In a scathing and unsparing manner.
seasonally - Depending on the season.
sensuously - With aesthetic gratification or delight.
sheepishly - In a sheepish manner.
shockingly - So as to shock the feelings.
sidesaddle - On or as if on a sidesaddle.
singularly - In a singular manner or to a singular degree.
skillfully - With skill.
skittishly - In a skittish manner.
slantingly - With a slant.
snappishly - In an ill-natured and snappish manner.
sneakingly - In a sneaky manner.
sneeringly - With a sneer.
snobbishly - In a snobbish manner.
unsociably - In an unsociable manner.
solitarily - In solitude.
soothingly - In a soothing manner.
soullessly - In a soulless manner.
speciously - In a specious manner.
sportingly - So as to be sporting.
spotlessly - In a spotless manner.
spuriously - In a false and spurious manner.
stirringly - In a stirring manner.
thereabout - Near that place.
thereunder - Under that.
stridently - In a strident manner.
sweepingly - In a sweeping manner.
tactlessly - Without tact.
tactically - With regard to tactics.
tastefully - With taste.
tauntingly - In a playfully teasing manner.
timorously - In a timorous and trepid manner.
tonelessly - In a monotone.
tortuously - In a tortuous manner.
tropically - In a tropical manner.
tutorially - By tutorials.
unarguably - In an unarguable and undisputed manner.
unbearably - To an unbearable degree.
uncommonly - Exceptionally.
unwontedly - In an unusual manner.
unctuously - In an unctuous manner.
undeniably - To an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner.
underneath - Under or below an object or a surface.
unworthily - In an unworthy manner.
uxoriously - In a loving and uxorious manner.
vehemently - In a vehement manner.
vigilantly - In a watchful manner.
virulently - In a virulent manner.
vulnerably - In a vulnerable manner.
worryingly - In a manner to cause worry.
wrathfully - In a wrathful manner.
wretchedly - In a wretched manner.
youthfully - In a youthful manner.
conjugally - In a conjugal manner.
imminently - In an imminent manner.
integrally - In an integral manner.
shrewishly - In a shrewish manner.
tunelessly - In a tuneless fashion.
measuredly - In a deliberate unhurried manner.
loweringly - In a menacing or scowling way.
painlessly - Without pain.
soughingly - With a soft sound.
nebulously - In a nebulous and indefinite manner.
draggingly - In a dragging manner.
erotically - In an erotic manner.
ulteriorly - In an ulterior manner.
wrongfully - In an unjust or unfair manner.
insufflate - Blow or breathe hard on or into.
desquamate - Peel off in scales.
fibrillate - Make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements.
chloroform - Anesthetize with chloroform.
invigorate - Impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
bellylaugh - Laugh a deep, hearty laugh.
cachinnate - Laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way.
underdress - Dress without sufficient warmth.
inseminate - Introduce semen into (a female).
impregnate - Make pregnant.
defeminize - Remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats).
emasculate - Remove the testicles of a male animal.
menstruate - Undergo menstruation.
constipate - Cause to be constipated.
manipulate - Treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed.
administer - Give or apply (medications).
digitalize - Administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects.
intoxicate - Have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug.
chlorinate - Disinfect with chlorine.
traumatize - Inflict a trauma upon.
recuperate - Get over an illness or shock.
rejuvenate - Become young again.
generalize - Become systemic and spread throughout the body.
refracture - Break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way.
caramelize - Convert to caramel.
sensualize - Debase through carnal gratification.
alkalinize - Make (a substance) alkaline.
allegorize - Make into an allegory.
secularize - Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation.
alcoholize - Make alcoholic, as by fermenting.
conglobate - Assume a globular shape.
proportion - Adjust in size relative to other things.
accumulate - Collect or gather.
assimilate - Become similar to one's environment.
capitalize - Convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital.
revitalize - Give new life or vigor to.
devitalize - Sap of life or energy.
exenterate - Remove the contents of (an organ).
fluoridate - Subject to fluoridation.
camphorate - Treat with camphor.
interleave - Intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations.
biodegrade - Break down naturally through the action of biological agents.
inactivate - Make inactive.
deactivate - Remove from active military status or reassign.
reactivate - Activate (an old file) anew.
disembowel - Remove the entrails of.
bowdlerize - Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
dissociate - To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms.
lyophilize - To dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum.
dehumidify - Make less humid.
strengthen - Gain strength.
potentiate - Increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon).
benficiate - Subject to a reduction process.
catabolize - Subject to catabolism.
abbreviate - Shorten.
effloresce - Become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation.
polymerize - Undergo polymerization.
immobilize - Cause to be unable to move.
regularize - Make regular or more regular.
straighten - Make straight or straighter.
disarrange - Disturb the arrangement of.
polychrome - Color with many colors.
complexion - Give a certain color to.
floodlight - Illuminate with floodlights.
habilitate - Qualify for teaching at a university in Europe.
capacitate - Make capable.
disqualify - Make unfit or unsuitable.
bottleneck - Become narrow, like a bottleneck.
obliterate - Remove completely from recognition or memory.
depreciate - Lose in value.
appreciate - Increase the value of.
slenderize - Make slender or appear to be slender.
trifurcate - Divide into three.
anticipate - Be a forerunner of or occur earlier than.
recommence - Begin again.
inaugurate - Be a precursor of.
predecease - Die before.
pasteurize - Heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms.
syncretize - Unite (beliefs or conflicting principles).
deliquesce - Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
incinerate - Become reduced to ashes.
evangelize - Convert to Christianity.
complicate - Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
complexify - Make complex.
pressurize - Increase the pressure in or of.
centralize - Make central.
bestialize - Make brutal and depraved.
naturalize - Make into a citizen.
expatriate - Move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad.
homologize - Make homologous.
specialize - Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study.
accelerate - Move faster.
decelerate - Reduce the speed of.
invalidate - Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
complement - Make complete or perfect.
homogenize - Cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing.
lysogenize - Become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium).
neutralize - Make chemically neutral.
extinguish - Terminate, end, or take out.
overrefine - Refine too much or with excess of subtlety.
dehumanize - Make mechanical or routine.
automatize - Make automatic or control or operate automatically.
demonetize - Deprive of value for payment.
quarantine - Place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons.
preisolate - Isolate beforehand.
federalize - Put under the control and authority of a federal government.
stigmatize - Mark with a stigma or stigmata.
background - Understate the importance or quality of.
foreground - Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.
bituminize - Treat with bitumen.
facilitate - Make easier.
classicize - Make classic or classical.
decimalize - Change to the decimal system.
depopulate - Reduce in population.
desalinate - Remove salt from.
politicize - Give a political character to.
radicalize - Make more radical in social or political outlook.
unscramble - Make intelligible.
assibilate - Change into a sibilant.
transition - Make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another).
concretize - Become specific.
volatilize - Make volatile.
uniformize - Make uniform.
symmetrize - Make symmetric.
transcribe - Convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA.
saccharify - Convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate.
gelatinize - Convert into gelatinous form or jelly.
schematize - Give conventional form to.
plasticize - Make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer.
defervesce - Experience an abatement of a fever.
incandesce - Become incandescent or glow with heat.
depolarize - Eliminate the polarization of.
keratinize - Become horny and impregnated with keratin.
militarize - Adopt for military use.
popularize - Make understandable to the general public.
unsanctify - Remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified.
vesiculate - Cause to become vesicular or full of air cells.
deflagrate - Burn with great heat and intense light.
mineralize - Transform (a metal) into an ore.
understand - Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.
sympathize - Be understanding of.
apprentice - Be or work as an apprentice.
housebreak - Train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house.
roughhouse - Engage in rough or disorderly play.
understudy - Be an understudy or alternate for a role.
demoralize - Confuse or put into disorder.
literalize - Make literal.
brainstorm - Try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it.
theologize - Make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects.
introspect - Reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings.
synthesize - Combine so as to form a more complex, product.
reconsider - Consider again.
reclassify - Classify anew, change the previous classification.
pigeonhole - Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype.
categorize - Place into or assign to a category.
prioritize - Assign a priority to.
severalize - Distinguish or separate.
disapprove - Consider bad or wrong.
predispose - Make susceptible.
reappraise - Appraise anew.
misbelieve - Hold a false or unorthodox belief.
disbelieve - Reject as false.
relativize - Consider or treat as relative.
disrespect - Have little or no respect for.
undervalue - Esteem lightly.
initialize - Assign an initial value to a computer program.
predestine - Foreordain or determine beforehand.
coconspire - Conspire together.
mastermind - Plan and direct (a complex undertaking).
presuppose - Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition.
overburden - Burden with too much work or responsibility.
featherbed - Hire more workers than are necessary.
apostatize - Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.
supplicate - Ask humbly (for something).
propitiate - Make peace with.
reschedule - Assign a new time and place for an event.
bastardize - Declare a child to be illegitimate.
contradict - Deny the truth of.
animadvert - Express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark.
masquerade - Pretend to be someone or something that you are not.
trivialize - Make trivial or insignificant.
understate - Represent as less significant or important.
caricature - Represent in or produce a caricature of.
overpraise - Praise excessively.
promulgate - Put a law into effect by formal declaration.
consecrate - Render holy by means of religious rites.
reacquaint - Familiarize anew.
compliment - Say something to someone that expresses praise.
rededicate - Dedicate anew.
underwrite - Guarantee financial support of.
vociferate - Utter in a very loud voice.
rhapsodize - Say (something) with great enthusiasm.
vaticinate - Foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy.
commentate - Serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting.
palatalize - Pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate.
paraphrase - Express the same message in different words.
lexicalize - Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language.
sportscast - Broadcast a sports event.
instrument - Address a legal document to.
photograph - Record on photographic film.
correspond - Exchange messages.
topicalize - Emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence.
underscore - Give extra weight to (a communication).
underquote - Quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller).
compromise - Settle by concession.
heliograph - Signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays.
demobilize - Retire from military service.
blitzkrieg - Fight a quick and surprising war.
outgeneral - Surpass in generalship.
capitulate - Surrender under agreed conditions.
sharpshoot - Aim and shoot with great precision.
undershoot - Shoot short of or below (a target).
overstrain - Strain excessively.
gluttonize - Eat a lot and without restraint.
breastfeed - Give suck to.
bottlefeed - Feed (infants) with a bottle.
metabolize - Produce by metabolism.
circumcise - Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys.
shrinkwrap - Wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling.
anastomose - Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis.
backstitch - Do backstitches.
tessellate - Tile with tesserae.
demodulate - Extract information from a modulated carrier wave.
waterproof - Make watertight.
disconnect - Make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten.
channelize - Cause to form a channel.
aerosolize - Disperse as an aerosol.
blackberry - Pick or gather blackberries.
decompress - Restore to its uncompressed form.
prizefight - Box for a prize or money.
mongrelize - Cause to become a mongrel.
crossbreed - Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
masturbate - Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation.
misdeliver - Deliver to the wrong address.
sulfurette - Combine with sulfur.
commandeer - Take arbitrarily or by force.
reposition - Place into another position.
mudwrestle - Wrestle in mud.
invaginate - Fold inwards.
autotomize - Cause a body part to undergo autotomy.
intertwine - Spin,wind, or twist together.
transplant - Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient.
houseclean - Clean and tidy up the house.
decapitate - Cut the head of.
guillotine - Kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine.
divaricate - Spread apart.
macadamize - Surface with macadam.
spatchcock - Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story.
prearrange - Arrange beforehand.
cantilever - Construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed.
reassemble - Assemble once again, after taking something apart.
dilapidate - Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse.
illustrate - Supply with illustrations.
redecorate - Redo the decoration of an apartment or house.
silhouette - Represent by a silhouette.
illuminate - Add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts).
streamline - Contour economically or efficiently.
stenograph - Write in shorthand.
calligraph - Write beautifully and ornamentally.
hectograph - Copy on a duplicator.
mimeograph - Print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph.
crosshatch - Shade with multiple crossing lines.
alliterate - Use alliteration as a form of poetry.
cinematize - Make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film.
grandstand - Perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause.
concertize - Give concerts.
symphonize - Play or sound together, in harmony.
triplicate - Reproduce threefold.
cyclostyle - Print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil.
lithograph - Make by lithography.
silkscreen - Print by silkscreen.
prepossess - Make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand.
intimidate - Make timid or fearful.
disappoint - Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.
ingratiate - Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts.
antagonize - Provoke the hostility of.
exhilarate - Fill with sublime emotion.
dissatisfy - Fail to satisfy.
discontent - Make dissatisfied.
disenchant - Free from enchantment.
discourage - Deprive of courage or hope.
dishearten - Take away the enthusiasm of.
exacerbate - Exasperate or irritate.
disgruntle - Put into a bad mood or into bad humour.
somersault - Do a somersault.
infiltrate - Pass through an enemy line.
automobile - Travel in an automobile.
skateboard - Ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom.
hydroplane - Glide on the water in a hydroplane.
snowmobile - Ride a snowmobile.
backstroke - Swim on one's back.
transgress - Pass beyond (limits or boundaries).
congregate - Come together, usually for a purpose.
centrifuge - Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.
retransmit - Transmit again.
circumfuse - Spread something around something.
concertina - Collapse like a concertina.
jackrabbit - Go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement.
lateralize - Move or displace to one side so as to make lateral.
apperceive - Perceive in terms of a past experience.
chiromance - Divine by reading someone's palms.
experience - Go through (mental or physical states or experiences).
overexpose - Expose excessively.
eyewitness - Be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes.
auscultate - Examine by auscultation.
rubberneck - Strain to watch.
rediscover - Discover again.
overshadow - Cast a shadow upon.
camouflage - Disguise by camouflaging.
stridulate - Make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures.
distribute - Give to several people.
monopolize - Have or exploit a monopoly of.
compensate - Make payment to.
substitute - Put in the place of another.
underspend - Spend at less than the normal rate.
plagiarize - Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech.
plastinate - Preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes.
contribute - Contribute to some cause.
dispossess - Deprive of the possession of real estate.
disinherit - Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting.
impoverish - Make poor.
overcharge - Rip off.
understock - Stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity.
supplement - Add as a supplement to what seems insufficient.
vitaminize - Add vitamins as a supplement.
delocalize - Remove from the proper or usual locality.
fraternize - Be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy.
baronetize - Confer baronetcy upon.
reorganize - Organize anew.
boondoggle - Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
scrimshank - British military language: avoid work.
filibuster - Obstruct deliberately by delaying.
liberalize - Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules.
consociate - Bring or come into association or action.
commission - Charge with a task.
rendezvous - Meet at a rendezvous.
intermarry - Marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group.
emancipate - Give equal rights to.
repatriate - Admit back into the country.
declassify - Lift the restriction on and make available again.
derestrict - Make free from restrictions.
thermostat - Control the temperature with a thermostat.
deregulate - Lift the regulations on.
condescend - Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.
experiment - To conduct a test or investigation.
counteract - Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.
discipline - Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.
prostitute - Sell one's body.
burglarize - Commit a burglary.
