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abase |
(v. ) To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade. |
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abbess |
(n.) The lady superior of a nunnery. |
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abbey |
(n.) The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. |
| 4 |
abbot |
(n.) The superior of a community of monks. |
| 5 |
abdicate |
(v.) To give up (royal power or the like). |
| 6 |
abdomen |
(n.) In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly. |
| 7 |
abdominal |
(n.) Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen. |
| 8 |
abduction |
(n.) A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally. |
| 9 |
abed |
(adv.) In bed; on a bed. |
| 10 |
aberration |
(n.) Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. |
| 11 |
abet |
(v.) To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). |
| 12 |
abeyance |
(n.) A state of suspension or temporary inaction. |
| 13 |
abhorrence |
(n.) The act of detesting extremely. |
| 14 |
abhorrent |
(adj.) Very repugnant; hateful. |
| 15 |
abidance |
(n.) An abiding. |
| 16 |
abject |
(adj.) Sunk to a low condition. |
| 17 |
abjure |
(v.) To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. |
| 18 |
able-bodied |
(adj.) Competent for physical service. |
| 19 |
ablution |
(n.) A washing or cleansing, especially of the body. |
| 20 |
abnegate |
(v.) To renounce (a right or privilege). |
| 21 |
abnormal |
(adj.) Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. |
| 22 |
abominable |
(adj.) Very hateful. |
| 23 |
abominate |
(v.) To hate violently. |
| 24 |
abomination |
(n.) A very detestable act or practice. |
| 25 |
aboriginal |
(adj.) Primitive; unsophisticated. |
| 26 |
aborigines |
(n.) The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. |
| 27 |
aboveboard |
(adv.) & (adj.) Without concealment, fraud, or trickery. |
| 28 |
abrade |
(v.) To wear away the surface or some part of by friction. |
| 29 |
abrasion |
(n.) That which is rubbed off. |
| 30 |
abridge |
(v.) To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. |
| 31 |
abridgment |
(n.) A condensed form as of a book or play. |
| 32 |
abrogate |
(v.) To abolish, repeal. |
| 33 |
abrupt |
(adj.) Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break. |
| 34 |
abscess |
(n.) A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body. |
| 35 |
abscission |
(n.) The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. |
| 36 |
abscond |
(v.) To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. |
| 37 |
absence |
(n.) The fact of not being present or available. |
| 38 |
absent-minded |
(adj.) Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business. |
| 39 |
absolution |
(n.) Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. |
| 40 |
absolve |
(v.) To free from sin or its penalties. |
| 41 |
absorb |
(v.) To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water. |
| 42 |
absorption |
(n.) The act or process of absorbing. |
| 43 |
abstain |
(v.) To keep oneself back (from doing or using something). |
| 44 |
abstemious |
(adj.) Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food. |
| 45 |
abstinence |
(n.) Self denial. |
| 46 |
abstruse |
(adj.) Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. |
| 47 |
absurd |
(adj.) Inconsistent with reason or common sense. |
| 48 |
abundant |
(adj.) Plentiful. |
| 49 |
abusive |
(adj.) Employing harsh words or ill treatment. |
| 50 |
abut |
(v.) To touch at the end or boundary line. |
| 51 |
abyss |
(n.) Bottomless gulf. |
| 52 |
academic |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university. |
| 53 |
academician |
(n.) A member of an academy of literature, art, or science. |
| 54 |
academy |
(n.) Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught. |
| 55 |
accede |
(v.) To agree. |
| 56 |
accelerate |
(v.) To move faster. |
| 57 |
accept |
(v.) To take when offered. |
| 58 |
access |
(n.) A way of approach or entrance; passage. |
| 59 |
accessible |
(adj.) Approachable. |
| 60 |
accession |
(n.) Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. |
| 61 |
accessory |
(n.) A person or thing that aids the principal agent. |
| 62 |
acclaim |
(v.) To utter with a shout. |
| 63 |
accommodate |
(v.) To furnish something as a kindness or favor. |
| 64 |
accompaniment |
(n.) A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part. |
| 65 |
accompanist |
(n.) One who or that which accompanies. |
| 66 |
accompany |
(v.) To go with, or be associated with, as a companion. |
| 67 |
accomplice |
(n.) An associate in wrong-doing. |
| 68 |
accomplish |
(v.) To bring to pass. |
| 69 |
accordion |
(n.) A portable free-reed musical instrument. |
| 70 |
accost |
(v.) To speak to. |
| 71 |
account |
(n.) A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions. |
| 72 |
accouter |
(v.) To dress. |
| 73 |
accredit |
(v.) To give credit or authority to. |
| 74 |
accumulate |
(v.) To become greater in quantity or number. |
| 75 |
accuracy |
(n.) Exactness. |
| 76 |
accurate |
(adj.) Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. |
| 77 |
accursed |
(adj.) Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. |
| 78 |
accusation |
(n.) A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error. |
| 79 |
accusatory |
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation. |
| 80 |
accuse |
(v.) To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error. |
| 81 |
accustom |
(v.) To make familiar by use. |
| 82 |
acerbity |
(n.) Sourness, with bitterness and astringency. |
| 83 |
acetate |
(n.) A salt of acetic acid. |
| 84 |
acetic |
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar. |
| 85 |
ache |
(v.) To be in pain or distress. |
| 86 |
Achillean |
(adj.) Invulnerable. |
| 87 |
achromatic |
(adj.) Colorless, |
| 88 |
acid |
(n.) A sour substance. |
| 89 |
acidify |
(v.) To change into acid. |
| 90 |
acknowledge |
(v.) To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of. |
| 91 |
acknowledgment |
(n.) Recognition. |
| 92 |
acme |
(n.) The highest point, or summit. |
| 93 |
acoustic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing. |
| 94 |
acquaint |
(v.) To make familiar or conversant. |
| 95 |
acquiesce |
(v.) To comply; submit. |
| 96 |
acquiescence |
(n.) Passive consent. |
| 97 |
acquire |
(v.) To get as one |
| 98 |
acquisition |
(n.) Anything gained, or made one |
| 99 |
acquit |
(v.) To free or clear, as from accusation. |
| 100 |
acquittal |
(n.) A discharge from accusation by judicial action. |
| 101 |
acquittance |
(n.) Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. |
| 102 |
acreage |
(n.) Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. |
| 103 |
acrid |
(adj.) Harshly pungent or bitter. |
| 104 |
acrimonious |
(adj.) Full of bitterness. |
| 105 |
acrimony |
(n.) Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. |
| 106 |
actionable |
(adj.) Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words. |
| 107 |
actuality |
(n.) Any reality. |
| 108 |
actuary |
(n.) An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums. |
| 109 |
actuate |
(v.) To move or incite to action. |
| 110 |
acumen |
(n.) Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. |
| 111 |
acute |
(adj.) Having fine and penetrating discernment. |
| 112 |
adamant |
(n.) Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. |
| 113 |
addendum |
(n.) Something added, or to be added. |
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addle |
(v.) To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. |
| 115 |
adduce |
(v.) To bring forward or name for consideration. |
| 116 |
adhere |
(v.) To stick fast or together. |
| 117 |
adherence |
(n.) Attachment. |
| 118 |
adherent |
(adj.) Clinging or sticking fast. |
| 119 |
adhesion |
(n.) The state of being attached or joined. |
| 120 |
adjacency |
(n.) The state of being adjacent. |
| 121 |
adjacent |
(n.) That which is near or bordering upon. |
| 122 |
adjudge |
(v.) To award or bestow by formal decision. |
| 123 |
adjunct |
(n.) Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place. |
| 124 |
adjuration |
(n.) A vehement appeal. |
| 125 |
adjutant |
(adj.) Auxiliary. |
| 126 |
administrator |
(n.) One who manages affairs of any kind. |
| 127 |
admissible |
(adj.) Having the right or privilege of entry. |
| 128 |
admittance |
(n.) Entrance, or the right or permission to enter. |
| 129 |
admonish |
(v.) To warn of a fault. |
| 130 |
admonition |
(n.) Gentle reproof. |
| 131 |
ado |
(n.) unnecessary activity or ceremony. |
| 132 |
adoration |
(n.) Profound devotion. |
| 133 |
adroit |
(adj.) Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
| 134 |
adulterant |
(n.) An adulterating substance. |
| 135 |
adulterate |
(v.) To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients. |
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adumbrate |
(v.) To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. |
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advent |
(n.) The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage. |
| 138 |
adverse |
(adj.) Opposing or opposed. |
| 139 |
adversity |
(n.) Misfortune. |
| 140 |
advert |
(v.) To refer incidentally. |
| 141 |
advertiser |
(n.) One who advertises, especially in newspapers. |
| 142 |
advisory |
(adj.) Not mandatory. |
| 143 |
advocacy |
(n.) The act of pleading a cause. |
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advocate |
(n.) One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court. |
| 145 |
aerial |
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or like the air. |
| 146 |
aeronaut |
(n.) One who navigates the air, a balloonist. |
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aeronautics |
(n.) the art or practice of flying aircraft |
| 148 |
aerostat |
(n.) A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air. |
| 149 |
aerostatics |
(n.) The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties. |
| 150 |
affable |
(adj.) Easy to approach. |
| 151 |
affect |
(v.) To act upon |
| 152 |
affectation |
(n.) A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. |
| 153 |
affiliate |
(n.) Some auxiliary person or thing. |
| 154 |
affirmative |
(adj.) Answering yes; to a question at issue. |
| 155 |
affix |
(v.) To fasten. |
| 156 |
affluence |
(n.) A profuse or abundant supply of riches. |
| 157 |
affront |
(n.) An open insult or indignity. |
| 158 |
afire |
(adv.) & (adj.) On fire, literally or figuratively. |
| 159 |
afoot |
(adv.) In progress. |
| 160 |
aforesaid |
(adj.) Said in a preceding part or before. |
| 161 |
afresh |
(adv.) Once more, after rest or interval. |
| 162 |
afterthought |
(n.) A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time. |
| 163 |
agglomerate |
(v.) To pile or heap together. |
| 164 |
aggrandize |
(v.) To cause to appear greatly. |
| 165 |
aggravate |
(v.) To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. |
| 166 |
aggravation |
(n.) The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc. |
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aggregate |
(n.) The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something. |
| 168 |
aggress |
(v.) To make the first attack. |
| 169 |
aggression |
(n.) An unprovoked attack. |
| 170 |
aggrieve |
(v.) To give grief or sorrow to. |
| 171 |
aghast |
(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement. |
| 172 |
agile |
(adj.) Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. |
| 173 |
agitate |
(v.) To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). |
| 174 |
agrarian |
(adj.) Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. |
| 175 |
aide-de-camp |
(n.) An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. |
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ailment |
(n.) Slight sickness. |
| 177 |
airy |
(adj.) Delicate, ethereal. |
| 178 |
akin |
(adj.) Of similar nature or qualities. |
| 179 |
alabaster |
(n.) A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. |
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alacrity |
(n.) Cheerful willingness. |
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albino |
(n.) A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris. |
| 182 |
album |
(n.) A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like. |
| 183 |
alchemy |
(n.) Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold. |
| 184 |
alcohol |
(n.) A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste. |
| 185 |
alcoholism |
(n.) A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages. |
| 186 |
alcove |
(n.) A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. |
| 187 |
alder |
(n.) Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. |
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alderman |
(n.) A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions. |
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aldermanship |
(n.) The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman. |
| 190 |
alias |
(n.) An assumed name. |
| 191 |
alien |
(n.) One who owes allegiance to a foreign government. |
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alienable |
(adj.) Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. |
| 193 |
alienate |
(v.) To cause to turn away. |
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alienation |
(n.) Estrangement. |
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aliment |
(n.) That which nourishes. |
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alkali |
(n.) Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc. |
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allay |
(v.) To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. |
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allege |
(v.) To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court. |
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allegory |
(n.) The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness. |
| 200 |
alleviate |
(v.) To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. |
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alley |
(n.) A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like. |
| 202 |
alliance |
(n.) Any combination or union for some common purpose. |
| 203 |
allot |
(v.) To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person. |
| 204 |
allotment |
(n.) Portion. |
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allude |
(v.) To refer incidentally, or by suggestion. |
| 206 |
allusion |
(n.) An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it. |
| 207 |
alluvion |
(n.) Flood. |
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ally |
(n.) A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness. |
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almanac |
(n.) A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information. |
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aloof |
(adv.) Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. |
| 211 |
altar |
(n.) Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned. |
| 212 |
alter |
(v.) To make change in. |
| 213 |
alteration |
(n.) Change or modification. |
| 214 |
altercate |
(v.) To contend angrily or zealously in words. |
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alternate |
(n.) One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other. |
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alternative |
(n.) Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else. |
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altitude |
(n.) Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea. |
| 218 |
alto |
(n.) The lowest or deepest female voice or part. |
| 219 |
altruism |
(n.) Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest. |
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altruist |
(n.) One who advocates or practices altruism. |
| 221 |
amalgam |
(n.) An alloy or union of mercury with another metal. |
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amalgamate |
(v.) To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. |
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amateur |
(adj.) Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession. |
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amatory |
(adj.) Designed to excite love. |
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ambidextrous |
(adj.) Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease. |
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ambiguous |
(adj.) Having a double meaning. |
| 227 |
ambitious |
(adj.) Eagerly desirous and aspiring. |
| 228 |
ambrosial |
(adj.) Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. |
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ambulance |
(n.) A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded. |
| 230 |
ambulate |
(v.) To walk about |
| 231 |
ambush |
(n.) The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy. |
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ameliorate |
(v.) To relieve, as from pain or hardship |
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amenable |
(adj.) Willing and ready to submit. |
| 234 |
Americanism |
(n.) A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States. |
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amicable |
(adj.) Done in a friendly spirit. |
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amity |
(n.) Friendship. |
| 237 |
amorous |
(adj.) Having a propensity for falling in love. |
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amorphous |
(adj.) Without determinate shape. |
| 239 |
amour |
(n.) A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature. |
| 240 |
ampere |
(n.) The practical unit of electric-current strength. |
| 241 |
ampersand |
(n.) The character &; and. |
| 242 |
amphibious |
(adj.) Living both on land and in water. |
| 243 |
amphitheater |
(n.) An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena. |
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amplitude |
(n.) Largeness. |
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amply |
(adv.) Sufficiently. |
| 246 |
amputate |
(v.) To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body. |
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amusement |