perpetrate - Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
decolonize - Grant independence to (a former colony).
invigilate - Watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating).
constitute - Form or compose.
flocculate - Form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass.
perpetuate - Cause to continue or prevail.
disinvolve - Free from involvement or entanglement.
motivation - The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal.
possession - Anything owned or possessed.
phenomenon - Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning.
alienation - The action of alienating.
exhumation - The act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried.
propulsion - The act of propelling.
attainment - Arrival at a new stage.
appearance - The act of appearing in public view.
apparition - An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly.
withdrawal - The act of withdrawing.
effacement - Withdrawing into the background.
retirement - Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation.
evacuation - The act of evacuating.
decampment - Breaking camp.
emigration - Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).
reshipment - The act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship).
recidivism - Habitual relapse into crime.
distortion - The mistake of misrepresenting the facts.
obtainment - The act of obtaining.
annexation - The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation.
redemption - The act of purchasing back something previously sold.
acceptance - The act of taking something that is offered.
succession - Acquisition of property by descent or by will.
assumption - The act of taking possession of or power over something.
preemption - A prior appropriation of something.
usurpation - Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority).
occupation - The act of occupying or taking possession of a building.
lifesaving - Saving the lives of drowning persons.
absolution - The act of absolving or remitting.
indulgence - The remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution.
conversion - A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life.
reparation - Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong.
liberation - The act of liberating someone or something.
invocation - The act of appealing for help.
automation - The act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology.
depression - Pushing down.
impression - The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another.
rumination - Regurgitation of small amounts of food.
forwarding - The act of sending on to another destination.
backhander - A backhanded blow.
roundhouse - A hook delivered with an exaggerated swing.
comparison - The act of examining resemblances.
tightening - The act of making something tighter.
resolution - Finding a solution to a problem.
validation - The act of validating.
compulsion - Using force to cause something to occur.
inducement - Act of bringing about a desired result.
corruption - Inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony).
enticement - The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.
coloration - Choice and use of colors (as by an artist).
nomination - The act of officially naming a candidate.
assignment - The act of distributing something to designated places or persons.
allocation - (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions.
ordination - The act of ordaining.
reelection - Election again.
plebiscite - A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance.
referendum - A legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate.
filtration - The act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter.
adaptation - (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light).
switcheroo - A sudden unexpected switch.
preferment - The act of preferring.
investment - The ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office.
alteration - The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment).
modulation - The act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect).
resistance - The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with.
abnegation - Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
banishment - Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone.
disbarment - The act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law.
relegation - Mild banishment.
deposition - The act of deposing someone.
suspension - A temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc).
completion - A concluding action.
graduation - The successful completion of a program of study.
subversion - The act of subverting.
decimation - Destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot).
euthanasia - The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness).
mariticide - The murder of a husband by his wife.
fratricide - The murder of your sibling.
carjacking - The violent theft of an occupied car.
immolation - Killing or offering as a sacrifice.
extinction - The act of extinguishing.
aborticide - The act of destroying a fetus.
abrogation - The act of abrogating.
derogation - (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law.
regression - Returning to a former state.
activation - Making active and effective (as a bomb).
icebreaker - A beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere.
initiation - The act of starting something for the first time.
authorship - The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing.
resumption - Beginning again.
barbecuing - Roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire.
sweetening - The act of adding a sweetener to food.
broadening - The action of making broader.
sanitation - Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing.
depilation - The act of removing hair (as from an animal skin).
correction - The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake.
recompense - The act of compensating for service or loss or injury.
perfection - The act of making something perfect.
decoration - The act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive).
figuration - Decorating with a design.
titivation - Sprucing up.
enrichment - Act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding.
renovation - The act of improving by renewing and restoring.
reassembly - Assembling again.
rebuilding - Building again.
engagement - Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time.
etiolation - (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight.
blackening - Changing to a darker color.
submersion - The act of wetting something by submerging it.
moistening - The act of making something slightly wet.
locomotion - Self-propelled movement.
ambulation - Walking about.
routemarch - A long training march for troops.
procession - The group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation.
ecotourism - Tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature.
acrobatics - The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft.
ballooning - Flying in a balloon.
overflight - A flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory).
splashdown - A landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight.
expedition - A journey organized for a particular purpose.
digression - Wandering from the main path of a journey.
pilgrimage - A journey to a sacred place.
connection - Shifting from one form of transportation to another.
encasement - The act of enclosing something in a case.
levitation - The act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means.
reordering - A rearrangement in a different order.
retraction - The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back.
supination - Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward.
moderation - The action of lessening in severity or intensity.
palliation - Easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause.
exhaustion - The act of exhausting something entirely.
condensing - The act of increasing the density of something.
expression - The act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing.
shortening - Act of decreasing in length.
distention - The act of expanding by pressure from within.
stretching - Act of expanding by lengthening or widening.
escalation - An increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy.
dispersion - The act of dispersing or diffusing something.
truncation - The act of cutting short.
vaginismus - Muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close.
annotation - The act of adding notes.
repositing - Depositing in a warehouse.
refocusing - Focusing again.
detonation - The act of detonating an explosive.
percussion - The act of exploding a percussion cap.
attachment - The act of attaching or affixing something.
confluence - A flowing together.
temperance - The act of tempering.
homecoming - An annual school or university reunion for graduates.
separation - The act of dividing or disconnecting.
quartering - Dividing into four equal parts.
dissection - Cutting so as to separate into pieces.
detachment - The act of releasing from an attachment or connection.
laceration - The act of lacerating.
derivation - The act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin.
abscission - The act of cutting something off.
extraction - The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force).
denudation - The removal of covering.
expunction - Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.
saturation - The act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid.
impairment - Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality.
defacement - The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.
contortion - The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself).
angulation - The act of making angulate (having corners).
elongation - The act of lengthening something.
involution - The action of enfolding something.
protrusion - The act of projecting out from something.
consuetude - A custom or usage that has acquired the force of law.
harassment - The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism.
repression - The act of repressing.
impalement - The act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture.
oppression - The act of subjugating by cruelty.
gymnastics - A sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility.
handspring - An acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again.
snorkeling - Skin diving with a snorkel.
candlepins - A bowling game using slender bowling pins.
goalkeeper - The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.
tetherball - A game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole.
volleyball - A game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands.
battledore - An ancient racket game.
basketball - A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players.
jackstraws - A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others.
backgammon - A board game for two players.
parimutuel - Betting where winners share the total amount wagered.
superfecta - A bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order.
buffoonery - Acting like a clown or buffoon.
pleasantry - An agreeable or amusing remark.
eisteddfod - Any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing).
exhibition - The act of exhibiting.
production - (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law.
tarantella - A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons.
intonation - The production of musical tones (by voice or instrument).
coloratura - Singing with florid ornamentation.
liveliness - General activity and motion.
disruption - The act of causing disorder.
crosscheck - An illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick).
sidestroke - A swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick.
laundering - Washing clothes and bed linens.
employment - The occupation for which you are paid.
baronetage - The state of a baronet.
chaplaincy - The position of chaplain.
consulship - The post of consul.
editorship - The position of editor.
fatherhood - The status of a father.
incumbency - The office of an incumbent.
internship - The position of a medical intern.
magistracy - The position of magistrate.
mastership - The position of master.
pastorship - The position of pastor.
prefecture - The office of prefect.
presidency - The office and function of president.
rectorship - The office or station of a rector.
viziership - The position of vizier.
wardenship - The position of warden.
wardership - The position of warder.
furnishing - The act of decorating a house or room.
profession - An occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences).
literature - The profession or art of a writer.
journalism - The profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media.
shoemaking - The shoemaker's trade.
weightlift - Bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights.
isometrics - Muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change).
empiricism - The application of empirical methods in any art or science.
microscopy - Research with the use of microscopes.
celioscopy - Endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall.
culdoscopy - Endoscopic examination of a woman's pelvic organs by the insertion of a culdoscope through the vagina.
gonioscopy - An examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea.
rhinoscopy - Examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx).
urinalysis - (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis).
acidimetry - Volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present.
lighterage - The transportation of goods on a lighter.
visitation - An official visit for inspection or supervision.
tabulation - The act of putting into tabular form.
incubation - Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development.
effleurage - A rhythmic stroking.
petrissage - Massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed.
tapotement - Massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand.
medication - The act of treating with medicines or remedies.
nurturance - Physical and emotional care and nourishment.
amputation - A surgical removal of all or part of a limb.
autoplasty - Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body.
castration - Surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men).
craniotomy - A surgical opening through the skull.
enervation - Surgical removal of a nerve.
hemostasis - Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat).
iridectomy - An eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye.
keratotomy - Surgical incision into the cornea.
vitrectomy - A surgical procedure that removes the vitreous humor and replace it with saline solution.
episiotomy - Surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth.
laparotomy - Surgical incision into the abdominal wall.
lumpectomy - Surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes.
mastectomy - Surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor.
neurectomy - Surgical removal of all or part of a nerve.
septectomy - Surgical removal of all or part of a septum (especially the nasal septum or atrial septum).
orchiopexy - Operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
sclerotomy - Surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye.
strabotomy - The surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus.
irrigation - (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution.
nephrotomy - Incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone).
naprapathy - A drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues.
orthoptics - Treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles).
osteopathy - Therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles.
homeopathy - A method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated.
hydropathy - The internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease.
fumigation - The application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it.
handicraft - A craft that requires skillful hands.
vulvectomy - Surgical removal of part or all of the vulva.
plastering - The application of plaster.
linebacker - (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage.
secondment - The detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere.
wrongdoing - Activity that transgresses moral or civil law.
ruffianism - Violent lawless behavior.
paraphilia - Abnormal sexual activity.
pedophilia - A sexual attraction to children.
negligence - Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
perversion - The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use).
infliction - An act causing pain or damage.
profligacy - Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
dishonesty - Lack of honesty.
plagiarism - The act of plagiarizing.
cybercrime - Crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs.
kidnapping - (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.
plunderage - The act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard).
pyramiding - A fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated.
protection - Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence.
enterprise - A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness).
speleology - The pastime of exploring caves.
indexation - A system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation.
limitation - An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation).
hammerlock - A wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back.
navigation - The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place.
embalmment - Preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals.
precaution - A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc..
insulation - The act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity.
babbitting - Lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal.
exhalation - The act of expelling air from the lungs.
inhalation - The act of inhaling.
coprophagy - Eating feces.
aerophagia - Swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence).
scatophagy - The eating of excrement or other filth.
conception - The act of becoming pregnant.
generation - The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production.
biogenesis - The production of living organisms from other living organisms.
inbreeding - The act of mating closely related individuals.
lesbianism - Female homosexuality.
bestiality - Sexual activity between a person and an animal.
automatism - Any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy).
geotropism - An orienting response to gravity.
chemotaxis - Movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus.
quadrature - The construction of a square having the same area as some other figure.
relaxation - A method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount.
evaluation - Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of.
succussion - Shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity.
inspection - A formal or official examination.
monitoring - The act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it).
stargazing - Observation of the stars.
lipreading - Perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips.
coursework - Work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study.
catechesis - Oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation).
retraining - Training for a new occupation.
simulation - The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training).
sonography - Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram).
radioscopy - (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation.
xerography - Forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate.
venography - Roentgenographic examination of veins.
crocheting - Creating a garment of needlework.
needlework - Work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle.
autosexing - (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching.
beekeeping - The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey.
rainmaking - Activity intended to produce rain.
confection - The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components.
lamination - Bonding thin sheets together.
affixation - Formation of a word by means of an affix.
embodiment - Giving concrete form to an abstract concept.
gastronomy - The art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food.
pyrography - The act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame.
watercolor - The art or technique of painting with watercolors.
serigraphy - The act of making a print by the silkscreen method.
excavation - The act of digging.
petroglyph - A carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people).
ransacking - A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion).
technology - The practical application of science to commerce or industry.
revolution - The overthrow of a government by those who are governed.
insurgency - An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.
aggression - Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked.
anemometry - Measuring wind speed and direction.
audiometry - Measuring sensitivity of hearing.
bathymetry - Measuring the depths of the oceans.
adjustment - The act of adjusting something to match a standard.
hydrometry - The measurement of specific gravity.
hypsometry - Measurement of the elevation of land above sea level.
micrometry - Measuring with a micrometer.
pelvimetry - Measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible).
photometry - Measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity).
divergence - The act of moving away in different direction from a common point.
spirometry - The use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity.
collection - The act of gathering something together.
conchology - The collection and study of mollusc shells.
repetition - The act of doing or performing again.
redundancy - Repetition of an act needlessly.
stiffening - The act of becoming stiff.
recusation - (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties.
confession - (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution.
bardolatry - The idolization of William Shakespeare.
iconolatry - The worship of sacred images.
verbolatry - The worship of words.
symbolatry - The worship of symbols.
gyneolatry - The worship of women.
lordolatry - The worship of a lord because of his rank or title.
astrolatry - The worship of planets or stars.
cosmolatry - The worship of the cosmos.
diabolatry - The acts or rites of worshiping devils.
hagiolatry - The worship of saints.
heliolatry - The worship of the sun.
ophiolatry - The worship of snakes.
healthcare - The preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession.
purveyance - The act of supplying something.
subvention - The act or process of providing aid or help of any sort.
inactivity - Being inactive.
hesitation - The act of pausing uncertainly.
quiescence - Quiet and inactive restfulness.
vegetation - Inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life.
abstinence - Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite.
asceticism - Rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint.
inhibition - (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires.
antagonism - (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
deterrence - The act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety.
prevention - The act of preventing.
generosity - Acting generously.
accordance - The act of granting rights.
typography - The craft of composing type and printing from it.
operations - Financial transactions at a brokerage.
conveyance - Act of transferring property title from one person to another.
logrolling - Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain.
gunrunning - The smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally.
viscometry - The measurement of viscosity.
upholstery - The craft of upholstering.
prepayment - Payment in advance.
government - The act of governing.
winemaking - The craft and science of growing grapes and making wine.
imposition - The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo).
domination - Social control by dominating.
providence - The guardianship and control exercised by a deity.
management - The act of managing something.
conducting - The direction of an orchestra or choir.
homemaking - The management of a household.
misconduct - Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf.
delegating - Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
devolution - The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
toleration - Official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion).
deployment - The distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work.
groundwork - Preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation.
scheduling - Setting an order and time for planned events.
turnaround - Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip.
constraint - The act of constraining.
starvation - The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine.
federation - The act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs.
outfitting - The act of renovating and fitting out a ship.
rearmament - The act of arming again.
punishment - The act of punishing.
commitment - The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital).
submission - The act of submitting.
proceeding - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
bankruptcy - A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent.
litigation - A legal proceeding in a court.
conviction - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed.
entrapment - A defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials.
conformity - Acting according to certain accepted standards.