(n.) Diversion. |
| 248 |
anachronism |
(n.) Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time. |
| 249 |
anagram |
(n.) The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase. |
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analogous |
(adj.) Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations. |
| 251 |
analogy |
(n.) Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed. |
| 252 |
analyst |
(n.) One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method. |
| 253 |
analyze |
(v.) To examine minutely or critically. |
| 254 |
anarchy |
(n.) Absence or utter disregard of government. |
| 255 |
anathema |
(n.) Anything forbidden, as by social usage. |
| 256 |
anatomy |
(n.) That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms. |
| 257 |
ancestry |
(n.) One |
| 258 |
anecdote |
(n.) A brief account of some interesting event or incident. |
| 259 |
anemia |
(n.) Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles. |
| 260 |
anemic |
(adj.) Affected with anemia. |
| 261 |
anemometer |
(n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind. |
| 262 |
anesthetic |
(adj.) Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation. |
| 263 |
anew |
(adv.) Once more. |
| 264 |
angelic |
(adj.) Saintly. |
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Anglo-Saxon |
(n.) The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India. |
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Anglophobia |
(n.) Hatred or dread of England or of what is English. |
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angular |
(adj.) Sharp-cornered. |
| 268 |
anhydrous |
(adj.) Withered. |
| 269 |
animadversion |
(n.) The utterance of criticism or censure. |
| 270 |
animadvert |
(v.) To pass criticism or censure. |
| 271 |
animalcule |
(n.) An animal of microscopic smallness. |
| 272 |
animate |
(v.) To make alive. |
| 273 |
animosity |
(n.) Hatred. |
| 274 |
annalist |
(n.) Historian. |
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annals |
(n.) A record of events in their chronological order, year by year. |
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annex |
(v.) To add or affix at the end. |
| 277 |
annihilate |
(v.) To destroy absolutely. |
| 278 |
annotate |
(v.) To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon. |
| 279 |
annual |
(adj.) Occurring every year. |
| 280 |
annuity |
(n.) An annual allowance, payment, or income. |
| 281 |
annunciation |
(n.) Proclamation. |
| 282 |
anode |
(n.) The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like. |
| 283 |
anonymous |
(adj.) Of unknown authorship. |
| 284 |
antagonism |
(n.) Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons. |
| 285 |
Antarctic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it. |
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ante |
(v.) In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt. |
| 287 |
antecede |
(v.) To precede. |
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antecedent |
(n.) One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. |
| 289 |
antechamber |
(n.) A waiting room for those who seek audience. |
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antedate |
(v.) To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one. |
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antediluvian |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah. |
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antemeridian |
(adj.) Before noon. |
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antemundane |
(adj.) Pertaining to time before the world |
| 294 |
antenatal |
(adj.) Occurring or existing before birth. |
| 295 |
anterior |
(adj.) Prior. |
| 296 |
anteroom |
(n.) A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger. |
| 297 |
anthology |
(n.) A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors. |
| 298 |
anthracite |
(n.) Hard coal. |
| 299 |
anthropology |
(n.) The science of man in general. |
| 300 |
anthropomorphous |
(adj.) Having or resembling human form. |
| 301 |
antic |
(n.) A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action. |
| 302 |
Antichrist |
(n.) Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power. |
| 303 |
anticlimax |
(n.) A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said. |
| 304 |
anticyclone |
(n.) An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward. |
| 305 |
antidote |
(n.) Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like. |
| 306 |
antilogy |
(n.) Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas. |
| 307 |
antipathize |
(v.) To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike. |
| 308 |
antiphon |
(n.) A response or alteration of responses, generally musical. |
| 309 |
antiphony |
(n.) An anthem or other composition sung responsively. |
| 310 |
antipodes |
(n.) A place or region on the opposite side of the earth. |
| 311 |
antiquary |
(n.) One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc. |
| 312 |
antiquate |
(v.) To make old or out of date. |
| 313 |
antique |
(adj.) Pertaining to ancient times. |
| 314 |
antiseptic |
(n.) Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms. |
| 315 |
antislavery |
(adj.) Opposed to human slavery. |
| 316 |
antispasmodic |
(adj.) Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections. |
| 317 |
antistrophe |
(n.) The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home". |
| 318 |
antitoxin |
(n.) A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms. |
| 319 |
antonym |
(n.) A word directly opposed to another in meaning. |
| 320 |
anxious |
(adj.) Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter. |
| 321 |
apathy |
(n.) Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling. |
| 322 |
aperture |
(n.) Hole. |
| 323 |
apex |
(n.) The highest point, as of a mountain. |
| 324 |
aphorism |
(n.) Proverb. |
| 325 |
apiary |
(n.) A place where bees are kept. |
| 326 |
apogee |
(n.) The climax. |
| 327 |
apology |
(n.) A disclaimer of intentional error or offense. |
| 328 |
apostasy |
(n.) A total departure from one |
| 329 |
apostate |
(adj.) False. |
| 330 |
apostle |
(n.) Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority. |
| 331 |
apothecary |
(n.) One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions. |
| 332 |
apotheosis |
(n.) Deification. |
| 333 |
appall |
(v.) To fill with dismay or horror. |
| 334 |
apparent |
(adj.) Easily understood. |
| 335 |
apparition |
(n.) Ghost. |
| 336 |
appease |
(v.) To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. |
| 337 |
appellate |
(adj.) Capable of being appealed to. |
| 338 |
appellation |
(n.) The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called. |
| 339 |
append |
(v.) To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary. |
| 340 |
appertain |
(v.) To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation. |
| 341 |
apposite |
(adj.) Appropriate. |
| 342 |
apposition |
(n.) The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. |
| 343 |
appraise |
(v.) To estimate the money value of. |
| 344 |
appreciable |
(adj.) Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect. |
| 345 |
apprehend |
(v.) To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law. |
| 346 |
apprehensible |
(adj.) Capable of being conceived. |
| 347 |
approbation |
(n.) Sanction. |
| 348 |
appropriate |
(adj.) Suitable for the purpose and circumstances. |
| 349 |
aqueduct |
(n.) A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance. |
| 350 |
aqueous |
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or containing water. |
| 351 |
arbiter |
(n.) One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters. |
| 352 |
arbitrary |
(adj.) Fixed or done capriciously. |
| 353 |
arbitrate |
(v.) To act or give judgment as umpire. |
| 354 |
arbor |
(n.) A tree. |
| 355 |
arboreal |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. |
| 356 |
arborescent |
(adj.) Having the nature of a tree. |
| 357 |
arboretum |
(n.) A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
| 358 |
arboriculture |
(n.) The cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
| 359 |
arcade |
(n.) A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it. |
| 360 |
archaeology |
(n.) The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man. |
| 361 |
archaic |
(adj.) Antiquated |
| 362 |
archaism |
(n.) Obsolescence. |
| 363 |
archangel |
(n.) An angel of high rank. |
| 364 |
archbishop |
(n.) The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church. |
| 365 |
archdeacon |
(n.) A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese. |
| 366 |
archetype |
(n.) A prototype. |
| 367 |
archipelago |
(n.) Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves. |
| 368 |
ardent |
(adj.) Burning with passion. |
| 369 |
ardor |
(n.) Intensity of passion or affection. |
| 370 |
arid |
(adj.) Very dry. |
| 371 |
aristocracy |
(n.) A hereditary nobility |
| 372 |
aristocrat |
(n.) A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility. |
| 373 |
armada |
(n.) A fleet of war-vessels. |
| 374 |
armful |
(n.) As much as can be held in the arm or arms. |
| 375 |
armory |
(n.) An arsenal. |
| 376 |
aroma |
(n.) An agreeable odor. |
| 377 |
arraign |
(v.) To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not. |
| 378 |
arrange |
(v.) To put in definite or proper order. |
| 379 |
arrangement |
(n.) The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order. |
| 380 |
arrant |
(adj.) Notoriously bad. |
| 381 |
arrear |
(n.) Something overdue and unpaid. |
| 382 |
arrival |
(n.) A coming to stopping-place or destination. |
| 383 |
arrogant |
(adj.) Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc. |
| 384 |
arrogate |
(v.) To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds. |
| 385 |
Artesian well |
(n.) A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure |
| 386 |
artful |
(adj.) Characterized by craft or cunning. |
| 387 |
Arthurian |
(adj.) Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story. |
| 388 |
artifice |
(n.) Trickery. |
| 389 |
artless |
(adj.) Ingenuous. |
| 390 |
ascendant |
(adj.) Dominant. |
| 391 |
ascension |
(n.) The act of rising. |
| 392 |
ascent |
(n.) A rising, soaring, or climbing. |
| 393 |
ascetic |
(adj.) Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion. |
| 394 |
ascribe |
(v.) To assign as a quality or attribute. |
| 395 |
asexual |
(adj.) Having no distinct sexual organs. |
| 396 |
ashen |
(adj.) Pale. |
| 397 |
askance |
(adv.) With a side or indirect glance or meaning. |
| 398 |
asperity |
(n.) Harshness or roughness of temper. |
| 399 |
aspirant |
(n.) One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place. |
| 400 |
aspiration |
(n.) An earnest wish for that which is above one |
| 401 |
aspire |
(v.) To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained. |
| 402 |
assailant |
(n.) One who attacks. |
| 403 |
assassin |
(n.) One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly. |
| 404 |
assassinate |
(v.) To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person. |
| 405 |
assassination |
(n.) Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery. |
| 406 |
assay |
(n.) The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore. |
| 407 |
assent |
(v.) To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion. |
| 408 |
assess |
(v.) To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid). |
| 409 |
assessor |
(n.) An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes. |
| 410 |
assets |
(n.) pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts. |
| 411 |
assiduous |
(adj.) Diligent. |
| 412 |
assignee |
(n.) One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests. |
| 413 |
assimilate |
(v.) To adapt. |
| 414 |
assonance |
(n.) Resemblance or correspondence in sound. |
| 415 |
assonant |
(adj.) Having resemblance of sound. |
| 416 |
assonate |
(v.) To accord in sound, especially vowel sound. |
| 417 |
assuage |
(v.) To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease. |
| 418 |
astringent |
(adj.) Harsh in disposition or character. |
| 419 |
astute |
(adj.) Keen in discernment. |
| 420 |
atheism |
(n.) The denial of the existence of God. |
| 421 |
athirst |
(adj.) Wanting water. |
| 422 |
athwart |
(adv.) From side to side. |
| 423 |
atomizer |
(n.) An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc. |
| 424 |
atone |
(v.) To make amends for. |
| 425 |
atonement |
(n.) Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury. |
| 426 |
atrocious |
(adj.) Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel. |
| 427 |
atrocity |
(n.) Great cruelty or reckless wickedness. |
| 428 |
attache |
(n.) A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy. |
| 429 |
attest |
(v.) To certify as accurate, genuine, or true. |
| 430 |
attorney-general |
(n.) The chief law-officer of a government. |
| 431 |
auburn |
(adj.) Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair. |
| 432 |
audacious |
(adj.) Fearless. |
| 433 |
audible |
(adj.) Loud enough to be heard. |
| 434 |
audition |
(n.) The act or sensation of hearing. |
| 435 |
auditory |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing. |
| 436 |
augment |
(v.) To make bigger. |
| 437 |
augur |
(v.) To predict. |
| 438 |
Augustinian |
(adj.) Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him. |
| 439 |
aura |
(n.) Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons |
| 440 |
aural |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the ear. |
| 441 |
auricle |
(n.) One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins. |
| 442 |
auricular |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing. |
| 443 |
auriferous |
(adj.) Containing gold. |
| 444 |
aurora |
(n.) A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere. |
| 445 |
auspice |
(n.) favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance. |
| 446 |
austere |
(adj.) Severely simple; unadorned. |
| 447 |
autarchy |
(n.) Unrestricted power. |
| 448 |
authentic |
(adj.) Of undisputed origin. |
| 449 |
authenticity |
(n.) The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed. |
| 450 |
autobiography |
(n.) The story of one |
| 451 |
autocracy |
(n.) Absolute government. |
| 452 |
autocrat |
(n.) Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence. |
| 453 |
automaton |
(n.) Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical. |
| 454 |
autonomous |
(adj.) Self-governing. |
| 455 |
autonomy |
(n.) Self-government. |
| 456 |
autopsy |
(n.) The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death. |
| 457 |
autumnal |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to autumn. |
| 458 |
auxiliary |
(n.) One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory. |
| 459 |
avalanche |
(n.) The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock. |
| 460 |
avarice |
(n.) Passion for getting and keeping riches. |
| 461 |
aver |
(v.) To assert as a fact. |
| 462 |
averse |
(adj.) Reluctant. |
| 463 |
aversion |
(n.) A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing. |
| 464 |
avert |
(v.) To turn away or aside. |
| 465 |
aviary |
(n.) A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept. |
| 466 |
avidity |
(n.) Greediness. |
| 467 |
avocation |
(n.) Diversion. |
| 468 |
avow |
(v.) To declare openly. |
| 469 |
awaken |
(v.) To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like. |
| 470 |
awry |
(adv.) & (adj.) Out of the proper form, direction, or position. |
| 471 |
aye |
(adv.) An expression of assent. |
| 472 |
azalea |
(n.) A flowering shrub. |
| 473 |
azure |
(n.) The color of the sky. |
| 474 |
Baconian |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy. |
| 475 |
bacterium |
(n.) A microbe. |
| 476 |
badger |
(v.) To pester. |
| 477 |
baffle |
(v.) To foil or frustrate. |
| 478 |
bailiff |
(n.) An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment. |
| 479 |
baize |
(n.) A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc. |
| 480 |
bale |
(n.) A large package prepared for transportation or storage. |
| 481 |
baleful |
(adj.) Malignant. |
| 482 |
ballad |
(n.) Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. |
| 483 |
balsam |
(n.) A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing. |
| 484 |
banal |
(adj.) Commonplace. |
| 485 |
barcarole |
(n.) A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers. |
| 486 |
baritone |
(adj.) Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor. |
| 487 |
barograph |
(n.) An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure. |
| 488 |
barometer |
(n.) An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface. |
| 489 |
bask |
(v.) To make warm by genial heat. |
| 490 |
bass |
(adj.) Low in tone or compass. |
| 491 |
baste |
(v.) To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking. |
| 492 |
baton |
(n.) An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege. |
| 493 |
battalion |
(n.) A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment. |
| 494 |
batten |
(n.) A narrow strip of wood. |
| 495 |
batter |
(n.) A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery. |
| 496 |
bauble |
(n.) A trinket. |
| 497 |
bawl |
(v.) To proclaim by outcry. |
| 498 |
beatify |
(v.) To make supremely happy. |
| 499 |
beatitude |
(n.) Any state of great happiness. |
| 500 |
beau |
(n.) An escort or lover. |
| 501 |
becalm |
(v.) To make quiet. |
| 502 |
beck |
(v.) To give a signal to, by nod or gesture. |
| 503 |
bedaub |
(v.) To smear over, as with something oily or sticky. |
| 504 |
bedeck |
(v.) To cover with ornament. |
| 505 |
bedlam |
(n.) Madhouse. |
| 506 |
befog |
(v.) To confuse. |
| 507 |
befriend |
(v.) To be a friend to, especially when in need. |
| 508 |
beget |
(v.) To produce by sexual generation. |
| 509 |
begrudge |
(v.) To envy one of the possession of. |
| 510 |
belate |
(v.) To delay past the proper hour. |
| 511 |
belay |
(v.) To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat. |
| 512 |
belie |
(v.) To misrepresent. |
| 513 |
believe |
(v.) To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others. |
| 514 |
belittle |
(v.) To disparage. |
| 515 |
belle |
(n.) A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc. |
| 516 |
bellicose |
(adj.) Warlike. |
| 517 |