enlistment - The act of enlisting (as in a military service).
disservice - An act intended to help that turns out badly.
insistence - The act of insisting on something.
sustenance - The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
admiration - A favorable judgment.
detraction - The act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander).
indelicacy - An impolite act or expression.
endearment - The act of showing affection.
politeness - The act of showing regard for others.
convention - The act of convening.
attendance - The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.).
incurrence - The act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable).
neutrality - Nonparticipation in a dispute or war.
unsnarling - The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
remarriage - The act of marrying again.
demolition - The act of demolishing.
spoliation - (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence.
emendation - A correction by emending.
leadership - The activity of leading.
precession - The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).
population - The act of populating (causing to live in a place).
revocation - The act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done.
excitation - Something that agitates and arouses.
incitation - An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating.
homeotherm - An animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature.
animalcule - Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium.
pleurodont - An animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets.
monohybrid - A hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas).
adenovirus - Any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye.
arenavirus - Animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae.
bunyavirus - An animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae.
alphavirus - An arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses.
flavivirus - Animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae.
retrovirus - Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA).
poliovirus - The virus causing poliomyelitis.
rhinovirus - Any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections.
lyssavirus - A neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies.
parvovirus - Any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle.
methanogen - Archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane.
eubacteria - A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls.
gonococcus - The pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea.
klebsiella - A genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria.
salmonella - Rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria.
rickettsia - Any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts.
mycoplasma - Any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen.
spirochete - Parasitic or free-living bacteria.
leptospira - Important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever.
protoctist - Any of the unicellular protists.
infusorian - Any member of the subclass Infusoria.
paramecium - Any member of the genus Paramecium.
vorticella - Any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
phycobilin - Water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria.
prokaryote - A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei.
peridinian - Flagellate with a thick test composed of plates.
sporozoite - One of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle.
plasmodium - Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.
silverfish - A silvery variety of Carassius auratus.
catostomid - A cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae.
cornetfish - Slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales.
shrimpfish - Slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates.
blastocoel - The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.
blastoderm - A layer of cells on the inside of the blastula.
blastomere - Any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg.
ovipositor - Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes.
blastocyst - The blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred.
blastopore - The opening into the archenteron.
mesenchyme - Mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles.
cyclostome - Primitive aquatic vertebrate.
eptatretus - A fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus.
rabbitfish - Large European chimaera.
hammerhead - Medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head.
shovelhead - Small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head.
guitarfish - Primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body.
dickeybird - Small bird.
grassfinch - Usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds.
bluethroat - Songbird of northern Europe and Asia.
tailorbird - Tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest.
meadowlark - North American songbirds having a yellow breast.
nutcracker - Speckled birds that feed on nuts.
salamander - Any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed.
ambystomid - Small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander.
hellbender - Large salamander of North American rivers and streams.
natterjack - Common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe.
loggerhead - Very large carnivorous sea turtle.
chuckwalla - A herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico.
racerunner - Very swift lizard of eastern and central United States.
pisanosaur - Primitive dinosaur found in Argentina.
ankylosaur - Having the back covered with thick bony plates.
ornithopod - Bipedal herbivorous dinosaur.
anatotitan - One of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs.
diplodocus - A huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail.
titanosaur - Amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail.
ceratosaur - Primitive medium-sized theropod.
megalosaur - Gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe.
maniraptor - Advanced carnivorous theropod.
utahraptor - Large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot.
dicynodont - A kind of therapsid.
ictodosaur - Intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals.
pelycosaur - Large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail.
dimetrodon - Carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail.
plesiosaur - Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs.
blacksnake - Blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet.
copperhead - Venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia.
sidewinder - Small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States.
massasauga - Pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico.
harvestman - Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs.
trombidiid - Mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods.
tardigrade - An arthropod of the division Tardigrada.
eurypterid - Large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs.
chachalaca - Slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey.
turtledove - Any of several Old World wild doves.
sandgrouse - Pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young.
budgerigar - Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
roadrunner - Speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas.
kingfisher - Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill.
kookaburra - Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry.
goatsucker - Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes.
woodpecker - Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects.
bufflehead - Small North American diving duck.
canvasback - North American wild duck valued for sport and food.
hypodermis - Layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods.
aftershaft - A supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds.
choanocyte - Any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum.
scyphozoan - Any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle.
ctenophore - Biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb.
polychaete - Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles.
horseleech - Any of several large freshwater leeches.
periwinkle - Edible marine gastropod.
littleneck - A young quahog.
cuttlefish - Ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell.
crustacean - Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton.
brachyuran - Typical crabs.
stomatopod - A kind of crustacean.
saddlebill - Large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa.
greenshank - Large European sandpiper with greenish legs.
yellowlegs - Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs.
sanderling - Small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world.
pratincole - Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs.
shearwater - Long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves.
bloodhound - A breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking.
otterhound - Hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat.
schipperke - Breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
jaguarundi - Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
leopardess - Female leopard.
defoliator - An insect that strips the leaves from plants.
pollinator - An insect that carries pollen from one flower to another.
mecopteran - Any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera.
cockchafer - Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult.
sticktight - Parasitic on especially the heads of chickens.
bluebottle - Blowfly with iridescent blue body.
drosophila - Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.
froghopper - A variety of spittlebug.
leafhopper - Small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.
treehopper - Small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs.
caddisworm - Larva of the caddis fly.
fritillary - Butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver.
silverspot - Butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings.
hairstreak - Small butterflies having striped markings under the wings.
lymantriid - Dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees.
cankerworm - Green caterpillar of a geometrid moth.
echinoderm - Marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies.
ambulacrum - One of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located.
phenacomys - Any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States.
chinchilla - Small rodent with soft pearly grey fur.
dinocerate - An extinct ungulate.
stablemate - A horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person.
mesohippus - North American three-toed Oligocene animal.
nonstarter - A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered.
rhinoceros - Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
psalterium - The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
bellwether - Sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell.
hartebeest - A large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward.
chevrotain - Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa.
pichiciago - Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck.
mylodontid - A variety of extinct edentate.
mapinguari - Supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest.
parapodium - One of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing.
silverback - An adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back.
chimpanzee - Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests.
angwantibo - A kind of lemur.
fingerling - A young or small fish.
groundfish - Fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder).
barracouta - A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
coelacanth - Fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa.
lizardfish - Tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads.
lancetfish - Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail.
ribbonfish - Marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body.
needlefish - Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws.
barramundi - A species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities.
smallmouth - A variety of black bass.
largemouth - A large black bass.
threadfish - Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins.
yellowtail - Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin.
rudderfish - Fish having the habit of following ships.
blanquillo - Important marine food fishes.
cottonwick - Of warm Atlantic waters.
sheepshead - Large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico.
damselfish - Small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
parrotfish - Gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth.
pikeblenny - Tropical American fishes.
mudskipper - Found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia.
archerfish - Any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water.
doctorfish - Surgeon fish of the West Indies.
butterfish - Small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines.
dollarfish - Small food fish of Atlantic coast.
squaretail - Sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales.
barrelfish - Blackish fish of New England waters.
tripletail - Large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail.
paddlefish - Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout.
scorpaenid - Any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific.
lumpsucker - Any of several very small lumpfishes.
windowpane - Very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America.
tonguefish - Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point.
acebutolol - An oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension.
alpenstock - A stout staff with a metal point.
alprazolam - An antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class.
altarpiece - A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
altazimuth - An instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies.
alternator - An old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles).
amiodarone - An antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective.
ammunition - Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
ampicillin - Semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin).
anastigmat - Compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images.
anemometer - A gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind.
anesthetic - A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations.
angioscope - A modified microscope used to study capillary vessels.
angledozer - A bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side.
antagonist - A drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug.
antiemetic - A drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting.
antifungal - Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi.
apishamore - A saddle blanket made of buffalo hide.
appendicle - A small appendage.
applicator - A device for applying a substance.
architrave - The lowest part of an entablature.
arthrogram - An X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium.
attenuator - An electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal.
audiometer - An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing.
auditorium - The area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits.
autoloader - A firearm that reloads itself.
autostrada - An expressway in an Italian-speaking country.
zidovudine - An antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS.
bacitracin - A polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms.
backstairs - A second staircase at the rear of a building.
balbriggan - A cotton knit fabric used for underwear.
banderilla - A decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight.
barbershop - A shop where men can get their hair cut.
bathymeter - An instrument that measures the depth of water.
battlement - A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns.
battleship - Large and heavily armoured warship.
bedclothes - Coverings that are used on a bed.
belladonna - An alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally.
bellarmine - A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck.
benzocaine - A white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic.
binoculars - An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes.
bitumastic - A protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering.
blackboard - Sheet of slate.
blockhouse - A stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire.
boneshaker - Any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable.
bookmobile - A van with shelves of books.
breadboard - A wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced.
breakwater - A protective structure of stone or concrete.
brigandine - A medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth.
brigantine - Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast.
broadcloth - A closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib.
broadsword - A sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges.
broomstick - The handle of a broom.
brownstone - A row house built of brownstone.
buttonhole - A hole through which buttons are pushed.
buttonhook - A hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole.
calculator - A small machine that is used for mathematical calculations.
candlewick - The wick of a candle.
cannonball - A solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon.
carbomycin - A colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms.
carburetor - Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion.
carvedilol - Beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced.
catafalque - A decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral.
cattleship - A cargo ship for the transport of livestock.
cefadroxil - A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
cefotaxime - A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract.
cefuroxime - A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
cellophane - A transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc..
cephalexin - An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
chamberpot - A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom.
chandelier - Branched lighting fixture.
chatelaine - A chain formerly worn at the waist by women.
cheekpiece - Either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece.
cheesecake - A photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire.
chessboard - A checkerboard used to play chess.
chiffonier - A tall elegant chest of drawers.
chimneypot - A short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft.
chloramine - Any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen.
ciderpress - A press that is used to extract the juice from apples.
cimetidine - A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid.
cinquefoil - An ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle.
clavichord - An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound.
clerestory - Part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light.
clinometer - An instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation.
clofibrate - A drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum.
clomiphene - A fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births.
clothespin - Wood or plastic fastener.
cloverleaf - An interchange that does not require left-hand turns.
colchicine - An analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout.
collimator - Optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens.
commissary - A retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel).
commutator - Switch for reversing the direction of an electric current.
compressor - A mechanical device that compresses gasses.
contraband - Goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law.
copperware - Utensils made with copper.
copyholder - Mechanical device used in printing.
countertop - The top side of a counter.
courthouse - A building that houses judicial courts.
crankshaft - A rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank.
crewelwork - Embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn.
crossbench - Any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition.
crosspiece - A transverse brace.
culdoscope - A specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs.
cultivator - A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture).
cummerbund - A broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo.
densimeter - A measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity.
dentifrice - A substance for cleaning the teeth.
depository - A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
diflunisal - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
dinnerware - The tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal.
dishwasher - A machine for washing dishes.
dispensary - Clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed.
distillery - A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation.
disulfiram - A drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism.
doubletree - A crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast.
drainboard - A board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink.
drawbridge - A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it.
drawstring - A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening.
driveshaft - A rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application.
dronabinol - Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
dumbwaiter - A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another.
duplicator - Apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material.
embankment - A long artificial mound of stone or earth.
embroidery - Decorative needlework.
enamelware - Cooking utensil of enameled iron.
escapement - Mechanical device that regulates movement.
escarpment - A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
escutcheon - A shield.
espadrille - A sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part.
etanercept - A genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF.
eudiometer - Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases.
expressway - A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
famotidine - A histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
fenoprofen - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders.
fiberboard - Wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets.
fiberscope - A flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs.
figurehead - Figure on the bow of some sailing vessels.
flashboard - Boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height.
flashlight - A small portable battery-powered electric lamp.
flecainide - Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias.
floatplane - A seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water.
floorboard - A board in the floor.
flugelhorn - A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore.
fluoxetine - A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem).
flurazepam - Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
footbridge - A bridge designed for pedestrians.
footlights - Theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors.
footlocker - A trunk for storing personal possessions.
forecastle - Living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed.
formalwear - Attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.
foundation - Lowest support of a structure.
furosemide - Commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema.
gabapentin - An anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy.
gentamicin - An antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete.
glassworks - A workplace where glass is made.
goniometer - Direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals.
gramicidin - An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium.
gramophone - An antique record player.
gravestone - A stone that is used to mark a grave.
gravimeter - A measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth.
grindstone - A revolving stone shaped like a disk.
guardhouse - A military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained.
guesthouse - A house separate from the main house.
hairspring - A fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece.
handbarrow - A rectangular frame with handles at both ends.
helicopter - An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades.
heliometer - An instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
hematocrit - A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood.
hippodrome - A stadium for horse shows or horse races.
hollowware - Silverware serving dishes.
hopsacking - A loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen.
horsecloth - A cloth for the trapping of a horse.
hovercraft - A craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines.
hydrometer - A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid.
hygrometer - Measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere.
hygroscope - Hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere.
hypsometer - An altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation.
iconoscope - The first practical television-camera for picture pickup.
imipramine - A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
indapamide - Diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension.
infliximab - An anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF.
ingredient - A component of a mixture or compound.
integrator - A measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure.
interferon - An antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus.
interlayer - A layer placed between other layers.
interphone - A telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc.
interstice - Small opening between things.
isoflurane - A widely used inhalation anesthetic.
isosorbide - Drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure.
jiggermast - Any small mast on a sailing vessel.
jinrikisha - A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger.
ketoprofen - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail).
kicksorter - Scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass.
knickknack - A small inexpensive mass-produced article.
knobkerrie - A short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end.
lagerphone - An Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music.
lambrequin - Short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing.
lamivudine - A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV.
lederhosen - Leather shorts often worn with suspenders.
lincomycin - Antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.
lisinopril - An ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinival or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks.
lockstitch - Machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread.
loungewear - Clothing suitable for relaxation.
lovastatin - An oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
lumberjack - A short warm outer jacket.
lumbermill - A mill for dressing logs and lumber.
lumberyard - A workplace where lumber is stocked for sale.
lusterware - Pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze.
mackintosh - A lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric.
mailsorter - A sorter for sorting mail according to the address.
mainspring - The most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch).
maisonette - A small house.
makeweight - A weight added to the scale to reach a required weight.
martingale - A harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth.
matchboard - A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor).
matchstick - A short thin stick of wood used in making matches.
meerschaum - A pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum.
mefloquine - An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine.
meperidine - A synthetic narcotic drug (trade name Demerol) used to treat pain.
merbromine - A mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic.
meterstick - A rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters).
methyldopa - Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
metoprolol - Beta blocker (trade name Lopressor) used in treating hypertension and angina and arrhythmia and acute myocardial infarction.
mexiletine - Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias.
miconazole - An antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat).
microfiche - Small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed.
micrometer - Caliper for measuring small distances.
microphone - Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
microscope - Magnifier of the image of small objects.
mizzenmast - Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts.
monochrome - Painting done in a range of tones of a single color.
monstrance - (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
motorcycle - A motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame.
mouthpiece - The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly.
nabumetone - A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen).
nalorphine - A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine).
naltrexone - An oral antagonist against the action of opiates.
nefazodone - An antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone).
nelfinavir - A protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs.
nephoscope - A measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds.
nevirapine - A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV.
nifedipine - Calcium blocker (trade name Procardia).
nightshirt - Nightclothes worn by men.
nitrazepam - A hypnotic and sedative drug of the benzodiazepine type.
noisemaker - A device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration.
novobiocin - An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria.
orthoscope - An ophthalmoscope with a layer of water to neutralize the refraction of the cornea.
oscillator - Generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current.
overmantel - A shelf over a mantelpiece.
packsaddle - A saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached.
packthread - A strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages.
paintbrush - A brush used as an applicator (to apply paint).
palliative - Remedy that alleviates pain without curing.
panopticon - A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station.
pantograph - Mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale.
papaverine - An alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium.
paramagnet - Magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it.
paroxetime - A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
passageway - A passage between rooms or between buildings.
patisserie - A bakery specializing in French pastry.
pelvimeter - Measuring instrument for performing pelvimetry.
penicillin - Any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.
pentimento - The reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age).
percolator - A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.
phenelzine - Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression.
photometer - Measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source.
piezometer - A measuring instrument for measuring high pressures.
pilothouse - An enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated.
pincushion - A small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use.
piperazine - Vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms.
planchette - A triangular board supported on casters.
playground - Yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play.
pleximeter - A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations.
pocketbook - Pocket-sized paperback book.
pocketcomb - A small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket.
pontifical - The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop).
portcullis - Gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town.
powderpuff - A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers.
praetorium - The tent of an ancient Roman general.
presbytery - Building reserved for the officiating clergy.
primaquine - Synthetic antimalarial drug.
probenecid - A uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood.
projection - Any structure that branches out from a central support.
propanolol - The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
proscenium - The wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater.
prosthesis - Corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body.
protractor - Drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles.
psilocybin - A hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom.
punchboard - A small board full of holes.
pyocyanase - A yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus.
pyrilamine - Antihistamine used to treat rhinitis and pruritus.
quinacrine - A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
radiometer - Meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic).
ranitidine - A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
razorblade - A blade that has very sharp edge.
reboxetine - An antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine.
receptacle - A container that is used to put or keep things in.
reflection - The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material).
repository - A burial vault (usually for some famous person).
reproducer - An audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound.
respirator - A breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration.
restaurant - A building where people go to eat.
rhinoscope - Medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod.
rosemaling - A Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs.
rotisserie - A restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats.
rudderpost - A vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot.
saltcellar - A small container for holding salt at the dining table.
saltshaker - A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt.
salvinorin - A hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum.
sanatorium - A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases.
scoreboard - A large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information).
scratchpad - (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information.
seersucker - A light puckered fabric (usually striped).
seismogram - The graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph.
sertraline - A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft).
sheepshank - A knot for shortening a line.
shillelagh - A cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn).
shirtdress - A dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front.
shirtfront - The front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket).
shirtwaist - A blouse with buttons down the front.
showerhead - A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather.
sildenafil - Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
silverware - Tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel.
silverwork - Decorative work made of silver.
sketchbook - A book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn.
skyscraper - A very tall building with many stories.
sluicegate - Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.
smokehouse - A small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish.
smokestack - A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.
smoothbore - A firearm that has no rifling.
soundtrack - Sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film.
spacecraft - A craft capable of traveling in outer space.
spectacles - Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
spermicide - A contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa.
spirograph - A measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements.
spirometer - A measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs.
spokeshave - A small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade.
sportswear - Attire worn for sport or for casual wear.
saquinavir - A weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV.
stabilizer - A device for making something stable.
stagecoach - A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns.
steakhouse - A restaurant that specializes in steaks.
storehouse - A depository for goods.
stronghold - A strongly fortified defensive structure.
strongroom - A burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept.
subcompact - A car smaller than a compact car.
subsection - A section of a section.
substation - A subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network.
subtracter - A machine that subtracts numbers.
sucralfate - Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers.
sudatorium - A bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths.
sunglasses - Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
supplejack - Walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine.
suppressor - An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents.
suspensory - A bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast).
sweatshirt - Cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity.
synthetism - A genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas.
tablecloth - A covering spread over a dining table.
tablespoon - A spoon larger than a dessert spoon.
tachograph - A tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings.
tachometer - Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
tachymeter - A theodolite designed for rapid measurements.
tambourine - A shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides.
tarmacadam - A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.
television - A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points.
telpherage - A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity.
tensimeter - A manometer for measuring vapor pressure.
tenterhook - One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter.
tetracaine - A crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic.
theodolite - A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod.
thermistor - A semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature.
thermopile - A kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation.
thimerosal - A light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic.
thiopental - Barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly.
thriftshop - A shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
throughput - Output relative to input.
thumbscrew - Screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers.
thumbstall - Protective covering for an injured thumb.
tobramycin - An antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria.
tolazamide - A drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
tolazoline - Vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis).
toothbrush - Small brush.
toothpaste - A dentifrice in the form of a paste.
topgallant - A mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
trampoline - Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame.
transducer - An electrical device that converts one form of energy into another.
transistor - A semiconductor device capable of amplification.
triclinium - A dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome.
triphammer - A massive power hammer.
triskelion - A figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center.
triviality - Something of small importance.
trolleybus - A passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
turnbuckle - An oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension.
turtleneck - A sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar.
typewriter - Hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time.
tyrocidine - A basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium.
underpants - An undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs.
university - Establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching.
valdecoxib - A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract.
vancomycin - An antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections.
vardenafil - Virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
variometer - A measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field.
velocipede - Any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel.
ventilator - A device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air.
vibraphone - A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound.
viscometer - A measuring instrument for measuring viscosity.
watchtower - An observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies.
waterspout - A channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof).
waterwheel - A wheel that rotates by direct action of water.
waterworks - Workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community.
wheelchair - A movable chair mounted on large wheels.
whipstitch - A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally.
whorehouse - A building where prostitutes are available.
willowware - Chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river.
winceyette - Cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides.
windjammer - A large sailing ship.
windowsill - The sill of a window.
windshield - Transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle.
woodenware - Ware for domestic use made of wood.
workbasket - Container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing).
wraparound - A garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening.
wristwatch - A watch that is worn strapped to the wrist.
personhood - Being a person.
inwardness - Preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values).
bloodiness - A disposition to shed blood.
tenderness - A tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling.
dispassion - Objectivity and detachment.
gloominess - The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness.
chirpiness - Cheerful and lively.
breeziness - A breezy liveliness.
exuberance - Overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval.
activeness - The trait of being active.
risibility - A disposition to laugh.
crabbiness - A disposition to be ill-tempered.
crankiness - A fussy and eccentric disposition.
impatience - A dislike of anything that causes delay.
bitterness - A rough and bitter manner.
truculence - Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness.
reluctance - A certain degree of unwillingness.
sedateness - A trait of dignified seriousness.
stodginess - Dull and pompous gravity.
jocoseness - The trait of merry joking.
friskiness - Lively high-spirited playfulness.
impishness - The trait of behaving like an imp.
chumminess - The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
affability - A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
mellowness - Geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana.
pliability - Adaptability of mind or character.
unwariness - The trait of not being cautious and watchful.
manfulness - The trait of being manly.
boyishness - Being characteristic of a boy.
femininity - The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women.
effeminacy - The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).
strictness - Conscientious attention to rules and details.
simulacrum - An insubstantial or vague semblance.
comeliness - The quality of being good looking and attractive.
prettiness - The quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman).
bewitchery - Magnetic personal charm.
sultriness - The quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire.
attraction - The quality of arousing interest.
invitation - A tempting allurement.
garishness - Strident color or excessive ornamentation.
homeliness - An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful.
fingermark - A smudge made by a (dirty) finger.
bloodstain - A discoloration caused by blood.
strawberry - A soft red birthmark.
chasteness - Lack of ornamentation.
ornateness - An ornate appearance.
visibility - Capability of providing a clear unobstructed view.
definition - Clarity of outline.
cloudiness - The quality of being cloudy.
obtuseness - The quality of lacking a sharp edge or point.
smoothness - The quality of being free from errors or interruptions.
difficulty - The quality of being difficult.
infelicity - Inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression).
excellence - The quality of excelling.
salability - The quality of being salable or marketable.
bubbliness - The property of giving off bubbles.
shiftiness - The quality of being changeable in direction.
variedness - Characterized by variation.
invariance - The nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it.
innateness - The quality of being innate.
mutability - The quality of being capable of mutation.
similarity - The quality of being similar.
uniformity - The quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom).
difference - The quality of being unlike or dissimilar.
heterology - (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts.
unlikeness - Dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness.
inequality - Lack of equality.
unevenness - The quality of being unbalanced.
likelihood - The probability of a specified outcome.
factuality - The quality of being actual or based on fact.
generality - The quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability.
solidarity - A union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group.
prevalence - The quality of prevailing generally.
simplicity - The quality of being simple or uncompounded.
complexity - The quality of being intricate and compounded.
trickiness - The quality of requiring skill or caution.
regularity - The quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate.
steadiness - The quality of being steady--regular and unvarying.
fitfulness - The quality of being spasmodic and irregular.
randomness - The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.
ergodicity - An attribute of stochastic systems.
spasticity - The quality of moving or acting in spasms.
ruggedness - The quality of being topologically uneven.
jaggedness - Something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface.
patchiness - Unevenness in quality or performance.
movability - The quality of being movable.
wiggliness - A jerky back and forth kind of mobility.
immobility - The quality of not moving.
immotility - Lacking an ability to move.
logicality - Correct and valid reasoning.
preciosity - The quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.
pretension - A false or unsupportable quality.
deadliness - The quality of being deadly.
inadequacy - Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.
commonness - Ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace.
quaintness - Strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned.
nativeness - The quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin.
minuteness - Great precision.
inaccuracy - The quality of being inaccurate and having errors.
worthiness - The quality or state of having merit or value.
popularity - The quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after.
lawfulness - The quality of conforming to law.
legitimacy - Lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law.
illegality - Unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute.
invalidity - Illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses.
refinement - The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.
daintiness - The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance.
jauntiness - Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance.
inelegance - The quality of lacking refinement and good taste.
woodenness - The quality of being wooden and awkward.
shabbiness - A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.
tweediness - An informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds.
raggedness - Shabbiness by virtue of being in rags.
coarseness - The quality of lacking taste and refinement.
flashiness - Tasteless showiness.
legibility - A quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read.
devoutness - Piety by virtue of being devout.
humaneness - The quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals).
compassion - The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it.
liberality - The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament.
stinginess - A lack of generosity.
greediness - An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts).
aspiration - A will to succeed.
uppityness - Assumption of airs beyond one's station.
unfairness - Injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards.
kindliness - Friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition.
unkindness - Lack of sympathy.
conscience - Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct.
immorality - The quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.
filthiness - Moral corruption or pollution.
perversity - Deliberately deviating from what is good.
sacredness - The quality of being sacred.
unholiness - The quality of being unholy.
curability - Capability of being cured or healed.
cravenness - Meanspirited cowardice.
sturdiness - Resoluteness evidenced by strength of character.
doggedness - Persistent determination.
intentness - The quality of being intent and concentrated.
singleness - The quality of concentrating on one central objective.
volatility - The trait of being unpredictably irresolute.
heartiness - The quality of hearty sincerity.
sleaziness - Morally dishonorable.
craftiness - The quality of being crafty.
artfulness - The quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage.
dedication - Complete and wholehearted fidelity.
allegiance - The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).
patriotism - Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
chauvinism - Fanatical patriotism.
infidelity - The quality of being unfaithful.
disloyalty - The quality of being disloyal.
continence - The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters.
rakishness - The quality of a rake.
discretion - The trait of judging wisely and objectively.
imprudence - A lack of caution in practical affairs.
untidiness - The trait of being untidy and messy.
demureness - The trait of behaving with reserve and decorum.
seemliness - A sense of propriety and consideration for others.
smuttiness - Obscenity in speech or writing.
sycophancy - Fawning obsequiousness.
unruliness - The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline.
cussedness - Meanspirited disagreeable contrariness.
gentleness - Acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered.
casualness - A casual manner.
slanginess - Casualness in use of language.
incivility - Deliberate discourtesy.
abruptness - An abrupt discourteous manner.
anisotropy - The property of being anisotropic.
directness - Trueness of course toward a goal.
robustness - The characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge.
birthright - Personal characteristics that are inherited at birth.
upbringing - Properties acquired during a person's formative years.
stickiness - The property of sticking to a surface.
creaminess - The property of having the thickness of heavy cream.
wateriness - The property of resembling the viscosity of water.
flabbiness - A flabby softness.
sponginess - The porosity of a sponge.
absorbency - The property of being absorbent.
separatism - A disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group.
basophilia - The tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes.
shagginess - Roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs.
brightness - The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white.
frostiness - A silvery-white color.
chromatism - Abnormal pigmentation.
sallowness - A sickly yellowish skin color.
musicality - The property of sounding like music.
lyricality - The property of being suitable for singing.
consonance - The property of sounding harmonious.
dissonance - Disagreeable sounds.
disharmony - A lack of harmony.
shrillness - Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound.
rancidness - The property of being rancid.
sugariness - The sweetness of sugar.
succulence - A juicy appetizingness.
bipedalism - The bodily attribute of being bipedal.
laterality - Superior development of one side of the body.
endomorphy - Round, fat, and heavy.
greasiness - Consisting of or covered with oil.
fleshiness - More than average fatness.
corpulence - The property of excessive fatness.
chubbiness - The property of having a plump and round body.
skinniness - The bodily property of lacking flesh.
physiology - Processes and functions of an organism.
asexuality - Having no evident sex or sex organs.
femaleness - The properties characteristic of the female sex.
drippiness - The physical property of being soft and drippy.
deflection - The property of being bent or deflected.
chilliness - The property of being moderately cold.
luminosity - The quality of being luminous.
audibility - Quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear.
elasticity - The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed.
resilience - The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit.
sufferance - Patient endurance especially of pain or distress.
savageness - The property of being untamed and ferocious.
alkalinity - PH values above 7.
feebleness - The quality of lacking intensity or substance.
flimsiness - The property of weakness by virtue of careless construction.
underbelly - The quality of being weak or unprotected.
permanence - The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration.