belligerent |
(adj.) Manifesting a warlike spirit. |
| 518 |
bemoan |
(v.) To lament |
| 519 |
benediction |
(n.) a solemn invocation of the divine blessing. |
| 520 |
benefactor |
(n.) A doer of kindly and charitable acts. |
| 521 |
benefice |
(n.) A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service. |
| 522 |
beneficent |
(adj.) Characterized by charity and kindness. |
| 523 |
beneficial |
(adj.) Helpful. |
| 524 |
beneficiary |
(n.) One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property. |
| 525 |
benefit |
(n.) Helpful result. |
| 526 |
benevolence |
(n.) Any act of kindness or well-doing. |
| 527 |
benevolent |
(adj.) Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being. |
| 528 |
benign |
(adj.) Good and kind of heart. |
| 529 |
benignant |
(adj.) Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect. |
| 530 |
benignity |
(n.) Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner. |
| 531 |
benison |
(n.) Blessing. |
| 532 |
bequeath |
(v.) To give by will. |
| 533 |
bereave |
(v.) To make desolate with loneliness and grief. |
| 534 |
berth |
(n.) A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc. |
| 535 |
beseech |
(v.) To implore. |
| 536 |
beset |
(v.) To attack on all sides. |
| 537 |
besmear |
(v.) To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance. |
| 538 |
bestial |
(adj.) Animal. |
| 539 |
bestrew |
(v.) To sprinkle or cover with things strewn. |
| 540 |
bestride |
(v.) To get or sit upon astride, as a horse. |
| 541 |
bethink |
(v.) To remind oneself. |
| 542 |
betide |
(v.) To happen to or befall. |
| 543 |
betimes |
(adv.) In good season or time. |
| 544 |
betroth |
(v.) To engage to marry. |
| 545 |
betrothal |
(n.) Engagement to marry. |
| 546 |
bevel |
(n.) Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees. |
| 547 |
bewilder |
(v.) To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. |
| 548 |
bibliography |
(n.) A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject. |
| 549 |
bibliomania |
(n.) The passion for collecting books. |
| 550 |
bibliophile |
(n.) One who loves books. |
| 551 |
bibulous |
(adj.) Fond of drinking. |
| 552 |
bide |
(v.) To await. |
| 553 |
biennial |
(n.) A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second. |
| 554 |
bier |
(n.) A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave. |
| 555 |
bigamist |
(n.) One who has two spouses at the same time. |
| 556 |
bigamy |
(n.) The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living. |
| 557 |
bight |
(n.) A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line. |
| 558 |
bilateral |
(adj.) Two-sided. |
| 559 |
bilingual |
(adj.) Speaking two languages. |
| 560 |
biograph |
(n.) A bibliographical sketch or notice. |
| 561 |
biography |
(n.) A written account of one |
| 562 |
biology |
(n.) The science of life or living organisms. |
| 563 |
biped |
(n.) An animal having two feet. |
| 564 |
birthright |
(n.) A privilege or possession into which one is born. |
| 565 |
bitterness |
(n.) Acridity, as to the taste. |
| 566 |
blase |
(adj.) Sated with pleasure. |
| 567 |
blaspheme |
(v.) To indulge in profane oaths. |
| 568 |
blatant |
(adj.) Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. |
| 569 |
blaze |
(n.) A vivid glowing flame. |
| 570 |
blazon |
(v.) To make widely or generally known. |
| 571 |
bleak |
(adj.) Desolate. |
| 572 |
blemish |
(n.) A mark that mars beauty. |
| 573 |
blithe |
(adj.) Joyous. |
| 574 |
blithesome |
(adj.) Cheerful. |
| 575 |
blockade |
(n.) The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces. |
| 576 |
boatswain |
(n.) A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc. |
| 577 |
bodice |
(n.) A women |
| 578 |
bodily |
(adj.) Corporeal. |
| 579 |
boisterous |
(adj.) Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. |
| 580 |
bole |
(n.) The trunk or body of a tree. |
| 581 |
bolero |
(n.) A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing. |
| 582 |
boll |
(n.) A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton. |
| 583 |
bolster |
(v.) To support, as something wrong. |
| 584 |
bomb |
(n.) A hollow projectile containing an explosive material. |
| 585 |
bombard |
(v.) To assail with any missile or with abusive speech. |
| 586 |
bombardier |
(n.) A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells. |
| 587 |
bombast |
(n.) Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects. |
| 588 |
boorish |
(adj.) Rude. |
| 589 |
bore |
(v.) To weary by tediousness or dullness. |
| 590 |
borough |
(n.) An incorporated village or town. |
| 591 |
bosom |
(n.) The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman. |
| 592 |
botanical |
(adj.) Connected with the study or cultivation of plants. |
| 593 |
botanize |
(v.) To study plant-life. |
| 594 |
botany |
(n.) The science that treats of plants. |
| 595 |
bountiful |
(adj.) Showing abundance. |
| 596 |
Bowdlerize |
(v.) To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages. |
| 597 |
bowler |
(n.) In cricket, the player who delivers the ball. |
| 598 |
boycott |
(v.) To place the products or merchandise of under a ban. |
| 599 |
brae |
(n.) Hillside. |
| 600 |
braggart |
(n.) A vain boaster. |
| 601 |
brandish |
(v.) To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear. |
| 602 |
bravado |
(n.) An aggressive display of boldness. |
| 603 |
bray |
(n.) A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn. |
| 604 |
braze |
(v.) To make of or ornament with brass. |
| 605 |
brazier |
(n.) An open pan or basin for holding live coals. |
| 606 |
breach |
(n.) The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation. |
| 607 |
breaker |
(n.) One who trains horses, dogs, etc. |
| 608 |
breech |
(n.) The buttocks. |
| 609 |
brethren |
(n.) pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like. |
| 610 |
brevity |
(n.) Shortness of duration. |
| 611 |
bric-a-brac |
(n.) Objects of curiosity or for decoration. |
| 612 |
bridle |
(n.) The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins. |
| 613 |
brigade |
(n.) A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments. |
| 614 |
brigadier |
(n.) General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general. |
| 615 |
brigand |
(n.) One who lives by robbery and plunder. |
| 616 |
brimstone |
(n.) Sulfur. |
| 617 |
brine |
(n.) Water saturated with salt. |
| 618 |
bristle |
(n.) One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc. |
| 619 |
Britannia |
(n.) The United Kingdom of Great Britain. |
| 620 |
Briticism |
(n.) A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British. |
| 621 |
brittle |
(adj.) Fragile. |
| 622 |
broach |
(v.) To mention, for the first time. |
| 623 |
broadcast |
(adj.) Disseminated far and wide. |
| 624 |
brogan |
(n.) A coarse, heavy shoe. |
| 625 |
brogue |
(n.) Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people. |
| 626 |
brokerage |
(n.) The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker. |
| 627 |
bromine |
(n.) A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor. |
| 628 |
bronchitis |
(n.) Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. |
| 629 |
bronchus |
(n.) Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs. |
| 630 |
brooch |
(n.) An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside. |
| 631 |
brotherhood |
(n.) Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity. |
| 632 |
browbeat |
(v.) To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner. |
| 633 |
brusque |
(adj.) Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech. |
| 634 |
buffoon |
(n.) A clown. |
| 635 |
buffoonery |
(n.) Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc. |
| 636 |
bulbous |
(adj.) Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb. |
| 637 |
bullock |
(n.) An ox. |
| 638 |
bulrush |
(n.) Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water. |
| 639 |
bulwark |
(n.) Anything that gives security or defense. |
| 640 |
bumper |
(n.) A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health. |
| 641 |
bumptious |
(adj.) Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. |
| 642 |
bungle |
(v.) To execute clumsily. |
| 643 |
buoyancy |
(n.) Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas. |
| 644 |
buoyant |
(adj.) Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. |
| 645 |
bureau |
(n.) A chest of drawers for clothing, etc. |
| 646 |
bureaucracy |
(n.) Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business. |
| 647 |
burgess |
(n.) In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia. |
| 648 |
burgher |
(n.) An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town. |
| 649 |
burnish |
(v.) To make brilliant or shining. |
| 650 |
bursar |
(n.) A treasurer. |
| 651 |
bustle |
(v.) To hurry. |
| 652 |
butt |
(v.) To strike with or as with the head, or horns. |
| 653 |
butte |
(n.) A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated. |
| 654 |
buttress |
(n.) Any support or prop. |
| 655 |
by-law |
(n.) A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like. |
| 656 |
cabal |
(n.) A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose. |
| 657 |
cabalism |
(n.) Superstitious devotion to one |
| 658 |
cabinet |
(n.) The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation. |
| 659 |
cacophony |
(n.) A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones. |
| 660 |
cadaverous |
(adj.) Resembling a corpse. |
| 661 |
cadence |
(n.) Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops. |
| 662 |
cadenza |
(n.) An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument. |
| 663 |
caitiff |
(adj.) Cowardly. |
| 664 |
cajole |
(v.) To impose on or dupe by flattering speech. |
| 665 |
cajolery |
(n.) Delusive speech. |
| 666 |
calculable |
(adj.) That may be estimated by reckoning. |
| 667 |
calculus |
(n.) A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness. |
| 668 |
callosity |
(n.) The state of being hard and insensible. |
| 669 |
callow |
(adj.) Without experience of the world. |
| 670 |
calorie |
(n.) Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. |
| 671 |
calumny |
(n.) Slander. |
| 672 |
Calvary |
(n.) The place where Christ was crucified. |
| 673 |
Calvinism |
(n.) The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin. |
| 674 |
Calvinize |
(v.) To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism. |
| 675 |
came |
(n.) A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows. |
| 676 |
cameo |
(n.) Any small engraved or carved work in relief. |
| 677 |
campaign |
(n.) A complete series of connected military operations. |
| 678 |
Canaanite |
(n.) A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine. |
| 679 |
canary |
(adj.) Of a bright but delicate yellow. |
| 680 |
candid |
(adj.) Straightforward. |
| 681 |
candor |
(n.) The quality of frankness or outspokenness. |
| 682 |
canine |
(adj.) Characteristic of a dog. |
| 683 |
canon |
(n.) Any rule or law. |
| 684 |
cant |
(v.) To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity. |
| 685 |
cantata |
(n.) A choral composition. |
| 686 |
canto |
(n.) One of the divisions of an extended poem. |
| 687 |
cantonment |
(n.) The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered. |
| 688 |
capacious |
(adj.) Roomy. |
| 689 |
capillary |
(n.) A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells. |
| 690 |
capitulate |
(v.) To surrender or stipulate terms. |
| 691 |
caprice |
(n.) A whim. |
| 692 |
caption |
(n.) A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc. |
| 693 |
captious |
(adj.) Hypercritical. |
| 694 |
captivate |
(v.) To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty. |
| 695 |
carcass |
(n.) The dead body of an animal. |
| 696 |
cardiac |
(adj.) Pertaining to the heart. |
| 697 |
cardinal |
(adj.) Of prime or special importance. |
| 698 |
caret |
(n.) A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted. |
| 699 |
caricature |
(n.) a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted. |
| 700 |
carnage |
(n.) Massacre. |
| 701 |
carnal |
(adj.) Sensual. |
| 702 |
carnivorous |
(adj.) Eating or living on flesh. |
| 703 |
carouse |
(v.) To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner. |
| 704 |
carrion |
(n.) Dead and putrefying flesh. |
| 705 |
cartilage |
(n.) An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence. |
| 706 |
cartridge |
(n.) A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. |
| 707 |
caste |
(n.) The division of society on artificial grounds. |
| 708 |
castigate |
(v.) To punish. |
| 709 |
casual |
(adj.) Accidental, by chance. |
| 710 |
casualty |
(n.) A fatal or serious accident or disaster. |
| 711 |
cat-o-nine-tails |
(n.) An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy. |
| 712 |
cataclysm |
(n.) Any overwhelming flood of water. |
| 713 |
cataract |
(n.) Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness. |
| 714 |
catastrophe |
(n.) Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity. |
| 715 |
cathode |
(n.) The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery. |
| 716 |
Catholicism |
(n.) The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 717 |
catholicity |
(n.) Universal prevalence or acceptance. |
| 718 |
caucus |
(n.) A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. |
| 719 |
causal |
(adj.) Indicating or expressing a cause. |
| 720 |
caustic |
(adj.) Sarcastic and severe. |
| 721 |
cauterize |
(v.) To burn or sear as with a heated iron. |
| 722 |
cede |
(v.) To pass title to. |
| 723 |
censor |
(n.) An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication. |
| 724 |
censorious |
(adj.) Judging severely or harshly. |
| 725 |
census |
(n.) An official numbering of the people of a country or district. |
| 726 |
centenary |
(adj.) Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years. |
| 727 |
centiliter |
(n.) A hundredth of a liter. |
| 728 |
centimeter |
(n.) A length of one hundredth of a meter. |
| 729 |
centurion |
(n.) A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army. |
| 730 |
cereal |
(adj.) Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds. |
| 731 |
ceremonial |
(adj.) Characterized by outward form or ceremony. |
| 732 |
ceremonious |
(adj.) Observant of ritual. |
| 733 |
cessation |
(n.) Discontinuance, as of action or motion. |
| 734 |
cession |
(n.) Surrender, as of possessions or rights. |
| 735 |
chagrin |
(n.) Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one |
| 736 |
chameleon |
(adj.) Changeable in appearance. |
| 737 |
chancery |
(n.) A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court. |
| 738 |
chaos |
(n.) Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion. |
| 739 |
characteristic |
(n.) A distinctive feature. |
| 740 |
characterize |
(v.) To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities. |
| 741 |
charlatan |
(n.) A quack. |
| 742 |
chasm |
(n.) A yawning hollow, as in the earth |
| 743 |
chasten |
(v.) To purify by affliction. |
| 744 |
chastise |
(v.) To subject to punitive measures. |
| 745 |
chastity |
(n.) Sexual or moral purity. |
| 746 |
chateau |
(n.) A castle or manor-house. |
| 747 |
chattel |
(n.) Any article of personal property. |
| 748 |
check |
(v.) To hold back. |
| 749 |
chiffon |
(n.) A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc. |
| 750 |
chivalry |
(n.) The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices. |
| 751 |
cholera |
(n.) An acute epidemic disease. |
| 752 |
choleric |
(adj.) Easily provoked to anger. |
| 753 |
choral |
(adj.) Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir. |
| 754 |
Christ |
(n.) A title of Jesus |
| 755 |
christen |
(v.) To name in baptism. |
| 756 |
Christendom |
(n.) That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed. |
| 757 |
chromatic |
(adj.) Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color. |
| 758 |
chronology |
(n.) The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events. |
| 759 |
chronometer |
(n.) A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision. |
| 760 |
cipher |
(v.) To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing) |
| 761 |
circulate |
(v.) To disseminate. |
| 762 |
circumference |
(n.) The boundary-line of a circle. |
| 763 |
circumlocution |
(n.) Indirect or roundabout expression. |
| 764 |
circumnavigate |
(v.) To sail quite around. |
| 765 |
circumscribe |
(v.) To confine within bounds. |
| 766 |
circumspect |
(adj.) Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration. |
| 767 |
citadel |
(n.) Any strong fortress. |
| 768 |
cite |
(v.) To refer to specifically. |
| 769 |
claimant |
(n.) One who makes a claim or demand, as of right. |
| 770 |
clairvoyance |
(n.) Intuitive sagacity or perception. |
| 771 |
clamorous |
(adj.) Urgent in complaint or demand. |
| 772 |
clan |
(n.) A tribe. |
| 773 |
clandestine |
(adj.) Surreptitious. |
| 774 |
clangor |
(n.) Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor. |
| 775 |
clarify |
(v.) To render intelligible. |
| 776 |
clarion |
(n.) A small shrill trumpet or bugle. |
| 777 |
classify |
(v.) To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences. |
| 778 |
clearance |
(n.) A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail. |
| 779 |
clemency |
(n.) Mercy. |
| 780 |
clement |
(adj.) Compassionate. |
| 781 |
close-hauled |
(adj.) Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible. |
| 782 |
clothier |
(n.) One who makes or sells cloth or clothing. |
| 783 |
clumsy |
(adj.) Awkward of movement. |
| 784 |
coagulant |
(adj.) Producing coagulation. |
| 785 |
coagulate |
(v.) To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment. |
| 786 |
coalescence |
(n.) The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product. |
| 787 |
coalition |
(n.) Combination in a body or mass. |
| 788 |
coddle |
(v.) To treat as a baby or an invalid. |
| 789 |
codicil |
(n.) A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will. |
| 790 |
coerce |
(v.) To force. |
| 791 |
coercion |
(n.) Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical. |
| 792 |
coercive |
(adj.) Serving or tending to force. |
| 793 |
cogent |
(adj.) Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience. |
| 794 |
cognate |
(adj.) Akin. |
| 795 |
cognizant |
(adj.) Taking notice. |
| 796 |
cohere |
(v.) To stick together. |