perpetuity - The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).
continuity - The property of a continuous and connected period of time.
transience - An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.
promptness - The characteristic of doing things without delay.
graduality - The quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages.
topography - The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features.
lobularity - The property of having lobules.
handedness - The property of using one hand more than the other.
footedness - The property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball).
hollowness - The property of having a sunken area.
oblateness - The property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles.
angularity - The property possessed by a shape that has angles.
squareness - The property of being shaped like a square.
sphericity - The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
centrality - The property of being central.
matsyendra - (Hinduism) a religious posture.
wavelength - The distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave.
exceedance - (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time.
profundity - Intellectual depth.
triplicity - The property of being triple.
positivity - An amount greater than zero.
negativity - An amount less than zero.
stuffiness - The quality of being close and poorly ventilated.
meagerness - The quality of being meager.
sparseness - The property of being scanty or scattered.
luxuriance - The property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses.
overgrowth - A profusion of growth on or over something else.
wilderness - A bewildering profusion.
wingspread - Distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended.
narrowness - The property of being narrow.
paltriness - Worthlessness due to insignificance.
shoddiness - The quality of being cheaply imitative of something better.
assessment - The market value set on assets.
costliness - The quality possessed by something with a great price or value.
lavishness - The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.
detergency - Detergent quality.
competence - The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually.
preference - Grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties).
expedience - The quality of being suited to the end in view.
importance - The quality of being important and worthy of note.
prominence - Relative importance.
topicality - The attribute of being of interest at the present time.
capability - The quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.
boringness - Extreme dullness.
incapacity - Lack of physical or natural qualifications.
inefficacy - A lack of efficacy.
finiteness - The quality of being finite.
ratability - The quality of being capable of being rated or estimated.
solubility - The quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid.
comicality - The quality of being comical.
relativity - The quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else.
snootiness - The quality of being snooty.
arthromere - Any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod.
auriculare - The craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus.
crotaphion - The tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
mastoidale - The craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process.
stephanion - The craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus.
symphysion - The most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible.
integument - An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell.
epithelium - Membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body.
melanocyte - A cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
glomerulus - A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body.
parenchyma - Animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels.
triquetral - A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones.
quadriceps - A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg.
perimysium - The sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers.
primordium - An organ in its earliest stage of development.
epiglottis - A flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing.
ommatidium - Any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods.
epicanthus - A vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus.
pinguecula - A slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not cover it.
periosteum - A dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles.
myocardium - The middle muscular layer of the heart wall.
karyolymph - A clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed.
calcitonin - Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone.
leukorrhea - Discharge of white mucous material from the vagina.
sarcolemma - An extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber.
peritoneum - A transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera.
epicardium - The innermost of the two layers of the pericardium.
pronucleus - The nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote.
homozygote - (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic.
parthenote - A cell resulting from parthenogenesis.
protoplasm - The substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus).
hyaloplasm - The clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell.
achromatin - The part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes.
chromosome - A threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order.
centromere - A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.
centrosome - Small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus.
sarcoplasm - The cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.
blastocyte - An undifferentiated embryonic cell.
ameloblast - A cell from which tooth enamel develops.
osteoblast - A cell from which bone develops.
fibroblast - A cell from which connective tissue develops.
neuroblast - A cell from which a nerve cell develops.
myeloblast - A precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow.
osteoclast - Cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue.
akaryocyte - A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte).
megalocyte - Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia).
histiocyte - A macrophage that is found in connective tissue.
macrophage - A large phagocyte.
lymphocyte - An agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection.
neutrophil - The chief phagocytic leukocyte.
microphage - A neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria).
eosinophil - A leukocyte readily stained with eosin.
siderocyte - An abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin.
spherocyte - An abnormal spherical red blood cell.
gametocyte - An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis.
neurolemma - Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber.
epicondyle - A projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments.
osteophyte - Small abnormal bony outgrowth.
commissure - A bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord.
hemisphere - Either half of the cerebrum.
oculomotor - Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye.
trigeminal - The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication.
neopallium - The cortical part of the neencephalon.
cerebellum - A major division of the vertebrate brain.
precordium - The external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach.
myometrium - The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.
afterbirth - The placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born.
epididymis - A convoluted tubule in each testis.
micropenis - An abnormally small penis.
oropharynx - Cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth.
bronchiole - Any of the smallest bronchial ducts.
bullethead - A head shaped like a bullet.
epicranium - The muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium.
tuberosity - A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.
fontanelle - Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.
trochanter - One of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached.
fingernail - The nail at the end of a finger.
metaphysis - The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis.
metacarpus - The part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges.
metatarsus - The skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus.
acetabulum - The cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint.
astuteness - The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
nimbleness - Intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind.
brilliance - Unusual mental ability.
shrewdness - Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings).
creativity - The ability to create.
afterworld - The place where you are after you die.
wonderland - An imaginary realm of marvels or wonders.
concoction - The invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose.
homiletics - The art of preaching.
minstrelsy - The art of a minstrel.
virtuosity - Technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso.
seamanship - Skill in sailing.
soldiering - Skills that are required for the life of soldier.
expertness - Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge.
disfluency - Lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing.
housecraft - Skill in domestic management.
stagecraft - Skill in writing or staging plays.
tradecraft - Skill acquired through experience in a trade.
watercraft - Skill in the management of boats.
efficiency - Skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort.
imbecility - Retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot.
inaptitude - A lack of aptitude.
illiteracy - An inability to read.
vocabulary - A language user's knowledge of words.
stigmatism - Normal eyesight.
accounting - A system that provides quantitative information about finances.
enthusiasm - A lively interest.
paramnesia - (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality.
grogginess - Marginal consciousness.
semitrance - A trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent.
perplexity - Trouble or confusion resulting from complexity.
pestilence - A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of.
temptation - Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce.
allurement - Attractiveness.
indecision - Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action.
advertence - The process of being heedful.
specialism - The concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation.
hobbyhorse - A topic to which one constantly reverts.
perception - The process of perceiving.
cognizance - Range or scope of what is perceived.
creepiness - An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin.
topognosia - Recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin.
urtication - A sensation of having been stung by nettles.
imputation - The attribution to a source or cause.
percentile - (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total.
imprinting - A learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established.
crossroads - A point where a choice must be made.
suggestion - The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association.
conjecture - Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence.
prediction - The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future).
divination - The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
arithmancy - Divination by means of numbers.
hydromancy - Divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides).
lithomancy - Divination by means of stones or stone talismans.
necromancy - Conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying.
conclusion - An intuitive assumption.
cogitation - Attentive consideration and meditation.
meditation - Continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature.
retrospect - Contemplation of things past.
groupthink - Decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility).
settlement - Something settled or resolved.
smattering - A slight or superficial understanding of a subject.
revelation - An enlightening or astonishing disclosure.
otherworld - An abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality.
execration - The object of cursing or detestation.
crosshairs - A center of interest.
descriptor - A piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system.
department - A specialized sphere of knowledge.
eigenvalue - (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant.
metacenter - (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side.
hypothesis - A tentative insight into the natural world.
paralogism - An unintentionally invalid argument.
conspiracy - A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot).
moneymaker - A project that generates a continuous flow of money.
prescience - The power to foresee the future.
hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality.
stereotype - A conventional or formulaic conception or image.
afterimage - An image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased.
aftertaste - An afterimage of a taste.
pacesetter - A leading instance in its field.
concretism - A representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms.
apophatism - The religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not).
philosophy - Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation.
geneticism - The belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically.
autotelism - Belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification.
suffragism - The belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women).
mainstream - The prevailing current of thought.
absolutism - The doctrine of an absolute being.
gymnosophy - The doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation.
literalism - The doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature.
presentism - The doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled.
secularism - A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.
naturalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations.
nominalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name.
pragmatism - (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value.
relativism - (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved.
sensualism - (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good.
witchcraft - The art of sorcery.
iconoclasm - The orientation of an iconoclast.
centralism - The political policy of concentrating power in a central organization.
positivism - The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation).
organicism - Theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes.
liberalism - An economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market.
monetarism - An economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money.
bibliotics - The scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity.
arithmetic - The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations.
quadratics - A branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations.
statistics - A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.
covariance - (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means.
biometrics - A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.
craniology - The scientific study of the skulls of various human races.
phrenology - A now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties.
cardiology - The branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases.
exodontics - The branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth.
geriatrics - The branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people.
gynecology - The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women.
hematology - The branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs.
immunology - The branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system.
nephrology - The branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders.
obstetrics - The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother.
psychiatry - The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
pediatrics - The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children.
proctology - The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus.
toxicology - The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons.
embryology - The branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms.
exobiology - The branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life.
entomology - The branch of zoology that studies insects.
malacology - The branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks.
proteomics - The branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome.
morphology - The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants.
teratology - The branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism.
enzymology - The branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes.
astrometry - The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies.
biophysics - Physics as applied to biological problems.
selenology - The branch of astronomy that deals with the moon.
cryogenics - The branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures.
catoptrics - Branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors.
holography - The branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image.
pneumatics - The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases.
kinematics - The branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass.
ballistics - The science of flight dynamics.
geophysics - Geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth.
seismology - The branch of geology that studies earthquakes.
mineralogy - The branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them.
metallurgy - The science and technology of metals.
futurology - The study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions.
psychology - The science of mental life.
archeology - The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures.
demography - The branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations.
psephology - The branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls).
sociometry - The quantitative study of social relationships.
strategics - The science or art of strategy.
cladistics - A system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms.
classicism - A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms.
chronology - The determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events.
eudemonism - An ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason.
aesthetics - (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art).
dialectics - A rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces.
musicology - The scholarly and scientific study of music.
quadrivium - (Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy.
lexicology - The branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language.
onomastics - The branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names.
pragmatics - The study of language use.
angelology - The branch of theology that is concerned with angels.
patristics - The study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers.
favoritism - An inclination to favor some person or group.
proclivity - A natural inclination.
partiality - An inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives.
homophobia - Prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality.
fanaticism - Excessive intolerance of opposing views.
reputation - The general estimation that the public has for a person.
federalism - The idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units.
monarchism - A belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system.
radicalism - The political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society.
dovishness - Any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict.
militarism - A political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
monotheism - Belief in a single God.
polytheism - Belief in multiple Gods.
revivalism - An attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith.
amateurism - The conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money.
escapology - The study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment).
graphology - The study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition).
numerology - The study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs.
centerfold - A magazine center spread.
pagination - The system of numbering pages.
stationery - Paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters.
letterhead - A sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top.
multimedia - Transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.).
hypermedia - A multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together.
telegraphy - Communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire.
diminutive - A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.
disyllable - A word having two syllables.
palindrome - A word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward.
paroxytone - Word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable.
polysemant - A word having more than one meaning.
quantifier - (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many').
antepenult - The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.
jawbreaker - A word that is hard to pronounce.
classifier - A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs.
predicator - An expression that predicates.
infinitive - The uninflected form of the verb.
determiner - One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases.
participle - A non-finite form of the verb.
matronymic - A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.
viscountcy - The title of a viscount.
subheading - A heading of a subdivision of a text.
supertitle - Translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage.
cryptogram - A piece of writing in code or cipher.
ideography - The use of ideograms in writing.
hieroglyph - A writing system using picture symbols.
nonfiction - Prose writing that is not fictional.
anticlimax - A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one.
tearjerker - An excessively sentimental narrative.
typescript - Typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript.
salutation - Word of greeting used to begin a letter.
peroration - (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration.
skywriting - Writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane.
manuscript - The form of a literary work submitted for publication.
palimpsest - A manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
dictionary - A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.
compendium - A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work.
conspectus - An overall summary.
corrigenda - A list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections.
transcript - A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record).
marginalia - Notes written in the margin.
abdication - The act of abdicating.
concession - A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business.
injunction - (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity.
certiorari - A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case.
translator - A program that translates one programming language into another.
periodical - A publication that appears at fixed intervals.
designatum - Something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression.
parisology - The use of ambiguous words.
dysphemism - An offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one.
balderdash - Trivial nonsense.
travelogue - A film or illustrated lecture on traveling.
lettercard - A postcard that folds so the message is inside.
condolence - An expression of sympathy with another's grief.
thumbprint - Fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb).
voiceprint - Biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice.
neutralism - A policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs.
indication - Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary.
admonition - Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness).
confidence - A secret that is confided or entrusted to another.
propaganda - Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause.
newsletter - Report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group.
connivance - (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing.
permission - Approval to do something.
hallelujah - A shout or song of praise to God.
defamation - A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
scurrility - Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.
accusation - An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.
allegation - Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove.
contention - A point asserted as part of an argument.
exposition - (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur.
moralizing - Indulgence in moral pronouncements.
denouement - The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work.
subterfuge - Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.
postscript - A note appended to a letter after the signature.
spoonerism - Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words.
obligation - A legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply.
persiflage - Light teasing.
fingerpost - A guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.
downstroke - A stroke normally made in a downward direction.
crossbones - Two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death.
circumflex - A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality.
pictograph - A graphic character used in picture writing.
apostrophe - The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.
phylactery - (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin).
supertonic - (music) the second note of a diatonic scale.
submediant - (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic).
thermogram - A graphical record produced by a thermograph.
dramaturgy - The art of writing and producing plays.
afterpiece - A brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play.
promptbook - The copy of the playscript used by the prompter.
screenplay - A script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets.
vaudeville - A variety show with songs and comic acts etc..
popularism - Music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority.
diminution - The statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original).
intermezzo - A short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera.
rockabilly - A fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s.
headlinese - Using the abbreviated style of headline writers.
journalese - The style in which newspapers are written.
shibboleth - A manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people.
enjambment - The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause.
recitative - A vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech.
amphibrach - A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').
tetrameter - A verse line having four metrical feet.
pentameter - A verse line having five metrical feet.
gemination - The doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect).
polyptoton - Repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence.
epanaphora - Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
anastrophe - The reversal of the normal order of words.
antithesis - The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance.
ecphonesis - An exclamatory rhetorical device.
hyperbaton - Reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love').
hypozeugma - Use of a series of subjects with a single predicate.
hypozeuxis - Use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered').
paralepsis - Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
paregmenon - Juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility').
metalepsis - Substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another.
synecdoche - Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa.
epenthesis - The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier.
sibilation - Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound.
exultation - The utterance of sounds expressing great joy.
discussion - An extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic.
conference - A discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic.
bargaining - The negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement.
vernacular - The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language).
prospectus - A formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise.
misreading - Misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading.
dissidence - Disagreement.
adjuration - A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something.
requiescat - A prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person.
refutation - The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions.
disclaimer - (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something.
disownment - Refusal to acknowledge as one's own.
disclosure - The speech act of making something evident.
divulgence - The act of disclosing something that was secret or private.
muckraking - The exposure of scandal (especially about public figures).
debriefing - Report of a mission or task.
numeration - Naming numbers.
recitation - A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance.
indictment - A formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense.
allocution - (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts.
colloquium - An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
evangelism - Zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel.
persuasion - The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade).
dissuasion - Persuading not to do or believe something.
telegnosis - Apparent knowledge of distant events without using sensory perceptions.
identifier - A symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it.
foreboding - An unfavorable omen.
peripeteia - A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work).
derailment - An accident in which a train runs off its track.
misfortune - Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event.
affliction - A cause of great suffering and distress.
convulsion - A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval.
apocalypse - A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil.
barnburner - An impressively successful event.
adrenarche - The increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty.
allomerism - (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form.
recurrence - Happening again (especially at regular intervals).
undulation - Wavelike motion.
lightening - Descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy.
foundering - (of a ship) sinking.
inflection - Deviation from a straight or normal course.
amphimixis - Union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction.
paradiddle - The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.
springtide - A greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons.
concussion - Any violent blow.
compaction - An increase in the density of something.
abiotrophy - A loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury.
cataplasia - (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form.
earthquake - Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
aftershock - A tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake.
mutilation - An injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part.
coronation - The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
fundraiser - A social function that is held for the purpose of raising money.
pentathlon - An athletic contest consisting of five different events.
tournament - A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner.
storminess - Violent passion in speech or action.
aphrodisia - A desire for heterosexual intimacy.
sensuality - Desire for sensual pleasures.
satyriasis - Abnormally intense sexual desire in men.
algolagnia - Sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain.
discomfort - An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress.
intertrigo - Chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs).
mysophilia - Abnormal attraction to filth.
abhorrence - Hate coupled with disgust.
repugnance - Intense aversion.
solicitude - A feeling of excessive concern.
diffidence - Lack of self-confidence.
insecurity - The anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure.
repentance - Remorse for your past conduct.
sanguinity - Feeling sanguine.
lovingness - A loving feeling.
misocainea - Hatred of new ideas.
resentment - A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
moroseness - A gloomy ill-tempered feeling.
comestible - Any substance that can be used as food.
breadstuff - Flour or meal or grain used in baking bread.
hotchpotch - A stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables.
brandyball - A British candy flavored with brandy.
couverture - Chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter.
peppermint - A candy flavored with peppermint oil.
blancmange - Sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch.
maraschino - Cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur.
zabaglione - Light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled.
breadcrumb - Crumb of bread.
frangipane - Pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling.
coffeecake - A cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee.
shortbread - Very rich thick butter cookie.
gingersnap - A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger.
ladyfinger - Small finger-shaped sponge cake.
sweetbread - Edible glands of an animal.
tenderloin - The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column.
fricandeau - Larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices.
prosciutto - Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin.
cracklings - The crisp residue left after lard has been rendered.
headcheese - Sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig.
knackwurst - Short thick highly seasoned sausage.
breadstick - A crisp stick-shaped roll.
johnnycake - Cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England).
brandysnap - A gingersnap flavored with brandy.
tunaburger - A sandwich that resembles a hamburger but made with tuna instead of beef.
tortellini - Small ring-shaped stuffed pasta.
fettuccine - Pasta in flat strips wider than linguine.
vermicelli - Pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti.
wheatflake - Crisp flake made from wheat.
watercress - Cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams.
scorzonera - Long black salsify.
gooseberry - Currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies.
loganberry - Large red variety of the dewberry.
sugarberry - Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits.
clementine - A mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds.
grapefruit - Large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp.
granadilla - The egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers.
breadfruit - A large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread.
watermelon - Large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp.
blackheart - Heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry.
ketembilla - Maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
mangosteen - Two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples.
elderberry - Berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies.
jaboticaba - Tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil.
garambulla - Small berrylike fruit.
salmagundi - Cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing.
nasturtium - Flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings.
piccalilli - Relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion.
applesauce - Puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced.
mayonnaise - Egg yolks and oil and vinegar.
bordelaise - Brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine.
buttermilk - Residue from making butter from sour raw milk.
mascarpone - Soft mild Italian cream cheese.
gorgonzola - Italian blue cheese.
mozzarella - Mild white Italian cheese.
cannelloni - Tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese.
marrowbone - A bone containing edible marrow.
sauerkraut - Shredded cabbage fermented in brine.
scallopine - Sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour.
quesadilla - A tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated.
shandygaff - A drink made of beer and lemonade.
cappuccino - Equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream.
trichotomy - Being threefold.
subkingdom - (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom.
episcopacy - The collective body of bishops.
estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens.
gentlefolk - People of good family and breeding and high social status.
patriarchy - A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.
matriarchy - A form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line.
antibiosis - An association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another.
exaltation - A flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead).
declension - A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms.
sisterhood - A religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns).
powerhouse - A team considered to be the best of its class.
bloodstock - Thoroughbred horses (collectively).
superclass - (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class.
superorder - (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass.
subspecies - (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species.
priesthood - The body of ordained religious practitioners.
electorate - The body of enfranchised citizens.
commonalty - A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank.
coastguard - A military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters.
escadrille - An air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I).
readership - The audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.).
fraternity - A social club for male undergraduates.
turnverein - A club of tumblers or gymnasts.
consortium - An association of companies for some definite purpose.
underworld - The criminal class.
threescore - A set with 3 times 20 members.
subculture - A social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs.
parliament - A legislative assembly in certain countries.
consistory - A church tribunal or governing body.
repertoire - A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule.
plutocracy - A political system governed by the wealthy people.
hierocracy - A ruling body composed of clergy.
capitalism - An economic system based on private ownership of capital.
knighthood - Aristocrats holding the rank of knight.
paratroops - Infantry trained and equipped to parachute.
assortment - A collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
membership - The body of members of an organization or group.
deputation - A group of representatives or delegates.
opposition - A body of people united in opposing something.
playschool - A small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions.
callithump - A noisy boisterous parade.
underbrush - The brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest.
minimalism - An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color.
surrealism - A 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams.
bilocation - The ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations.
atmosphere - The mass of air surrounding the Earth.
heliopause - The boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence.
semidesert - A region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions.
fatherland - The country where you were born.
birthplace - The place where someone was born.
borderland - District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area.
bridgehead - A defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy.
checkpoint - A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.
barycenter - (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve.
chokepoint - A point of congestion or blockage.
palatinate - A territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine.
crawlspace - Low space beneath a floor of a building.
suzerainty - The domain of a suzerain.
grainfield - A field where grain is grown.
habitation - The native habitat or home of an animal or plant.
justiciary - The jurisdiction of a justiciar.
penetralia - The innermost parts.
ionosphere - The outer region of the Earth's atmosphere.
outstation - A station in a remote or sparsely populated location.
fairground - An open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses.
perihelion - Periapsis in solar orbit.
periselene - Periapsis in orbit around the moon.
waterfront - The area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water.
schoolyard - The yard associated with a school.
churchyard - The yard associated with a church.
shantytown - A city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties.
terreplein - Level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart.
subtropics - Regions adjacent to the tropics.
wheatfield - A field planted with wheat.
dipsomania - An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess.
wanderlust - Very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.
incitement - Something that incites or provokes.
achondrite - A stony meteor lacking chondrules.
antibaryon - The antiparticle of a baryon.
antilepton - The antiparticle of a lepton.
antiproton - An unstable negatively charged proton.
beachfront - A strip of land running along a beach.
bottomland - Low-lying alluvial land near a river.
canyonside - The steeply sloping side of a canyon.
eliminator - An agent that eliminates something.
enterolith - A calculus occurring in the intestines.
floodplain - A low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding.
headstream - A stream that forms the source of a river.
indumentum - A covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect.
mesosphere - The atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.
oceanfront - Land bordering an ocean.
permafrost - Ground that is permanently frozen.
promontory - A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).
saddleback - A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle).
stalactite - A cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave.
stalagmite - A cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave.
supergiant - An extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density.
tropopause - The region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
cockatrice - Monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg.
leprechaun - A mischievous elf in Irish folklore.
adventurer - A person who enjoys taking risks.
auctioneer - An agent who conducts an auction.
benefactor - A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help).
contrarian - An investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors.
contestant - A person who participates in competitions.
discussant - A participant in a formal discussion.
inhabitant - A person who inhabits a particular place.
sensualist - A person who enjoys sensuality.
abominator - One who hates or loathes.
abstractor - One who makes abstracts or summarizes information.
abiogenist - A believer in abiogenesis.
autochthon - The earliest known inhabitants of a region.
accomplice - A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan).
accountant - Someone who maintains and audits business accounts.
admonisher - Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided.
adulteress - A woman adulterer.
advertiser - Someone whose business is advertising.
aficionado - A serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer.
aggravator - An unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating.
agronomist - An expert in soil management and field-crop production.
aircrewman - A member of an aircrew.
algebraist - A mathematician whose specialty is algebra.
alleviator - A therapist who makes suffering more endurable.
ambassador - A diplomat of the highest rank.
analphabet - An illiterate person who does not know the alphabet.
ancestress - A woman ancestor.
anecdotist - A person skilled in telling anecdotes.
anglophile - An admirer of England and things English.
anglophobe - A person who hates England and everything English.
archdeacon - (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop.
archbishop - A bishop of highest rank.
archpriest - A senior clergyman and dignitary.
aristocrat - A member of the aristocracy.
arrowsmith - A maker of arrows.
astrogator - The navigator of a spacecraft.
astrologer - Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon.
astronomer - A physicist who studies astronomy.
authorizer - An authority who authorizes (people or actions).
autodidact - A person who has taught himself.
babyminder - A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working.
babysitter - A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.
backpacker - A hiker who wears a backpack.
baggageman - An attendant who takes care of baggage.
balloonist - Someone who flies a balloon.
ballplayer - An athlete who plays baseball.
bandleader - The leader of a dance band.
bandmaster - The conductor of a band.
bassoonist - A musician who plays the bassoon.
beautician - Someone who works in a beauty parlor.
bibliopole - A dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books).
bibliotist - Someone who engages in bibliotics.
biochemist - Someone with special training in biochemistry.
biographer - Someone who writes an account of a person's life.
blacksmith - A smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil.
blasphemer - A person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things.
bludgeoner - An assailant who uses a bludgeon.
bluejacket - A serviceman in the navy.
bobbysoxer - An adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s).
bombardier - The member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target.
bondholder - A holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation.
bonesetter - Someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones.
bookbinder - A worker whose trade is binding books.
bookdealer - A dealer in books.
bookkeeper - Someone who records the transactions of a business.
bookseller - The proprietor of a bookstore.
bootlegger - Someone who makes or sells illegal liquor.
bricklayer - A craftsman skilled in building with bricks.
bridesmaid - An unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding.
bureaucrat - An official of a bureaucracy.
campaigner - A politician who is running for public office.
cardholder - A player who holds a card or cards in a card game.
cartoonist - A person who draws cartoons.
cartwright - A workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons.
catechumen - A new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist.
cavalryman - A soldier mounted on horseback.
chancellor - The honorary or titular head of a university.
changeling - A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy.
chauffeuse - A woman chauffeur.
charioteer - The driver of a chariot.
chauvinist - An extreme bellicose nationalist.
cheapskate - A miserly person.
chronicler - Someone who writes chronicles.
chutzpanik - (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa.
churchgoer - A religious person who goes to church regularly.
classicist - An artistic person who adheres to classicism.
cloakmaker - Someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments.
clocksmith - Someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches.
cocksucker - A person who performs fellatio.
codetalker - A secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language.
comedienne - A female comedian.
councilman - A man who is a council member.
compositor - One who sets written material into type.
confidante - A female confidant.
congregant - A member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue).
contractor - Someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things.
copywriter - A person employed to write advertising or publicity copy.
cornerback - A defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers.
cornhusker - A worker who husks corn.
counterspy - A spy who works against enemy espionage.
compatriot - A person from your own country.
countryman - A man from your own country.
cuirassier - A cavalryman equipped with a cuirass.
curmudgeon - A crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas.
cytologist - A biologist who studies the structure and function of cells.
daydreamer - Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming.
decipherer - A reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text.
depressive - Someone suffering psychological depression.
dispatcher - Employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service.
dogfighter - A fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights.
dominatrix - A dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship).
doorkeeper - Someone who guards an entrance.
dressmaker - Someone who makes or mends dresses.
dropkicker - A football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground.
economizer - A frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste.
egocentric - A self-centered person with little regard for others.
ejaculator - A speaker who utters a sudden exclamation.
empiricist - A philosopher who subscribes to empiricism.
enthusiast - An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity.
ethologist - A zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats.
etiologist - A specialist in the etiology of diseases.
evangelist - A preacher of the Christian gospel.
exodontist - A dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth.
expurgator - A person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages.
farmerette - A woman working on a farm.
federalist - An advocate of federalism.
fishmonger - Someone who sells fish.
flagellant - A person who whips himself as a religious penance.
forecaster - Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge).
forefather - The founder of a family.
foremother - A woman ancestor.
foreperson - The presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf.
freeholder - The owner of a freehold.
freelancer - A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them.
freeloader - Someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
galvanizer - A leader who stimulates and excites people to action.
gamekeeper - A person employed to take care of game and wildlife.
gatekeeper - Someone who controls access to something.
geneticist - A biologist who specializes in genetics.
progenitor - An ancestor in the direct line.
geographer - An expert on geography.
girlfriend - A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved.
glassmaker - Someone who makes glass.
glossarist - A scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries.
goldbeater - An artisan who beats gold into gold leaf.
grammarian - A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax.
grandchild - A child of your son or daughter.
groundling - In Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section.
groundsman - Someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field).
halberdier - A guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty).
harmonizer - A mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another.
hatemonger - One who arouses hatred for others.
headhunter - A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies.
headmaster - Presiding officer of a school.
heartthrob - An object of infatuation.
hemiplegic - A person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body).
highbinder - A corrupt politician.
highjacker - A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it.
hitchhiker - A person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles.
homunculus - A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell.
horsewoman - A woman horseman.
iconoclast - Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions.
ideologist - An advocate of some ideology.
idolatress - A woman idolater.
inoculator - A medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases.
inquisitor - A questioner who is excessively harsh.
instigator - A person who initiates a course of action.
intervenor - (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding.
ironmonger - Someone who sells hardware.
ironworker - A person who makes articles of iron.
journalist - A writer for newspapers and magazines.
juggernaut - A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way.
kibbutznik - A member of a kibbutz.
kolkhoznik - A member of a kolkhoz.
landlubber - An inexperienced sailor.
langlaufer - A cross-country skier.
languisher - A person who languishes.
legislator - Someone who makes or enacts laws.