| 797 |
cohesion |
(n.) Consistency. |
| 798 |
cohesive |
(adj.) Having the property of consistency. |
| 799 |
coincide |
(v.) To correspond. |
| 800 |
coincidence |
(n.) A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident. |
| 801 |
coincident |
(adj.) Taking place at the same time. |
| 802 |
collaborate |
(v.) To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits. |
| 803 |
collapse |
(v.) To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail. |
| 804 |
collapsible |
(adj.) That may or can collapse. |
| 805 |
colleague |
(n.) An associate in professional employment. |
| 806 |
collective |
(adj.) Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum. |
| 807 |
collector |
(n.) One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like. |
| 808 |
collegian |
(n.) A college student. |
| 809 |
collide |
(v.) To meet and strike violently. |
| 810 |
collier |
(n.) One who works in a coal-mine. |
| 811 |
collision |
(n.) Violent contact. |
| 812 |
colloquial |
(adj.) Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary. |
| 813 |
colloquialism |
(n.) Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation. |
| 814 |
colloquy |
(n.) Conversation. |
| 815 |
collusion |
(n.) A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose. |
| 816 |
colossus |
(n.) Any strikingly great person or object. |
| 817 |
comely |
(adj.) Handsome. |
| 818 |
comestible |
(adj.) Fit to be eaten. |
| 819 |
comical |
(adj.) Funny. |
| 820 |
commemorate |
(v.) To serve as a remembrance of. |
| 821 |
commentary |
(n.) A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work. |
| 822 |
commingle |
(v.) To blend. |
| 823 |
commissariat |
(n.) The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs. |
| 824 |
commission |
(v.) To empower. |
| 825 |
commitment |
(n.) The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping. |
| 826 |
committal |
(n.) The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being |
| 827 |
commodity |
(n.) Something that is bought and sold. |
| 828 |
commotion |
(n.) A disturbance or violent agitation. |
| 829 |
commute |
(v.) To put something, especially something less severe, in place of. |
| 830 |
comparable |
(adj.) Fit to be compared. |
| 831 |
comparative |
(adj.) Relative. |
| 832 |
comparison |
(n.) Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness. |
| 833 |
compensate |
(v.) To remunerate. |
| 834 |
competence |
(n.) Adequate qualification or capacity. |
| 835 |
competent |
(adj.) Qualified. |
| 836 |
competitive |
(adj.) characterized by rivalry. |
| 837 |
competitor |
(n.) A rival. |
| 838 |
complacence |
(n.) Satisfaction with one |
| 839 |
complacent |
(adj.) Pleased or satisfied with oneself. |
| 840 |
complaisance |
(n.) Politeness. |
| 841 |
complaisant |
(adj.) Agreeable. |
| 842 |
complement |
(v.) To make complete. |
| 843 |
complex |
(adj.) Complicated. |
| 844 |
compliant |
(adj.) Yielding. |
| 845 |
complicate |
(v.) To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with. |
| 846 |
complication |
(n.) An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner. |
| 847 |
complicity |
(n.) Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer. |
| 848 |
compliment |
(v.) To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise. |
| 849 |
component |
(n.) A constituent element or part. |
| 850 |
comport |
(v.) To conduct or behave (oneself). |
| 851 |
composure |
(n.) Calmness. |
| 852 |
comprehensible |
(adj.) Intelligible. |
| 853 |
comprehension |
(n.) Ability to know. |
| 854 |
comprehensive |
(adj.) Large in scope or content. |
| 855 |
compress |
(v.) To press together or into smaller space. |
| 856 |
compressible |
(adj.) Capable of being pressed into smaller compass. |
| 857 |
compression |
(n.) Constraint, as by force or authority. |
| 858 |
comprise |
(v.) To consist of. |
| 859 |
compulsion |
(n.) Coercion. |
| 860 |
compulsory |
(adj.) Forced. |
| 861 |
compunction |
(n.) Remorseful feeling. |
| 862 |
compute |
(v.) To ascertain by mathematical calculation. |
| 863 |
concede |
(v.) To surrender. |
| 864 |
conceit |
(n.) Self-flattering opinion. |
| 865 |
conceive |
(v.) To form an idea, mental image or thought of. |
| 866 |
concerto |
(n.) A musical composition. |
| 867 |
concession |
(n.) Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim. |
| 868 |
conciliate |
(v.) To obtain the friendship of. |
| 869 |
conciliatory |
(adj.) Tending to reconcile. |
| 870 |
conclusive |
(adj.) Sufficient to convince or decide. |
| 871 |
concord |
(n.) Harmony. |
| 872 |
concordance |
(n.) Harmony. |
| 873 |
concur |
(v.) To agree. |
| 874 |
concurrence |
(n.) Agreement. |
| 875 |
concurrent |
(adj.) Occurring or acting together. |
| 876 |
concussion |
(n.) A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow. |
| 877 |
condensation |
(n.) The act or process of making dense or denser. |
| 878 |
condense |
(v.) To abridge. |
| 879 |
condescend |
(v.) To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors. |
| 880 |
condolence |
(n.) Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune. |
| 881 |
conduce |
(v.) To bring about. |
| 882 |
conducive |
(adj.) Contributing to an end. |
| 883 |
conductible |
(adj.) Capable of being conducted or transmitted. |
| 884 |
conduit |
(n.) A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid. |
| 885 |
confectionery |
(n.) The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy. |
| 886 |
confederacy |
(n.) A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid. |
| 887 |
confederate |
(n.) One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement. |
| 888 |
confer |
(v.) To bestow. |
| 889 |
conferee |
(n.) A person with whom another confers. |
| 890 |
confessor |
(n.) A spiritual advisor. |
| 891 |
confidant |
(n.) One to whom secrets are entrusted. |
| 892 |
confide |
(v.) To reveal in trust or confidence. |
| 893 |
confidence |
(n.) The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another. |
| 894 |
confident |
(adj.) Assured. |
| 895 |
confinement |
(n.) Restriction within limits or boundaries. |
| 896 |
confiscate |
(v.) To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury. |
| 897 |
conflagration |
(n.) A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like. |
| 898 |
confluence |
(n.) The place where streams meet. |
| 899 |
confluent |
(n.) A stream that unites with another. |
| 900 |
conformable |
(adj.) Harmonious. |
| 901 |
conformance |
(n.) The act or state or conforming. |
| 902 |
conformation |
(n.) General structure, form, or outline. |
| 903 |
conformity |
(n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or use. |
| 904 |
confront |
(v.) To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles. |
| 905 |
congeal |
(v.) To coagulate. |
| 906 |
congenial |
(adj.) Having kindred character or tastes. |
| 907 |
congest |
(v.) To collect into a mass. |
| 908 |
congregate |
(v.) To bring together into a crowd. |
| 909 |
coniferous |
(adj.) Cone-bearing trees. |
| 910 |
conjecture |
(n.) A guess. |
| 911 |
conjoin |
(v.) To unite. |
| 912 |
conjugal |
(adj.) Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons. |
| 913 |
conjugate |
(adj.) Joined together in pairs. |
| 914 |
conjugation |
(n.) The state or condition of being joined together. |
| 915 |
conjunction |
(n.) The state of being joined together, or the things so joined. |
| 916 |
connive |
(v.) To be in collusion. |
| 917 |
connoisseur |
(n.) A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art. |
| 918 |
connote |
(v.) To mean; signify. |
| 919 |
connubial |
(adj.) Pertaining to marriage or matrimony. |
| 920 |
conquer |
(v.) To overcome by force. |
| 921 |
consanguineous |
(adj.) Descended from the same parent or ancestor. |
| 922 |
conscience |
(n.) The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct. |
| 923 |
conscientious |
(adj.) Governed by moral standard. |
| 924 |
conscious |
(adj.) Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks. |
| 925 |
conscript |
(v.) To force into military service. |
| 926 |
consecrate |
(v.) To set apart as sacred. |
| 927 |
consecutive |
(adj.) Following in uninterrupted succession. |
| 928 |
consensus |
(n.) A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons. |
| 929 |
conservatism |
(n.) Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things. |
| 930 |
conservative |
(adj.) Adhering to the existing order of things. |
| 931 |
conservatory |
(n.) An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation. |
| 932 |
consign |
(v.) To entrust. |
| 933 |
consignee |
(n.) A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted. |
| 934 |
consignor |
(n.) One who entrusts. |
| 935 |
consistency |
(n.) A state of permanence. |
| 936 |
console |
(v.) To comfort. |
| 937 |
consolidate |
(v.) To combine into one body or system. |
| 938 |
consonance |
(n.) The state or quality of being in accord with. |
| 939 |
consonant |
(adj.) Being in agreement or harmony with. |
| 940 |
consort |
(n.) A companion or associate. |
| 941 |
conspicuous |
(adj.) Clearly visible. |
| 942 |
conspirator |
(n.) One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose. |
| 943 |
conspire |
(v.) To plot. |
| 944 |
constable |
(n.) An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace. |
| 945 |
constellation |
(n.) An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars. |
| 946 |
consternation |
(n.) Panic. |
| 947 |
constituency |
(n.) The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body. |
| 948 |
constituent |
(n.) One who has the right to vote at an election. |
| 949 |
constrict |
(v.) To bind. |
| 950 |
consul |
(n.) An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country. |
| 951 |
consulate |
(n.) The place in which a consul transacts official business. |
| 952 |
consummate |
(v.) To bring to completion. |
| 953 |
consumption |
(n.) Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc. |
| 954 |
consumptive |
(adj.) Designed for gradual destruction. |
| 955 |
contagion |
(n.) The communication of disease from person to person. |
| 956 |
contagious |
(adj.) Transmitting disease. |
| 957 |
contaminate |
(v.) To pollute. |
| 958 |
contemplate |
(v.) To consider thoughtfully. |
| 959 |
contemporaneous |
(adj.) Living, occurring, or existing at the same time. |
| 960 |
contemporary |
(adj.) Living or existing at the same time. |
| 961 |
contemptible |
(adj.) Worthy of scorn or disdain. |
| 962 |
contemptuous |
(adj.) Disdainful. |
| 963 |
contender |
(n.) One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry. |
| 964 |
contiguity |
(n.) Proximity. |
| 965 |
contiguous |
(adj.) Touching or joining at the edge or boundary. |
| 966 |
continence |
(n.) Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion. |
| 967 |
contingency |
(n.) Possibility of happening. |
| 968 |
contingent |
(adj.) Not predictable. |
| 969 |
continuance |
(n.) Permanence. |
| 970 |
continuation |
(n.) Prolongation. |
| 971 |
continuity |
(n.) Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development. |
| 972 |
continuous |
(adj.) Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence. |
| 973 |
contort |
(v.) To twist into a misshapen form. |
| 974 |
contraband |
(n.) Trade forbidden by law or treaty. |
| 975 |
contradiction |
(n.) The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said. |
| 976 |
contradictory |
(adj.) Inconsistent with itself. |
| 977 |
contraposition |
(n.) A placing opposite. |
| 978 |
contravene |
(v.) To prevent or obstruct the operation of. |
| 979 |
contribution |
(n.) The act of giving for a common purpose. |
| 980 |
contributor |
(n.) One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose. |
| 981 |
contrite |
(adj.) Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin. |
| 982 |
contrivance |
(n.) The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose. |
| 983 |
contrive |
(v.) To manage or carry through by some device or scheme. |
| 984 |
control |
(v.) To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over. |
| 985 |
controller |
(n.) One who or that which regulates or directs. |
| 986 |
contumacious |
(adj.) Rebellious. |
| 987 |
contumacy |
(n.) Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority. |
| 988 |
contuse |
(v.) To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin. |
| 989 |
contusion |
(n.) A bruise. |
| 990 |
convalesce |
(v.) To recover after a sickness. |
| 991 |
convalescence |
(n.) The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease. |
| 992 |
convalescent |
(adj.) Recovering health after sickness. |
| 993 |
convene |
(v.) To summon or cause to assemble. |
| 994 |
convenience |
(n.) Fitness, as of time or place. |
| 995 |
converge |
(v.) To cause to incline and approach nearer together. |
| 996 |
convergent |
(adj.) Tending to one point. |
| 997 |
conversant |
(adj.) Thoroughly informed. |
| 998 |
conversion |
(n.) Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another. |
| 999 |
convertible |
(adj.) Interchangeable. |
| 1000 |
convex |
(adj.) Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle. |
| 1001 |
conveyance |
(n.) That by which anything is transported. |
| 1002 |
convivial |
(adj.) Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking. |
| 1003 |
convolution |
(n.) A winding motion. |
| 1004 |
convolve |
(v.) To move with a circling or winding motion. |
| 1005 |
convoy |
(n.) A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation. |
| 1006 |
convulse |
(v.) To cause spasms in. |
| 1007 |
convulsion |
(n.) A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body. |
| 1008 |
copious |
(adj.) Plenteous. |
| 1009 |
coquette |
(n.) A flirt. |
| 1010 |
cornice |
(n.) An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling. |
| 1011 |
cornucopia |
(n.) The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity. |
| 1012 |
corollary |
(n.) A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration. |
| 1013 |
coronation |
(n.) The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch. |
| 1014 |
coronet |
(n.) Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign. |
| 1015 |
corporal |
(adj.) Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind. |
| 1016 |
corporate |
(adj.) Belonging to a corporation. |
| 1017 |
corporeal |
(adj.) Of a material nature; physical. |
| 1018 |
corps |
(n.) A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together. |
| 1019 |
corpse |
(n.) A dead body. |
| 1020 |
corpulent |
(adj.) Obese. |
| 1021 |
corpuscle |
(n.) A minute particle of matter. |
| 1022 |
correlate |
(v.) To put in some relation of connection or correspondence. |
| 1023 |
correlative |
(adj.) Mutually involving or implying one another. |
| 1024 |
corrigible |
(adj.) Capable of reformation. |
| 1025 |
corroborate |
(v.) To strengthen, as proof or conviction. |
| 1026 |
corroboration |
(n.) Confirmation. |
| 1027 |
corrode |
(v.) To ruin or destroy little by little. |
| 1028 |
corrosion |
(n.) Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
| 1029 |
corrosive |
(n.) That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
| 1030 |
corruptible |
(adj.) Open to bribery. |
| 1031 |
corruption |
(n.) Loss of purity or integrity. |
| 1032 |
cosmetic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion. |
| 1033 |
cosmic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the universe. |
| 1034 |
cosmogony |
(n.) A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe. |
| 1035 |
cosmography |
(n.) The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology. |
| 1036 |
cosmology |
(n.) The general science of the universe. |
| 1037 |
cosmopolitan |
(adj.) Common to all the world. |
| 1038 |
cosmopolitanism |
(n.) A cosmopolitan character. |
| 1039 |
cosmos |
(n.) The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement. |
| 1040 |
counter-claim |
(n.) A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff. |
| 1041 |
counteract |
(v.) To act in opposition to. |
| 1042 |
counterbalance |
(v.) To oppose with an equal force. |
| 1043 |
countercharge |
(v.) To accuse in return. |
| 1044 |
counterfeit |
(adj.) Made to resemble something else. |
| 1045 |
counterpart |
(n.) Something taken with another for the completion of either. |
| 1046 |
countervail |
(v.) To offset. |
| 1047 |
counting-house |
(n.) A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc. |
| 1048 |
countryman |
(n.) A rustic. |
| 1049 |
courageous |
(adj.) Brave. |
| 1050 |
course |
(n.) Line of motion or direction. |
| 1051 |
courser |
(n.) A fleet and spirited horse. |
| 1052 |
courtesy |
(n.) Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually. |
| 1053 |
covenant |
(n.) An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties. |
| 1054 |
covert |
(adj.) Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. |
| 1055 |
covey |
(n.) A flock of quails or partridges. |
| 1056 |
cower |
(v.) To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. |
| 1057 |
coxswain |
(n.) One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship |
| 1058 |
crag |
(n.) A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge. |
| 1059 |
cranium |
(n.) The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain. |
| 1060 |
crass |
(adj.) Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. |
| 1061 |
craving |
(n.) A vehement desire. |
| 1062 |
creak |
(n.) A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound. |
| 1063 |
creamery |
(n.) A butter-making establishment. |
| 1064 |
creamy |
(adj.) Resembling or containing cream. |
| 1065 |
credence |
(n.) Belief. |
| 1066 |
credible |
(adj.) Believable. |
| 1067 |
credulous |
(adj.) Easily deceived. |
| 1068 |
creed |
(n.) A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief. |
| 1069 |
crematory |
(adj.) A place for cremating dead bodies. |
| 1070 |
crevasse |
(n.) A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier. |
| 1071 |
crevice |
(n.) A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces. |
| 1072 |
criterion |
(n.) A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion. |
| 1073 |
critique |
(n.) A criticism or critical review. |
| 1074 |
crockery |
(n.) Earthenware made from baked clay. |
| 1075 |
crucible |
(n.) A trying and purifying test or agency. |
| 1076 |
crusade |
(n.) Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle. |
| 1077 |
crustacean |
(adj.) Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc. |
| 1078 |
crustaceous |
(adj.) Having a crust-like shell. |
| 1079 |
cryptogram |
(n.) Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning. |
| 1080 |
crystallize |
(v.) To bring together or give fixed shape to. |
| 1081 |
cudgel |
(n.) A short thick stick used as a club. |
| 1082 |
culinary |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen. |
| 1083 |
cull |
(v.) To pick or sort out from the rest. |
| 1084 |
culpable |
(adj.) Guilty. |
| 1085 |
culprit |
(n.) A guilty person. |
| 1086 |
culvert |
(n.) Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal. |
| 1087 |
cupidity |
(n.) Avarice. |
| 1088 |
curable |
(adj.) Capable of being remedied or corrected. |
| 1089 |
curator |
(n.) A person having charge as of a library or museum. |
| 1090 |
curio |
(n.) A piece of bric-a-brac. |
| 1091 |
cursive |
(adj.) Writing in which the letters are joined together. |
| 1092 |
cursory |
(adj.) Rapid and superficial. |
| 1093 |
curt |
(adj.) Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression. |
| 1094 |
curtail |
(v.) To cut off or cut short. |
| 1095 |
curtsy |
(n.) A downward movement of the body by bending the knees. |
| 1096 |
cycloid |
(adj.) Like a circle. |
| 1097 |
cygnet |
(n.) A young swan. |
| 1098 |
cynical |
(adj.) Exhibiting moral skepticism. |
| 1099 |
cynicism |
(n.) Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value. |
| 1100 |
cynosure |
(n.) That to which general interest or attention is directed. |
| 1101 |
daring |
(adj.) Brave. |
| 1102 |
darkling |
(adv.) Blindly. |
| 1103 |
Darwinism |
(n.) The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms. |
| 1104 |
dastard |
(n.) A base coward. |
| 1105 |
datum |
(n.) A premise, starting-point, or given fact. |
| 1106 |
dauntless |
(adj.) Fearless. |
| 1107 |
day-man |
(n.) A day-laborer. |
| 1108 |
dead-heat |
(n.) A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner. |
| 1109 |
dearth |
(n.) Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable. |
| 1110 |
death |
|
| 1111 |
debase |
(v.) To lower in character or virtue. |
| 1112 |
debatable |
(adj.) Subject to contention or dispute. |
| 1113 |
debonair |
(adj.) Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner. |
| 1114 |
debut |
(n.) A first appearance in society or on the stage. |
| 1115 |
decagon |
(n.) A figure with ten sides and ten angles. |
| 1116 |
decagram |
(n.) A weight of 10 grams. |
| 1117 |
decaliter |
(n.) A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters. |
| 1118 |
decalogue |
(n.) The ten commandments. |
| 1119 |
Decameron |
(n.) A volume consisting of ten parts or books. |
| 1120 |
decameter |
(n.) A length of ten meters. |
| 1121 |
decamp |
(v.) To leave suddenly or unexpectedly. |
| 1122 |
decapitate |
(v.) To behead. |
| 1123 |
decapod |
(adj.) Ten-footed or ten-armed. |
| 1124 |
decasyllable |
(n.) A line of ten syllables. |
| 1125 |
deceit |
(n.) Falsehood. |
| 1126 |
deceitful |
(adj.) Fraudulent. |
| 1127 |
deceive |
(v.) To mislead by or as by falsehood. |
| 1128 |
decency |
(n.) Moral fitness. |
| 1129 |
decent |
(adj.) Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress. |
| 1130 |
deciduous |
(adj.) Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc. |
| 1131 |
decimal |
(adj.) Founded on the number 10. |
| 1132 |
decimate |
(v.) To destroy a measurable or large proportion of. |
| 1133 |
decipher |
(v.) To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible. |
| 1134 |
decisive |
(ad.) Conclusive. |
| 1135 |
declamation |
(n.) A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public. |
| 1136 |
declamatory |
(adj.) A full and formal style of utterance. |
| 1137 |
declarative |
(adj.) Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation. |
| 1138 |
declension |
(n.) The change of endings in nouns and (adj.) to express their different relations of gender. |
| 1139 |
decorate |
(v.) To embellish. |
| 1140 |
decorous |
(adj.) Suitable for the occasion or circumstances. |
| 1141 |
decoy |
(n.) Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation. |
| 1142 |
decrepit |
(adj.) Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity. |
| 1143 |
dedication |
(n.) The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause. |
| 1144 |
deduce |
(v.) To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles. |
| 1145 |
deface |
(v.) To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of. |
| 1146 |
defalcate |
(v.) To cut off or take away, as a part of something. |
| 1147 |
defamation |
(n.) Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another. |
| 1148 |
defame |
(v.) To slander. |
| 1149 |
default |
(n.) The neglect or omission of a legal requirement. |
| 1150 |
defendant |
(n.) A person against whom a suit is brought. |
| 1151 |
defensible |
(adj.) Capable of being maintained or justified. |
| 1152 |
defensive |
(adj.) Carried on in resistance to aggression. |
| 1153 |
defer |
(v.) To delay or put off to some other time. |
| 1154 |
deference |
(n.) Respectful submission or yielding, as to another |
| 1155 |
defiant |
(adj.) Characterized by bold or insolent opposition. |
| 1156 |
deficiency |
(n.) Lack or insufficiency. |
| 1157 |
deficient |
(adj.) Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount. |
| 1158 |
definite |
(adj.) Having an exact signification or positive meaning. |
| 1159 |
deflect |
(v.) To cause to turn aside or downward. |
| 1160 |
deforest |
(v.) To clear of forests. |
| 1161 |
deform |
(v.) To disfigure. |
| 1162 |
deformity |
(n.) A disfigurement. |
| 1163 |
defraud |
(v.) To deprive of something dishonestly. |
| 1164 |
defray |
(v.) To make payment for. |
| 1165 |
degeneracy |
(n.) A becoming worse. |
| 1166 |
degenerate |
(v.) To become worse or inferior. |
| 1167 |
degradation |
(n.) Diminution, as of strength or magnitude. |
| 1168 |
degrade |
(v.) To take away honors or position from. |
| 1169 |
dehydrate |
(v.) To deprive of water. |
| 1170 |
deify |
(v.) To regard or worship as a god. |
| 1171 |
deign |
(v.) To deem worthy of notice or account. |
| 1172 |
deist |
(n.) One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation. |
| 1173 |
deity |
(n.) A god, goddess, or divine person. |
| 1174 |
deject |
(v.) To dishearten. |
| 1175 |
dejection |
(n.) Melancholy. |
| 1176 |
delectable |
(adj.) Delightful to the taste or to the senses. |
| 1177 |
delectation |
(n.) Delight. |
| 1178 |
deleterious |
(adj.) Hurtful, morally or physically. |
| 1179 |
delicacy |
(n.) That which is agreeable to a fine taste. |
| 1180 |
delineate |
(v.) To represent by sketch or diagram. |
| 1181 |
deliquesce |
(v.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air. |
| 1182 |
delirious |
(adj.) Raving. |
| 1183 |
delude |
(v.) To mislead the mind or judgment of. |
| 1184 |
deluge |
(v.) To overwhelm with a flood of water. |
| 1185 |
delusion |
(n.) Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring. |
| 1186 |
demagnetize |
(v.) To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism. |
| 1187 |
demagogue |
(n.) An unprincipled politician. |
| 1188 |
demeanor |
(n.) Deportment. |
| 1189 |
demented |
(adj.) Insane. |
| 1190 |
demerit |
(n.) A mark for failure or bad conduct. |
| 1191 |
demise |
(n.) Death. |
| 1192 |
demobilize |
(v.) To disband, as troops. |
| 1193 |
demolish |
(v.) To annihilate. |
| 1194 |
demonstrable |
(adj.) Capable of positive proof. |
| 1195 |
demonstrate |
(v.) To prove indubitably. |
| 1196 |
demonstrative |
(adj.) Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts. |
| 1197 |
demonstrator |
(n.) One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner. |
| 1198 |
demulcent |
(n.) Any application soothing to an irritable surface |
| 1199 |
demurrage |
(n.) the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing. |
| 1200 |
dendroid |
(adj.) Like a tree. |
| 1201 |
dendrology |
(n.) The natural history of trees. |
| 1202 |
denizen |
(n.) Inhabitant. |
| 1203 |
denominate |
(v.) To give a name or epithet to. |
| 1204 |
denomination |
(n.) A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline. |
| 1205 |
denominator |
(n.) Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. |
| 1206 |
denote |
(v.) To designate by word or mark. |
| 1207 |
denouement |
(n.) That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up. |
| 1208 |
denounce |
(v.) To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium. |
| 1209 |
dentifrice |
(n.) Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth. |
| 1210 |
denude |
(v.) To strip the covering from. |
| 1211 |
denunciation |
(n.) The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment. |
| 1212 |
deplete |
(v.) To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste. |
| 1213 |
deplorable |
(adj.) Contemptible. |
| 1214 |
deplore |
(v.) To regard with grief or sorrow. |
| 1215 |
deponent |
(adj.) Laying down. |
| 1216 |
depopulate |
(v.) To remove the inhabitants from. |
| 1217 |
deport |
(v.) To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony. |
| 1218 |
deportment |
(n.) Demeanor. |
| 1219 |
deposition |
(n.) Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court. |
| 1220 |
depositor |
(n.) One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited. |
| 1221 |
depository |
(n.) A place where anything is kept in safety. |
| 1222 |
deprave |
(v.) To render bad, especially morally bad. |
| 1223 |
deprecate |
(v.) To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite. |
| 1224 |
depreciate |
(v.) To lessen the worth of. |
| 1225 |
depreciation |
(n.) A lowering in value or an underrating in worth. |
| 1226 |
depress |
(v.) To press down. |
| 1227 |
depression |
(n.) A falling of the spirits. |
| 1228 |
depth |
(n.) Deepness. |
| 1229 |
derelict |
(adj.) Neglectful of obligation. |
| 1230 |
deride |
(v.) To ridicule. |
| 1231 |
derisible |
(adj.) Open to ridicule. |
| 1232 |
derision |
(n.) Ridicule. |
| 1233 |
derivation |
(n.) That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning. |
| 1234 |
derivative |
(adj.) Coming or acquired from some origin. |
| 1235 |
derive |
(v.) To deduce, as from a premise. |
| 1236 |
dermatology |
(n.) The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases. |
| 1237 |
derrick |
(n.) An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights. |
| 1238 |
descendant |
(n.) One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc. |
| 1239 |
descendent |
(adj.) Proceeding downward. |
| 1240 |
descent |
(n.) The act of moving or going downward. |
| 1241 |
descry |
(v.) To discern. |
| 1242 |
desert |
(v.) To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned |
| 1243 |
desiccant |
(n.) Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds. |
| 1244 |
designate |
(v.) To select or appoint, as by authority. |
| 1245 |
desist |
(v.) To cease from action. |
| 1246 |
desistance |
(n.) Cessation. |
| 1247 |
despair |
(n.) Utter hopelessness and despondency. |
| 1248 |
desperado |
(n.) One without regard for law or life. |
| 1249 |
desperate |
(adj.) Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair. |
| 1250 |
despicable |
(adj.) Contemptible. |
| 1251 |
despite |
(prep.) In spite of. |
| 1252 |
despond |
(v.) To lose spirit, courage, or hope. |
| 1253 |
despondent |
(adj.) Disheartened. |
| 1254 |
despot |
(n.) An absolute and irresponsible monarch. |
| 1255 |
despotism |
(n.) Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part. |
| 1256 |
destitute |
(adj.) Poverty-stricken. |
| 1257 |
desultory |
(adj.) Not connected with what precedes. |
| 1258 |
deter |
(v.) To frighten away. |
| 1259 |
deteriorate |
(v.) To grow worse. |
| 1260 |
determinate |
(adj.) Definitely limited or fixed. |
| 1261 |
determination |
(n.) The act of deciding. |
| 1262 |
deterrent |
(adj.) Hindering from action through fear. |
| 1263 |
detest |
(v.) To dislike or hate with intensity. |
| 1264 |
detract |
(v.) To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation. |
| 1265 |
detriment |
(n.) Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss. |
| 1266 |
detrude |
(v.) To push down forcibly. |
| 1267 |
deviate |
(v.) To take a different course. |
| 1268 |
devilry |
(n.) Malicious mischief. |
| 1269 |
deviltry |
(n.) Wanton and malicious mischief. |
| 1270 |
devious |
(adj.) Out of the common or regular track. |
| 1271 |
devise |
(v.) To invent. |
| 1272 |
devout |
(adj.) Religious. |
| 1273 |
dexterity |
(n.) Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work. |
| 1274 |
diabolic |
(adj.) Characteristic of the devil. |
| 1275 |
diacritical |
(adj.) Marking a difference. |
| 1276 |
diagnose |
(v.) To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena. |
| 1277 |
diagnosis |
(n.) Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease. |
| 1278 |
dialect |
(n.) Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district. |
| 1279 |
dialectician |
(n.) A logician. |
| 1280 |
dialogue |
(n.) A formal conversation in which two or more take part. |
| 1281 |
diaphanous |
(adj.) Transparent. |
| 1282 |
diatomic |
(adj.) Containing only two atoms. |
| 1283 |
diatribe |
(n.) A bitter or malicious criticism. |
| 1284 |
dictum |
(n.) A positive utterance. |
| 1285 |
didactic |
(adj.) Pertaining to teaching. |
| 1286 |
difference |
(n.) Dissimilarity in any respect. |
| 1287 |
differentia |
(n.) Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species. |
| 1288 |
differential |
(adj.) Distinctive. |
| 1289 |
differentiate |
(v.) To acquire a distinct and separate character. |
| 1290 |
diffidence |
(n.) Self-distrust. |
| 1291 |
diffident |
(adj.) Affected or possessed with self-distrust. |
| 1292 |
diffusible |
(adj.) Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly. |
| 1293 |
diffusion |
(n.) Dispersion. |
| 1294 |
dignitary |
(n.) One who holds high rank. |
| 1295 |
digraph |
(n.) A union of two characters representing a single sound. |
| 1296 |
digress |
(v.) To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter. |
| 1297 |
dilapidated |
(pa.) Fallen into decay or partial ruin. |
| 1298 |
dilate |
(v.) To enlarge in all directions. |
| 1299 |
dilatory |
(adj.) Tending to cause delay. |
| 1300 |
dilemma |
(n.) A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary. |
| 1301 |
dilettante |
(n.) A superficial amateur. |
| 1302 |
diligence |
(n.) Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken. |
| 1303 |
dilute |
(v.) To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something. |
| 1304 |
diminution |
(n.) Reduction. |
| 1305 |
dimly |
(adv.) Obscurely. |
| 1306 |
diphthong |
(n.) The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds. |
| 1307 |
diplomacy |
(n.) Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters. |
| 1308 |
diplomat |
(n.) A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another. |
| 1309 |
diplomatic |
(adj.) Characterized by special tact in negotiations. |
| 1310 |
diplomatist |
(n.) One remarkable for tact and shrewd management. |
| 1311 |
disagree |
(v.) To be opposite in opinion. |
| 1312 |
disallow |
(v.) To withhold permission or sanction. |
| 1313 |
disappear |
(v.) To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being. |
| 1314 |
disappoint |
(v.) To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of. |
| 1315 |
disapprove |
(v.) To regard with blame. |
| 1316 |
disarm |
(v.) To deprive of weapons. |
| 1317 |
disarrange |
(v.) To throw out of order. |
| 1318 |
disavow |
(v.) To disclaim responsibility for. |
| 1319 |
disavowal |
(n.) Denial. |
| 1320 |
disbeliever |
(n.) One who refuses to believe. |
| 1321 |
disburden |
(v.) To disencumber. |
| 1322 |
disburse |
(v.) To pay out or expend, as money from a fund. |
| 1323 |
discard |
(v.) To reject. |
| 1324 |
discernible |
(adj.) Perceivable. |
| 1325 |
disciple |
(n.) One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine. |
| 1326 |
disciplinary |
(adj.) Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority. |
| 1327 |
discipline |
(v.) To train to obedience. |
| 1328 |
disclaim |
(v.) To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to. |
| 1329 |
discolor |
(v.) To stain. |
| 1330 |
discomfit |
(v.) To put to confusion. |
| 1331 |
discomfort |
(n.) The state of being positively uncomfortable. |
| 1332 |
disconnect |
(v.) To undo or dissolve the connection or association of. |
| 1333 |
disconsolate |
(adj.) Grief-stricken. |
| 1334 |
discontinuance |
(n.) Interruption or intermission. |
| 1335 |
discord |
(n.) Absence of harmoniousness. |
| 1336 |
discountenance |
(v.) To look upon with disfavor. |
| 1337 |
discover |
(v.) To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived. |
| 1338 |
discredit |
(v.) To injure the reputation of. |
| 1339 |
discreet |
(adj.) Judicious. |
| 1340 |
discrepant |
(adj.) Opposite. |
| 1341 |
discriminate |
(v.) To draw a distinction. |
| 1342 |
discursive |
(adj.) Passing from one subject to another. |
| 1343 |
discussion |
(n.) Debate. |
| 1344 |
disenfranchise |
(v.) To deprive of any right privilege or power |
| 1345 |
disengage |
(v.) To become detached. |
| 1346 |
disfavor |
(n.) Disregard. |
| 1347 |
disfigure |
(v.) To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of. |
| 1348 |
dishabille |
(n.) Undress or negligent attire. |
| 1349 |
dishonest |
(adj.) Untrustworthy. |
| 1350 |
disillusion |
(v.) To disenchant. |
| 1351 |
disinfect |
(v.) To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases. |
| 1352 |
disinfectant |
(n.) A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases. |
| 1353 |
disinherit |
(v.) To deprive of an inheritance. |
| 1354 |
disinterested |
(adj.) Impartial. |
| 1355 |
disjunctive |
(adj.) Helping or serving to disconnect or separate. |
| 1356 |
dislocate |
(v.) To put out of proper place or order. |
| 1357 |
dismissal |
(n.) Displacement by authority from an office or an employment. |
| 1358 |
dismount |
(v.) To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like. |
| 1359 |
disobedience |
(n.) Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction. |
| 1360 |
disobedient |
(adj.) Neglecting or refusing to obey. |
| 1361 |
disown |
(v.) To refuse to acknowledge as one |
| 1362 |
disparage |
(v.) To regard or speak of slightingly. |
| 1363 |
disparity |
(n.) Inequality. |
| 1364 |
dispel |