librettist - Author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta.
licentiate - Holds a license (degree) from a (European) university.
lieutenant - An officer in a police force.
lighterman - Someone who operates a barge.
liquidator - (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties.
lobsterman - A person whose occupation is catching lobsters.
lockmaster - A worker in charge of a lock (on a canal).
longbowman - A medieval English archer who used a longbow.
pyromaniac - A person with a mania for setting things on fire.
macebearer - An official who carries a mace of office.
magistrate - A lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses).
malcontent - A person who is discontented or disgusted.
malfeasant - One guilty of malfeasance.
malingerer - Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity.
manageress - A woman manager.
maneuverer - A person skilled in maneuvering.
manicurist - A beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails.
manservant - A man servant.
marathoner - Someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons).
matchmaker - Someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others.
middlebrow - Someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow.
midshipman - A temporary rank held by young naval officers in training.
militarist - A person who advocates war or warlike policies.
militiaman - A member of the militia.
millwright - A workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery.
misogamist - A person who hates marriage.
misogynist - A misanthrope who dislikes women in particular.
monarchist - An advocate of the principles of monarchy.
monetarist - An advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money.
monogamist - Someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time).
monologist - An entertainer who performs alone.
monomaniac - A person suffering from monomania.
monopolist - Someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something.
monotheist - A believer in one god.
motormouth - Someone who talks incessantly.
mountebank - A flamboyant deceiver.
mycologist - A botanist who specializes in the study of fungi.
narcissist - Someone in love with themselves.
naturalist - A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology).
naturopath - A therapist who practices naturopathy.
negativist - Someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked.
negotiator - Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement).
neutralist - An advocate of neutrality in international affairs.
newscaster - Someone who broadcasts the news.
newsreader - Someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin.
nincompoop - A stupid foolish person.
nominalist - A philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism.
normalizer - A person who normalizes.
nympholept - A person seized by nympholepsy.
oncologist - A specialist in oncology.
originator - Someone who creates new things.
orthoepist - A practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely).
orthoptist - A specialist in orthoptics.
outfielder - A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield.
outpatient - A patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated.
pallbearer - One of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral.
panhandler - A beggar who approaches strangers asking for money.
parlormaid - A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.
pawnbroker - A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security.
penetrator - An intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance).
penologist - A person who studies the theory and practice of prison management.
petitioner - One praying humbly for something.
pharmacist - A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
philistine - A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.
pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child.
pickpocket - A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.
plagiarist - Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.
platelayer - A workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks.
plowwright - A workman who makes and repairs plows.
polemicist - A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology).
politician - A person active in party politics.
polygamist - Someone who is married to two or more people at the same time.
polygynist - A man with two or more wives.
polytheist - One who believes in a plurality of gods.
pomologist - Someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees.
postulator - Someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument.
postmaster - The person in charge of a post office.
poultryman - A dealer in poultry and poultry products.
pragmatist - A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions.
prebendary - A canon who receives a prebend for serving the church.
presentist - A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time.
princeling - A young prince.
printmaker - An artist who designs and makes prints.
procurator - (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes.
programmer - A person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.
propagator - Someone who spreads the news.
prophetess - A woman prophet.
propositus - The person immediately affected by or concerned with an action.
prosecutor - A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.
prospector - Someone who explores an area for mineral deposits.
psychopomp - A conductor of souls to the afterworld.
pyromancer - One who practices pyromancy.
quadripara - (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies.
quadruplet - One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
quintipara - (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies.
quintuplet - One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
ragamuffin - A dirty shabbily clothed urchin.
rapporteur - A recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings.
recidivist - Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
recitalist - A musician who gives recitals.
refinisher - A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture.
registrant - A person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby).
respondent - Someone who responds.
restrainer - A person who directs and restrains.
retreatant - A participant in a religious retreat.
ringleader - A person who leads (especially in illicit activities).
ringmaster - The person in charge of performances in a circus ring.
ropewalker - An acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground.
roughrider - A horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle.
sacrificer - A religious person who offers up a sacrifice.
salesclerk - A salesperson in a store.
sandbagger - Someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you.
scapegrace - A reckless and unprincipled reprobate.
schlimazel - (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything.
schoolgirl - A girl attending school.
schoolmarm - A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).
schoolmate - An acquaintance that you go to school with.
scrutineer - Someone who examines votes at an election.
sculptress - A woman sculptor.
secularist - An advocate of secularism.
seductress - A woman who seduces.
segregator - Someone who believes the races should be kept apart.
seminarian - A student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary).
separatist - An advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union).
serologist - A medical scientist who specializes in serology.
serviceman - Someone who serves in the armed forces.
shanghaier - A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship.
shipwright - A carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels.
shirtmaker - A maker of shirts.
shopaholic - A compulsive shopper.
shopkeeper - A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
shutterbug - A photography enthusiast.
skirmisher - Someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party).
sleepyhead - A sleepy person.
slopseller - A dealer in cheap ready-made clothing.
sobersides - A serious and sedate individual.
socializer - A person who takes part in social activities.
songstress - A woman songster (especially of popular songs).
songwriter - A composer of words or music for popular songs.
specialist - An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning.
speculator - Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains.
spoilsport - Someone who spoils the pleasure of others.
starveling - Someone who is starving (or being starved).
steelmaker - A worker engaged in making steel.
stepfather - The husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage.
stepmother - The wife of your father by a subsequent marriage.
stepparent - The spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage.
stewardess - A woman steward on an airplane.
stocktaker - An employee whose job is to take inventory.
strategist - An expert in strategy (especially in warfare).
stumblebum - A second-rate prize fighter.
subdivider - Someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a divider of land into building sites).
subjugator - A conqueror who defeats and enslaves.
submariner - A member of the crew of a submarine.
subscriber - Someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money.
subsidizer - Someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy.
suffragist - An advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women).
supercargo - An officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase.
supergrass - A police informer who implicates many people.
supermodel - A fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity.
supervisor - One who supervises or has charge and direction of.
surrealist - An artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism.
symphonist - A composer of symphonies.
symposiast - Someone who participates in a symposium.
syncopator - A musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band).
syndicator - A businessman who forms a syndicate.
synonymist - A student of synonyms.
synthesist - An intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods.
tantalizer - Someone who tantalizes.
taskmaster - Someone who imposes hard or continuous work.
tattletale - Someone who gossips indiscreetly.
taxidriver - Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
taxonomist - A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior.
technician - Someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process.
technocrat - An advocate of technocracy.
teetotaler - A total abstainer.
telecaster - A television broadcaster.
temporizer - Someone who temporizes.
tenderfoot - An inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living).
theologian - Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology.
timekeeper - A clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees.
timeserver - One who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage.
tollkeeper - Someone employed to collect tolls.
transactor - Someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations.
transferee - (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed.
transferer - Someone who transfers something.
transferor - (law) someone who conveys a title or property to another.
trombonist - A musician who plays the trombone.
unicyclist - A person who rides a unicycle.
vacationer - Someone on vacation.
vegetarian - Eater of fruits and grains and nuts.
vicegerent - Someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy.
victimizer - A person who victimizes others.
villainess - A woman villain.
virologist - A specialist in virology.
visualizer - One whose prevailing mental imagery is visual.
voluptuary - A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses.
vulcanizer - Someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency.
vulgarizer - Someone who makes something vulgar.
wallflower - Remains on sidelines at social event.
warehouser - A workman who manages or works in a warehouse.
watchmaker - Someone who makes or repairs watches.
weatherman - Predicts the weather.
wildcatter - An oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field.
withdrawer - A depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited.
withholder - A person who restrains or checks or holds back.
woodcarver - Makes decorative wooden panels.
woodcutter - Cuts down trees and chops wood as a job.
woodworker - Makes things out of wood.
wordmonger - A writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning.
workaholic - Person with a compulsive need to work.
yardmaster - A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard.
aberration - An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image.
slipstream - The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
antitrades - Wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds.
dehiscence - (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue.
diapedesis - Passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue.
hysteresis - The lagging of an effect behind its cause.
aerobiosis - Life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen.
ultrasound - Very high frequency sound.
trajectory - The path followed by an object moving through space.
dimorphism - (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences).
refraction - The change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another.
scattering - A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby.
insolation - Incident solar radiation.
conduction - The transmission of heat or electricity or sound.
torchlight - Light from a torch or torches.
trichroism - Pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions.
turbulence - Unstable flow of a liquid or gas.
waterpower - The power to do work that is latent in a head of water.
microflora - Microscopic plants.
apothecium - A cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi.
ornamental - Any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value.
pleurocarp - A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk.
pecopteris - Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb.
carpospore - A nonmotile spore of red algae.
teliospore - A chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus.
tetraspore - One of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium.
hygrophyte - A plant that grows in a moist habitat.
gymnosperm - Plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary.
macrozamia - Any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts.
arborvitae - Any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis.
keteleeria - Asiatic conifers resembling firs.
yellowwood - Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract.
angiosperm - Plants having seeds in a closed ovary.
wildflower - Wild or uncultivated flowering plant.
pistillode - A sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower.
carpophore - A slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel.
haustorium - A root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host.
sporophyte - The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations.
microspore - Smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants.
archespore - Primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
cottonseed - Seed of cotton plants.
hypanthium - The cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae).
barrenwort - Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems.
manglietia - A genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China.
goldthread - Low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers.
delphinium - Any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers.
goldenseal - Perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves.
calliandra - Any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers.
frangipani - Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers.
cuckoopint - Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix.
dracontium - Any plant of the genus Dracontium.
nephthytis - Any plant of the genus Nephthytis.
asarabacca - Thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe.
stitchwort - Low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers.
carpetweed - Annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers.
tumbleweed - Bushy plant of western United States.
cottonweed - Any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America.
greasewood - Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America.
epiphyllum - Any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers.
bloodberry - Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries.
bitterroot - Showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots.
clammyweed - Strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs.
stonecress - Any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema.
heliophila - Any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes.
bladderpod - Any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods.
pennycress - Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi.
marguerite - Perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers.
goldilocks - Early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod.
balsamroot - A plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots.
catananche - Any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers.
cornflower - An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers.
chaenactis - Any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers.
goldenbush - Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus.
mistflower - Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers.
calliopsis - North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers.
coneflower - Any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center.
gaillardia - Any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy.
rabbitweed - Low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads.
sneezeweed - Any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing.
elecampane - Tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally.
goldfields - Small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads.
butterweed - Any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera.
pteropogon - Southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit.
costusroot - Annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs.
crownbeard - Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads.
gravelweed - Perennial herb with yellow flowers.
immortelle - Mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers.
throatwort - European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat.
pseudobulb - A solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids.
brassavola - Any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7.
cypripedia - A plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium.
dendrobium - A plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers.
epidendron - Any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum.
maxillaria - Any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers.
polyanthus - Florists' primroses.
coralberry - Shrub with coral-red berries.
bunchgrass - Any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat.
shortgrass - Any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions.
lemongrass - A tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka.
wheatgrass - A grass of the genus Agropyron.
barleycorn - A grain of barley.
nimblewill - Slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States.
witchgrass - North American grass with slender brushy panicles.
feathertop - Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles.
cantaloupe - A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh.
velvetleaf - Tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber.
needlewood - Large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers.
needlebush - Shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers.
fetterbush - Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel.
minniebush - Low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs.
pipsissewa - Any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila.
forestiera - Any plant of the genus Forestiera.
tanglebush - Spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits.
eucalyptus - A tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
smoothbark - Any of several Australian eucalypts having the bark smooth except at or near the base of the trunk.
willowherb - A plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs.
laurelwood - Tropical American tree.
silvervine - Ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings.
candlewood - Any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light.
mignonette - Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance.
wandflower - A showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers.
agapanthus - Any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers.
aspidistra - Evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves.
starflower - Common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes.
brazilwood - Tropical tree with prickly trunk.
crotalaria - Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle.
beggarweed - West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil.
gliricidia - Any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches.
bluebonnet - Low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers.
restharrow - European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots.
spiderwort - Any plant of the family Commelinaceae.
sweetbrier - Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
multiflora - Vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers.
blackthorn - Erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries.
whitethorn - Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries.
silverweed - Low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath.
lawyerbush - Stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth.
cloudberry - Creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries.
rowanberry - Decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree.
madderwort - Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae.
twinflower - Creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs.
cranesbill - Any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium.
storksbill - Any of various plants of the genus Erodium.
chinaberry - Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits.
caracolito - Large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry.
orangewood - Fine-grained wood of an orange tree.
citronwood - Wood of a citron tree.
fraxinella - Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather.
cottonwood - Any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed.
sandalwood - Close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood.
rabbitwood - Shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes.
marblewood - Large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood.
coralbells - Perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes.
suksdorfia - Any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles.
foamflower - Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant.
polemonium - Any plant of the genus Polemonium.
princewood - Tropical American timber tree.
moonflower - Pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers.
fiddleneck - Hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers.
dragonhead - American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers.
elsholtzia - Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes.
pennyroyal - Erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers.
motherwort - Bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers.
cancerweed - Sage of eastern United States.
butterwort - Any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects.
snapdragon - A garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon.
nightshade - Any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum.
naranjilla - Small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges.
jimsonweed - Intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits.
poinsettia - Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.
candelilla - Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.
cascarilla - West Indian shrub with aromatic bark.
umbellifer - Any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae.
bunchberry - Creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots.
ascolichen - A lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete.
shaggymane - Common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores.
sclerotium - Compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi.
ascomycete - Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.
aeciospore - Spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium.
houseplant - Any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes.
glochidium - A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti).
sporophyll - Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia.
sporangium - Organ containing or producing spores.
paraphysis - A sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia.
sporophore - A spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores.
androecium - A male gametoecium.
undershrub - A low shrub.
lithophyte - Plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere.
saprophyte - An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium.
schizocarp - A dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed.
spleenwort - Any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium.
maidenhair - Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds.
psilophyte - Any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant.
christella - Any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds.
rhizomorph - A dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi.
villeinage - Tenure by which a villein held land.
temporalty - The worldly possessions of a church.
plantation - An estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas).
fellowship - Money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research.
honorarium - A fee paid for a nominally free service.
remittance - A payment of money sent to a person in another place.
nonpayment - Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid.
capitation - A tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person.
threepence - Former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies.
eightpence - A coin worth eight pennies.
absorption - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another.
adsorption - The accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid.
amylolysis - Conversion of starch to sugar.
anastalsis - Muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis.
antisepsis - The process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms.
aphaeresis - (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'.
apposition - (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material.
blossoming - The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
catabiosis - Normal aging of cells.
catabolism - Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy.
childbirth - The parturition process in human beings.
combustion - A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.
concretion - The formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys).
convection - The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion.