(v.) To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions. |
| 1365 |
dispensation |
(n.) That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power. |
| 1366 |
displace |
(v.) To put out of the proper or accustomed place. |
| 1367 |
dispossess |
(v.) To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate. |
| 1368 |
disputation |
(n.) Verbal controversy. |
| 1369 |
disqualify |
(v.) To debar. |
| 1370 |
disquiet |
(v.) To deprive of peace or tranquillity. |
| 1371 |
disregard |
(v.) To take no notice of. |
| 1372 |
disreputable |
(adj.) Dishonorable or disgraceful. |
| 1373 |
disrepute |
(n.) A bad name or character. |
| 1374 |
disrobe |
(v.) To unclothe. |
| 1375 |
disrupt |
(v.) To burst or break asunder. |
| 1376 |
dissatisfy |
(v.) To displease. |
| 1377 |
dissect |
(v.) To cut apart or to pieces. |
| 1378 |
dissection |
(n.) The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal. |
| 1379 |
dissemble |
(v.) To hide by pretending something different. |
| 1380 |
disseminate |
(v.) To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. |
| 1381 |
dissension |
(n.) Angry or violent difference of opinion. |
| 1382 |
dissent |
(n.) Disagreement. |
| 1383 |
dissentient |
(n.) One who disagrees. |
| 1384 |
dissentious |
(adj.) Contentious. |
| 1385 |
dissertation |
(n.) Thesis. |
| 1386 |
disservice |
(n.) An ill turn. |
| 1387 |
dissever |
(v.) To divide. |
| 1388 |
dissimilar |
(adj.) Different. |
| 1389 |
dissipate |
(v.) To disperse or disappear. |
| 1390 |
dissipation |
(n.) The state of being dispersed or scattered. |
| 1391 |
dissolute |
(adj.) Lewd. |
| 1392 |
dissolution |
(n.) A breaking up of a union of persons. |
| 1393 |
dissolve |
(v.) To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture. |
| 1394 |
dissonance |
(n.) Discord. |
| 1395 |
dissonant |
(adj.) Harsh or disagreeable in sound. |
| 1396 |
dissuade |
(v.) To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading. |
| 1397 |
dissuasion |
(n.) The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading. |
| 1398 |
distemper |
(n.) A disease or malady. |
| 1399 |
distend |
(v.) To stretch out or expand in every direction. |
| 1400 |
distensible |
(adj.) Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction. |
| 1401 |
distention |
(n.) Expansion. |
| 1402 |
distill |
(v.) To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation. |
| 1403 |
distillation |
(n.) Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile. |
| 1404 |
distiller |
(n.) One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors. |
| 1405 |
distinction |
(n.) A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies. |
| 1406 |
distort |
(v.) To twist into an unnatural or irregular form. |
| 1407 |
distrain |
(v.) To subject a person to distress. |
| 1408 |
distrainor |
(n.) One who subjects a person to distress. |
| 1409 |
distraught |
(adj.) Bewildered. |
| 1410 |
distrust |
(n.) Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person. |
| 1411 |
disunion |
(n.) Separation of relations or interests. |
| 1412 |
disyllable |
(n.) A word of two syllables. |
| 1413 |
diurnal |
(adj.) Daily. |
| 1414 |
divagation |
(n.) Digression. |
| 1415 |
divergent |
(adj.) Tending in different directions. |
| 1416 |
diverse |
(adj.) Capable of various forms. |
| 1417 |
diversion |
(n.) Pastime. |
| 1418 |
diversity |
(n.) Dissimilitude. |
| 1419 |
divert |
(v.) To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
| 1420 |
divertible |
(adj.) Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
| 1421 |
divest |
(v.) To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment. |
| 1422 |
divination |
(n.) The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden. |
| 1423 |
divinity |
(n.) The quality or character of being godlike. |
| 1424 |
divisible |
(adj.) Capable of being separated into parts. |
| 1425 |
divisor |
(n.) That by which a number or quantity is divided. |
| 1426 |
divulge |
(v.) To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret. |
| 1427 |
divulgence |
(n.) A divulging. |
| 1428 |
docile |
(adj.) Easy to manage. |
| 1429 |
docket |
(n.) The registry of judgments of a court. |
| 1430 |
doe |
(n.) The female of the deer. |
| 1431 |
dogma |
(n.) A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority. |
| 1432 |
dogmatic |
(adj.) Making statements without argument or evidence. |
| 1433 |
dogmatize |
(v.) To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence. |
| 1434 |
doleful |
(adj.) Melancholy. |
| 1435 |
dolesome |
(adj.) Melancholy. |
| 1436 |
dolor |
(n.) Lamentation. |
| 1437 |
dolorous |
(adj.) Expressing or causing sorrow or pain. |
| 1438 |
domain |
(n.) A sphere or field of action or interest. |
| 1439 |
domesticity |
(n.) Life in or fondness for one |
| 1440 |
domicile |
(n.) The place where one lives. |
| 1441 |
dominance |
(n.) Ascendancy. |
| 1442 |
dominant |
(adj.) Conspicuously prominent. |
| 1443 |
dominate |
(v.) To influence controllingly. |
| 1444 |
domination |
(n.) Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority. |
| 1445 |
domineer |
(v.) To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance. |
| 1446 |
donate |
(v.) To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause. |
| 1447 |
donator |
(n.) One who makes a donation or present. |
| 1448 |
donee |
(n.) A person to whom a donation is made. |
| 1449 |
donor |
(n.) One who makes a donation or present. |
| 1450 |
dormant |
(adj.) Being in a state of or resembling sleep. |
| 1451 |
doublet |
(n.) One of a pair of like things. |
| 1452 |
doubly |
(adv.) In twofold degree or extent. |
| 1453 |
dowry |
(n.) The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage. |
| 1454 |
drachma |
(n.) A modern and an ancient Greek coin. |
| 1455 |
dragnet |
(n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water. |
| 1456 |
dragoon |
(n.) In the British army, a cavalryman. |
| 1457 |
drainage |
(n.) The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc. |
| 1458 |
dramatist |
(n.) One who writes plays. |
| 1459 |
dramatize |
(v.) To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner. |
| 1460 |
drastic |
(adj.) Acting vigorously. |
| 1461 |
drought |
(n.) Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither. |
| 1462 |
drowsy |
(adj.) Heavy with sleepiness. |
| 1463 |
drudgery |
(n.) Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation. |
| 1464 |
dubious |
(adj.) Doubtful. |
| 1465 |
duckling |
(n.) A young duck. |
| 1466 |
ductile |
(adj.) Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread. |
| 1467 |
duet |
(n.) A composition for two voices or instruments. |
| 1468 |
dun |
(v.) To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment. |
| 1469 |
duplex |
(adj.) Having two parts. |
| 1470 |
duplicity |
(n.) Double-dealing. |
| 1471 |
durance |
(n.) Confinement. |
| 1472 |
duration |
(n.) The period of time during which anything lasts. |
| 1473 |
duteous |
(adj.) Showing submission to natural superiors. |
| 1474 |
dutiable |
(adj.) Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty. |
| 1475 |
dutiful |
(adj.) Obedient. |
| 1476 |
dwindle |
(v.) To diminish or become less. |
| 1477 |
dyne |
(n.) The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s. |
| 1478 |
earnest |
(adj.) Ardent in spirit and speech. |
| 1479 |
earthenware |
(n.) Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun. |
| 1480 |
eatable |
(adj.) Edible. |
| 1481 |
ebullient |
(adj.) Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling. |
| 1482 |
eccentric |
(adj.) Peculiar. |
| 1483 |
eccentricity |
(n.) Idiosyncrasy. |
| 1484 |
eclipse |
(n.) The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body. |
| 1485 |
economize |
(v.) To spend sparingly. |
| 1486 |
ecstasy |
(n.) Rapturous excitement or exaltation. |
| 1487 |
ecstatic |
(adj.) Enraptured. |
| 1488 |
edible |
(adj.) Suitable to be eaten. |
| 1489 |
edict |
(n.) That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action. |
| 1490 |
edify |
(v.) To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion. |
| 1491 |
editorial |
(n.) An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument. |
| 1492 |
educe |
(v.) To draw out. |
| 1493 |
efface |
(v.) To obliterate. |
| 1494 |
effect |
(n.) A consequence. |
| 1495 |
effective |
(adj.) Fit for a destined purpose. |
| 1496 |
effectual |
(adj.) Efficient. |
| 1497 |
effeminacy |
(n.) Womanishness. |
| 1498 |
effeminate |
(adj.) Having womanish traits or qualities. |
| 1499 |
effervesce |
(v.) To bubble up. |
| 1500 |
effervescent |
(adj.) Giving off bubbles of gas. |
| 1501 |
effete |
(adj.) Exhausted, as having performed its functions. |
| 1502 |
efficacious |
(adj.) Effective. |
| 1503 |
efficacy |
(n.) The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it. |
| 1504 |
efficiency |
(n.) The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty. |
| 1505 |
efficient |
(adj.) Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results. |
| 1506 |
efflorescence |
(n.) The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance. |
| 1507 |
efflorescent |
(adj.) Opening in flower. |
| 1508 |
effluvium |
(n.) A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter. |
| 1509 |
effrontery |
(n.) Unblushing impudence. |
| 1510 |
effulgence |
(n.) Splendor. |
| 1511 |
effuse |
(v.) To pour forth. |
| 1512 |
effusion |
(n.) an outpouring. |
| 1513 |
egoism |
(n.) The theory that places man |
| 1514 |
egoist |
(n.) One who advocates or practices egoism. |
| 1515 |
egotism |
(n.) Self-conceit. |
| 1516 |
egotist |
(n.) One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences. |
| 1517 |
egregious |
(adj.) Extreme. |
| 1518 |
egress |
(n.) Any place of exit. |
| 1519 |
eject |
(v.) To expel. |
| 1520 |
elapse |
(v.) To quietly terminate: said of time. |
| 1521 |
elasticity |
(n.) That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed. |
| 1522 |
electrolysis |
(n.) The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current. |
| 1523 |
electrotype |
(n.) A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin. |
| 1524 |
elegy |
(n.) A lyric poem lamenting the dead. |
| 1525 |
element |
(n.) A component or essential part. |
| 1526 |
elicit |
(v.) To educe or extract gradually or without violence. |
| 1527 |
eligible |
(adj.) Qualified for selection. |
| 1528 |
eliminate |
(v.) To separate and cast aside. |
| 1529 |
Elizabethan |
(adj.) Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era. |
| 1530 |
elocution |
(n.) The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading. |
| 1531 |
eloquent |
(adj.) Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech. |
| 1532 |
elucidate |
(v.) To bring out more clearly the facts concerning. |
| 1533 |
elude |
(v.) To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice. |
| 1534 |
elusion |
(n.) Evasion. |
| 1535 |
emaciate |
(v.) To waste away in flesh. |
| 1536 |
emanate |
(v.) To flow forth or proceed, as from some source. |
| 1537 |
emancipate |
(v.) To release from bondage. |
| 1538 |
embargo |
(n.) Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade. |
| 1539 |
embark |
(v.) To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme. |
| 1540 |
embarrass |
(v.) To render flustered or agitated. |
| 1541 |
embellish |
(v.) To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features. |
| 1542 |
embezzle |
(v.) To misappropriate secretly. |
| 1543 |
emblazon |
(v.) To set forth publicly or in glowing terms. |
| 1544 |
emblem |
(n.) A symbol. |
| 1545 |
embody |
(v.) To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form. |
| 1546 |
embolden |
(v.) To give courage to. |
| 1547 |
embolism |
(n.) An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel. |
| 1548 |
embroil |
(v.) To involve in dissension or strife. |
| 1549 |
emerge |
(v.) To come into view or into existence. |
| 1550 |
emergence |
(n.) A coming into view. |
| 1551 |
emergent |
(adj.) Coming into view. |
| 1552 |
emeritus |
(adj.) Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position. |
| 1553 |
emigrant |
(n.) One who moves from one place to settle in another. |
| 1554 |
emigrate |
(v.) To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another. |
| 1555 |
eminence |
(n.) An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc. |
| 1556 |
eminent |
(adj.) High in station, merit, or esteem. |
| 1557 |
emit |
(v.) To send or give out. |
| 1558 |
emphasis |
(n.) Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word. |
| 1559 |
emphasize |
(v.) To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words. |
| 1560 |
emphatic |
(adj.) Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words. |
| 1561 |
employee |
(n.) One who works for wages or a salary. |
| 1562 |
employer |
(n.) One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay. |
| 1563 |
emporium |
(n.) A bazaar or shop. |
| 1564 |
empower |
(v.) To delegate authority to. |
| 1565 |
emulate |
(v.) To imitate with intent to equal or surpass. |
| 1566 |
enact |
(v.) To make into law, as by legislative act. |
| 1567 |
enamor |
(v.) To inspire with ardent love. |
| 1568 |
encamp |
(v.) To pitch tents for a resting-place. |
| 1569 |
encomium |
(n.) A formal or discriminating expression of praise. |
| 1570 |
encompass |
(v.) To encircle. |
| 1571 |
encore |
(n.) The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance. |
| 1572 |
encourage |
(v.) To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind. |
| 1573 |
encroach |
(v.) To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another. |
| 1574 |
encumber |
(v.) To impede with obstacles. |
| 1575 |
encyclical |
(adj.) Intended for general circulation. |
| 1576 |
encyclopedia |
(n.) A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject. |
| 1577 |
endanger |
(v.) To expose to peril. |
| 1578 |
endear |
(v.) To cause to be loved. |
| 1579 |
endemic |
(adj.) Peculiar to some specified country or people. |
| 1580 |
endue |
(v.) To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual. |
| 1581 |
endurable |
(adj.) Tolerable. |
| 1582 |
endurance |
(n.) The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing. |
| 1583 |
energetic |
(adj.) Working vigorously. |
| 1584 |
enervate |
(v.) To render ineffective or inoperative. |
| 1585 |
enfeeble |
(v.) To debilitate. |
| 1586 |
enfranchise |
(v.) To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote. |
| 1587 |
engender |
(v.) To produce. |
| 1588 |
engrave |
(v.) To cut or carve in or upon some surface. |
| 1589 |
engross |
(v.) To occupy completely. |
| 1590 |
enhance |
(v.) To intensify. |
| 1591 |
enigma |
(n.) A riddle. |
| 1592 |
enjoin |
(v.) To command. |
| 1593 |
enkindle |
(v.) To set on fire. |
| 1594 |
enlighten |
(v.) To cause to see clearly. |
| 1595 |
enlist |
(v.) To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment. |
| 1596 |
enmity |
(n.) Hatred. |
| 1597 |
ennoble |
(v.) To dignify. |
| 1598 |
enormity |
(n.) Immensity. |
| 1599 |
enormous |
(adj.) Gigantic. |
| 1600 |
enrage |
(v.) To infuriate. |
| 1601 |
enrapture |
(v.) To delight extravagantly or intensely. |
| 1602 |
enshrine |
(v.) To keep sacred. |
| 1603 |
ensnare |
(v.) To entrap. |
| 1604 |
entail |
(v.) To involve; necessitate. |
| 1605 |
entangle |
(v.) To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications. |
| 1606 |
enthrall |
(v.) To bring or hold under any overmastering influence. |
| 1607 |
enthrone |
(v.) To invest with sovereign power. |
| 1608 |
enthuse |
(v.) To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling. |
| 1609 |
enthusiastic |
(adj.) Full of zeal and fervor. |
| 1610 |
entirety |
(n.) A complete thing. |
| 1611 |
entomology |
(n.) The branch of zoology that treats of insects. |
| 1612 |
entrails |
(n.) pl. The internal parts of an animal. |
| 1613 |
entreaty |
(n.) An earnest request. |
| 1614 |
entree |
(n.) The act of entering. |
| 1615 |
entrench |
(v.) To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall. |
| 1616 |
entwine |
(v.) To interweave. |
| 1617 |
enumerate |
(v.) To name one by one. |
| 1618 |
epic |
(n.) A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc. |
| 1619 |
epicure |
(n.) One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking. |
| 1620 |
Epicurean |
(adj.) Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite. |
| 1621 |
epicycle |
(n.) A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle. |
| 1622 |
epicycloid |
(n.) A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle. |
| 1623 |
epidemic |
(n.) Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region. |
| 1624 |
epidermis |
(n.) The outer skin. |
| 1625 |
epigram |
(n.) A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation. |
| 1626 |
epilogue |
(n.) The close of a narrative or dramatic poem. |
| 1627 |
epiphany |
(n.) Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity. |
| 1628 |
episode |
(n.) An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it. |
| 1629 |
epitaph |
(n.) An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead. |
| 1630 |
epithet |
(n.) Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas". |
| 1631 |
epitome |
(n.) A simplified representation. |
| 1632 |
epizootic |
(adj.) Prevailing among animals. |
| 1633 |
epoch |
(n.) A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events. |
| 1634 |
epode |
(n.) A species of lyric poems. |
| 1635 |
equalize |
(v.) To render uniform. |
| 1636 |
equanimity |
(n.) Evenness of mind or temper. |
| 1637 |
equestrian |
(adj.) Pertaining to horses or horsemanship. |
| 1638 |
equilibrium |
(n.) A state of balance. |
| 1639 |
equitable |
(adj.) Characterized by fairness. |
| 1640 |
equity |
(n.) Fairness or impartiality. |
| 1641 |
equivalent |
(adj.) Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like. |
| 1642 |
equivocal |
(adj.) Ambiguous. |
| 1643 |
equivocate |
(v.) To use words of double meaning. |
| 1644 |
eradicate |
(v.) To destroy thoroughly. |
| 1645 |
errant |
(adj.) Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. |
| 1646 |
erratic |
(adj.) Irregular. |
| 1647 |
erroneous |
(adj.) Incorrect. |
| 1648 |
erudite |
(adj.) Very-learned. |
| 1649 |
erudition |
(n.) Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc. |
| 1650 |
eschew |
(v.) To keep clear of. |
| 1651 |
espy |
(v.) To keep close watch. |
| 1652 |
esquire |
(n.) A title of dignity, office, or courtesy. |