defecation - The elimination of fecal waste through the anus.
degaussing - The process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field.
desorption - Changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state.
diakinesis - The final stage of the prophase of meiosis.
dissolving - The process of going into solution.
eburnation - A change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory.
ecchymosis - The escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin.
epigenesis - A geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed.
galactosis - The secretion of milk.
glaciation - The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice.
glycolysis - A metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP.
hydrolysis - A chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds.
imbibition - (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel.
iodination - The substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds.
ionization - The process of ionizing.
karyolysis - Disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies.
lithuresis - Passing small stones with the urine.
maceration - Softening due to soaking or steeping.
maturation - Coming to full development.
metabolism - The organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life.
metastasis - The spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body.
metathesis - A linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence.
necrolysis - Disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue.
osteolysis - Lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply.
permeation - The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance.
processing - Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure.
quickening - The process of showing signs of life.
radiolysis - Molecular disintegration resulting from radiation.
resorption - The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation.
salivation - The secretion of saliva.
schizogony - Asexual reproduction by multiple fission.
spallation - (physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles.
speciation - The evolution of a biological species.
subduction - A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate.
syncretism - The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections).
ulceration - The process of ulcer formation.
chlorinity - A measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in water (especially seawater).
googolplex - A cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol).
dessiatine - A former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres.
fluidounce - A United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches.
milliliter - A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
centiliter - A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter.
hectoliter - A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
microfarad - A unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad.
millifarad - A unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad.
microgauss - A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss.
millihenry - A unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry.
footcandle - A unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle.
horsepower - A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
millicurie - A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie.
rutherford - A unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second.
femtometer - A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
millimeter - A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
centimeter - A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
hectometer - A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
myriameter - A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
pennyworth - The amount that can be bought for a penny.
subtrahend - The number to be subtracted from the minuend.
biquadrate - An algebraic equation of the fourth degree.
multiplier - The number by which a multiplicand is multiplied.
sextillion - The number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros.
septillion - The number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros.
shoestring - A small amount of money.
infinitude - An infinite quantity.
perfective - The aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action.
motherhood - The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother.
percentage - A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).
parasitism - The relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage).
centerline - A line that bisects a plane figure.
semicircle - A plane figure with the shape of half a circle.
polyhedron - A solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces.
tortuosity - A tortuous and twisted shape or position.
paraboloid - A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis.
hypotenuse - The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
epicycloid - A line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle.
hexahedron - Any polyhedron having six plane faces.
octahedron - Any polyhedron having eight plane faces.
decahedron - Any polyhedron having ten plane faces.
prismatoid - A polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes.
conditions - The set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare.
nationhood - The state of being a nation.
friendship - The state of being friends (or friendly).
congestion - Excessive crowding.
precedence - Status established in order of importance or urgency.
occurrence - An instance of something occurring.
schemozzle - (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair.
bloodguilt - The state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder.
complicity - Guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense.
internment - Confinement during wartime.
dependence - The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
stagnation - A state of inactivity (in business or art etc).
moratorium - Suspension of an ongoing activity.
acromicria - Abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes).
aneuploidy - An abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete).
anesthesia - Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness.
anhidrosis - Failure of the sweat glands.
sleepiness - A very sleepy state.
flatulence - A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
excitement - The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up.
polydipsia - Excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction).
hypocapnia - A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal.
myasthenia - Any muscular weakness.
barrenness - The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.
dysgenesis - Infertility between hybrids.
anorgasmia - Absence of an orgasm in sexual relations.
invalidism - Chronic ill health.
dilatation - The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.
tympanites - Distension of the abdomen that is caused by the accumulation of gas in the intestines or the peritoneal cavity.
alcoholism - Habitual intoxication.
gammopathy - A disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins.
angiopathy - Any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts.
blackwater - Any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells.
rheumatism - Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues.
gingivitis - Inflammation of the gums.
ulatrophia - Recession of the gums.
monorchism - Failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum.
dyskinesia - Abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements.
emmetropia - (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina.
anorthopia - Distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved.
dysgraphia - Impaired ability to learn to write.
thrombosis - The formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel.
bacteremia - Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood.
adenopathy - A glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands).
angioedema - Recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema.
lymphedema - Swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas.
diphtheria - Acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
chickenpox - An acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus.
meningitis - Infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection.
bronchitis - Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes.
asbestosis - Lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles.
ablepharia - A congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete).
epispadias - A congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis.
dichromacy - A deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision).
protanopia - Dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue.
tritanopia - Rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow.
ichthyosis - Any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish.
oxycephaly - A congenital abnormality of the skull.
hemophilia - Congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding.
giardiasis - Infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water.
paronychia - Infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe.
hemoptysis - Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract.
hydramnios - An abnormality of pregnancy.
leukopenia - An abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count.
heatstroke - Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat.
mastopathy - Any pathology of the breast.
neuropathy - Any pathology of the peripheral nerves.
acanthosis - An abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis).
hypericism - A severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John's wort.
dermatitis - Inflammation of the skin.
dermatosis - Disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation).
leukoderma - A congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin.
pityriasis - Any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin.
erysipelas - An acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes.
scleredema - A skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face.
malignancy - (medicine) a malignant state.
meningioma - A tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord.
myosarcoma - Sarcoma of muscle tissue.
hemangioma - Benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels.
alveolitis - Inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust.
ophthalmia - Severe conjunctivitis.
bagassosis - Alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust).
bluetongue - A viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges.
ammoniuria - Excessive ammonia in the urine.
glucosuria - The presence of abnormally high levels of glucose in the urine.
glycosuria - The presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine.
ochronosis - An accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue.
kaliuresis - The presence of excess potassium in the urine.
rinderpest - An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal).
exomphalos - An umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord.
keratocele - Hernia of the cornea.
laparocele - Hernia through the abdomen.
amenorrhea - Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow.
narcolepsy - A sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep.
hematocele - Swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis).
oscheocele - Swelling of the scrotum.
tumescence - Tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues.
hemothorax - Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest).
arthralgia - Pain in a joint or joints.
glossalgia - Pain in the tongue.
hemorrhoid - Pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter.
keratalgia - Pain in the cornea.
nephralgia - Pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins).
proctalgia - Pain in the rectum.
afterpains - Pains felt by a woman after her baby is born.
cellulitis - An inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain.
cervicitis - Inflammation of the uterine cervix.
fibrositis - Inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths).
laryngitis - Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx.
monoplegia - Paralysis of a single limb.
myelatelia - Any developmental defect of the spinal cord.
oophoritis - Inflammation of one or both ovaries.
stomatitis - Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth.
tendinitis - Inflammation of a tendon.
tracheitis - Inflammation of the trachea.
tympanitis - Inflammation of the inner ear.
ureteritis - Inflammation of the ureter.
valvulitis - Inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever).
vasculitis - Inflammation of a blood vessel.
queasiness - A mild state of nausea.
blepharism - Condition in which a person blinks continuously.
filariasis - A disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels.
acromegaly - Enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face.
hypoplasia - Underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells.
wheeziness - Presence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis).
zoanthropy - The delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal.
gynophobia - A morbid fear of women.
acrophobia - A morbid fear of great heights.
algophobia - A morbid fear of pain.
aquaphobia - A morbid fear of drowning.
cryophobia - A morbid fear of freezing.
mysophobia - A morbid fear of dirt or contamination.
pyrophobia - A morbid fear of fire.
cynophobia - A morbid fear of dogs.
musophobia - A morbid fear of mice.
xenophobia - A fear of foreigners or strangers.
encopresis - Involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness.
rhinopathy - Any disease or malformation of the nose.
rhinophyma - Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin.
cataphasia - A speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession.
dysarthria - Impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature.
lambdacism - Speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'.
irritation - The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed.
loneliness - The state of being alone in solitary isolation.
hiddenness - The state of being covert and hidden.
osculation - (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent.
betterment - An improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility.
parenthood - The state of being a parent.
immaturity - Not having reached maturity.
callowness - Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life.
humbleness - The state of being humble and unimportant.
degeneracy - The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.
stringency - A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
ascariasis - Infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms.
dishabille - The state of being carelessly or partially dressed.
intactness - The state of being unimpaired.
phocomelia - An abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps.
syndactyly - Birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes.
prosperity - The condition of prospering.
insolvency - The lack of financial resources.
befoulment - The state of being polluted.
sordidness - Sordid dirtiness.
sloppiness - A lack of order and tidiness.
typicality - The state of being that is typical.
coprolalia - An uncontrollable use of obscene language.
lactosuria - Presence of lactose in the urine.
ateleiosis - A form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence.
caffeinism - Poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products.
choppiness - Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather.
taxability - Liability to taxation.
reactivity - Ready susceptibility to chemical change.
xerostomia - Abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva.
secureness - The state of freedom from fear or danger.
disability - The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
hemianopia - Blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes.
nyctalopia - Inability to see clearly in dim light.
presbyopia - A reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45.
strabismus - Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes.
paraplegia - Paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma).
hemiplegia - Paralysis of one side of the body.
rhinorrhea - Persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold).
urethritis - Inflammation of the urethra.
polyploidy - The condition of being polyploid.
varicocele - Dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes.
varicosity - Varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous.
xanthopsia - Visual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue.
hypertonia - (of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic.
antimatter - Matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances.
phlogiston - A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning.
asparagine - A crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus).
canavanine - An amino acid found in the jack bean.
citrulline - An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.
pyrogallol - A toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer.
adulterant - Any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance.
fluoroform - Colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform).
dysprosium - A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
gadolinium - A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
lawrencium - A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
meitnerium - A radioactive transuranic element.
molybdenum - A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
phosphorus - A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells.
promethium - A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope.
seaborgium - A transuranic element.
technetium - A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
ununhexium - A radioactive transuranic element.
argyrodite - A rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur.
bastnasite - A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements.
carnallite - A white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium.
chalcocite - A heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper.
cordierite - A blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen.
emulsifier - A surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion.
gadolinite - A mineral that is a source of rare earths.
garnierite - A green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate.
glauconite - A green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum.
lepidolite - A mineral of the mica group.
illuminant - Something that can serve as a source of light.
osmiridium - A hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum).
paragonite - A colorless or pale brown mica with sodium.
phlogopite - A brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum.
pyrolusite - A mineral consisting of manganese dioxide.
pyrrhotite - A brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties.
rhinestone - An imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste.
denaturant - Any substance that serves as a denaturing agent.
aldohexose - A monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group.
acrylamide - A white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals.
cinchonine - An alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug.
ergonovine - An alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot.
ergotamine - An alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot.
strychnine - An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica.
carotenoid - Any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals.
zeaxanthin - Yellow carotenoid (isomeric with lutein and occurs widely with it) that is the main pigment in yellow Indian corn.
amygdaloid - Volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits.
sensitizer - (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction.
actinolite - A green mineral of the amphibole group.
chrysotile - A grey or green fibrous mineral.
hornblende - A green to black mineral of the amphibole group.
actomyosin - A protein complex in muscle fibers.
norgestrel - Synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives.
nandrolone - An androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis.
prednisone - A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten).
antifreeze - A liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point.
aquamarine - A transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color.
hydrazoite - A salt of hydrazoic acid.
omeprazole - Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
bloodstone - Green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood.
tributyrin - A bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid.
carcinogen - Any substance that produces cancer.
paperboard - A cardboard suitable for making posters.
pasteboard - Stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper.
strawboard - A coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp.
cellulosic - A plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose).
chalcedony - A milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz.
enkephalin - An endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere.
chrysolite - A brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone.
anthracite - A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat.
constantan - An alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient.
transposon - A segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole).
distillate - A purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling.
pancreatin - Extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes.
euphorbium - An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine.
transudate - A substance that transudes.
fertilizer - Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile.
putrescine - A colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter.
orthoclase - A white or colored monoclinic feldspar.
fiberglass - A covering material made of glass fibers in resins.
fieldstone - Stone that occurs naturally in fields.
flintstone - Pebbles of flint used in masonry construction.
pitchstone - Dark acid granitic glass.
groundmass - (geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded.
turpentine - Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin.
benzofuran - A colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins.
halocarbon - One of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens.
hemiacetal - An organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones.
homogenate - Material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed).
hypnagogue - An agent that induces drowsiness or sleep.
isocyanate - A salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
isoleucine - An essential amino acid found in proteins.
ketohexose - A monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group.
peridotite - A dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine.
kimberlite - A rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds.
lymphokine - A cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages).
martensite - A solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed.
methionine - A crystalline amino acid containing sulfur.
bitartrate - An acid tartrate.
nitrofuran - Derivative of furan used to inhibit bacterial growth.
nucleoside - A glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid.
nucleotide - A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside.
pepsinogen - Precursor of pepsin.
peroxidase - Any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide.
petrolatum - A semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum.
polymerase - An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA.
propenoate - A salt or ester of propenoic acid.
pyrimidine - A heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor.
quercitron - A yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree.
resorcinol - A crystalline phenol obtained from various resins.
condensate - A product of condensation.
salicylate - A salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs).
samarskite - A complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites.
bichromate - A salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid.
dichloride - A compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule.
sangapenum - A variety of gum.
fibrinogen - A protein present in blood plasma.
hemoglobin - A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
cytochrome - (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration).
precipitin - An antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen.
agglutinin - An antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen.
neurotoxin - Any toxin that affects neural tissues.
cornstarch - Starch prepared from the grains of corn.
nonsteroid - An organic compound that does no contain a steroid.
ergosterol - A plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation.
superoxide - The univalent anion O2-.
telomerase - An enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide.
tenderizer - A substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender.
thiouracil - Depresses the function of the thyroid gland.
tourmaline - A mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium.
tragacanth - A gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing.
tristearin - A triglyceride of stearic acid.
tryptophan - An amino acid that occurs in proteins.
ubiquinone - Any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration.
vanadinite - A mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead.
provitamin - Vitamin precursor.
spermaceti - A white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale.
cadaverine - A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue.
wolframite - A mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form.
yellowcake - An impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore.
heulandite - A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium.
metabolite - Any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism).
tuberculin - A sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium.
millennium - A span of 1000 years.
puerperium - Time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved.
incipiency - Beginning to exist or to be apparent.
schooldays - The time of life when you are going to school.
prepuberty - A period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur.
dinnertime - The customary or habitual hour for the evening meal.
tiebreaker - Overtime play in order to break a tie.
attosecond - One quintillionth (10^-18) of a second.
picosecond - One trillionth (10^-12) of a second.
nanosecond - One billionth (10^-9) of a second.
prehistory - The time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word.
multistage - Occurring in more than one stage.
episcopate - The term of office of a bishop.