| 1653 |
essence |
(n.) That which makes a thing to be what it is. |
| 1654 |
esthetic |
(adj.) Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts. |
| 1655 |
estimable |
(adj.) Worthy of respect. |
| 1656 |
estrange |
(v.) To alienate. |
| 1657 |
estuary |
(n.) A wide lower part of a tidal river. |
| 1658 |
eugenic |
(adj.) Relating to the development and improvement of race. |
| 1659 |
eulogize |
(v.) To speak or write a laudation of a person |
| 1660 |
eulogy |
(n.) A spoken or written laudation of a person |
| 1661 |
euphemism |
(n.) A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted. |
| 1662 |
euphonious |
(adj.) Characterized by agreeableness of sound. |
| 1663 |
euphony |
(n.) Agreeableness of sound. |
| 1664 |
evade |
(v.) To avoid by artifice. |
| 1665 |
evanesce |
(v.) To vanish gradually. |
| 1666 |
evanescent |
(adj.) Fleeting. |
| 1667 |
evangelical |
(adj.) Seeking the conversion of sinners. |
| 1668 |
evangelist |
(n.) A preacher who goes from place to place holding services. |
| 1669 |
evasion |
(n.) Escape. |
| 1670 |
eventual |
(adj.) Ultimate. |
| 1671 |
evert |
(v.) To turn inside out. |
| 1672 |
evict |
(v.) To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree. |
| 1673 |
evidential |
(adj.) Indicative. |
| 1674 |
evince |
(v.) To make manifest or evident. |
| 1675 |
evoke |
(v.) To call or summon forth. |
| 1676 |
evolution |
(n.) Development or growth. |
| 1677 |
evolve |
(v.) To unfold or expand. |
| 1678 |
exacerbate |
(v.) To make more sharp, severe, or virulent. |
| 1679 |
exaggerate |
(v.) To overstate. |
| 1680 |
exasperate |
(v.) To excite great anger in. |
| 1681 |
excavate |
(v.) To remove by digging or scooping out. |
| 1682 |
exceed |
(v.) To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc. |
| 1683 |
excel |
(v.) To be superior or distinguished. |
| 1684 |
excellence |
(n.) Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities. |
| 1685 |
excellency |
(n.) A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials. |
| 1686 |
excellent |
(adj.) Possessing distinguished merit. |
| 1687 |
excerpt |
(n.) An extract or selection from written or printed matter. |
| 1688 |
excess |
(n.) That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience. |
| 1689 |
excitable |
(adj.) Nervously high-strung. |
| 1690 |
excitation |
(n.) Intensified emotion or action. |
| 1691 |
exclamation |
(n.) An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling. |
| 1692 |
exclude |
(v.) To shut out purposely or forcibly. |
| 1693 |
exclusion |
(n.) Non-admission. |
| 1694 |
excrescence |
(n.) Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development. |
| 1695 |
excretion |
(n.) The getting rid of waste matter. |
| 1696 |
excruciate |
(v.) To inflict severe pain or agony upon. |
| 1697 |
excursion |
(n.) A journey. |
| 1698 |
excusable |
(adj.) Justifiable. |
| 1699 |
execrable |
(adj.) Abominable. |
| 1700 |
execration |
(n.) An accursed thing. |
| 1701 |
executor |
(n.) A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will. |
| 1702 |
exegesis |
(n.) Biblical exposition or interpretation. |
| 1703 |
exemplar |
(n.) A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated. |
| 1704 |
exemplary |
(adj.) Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation. |
| 1705 |
exemplify |
(v.) To show by example. |
| 1706 |
exempt |
(adj.) Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others. |
| 1707 |
exert |
(v.) To make an effort. |
| 1708 |
exhale |
(v.) To breathe forth. |
| 1709 |
exhaust |
(v.) To empty by draining off the contents. |
| 1710 |
exhaustible |
(adj.) Causing or tending to cause exhaustion. |
| 1711 |
exhaustion |
(n.) Deprivation of strength or energy. |
| 1712 |
exhaustive |
(adj.) Thorough and complete in execution. |
| 1713 |
exhilarate |
(v.) To fill with high or cheerful spirits. |
| 1714 |
exhume |
(v.) To dig out of the earth (what has been buried). |
| 1715 |
exigency |
(n.) A critical period or condition. |
| 1716 |
exigent |
(adj.) Urgent. |
| 1717 |
existence |
(n.) Possession or continuance of being. |
| 1718 |
exit |
(n.) A way or passage out. |
| 1719 |
exodus |
(n.) A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people. |
| 1720 |
exonerate |
(v.) To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame. |
| 1721 |
exorbitance |
(n.) Extravagance or enormity. |
| 1722 |
exorbitant |
(adj.) Going beyond usual and proper limits. |
| 1723 |
exorcise |
(v.) To cast or drive out by religious or magical means. |
| 1724 |
exotic |
(adj.) Foreign. |
| 1725 |
expand |
(v.) To increase in range or scope. |
| 1726 |
expanse |
(n.) A continuous area or stretch. |
| 1727 |
expansion |
(n.) Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like. |
| 1728 |
expatriate |
(v.) To drive from one |
| 1729 |
expect |
(v.) To look forward to as certain or probable. |
| 1730 |
expectancy |
(n.) The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable. |
| 1731 |
expectorate |
(v.) To cough up and spit forth. |
| 1732 |
expediency |
(n.) Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case. |
| 1733 |
expedient |
(adj.) Contributing to personal advantage. |
| 1734 |
expedite |
(v.) To hasten the movement or progress of. |
| 1735 |
expeditious |
(adj.) Speedy. |
| 1736 |
expend |
(v.) To spend. |
| 1737 |
expense |
(n.) The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength. |
| 1738 |
expiate |
(v.) To make satisfaction or amends for. |
| 1739 |
explicate |
(v.) To clear from involvement. |
| 1740 |
explicit |
(adj.) Definite. |
| 1741 |
explode |
(v.) To cause to burst in pieces by force from within. |
| 1742 |
explosion |
(n.) A sudden and violent outbreak. |
| 1743 |
explosive |
(adj.) Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak. |
| 1744 |
exposition |
(n.) Formal presentation. |
| 1745 |
expository |
(adj.) Pertaining to a formal presentation. |
| 1746 |
expostulate |
(v.) To discuss. |
| 1747 |
exposure |
(n.) An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass. |
| 1748 |
expressive |
(adj.) Full of meaning. |
| 1749 |
expulsion |
(n.) Forcible ejection. |
| 1750 |
extant |
(adj.) Still existing and known. |
| 1751 |
extemporaneous |
(adj.) Done or made without much or any preparation. |
| 1752 |
extempore |
(adv.) Without studied or special preparation. |
| 1753 |
extensible |
(adj.) Capable of being thrust out. |
| 1754 |
extension |
(n.) A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope. |
| 1755 |
extensive |
(adj.) Extended widely in space, time, or scope. |
| 1756 |
extensor |
(n.) A muscle that causes extension. |
| 1757 |
extenuate |
(v.) To diminish the gravity or importance of. |
| 1758 |
exterior |
(n.) That which is outside. |
| 1759 |
external |
(n.) Anything relating or belonging to the outside. |
| 1760 |
extinct |
(adj.) Being no longer in existence. |
| 1761 |
extinguish |
(v.) To render extinct. |
| 1762 |
extol |
(v.) To praise in the highest terms. |
| 1763 |
extort |
(v.) To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity. |
| 1764 |
extortion |
(n.) The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion. |
| 1765 |
extradite |
(v.) To surrender the custody of. |
| 1766 |
extradition |
(n.) The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government. |
| 1767 |
extrajudicial |
(adj.) Happening out of court. |
| 1768 |
extraneous |
(adj.) Having no essential relation to a subject. |
| 1769 |
extraordinary |
(adj.) Unusual. |
| 1770 |
extravagance |
(n.) Undue expenditure of money. |
| 1771 |
extravagant |
(adj.) Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure. |
| 1772 |
extremist |
(n.) One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views. |
| 1773 |
extremity |
(n.) The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position. |
| 1774 |
extricate |
(v.) Disentangle. |
| 1775 |
extrude |
(v.) To drive out or away. |
| 1776 |
exuberance |
(n.) Rich supply. |
| 1777 |
exuberant |
(adj.) Marked by great plentifulness. |
| 1778 |
fabricate |
(v.) To invent fancifully or falsely. |
| 1779 |
fabulous |
(adj.) Incredible. |
| 1780 |
facet |
(n.) One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem. |
| 1781 |
facetious |
(adj.) Amusing. |
| 1782 |
facial |
(adj.) Pertaining to the face. |
| 1783 |
facile |
(adj.) Not difficult to do. |
| 1784 |
facilitate |
(v.) To make more easy. |
| 1785 |
facility |
(n.) Ease. |
| 1786 |
facsimile |
(n.) An exact copy or reproduction. |
| 1787 |
faction |
(n.) A number of persons combined for a common purpose. |
| 1788 |
factious |
(adj.) Turbulent. |
| 1789 |
fallacious |
(adj.) Illogical. |
| 1790 |
fallacy |
(n.) Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning. |
| 1791 |
fallible |
(adj.) Capable of erring. |
| 1792 |
fallow |
(n.) Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest. |
| 1793 |
famish |
(v.) To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst. |
| 1794 |
fanatic |
(n.) A religious zealot. |
| 1795 |
fancier |
(n.) One having a taste for or interest in special objects. |
| 1796 |
fanciless |
(adj.) Unimaginative. |
| 1797 |
fastidious |
(adj.) Hard to please. |
| 1798 |
fathom |
(n.) A measure of length, 6 feet. |
| 1799 |
fatuous |
(adj.) Idiotic |
| 1800 |
faulty |
(adj.) Imperfect. |
| 1801 |
faun |
(n.) One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet. |
| 1802 |
fawn |
(n.) A young deer. |
| 1803 |
fealty |
(n.) Loyalty. |
| 1804 |
feasible |
(adj.) That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable. |
| 1805 |
federate |
(v.) To league together. |
| 1806 |
feint |
(n.) Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement. |
| 1807 |
felicitate |
(v.) To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event. |
| 1808 |
felicity |
(n.) A state of well-founded happiness. |
| 1809 |
felon |
(n.) A criminal or depraved person. |
| 1810 |
felonious |
(adj.) Showing criminal or evil purpose. |
| 1811 |
felony |
(n.) One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment. |
| 1812 |
feminine |
(adj.) Characteristic of woman or womankind. |
| 1813 |
fernery |
(n.) A place in which ferns are grown. |
| 1814 |
ferocious |
(adj.) Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature. |
| 1815 |
ferocity |
(n.) Savageness. |
| 1816 |
fervent |
(adj.) Ardent in feeling. |
| 1817 |
fervid |
(adj.) Intense. |
| 1818 |
fervor |
(n.) Ardor or intensity of feeling. |
| 1819 |
festal |
(adj.) Joyous. |
| 1820 |
festive |
(adj.) Merry. |
| 1821 |
fete |
(n.) A festival or feast. |
| 1822 |
fetus |
(n.) The young in the womb or in the egg. |
| 1823 |
feudal |
(adj.) Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal. |
| 1824 |
feudalism |
(n.) The feudal system. |
| 1825 |
fez |
(n.) A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel. |
| 1826 |
fiasco |
(n.) A complete or humiliating failure. |
| 1827 |
fickle |
(adj.) Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose. |
| 1828 |
fictitious |
(adj.) Created or formed by the imagination. |
| 1829 |
fidelity |
(n.) Loyalty. |
| 1830 |
fiducial |
(adj.) Indicative of faith or trust. |
| 1831 |
fief |
(n.) A landed estate held under feudal tenure. |
| 1832 |
filibuster |
(n.) One who attempts to obstruct legislation. |
| 1833 |
finale |
(n.) Concluding performance. |
| 1834 |
finality |
(n.) The state or quality of being final or complete. |
| 1835 |
finally |
(adv.) At last. |
| 1836 |
financial |
(adj.) Monetary. |
| 1837 |
financier |
(n.) One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations. |
| 1838 |
finery |
(n.) That which is used to decorate the person or dress. |
| 1839 |
finesse |
(n.) Subtle contrivance used to gain a point. |
| 1840 |
finite |
(adj.) Limited. |
| 1841 |
fiscal |
(adj.) Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government. |
| 1842 |
fishmonger |
(n.) One who sells fish. |
| 1843 |
fissure |
(n.) A crack or crack-like depression. |
| 1844 |
fitful |
(adj.) Spasmodic. |
| 1845 |
fixture |
(n.) One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position. |
| 1846 |
flag-officer |
(n.) The captain of a flag-ship. |
| 1847 |
flagrant |
(adj.) Openly scandalous. |
| 1848 |
flamboyant |
(adj.) Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste. |
| 1849 |
flatulence |
(n.) Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels. |
| 1850 |
flection |
(n.) The act of bending. |
| 1851 |
fledgling |
(n.) A young bird. |
| 1852 |
flexible |
(adj.) Pliable. |
| 1853 |
flimsy |
(adj.) Thin and weak. |
| 1854 |
flippant |
(adj.) Having a light, pert, trifling disposition. |
| 1855 |
floe |
(n.) A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. |
| 1856 |
flora |
(n.) The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district. |
| 1857 |
floral |
(adj.) Pertaining to flowers. |
| 1858 |
florid |
(adj.) Flushed with red. |
| 1859 |
florist |
(n.) A dealer in flowers. |
| 1860 |
fluctuate |
(v.) To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another. |
| 1861 |
fluctuation |
(n.) Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another. |
| 1862 |
flue |
(n.) A smoke-duct in a chimney. |
| 1863 |
fluent |
(adj.) Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas. |
| 1864 |
fluential |
(adj.) Pertaining to streams. |
| 1865 |
flux |
(n.) A state of constant movement, change, or renewal. |
| 1866 |
foggy |
(adj.) Obscure. |
| 1867 |
foible |
(n.) A personal weakness or failing. |
| 1868 |
foist |
(v.) To palm off. |
| 1869 |
foliage |
(n.) Any growth of leaves. |
| 1870 |
folio |
(n.) A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once. |
| 1871 |
folk-lore |
(n.) The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people. |
| 1872 |
fondle |
(v.) To handle tenderly and lovingly. |
| 1873 |
foolery |
(n.) Folly. |
| 1874 |
foot-note |
(n.) A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column. |
| 1875 |
foppery |
(n.) Dandyism. |
| 1876 |
foppish |
(adj.) Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners. |
| 1877 |
forbearance |
(n.) Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. |
| 1878 |
forby |
(adv.) Besides. |
| 1879 |
forcible |
(adj.) Violent. |
| 1880 |
forebode |
(v.) To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil. |
| 1881 |
forecast |
(v.) To predict. |
| 1882 |
forecastle |
(n.) That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds. |
| 1883 |
foreclose |
(v.) To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property. |
| 1884 |
forecourt |
(n.) A court opening directly from the street. |
| 1885 |
forefather |
(n.) An ancestor. |
| 1886 |
forego |
(v.) To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. |
| 1887 |
foreground |
(n.) That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator. |
| 1888 |
forehead |
(n.) The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair. |
| 1889 |
foreign |
(adj.) Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country. |
| 1890 |
foreigner |
(n.) A citizen of a foreign country. |
| 1891 |
forejudge |
(v.) To judge of before hearing evidence. |
| 1892 |
foreknowledge |
(n.) Prescience. |
| 1893 |
foreman |
(n.) The head man. |
| 1894 |
foreordain |
(v.) To predetermine. |
| 1895 |
foreordination |
(n.) Predestination. |
| 1896 |
forepeak |
(n.) The extreme forward part of a ship |
| 1897 |
forerun |
(v.) To go before as introducing or ushering in. |
| 1898 |
foresail |
(n.) A square sail. |
| 1899 |
foresee |
(v.) To discern beforehand. |
| 1900 |
foreshore |
(n.) That part of a shore uncovered at low tide. |
| 1901 |
foresight |
(n.) Provision against harm or need. |
| 1902 |
foretell |
(v.) To predict. |
| 1903 |
forethought |
(n.) Premeditation. |
| 1904 |
forfeit |
(v.) To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation. |
| 1905 |
forfend |
(v.) To ward off. |
| 1906 |
forgery |
(n.) Counterfeiting. |
| 1907 |
forgo |
(v.) To deny oneself. |
| 1908 |
formation |
(n.) Relative disposition of parts. |
| 1909 |
formidable |
(adj.) Difficult to accomplish. |
| 1910 |
formula |
(n.) Fixed rule or set form. |
| 1911 |
forswear |
(v.) To renounce upon oath. |
| 1912 |
forte |
(n.) A strong point. |
| 1913 |
forth |
(adv.) Into notice or view. |
| 1914 |
forthright |
(adv.) With directness. |
| 1915 |
fortify |
(v.) To provide with defensive works. |
| 1916 |
fortitude |
(n.) Patient courage. |
| 1917 |
foursome |
(adj.) Consisting of four. |
| 1918 |
fracture |
(n.) A break. |
| 1919 |
fragile |
(adj.) Easily broken. |
| 1920 |
frailty |
(n.) Liability to be broken or destroyed. |
| 1921 |
frangile |
(adj.) Capable of being broken. |
| 1922 |
frankincense |
(n.) A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes. |
| 1923 |
frantic |
(adj.) Frenzied. |
| 1924 |
fraternal |
(adj.) Brotherly. |
| 1925 |
fraudulence |
(n.) Deceitfulness. |
| 1926 |
fraudulent |
(adj.) Counterfeit. |
| 1927 |
fray |
(v.) To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads. |
| 1928 |
free trade |
(n.) Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs. |
| 1929 |
freemason |
(n.) A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans. |
| 1930 |
freethinker |
(n.) One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion. |
| 1931 |
frequency |
(n.) The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space. |
| 1932 |
fresco |
(n.) The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings. |
| 1933 |
freshness |
(n.) The state, quality, or degree of being fresh. |
| 1934 |
fretful |
(adj.) Disposed to peevishness. |
| 1935 |
frightful |
(adj.) Apt to induce terror or alarm. |
| 1936 |
frigid |
(adj.) Lacking warmth. |
| 1937 |
frigidarium |
(n.) A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc. |
| 1938 |
frivolity |
(n.) A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice. |
| 1939 |
frivolous |
(adj.) Trivial. |
| 1940 |
frizz |
(v.) To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to. |
| 1941 |
frizzle |
(v.) To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair. |
| 1942 |
frolicsome |
(adj.) Prankish. |
| 1943 |
frontier |
(n.) The part of a nation |
| 1944 |
frowzy |
(adj.) Slovenly in appearance. |
| 1945 |
frugal |
(adj.) Economical. |
| 1946 |
fruition |
(n.) Fulfillment. |
| 1947 |
fugacious |
(adj.) Fleeting. |
| 1948 |
fulcrum |
(n.) The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns. |
| 1949 |
fulminate |
(v.) To cause to explode. |
| 1950 |
fulsome |
(adj.) Offensive from excess of praise or commendation. |
| 1951 |
fumigate |
(v.) To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection. |
| 1952 |
functionary |
(n.) An official. |
| 1953 |
fundamental |
(adj.) Basal. |
| 1954 |
fungible |
(adj.) That may be measured, counted, or weighed. |
| 1955 |
fungous |
(adj.) Spongy. |
| 1956 |
fungus |
(n.) A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom. |
| 1957 |
furbish |
(v.) To restore brightness or beauty to. |
| 1958 |
furlong |
(n.) A measure, one-eighth of a mile. |
| 1959 |
furlough |
(n.) A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer. |
| 1960 |
furrier |
(n.) A dealer in or maker of fur goods. |
| 1961 |
further |
(adj.) More distant or advanced. |
| 1962 |
furtherance |
(n.) Advancement. |
| 1963 |
furtive |
(adj.) Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief. |
| 1964 |
fuse |
(v.) To unite or blend as by melting together. |
| 1965 |
fusible |
(adj.) Capable of being melted by heat. |
| 1966 |
futile |
(adj.) Of no avail or effect. |
| 1967 |
futurist |
(n.) A person of expectant temperament. |
| 1968 |
gaiety |
(n.) Festivity. |
| 1969 |
gaily |
(adv.) Merrily. |
| 1970 |
gait |
(n.) Carriage of the body in going. |
| 1971 |
gallant |
(adj.) Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit. |
| 1972 |
galore |
(adj.) Abundant. |
| 1973 |
galvanic |
(adj.) Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action. |
| 1974 |
galvanism |
(n.) Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action. |
| 1975 |
galvanize |
(v.) To imbue with life or animation. |
| 1976 |
gamble |
(v.) To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency. |
| 1977 |
gambol |
(n.) Playful leaping or frisking. |
| 1978 |
gamester |
(n.) A gambler. |
| 1979 |
gamut |
(n.) The whole range or sequence. |
| 1980 |
garnish |
(v.) In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment. |
| 1981 |
garrison |
(n.) The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense. |
| 1982 |
garrote |
(v.) To execute by strangling. |
| 1983 |
garrulous |
(adj.) Given to constant trivial talking. |
| 1984 |
gaseous |
(adj.) Light and unsubstantial. |
| 1985 |
gastric |
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach. |
| 1986 |
gastritis |
(n.) Inflammation of the stomach. |
| 1987 |
gastronomy |
(n.) The art of preparing and serving appetizing food. |
| 1988 |
gauge |
(n.) An instrument for measuring. |
| 1989 |
gendarme |
(n.) In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer. |
| 1990 |
genealogist |
(n.) A tracer of pedigrees. |
| 1991 |
genealogy |
(n.) A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants. |
| 1992 |
generality |
(n.) The principal portion. |
| 1993 |
generalize |
(v.) To draw general inferences. |
| 1994 |
generally |
(adv.) Ordinarily. |
| 1995 |
generate |
(v.) To produce or cause to be. |
| 1996 |
generic |
(adj.) Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific. |
| 1997 |
generosity |
(n.) A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily. |
| 1998 |
genesis |
(n.) Creation. |
| 1999 |
geniality |
(n.) Warmth and kindliness of disposition. |
| 2000 |
genital |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs. |
| 2001 |
genitive |
(adj.) Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like. |
| 2002 |
genteel |
(adj.) Well-bred or refined. |
| 2003 |
gentile |
(adj.) Belonging to a people not Jewish. |
| 2004 |
geology |
(n.) The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth. |
| 2005 |
germane |
(adj.) Relevant. |
| 2006 |
germinate |
(v.) To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form. |
| 2007 |
gestation |
(n.) Pregnancy. |
| 2008 |
gesticulate |
(v.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech. |
| 2009 |
gesture |
(n.) A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion. |
| 2010 |
ghastly |
(adj.) Hideous. |
| 2011 |
gibe |
(v.) To utter taunts or reproaches. |
| 2012 |
giddy |
(adj.) Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head. |
| 2013 |
gigantic |
(adj.) Tremendous. |
| 2014 |
giver |
(n.) One who gives, in any sense. |
| 2015 |
glacial |
(adj.) Icy, or icily cold. |
| 2016 |
glacier |
(n.) A field or stream of ice. |
| 2017 |
gladden |
(v.) To make joyous. |
| 2018 |
glazier |
(n.) One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows. |
| 2019 |
glimmer |
(n.) A faint, wavering, unsteady light. |
| 2020 |
glimpse |
(n.) A momentary look. |
| 2021 |
globose |
(adj.) Spherical. |
| 2022 |
globular |
(adj.) Spherical. |
| 2023 |
glorious |
(adj.) Of excellence and splendor. |
| 2024 |
glutinous |
(adj.) Sticky. |
| 2025 |
gluttonous |
(adj.) Given to excess in eating. |
| 2026 |
gnash |
(v.) To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage. |
| 2027 |
Gordian knot |
(n.) Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners. |
| 2028 |
gosling |
(n.) A young goose. |
| 2029 |
gossamer |
(adj.) Flimsy. |
| 2030 |
gourd |
(n.) A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind. |
| 2031 |
gourmand |
(n.) A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table. |
| 2032 |
graceless |
(adj.) Ungracious. |
| 2033 |
gradation |
(n.) A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series. |
| 2034 |
gradient |
(adj.) Moving or advancing by steps. |
| 2035 |
granary |
(n.) A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked. |
| 2036 |
grandeur |
(n.) The quality of being grand or admirably great. |
| 2037 |
grandiloquent |
(adj.) Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style. |
| 2038 |
grandiose |
(adj.) Having an imposing style or effect. |
| 2039 |
grantee |
(n.) The person to whom property is transferred by deed. |
| 2040 |
grantor |
(n.) The maker of a deed. |
| 2041 |
granular |
(adj.) Composed of small grains or particles. |
| 2042 |
granulate |
(v.) To form into grains or small particles. |
| 2043 |
granule |
(n.) A small grain or particle. |
| 2044 |
grapple |
(v.) To take hold of. |
| 2045 |
gratification |
(n.) Satisfaction. |
| 2046 |
gratify |
(v.) To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need. |
| 2047 |
gratuitous |
(adj.) Voluntarily. |
| 2048 |
gratuity |
(n.) That which is given without demand or claim. Tip. |
| 2049 |
gravity |
(n.) Seriousness. |
| 2050 |
gregarious |
(adj.) Not habitually solitary or living alone. |
| 2051 |
grenadier |
(n.) A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature. |
| 2052 |
grief |
(n.) Sorrow. |
| 2053 |
grievance |
(n.) That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong. |
| 2054 |
grievous |
(adj.) Creating affliction. |
| 2055 |
grimace |
(n.) A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc. |
| 2056 |
grindstone |
(n.) A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools. |
| 2057 |
grisly |
(adj.) Fear-inspiring. |
| 2058 |
grotesque |
(adj.) Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned. |
| 2059 |
grotto |
(n.) A small cavern. |
| 2060 |
ground |
(n.) A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk. |
| 2061 |
guess |
(n.) Surmise. |
| 2062 |
guile |
(n.) Duplicity. |
| 2063 |
guileless |
(adj.) Frank. |
| 2064 |
guinea |
(n.) An English monetary unit. |
| 2065 |
guise |
(n.) The external appearance as produced by garb or costume. |
| 2066 |
gullible |
(adj.) Credulous. |
| 2067 |
gumption |
(n.) Common sense. |
| 2068 |
gusto |
(n.) Keen enjoyment. |
| 2069 |
guy |
(n.) Stay-rope. |
| 2070 |
guzzle |
(v.) To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp. |
| 2071 |
gynecocracy |
(n.) Female supremacy. |
| 2072 |
gynecology |
(n.) The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women. |
| 2073 |
gyrate |
(v.) To revolve. |
| 2074 |
gyroscope |
(n.) An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation. |
| 2075 |
habitable |
(adj.) Fit to be dwelt in. |
| 2076 |
habitant |
(n.) Dweller. |
| 2077 |
habitual |
(adj.) According to usual practice. |
| 2078 |
habitude |
(n.) Customary relation or association. |
| 2079 |
hackney |
(v.) To make stale or trite by repetition. |
| 2080 |
haggard |
(adj.) Worn and gaunt in appearance. |
| 2081 |
halcyon |
(adj.) Calm. |
| 2082 |
hale |
(adj.) Of sound and vigorous health. |
| 2083 |
handwriting |
(n.) Penmanship. |
| 2084 |
hanger-on |
(n.) A parasite. |
| 2085 |
happy-go-lucky |
(adj.) Improvident. |
| 2086 |
harangue |
(n.) A tirade. |
| 2087 |
harass |
(v.) To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances. |
| 2088 |
harbinger |
(n.) One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing. |
| 2089 |
hard-hearted |
(adj.) Lacking pity or sympathy. |
| 2090 |
hardihood |
(n.) Foolish daring. |
| 2091 |
harmonious |
(adj.) Concordant in sound. |
| 2092 |
havoc |
(n.) Devastation. |
| 2093 |
hawthorn |
(n.) A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges. |
| 2094 |
hazard |
(n.) Risk. |
| 2095 |
head first |
(adv.) Precipitately, as in diving. |
| 2096 |
head foremost |
(adv.) Precipitately, as in diving. |
| 2097 |
heartrending |
(adj.) Very depressing. |
| 2098 |
heathenish |
(adj.) Irreligious. |
| 2099 |
heedless |
(adj.) Thoughtless. |
| 2100 |
heifer |
(n.) A young cow. |
| 2101 |
heinous |
(adj.) Odiously sinful. |
| 2102 |
hemorrhage |
(n.) Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel. |
| 2103 |
hemorrhoids |
(n.) pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum. |
| 2104 |
henchman |
(n.) A servile assistant and subordinate. |
| 2105 |
henpeck |
(v.) To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances. |
| 2106 |
heptagon |
(n.) A figure having seven sides and seven angles. |
| 2107 |
heptarchy |
(n.) A group of seven governments. |
| 2108 |
herbaceous |
(adj.) Having the character of a herb. |
| 2109 |
herbarium |
(n.) A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study. |
| 2110 |
herbivorous |
(adj.) Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals. |
| 2111 |
hereditary |
(adj.) Passing naturally from parent to child. |
| 2112 |
heredity |
(n.) Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring. |
| 2113 |
heresy |
(n.) An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles. |
| 2114 |
heretic |
(n.) One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy. |
| 2115 |
heritage |
(n.) Birthright. |
| 2116 |
hernia |
(n.) Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position. |
| 2117 |
hesitancy |
(n.) A pausing to consider. |
| 2118 |
hesitant |
(adj.) Vacillating. |
| 2119 |
hesitation |
(n.) Vacillation. |
| 2120 |
heterodox |
(adj.) At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion. |
| 2121 |
heterogeneity |
(n.) Unlikeness of constituent parts. |
| 2122 |
heterogeneous |
(adj.) Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds. |
| 2123 |
heteromorphic |
(adj.) Deviating from the normal form or standard type. |
| 2124 |
hexagon |
(n.) A figure with six angles. |
| 2125 |
hexangular |
(adj.) Having six angles. |
| 2126 |
hexapod |
(adj.) Having six feet. |
| 2127 |
hiatus |
(n.) A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting. |
| 2128 |
hibernal |
(adj.) Pertaining to winter. |
| 2129 |
Hibernian |
(adj.) Pertaining to Ireland, or its people. |
| 2130 |
hideous |
(adj.) Appalling. |
| 2131 |
hilarious |
(adj.) Boisterously merry. |
| 2132 |
hillock |
(n.) A small hill or mound. |
| 2133 |
hinder |
(v.) To obstruct. |
| 2134 |
hindmost |
(adj.) Farthest from the front. |
| 2135 |
hindrance |
(n.) An obstacle. |
| 2136 |
hirsute |
(adj.) Having a hairy covering. |
| 2137 |
hoard |
(v.) To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation. |
| 2138 |
hoarse |
(adj.) Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue. |
| 2139 |
homage |
(n.) Reverential regard or worship. |
| 2140 |
homogeneity |
(n.) Congruity of the members or elements or parts. |
| 2141 |
homogeneous |
(adj.) Made up of similar parts or elements. |
| 2142 |
homologous |
(adj.) Identical in nature, make-up, or relation. |
| 2143 |
homonym |
(n.) A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another. |
| 2144 |
homophone |
(n.) A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another. |
| 2145 |
honorarium |
(n.) A token fee or payment to a professional man for services. |
| 2146 |
hoodwink |
(v.) To deceive. |
| 2147 |
horde |
(n.) A gathered multitude of human beings. |
| 2148 |
hosiery |
(n.) A stocking. |
| 2149 |
hospitable |
(adj.) Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness. |
| 2150 |
hospitality |
(n.) The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness. |
| 2151 |
hostility |
(n.) Enmity. |
| 2152 |
huckster |
(n.) One who retails small wares. |
| 2153 |
humane |
(adj.) Compassionate. |
| 2154 |
humanitarian |
(n.) A philanthropist. |
| 2155 |
humanize |
(v.) To make gentle or refined. |
| 2156 |
humbug |
(n.) Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead. |
| 2157 |
humiliate |
(v.) To put to shame. |
| 2158 |
hussar |
(n.) A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine. |
| 2159 |
hustle |
(v.) To move with haste and promptness. |
| 2160 |
hybrid |
(adj.) Cross-bred. |
| 2161 |
hydra |
(n.) The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules. |
| 2162 |
hydraulic |
(adj.) Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion. |
| 2163 |
hydrodynamics |
(n.) The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids. |
| 2164 |
hydroelectric |
(adj.) Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam. |
| 2165 |
hydromechanics |
(n.) The mechanics of fluids. |
| 2166 |
hydrometer |
(n.) An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation. |
| 2167 |
hydrostatics |
(n.) The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids. |
| 2168 |
hydrous |
(adj.) Watery. |
| 2169 |
hygiene |
(n.) The branch of medical science that relates to improving health. |
| 2170 |
hypercritical |
(adj.) Faultfinding. |
| 2171 |
hypnosis |
(n.) An artificial trance-sleep. |
| 2172 |
hypnotic |
(adj.) Tending to produce sleep. |
| 2173 |
hypnotism |
(n.) An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion. |
| 2174 |
hypnotize |
(v.) To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions. |
| 2175 |
hypocrisy |
(n.) Extreme insincerity. |
| 2176 |
hypocrite |
(n.) One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs. |
| 2177 |
hypodermic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the area under the skin. |
| 2178 |
hypotenuse |
(n.) The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle. |
| 2179 |
hypothesis |
(n.) A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion. |
| 2180 |
hysteria |
(n.) A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying. |
| 2181 |
ichthyic |
(adj.) Fish-like. |
| 2182 |
ichthyology |
(n.) The branch of zoology that treats of fishes. |
| 2183 |
ichthyosaurs |
(n.) A fossil reptile. |
| 2184 |
icily |
(adv.) Frigidly. |
| 2185 |
iciness |
(n.) The state of being icy. |
| 2186 |
icon |
(n.) An image or likeness. |
| 2187 |
iconoclast |
(n.) An image-breaker. |
| 2188 |
idealize |
(v.) To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard. |
| 2189 |
idiom |
(n.) A use of words peculiar to a particular language. |
| 2190 |
idiosyncrasy |
(n.) A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual. |
| 2191 |
idolize |
(v.) To regard with inordinate love or admiration. |
| 2192 |
ignoble |
(adj.) Low in character or purpose. |
| 2193 |
ignominious |
(adj.) Shameful. |
| 2194 |
Iliad |
(n.) A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy. |
| 2195 |
ill-natured |
(adj.) Surly. |
| 2196 |
illegal |
(adj.) Not according to law. |
| 2197 |
illegible |
(adj.) Undecipherable. |
| 2198 |
illegitimate |
(adj.) Unlawfully begotten. |
| 2199 |
illiberal |
(adj.) Stingy. |
| 2200 |
illicit |
(adj.) Unlawful. |
| 2201 |
illimitable |
(adj.) Boundless. |
| 2202 |
illiterate |
(adj.) Having little or no book-learning. |
| 2203 |
illogical |
(adj.) Contrary to the rules of sound thought. |
| 2204 |
illuminant |
(n.) That which may be used to produce light. |
| 2205 |
illuminate |
(v.) To supply with light. |
| 2206 |
illumine |
(v.) To make bright or clear. |
| 2207 |
illusion |
(n.) An unreal image presented to the senses. |
| 2208 |
illusive |
(adj.) Deceptive. |
| 2209 |
illusory |
(adj.) Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance. |
| 2210 |
imaginable |
(adj.) That can be imagined or conceived in the mind. |
| 2211 |
imaginary |
(adj.) Fancied. |
| 2212 |
imbibe |
(v.) To drink or take in. |
| 2213 |
imbroglio |
(n.) A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife. |
| 2214 |
imbrue |
(v.) To wet or moisten. |
| 2215 |
imitation |
(n.) That which is made as a likeness or copy. |
| 2216 |
imitator |
(n.) One who makes in imitation. |
| 2217 |
immaculate |
(adj.) Without spot or blemish. |
| 2218 |
immaterial |
(adj.) Of no essential consequence. |
| 2219 |
immature |
(adj.) Not full-grown. |
| 2220 |
immeasurable |
(adj.) Indefinitely extensive. |
| 2221 |
immense |
(adj.) Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity. |
| 2222 |
immerse |
(v.) To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid. |
| 2223 |
immersion |
(n.) The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid. |
| 2224 |
immigrant |
(n.) A foreigner who enters a country to settle there. |
| 2225 |
immigrate |
(v.) To come into a country or region from a former habitat. |
| 2226 |
imminence |
(n.) Impending evil or danger. |
| 2227 |
imminent |
(adj.) Dangerous and close at hand. |
| 2228 |
immiscible |
(adj.) Separating, as oil and water. |
| 2229 |
immoral |
(adj.) Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices. |
| 2230 |
immortalize |
(v.) To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time. |
| 2231 |
immovable |
(adj.) Steadfast. |
| 2232 |
immune |
(adj.) Exempt, as from disease. |
| 2233 |
immutable |
(adj.) Unchangeable. |
| 2234 |
impair |
(v.) To cause to become less or worse. |
| 2235 |
impalpable |
(adj.) Imperceptible to the touch. |
| 2236 |
impartial |
(adj.) Unbiased. |
| 2237 |
impassable |
(adj.) That can not be passed through or over. |
| 2238 |
impassible |
(adj.) Not moved or affected by feeling. |
| 2239 |
impassive |
(adj.) Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling. |
| 2240 |
impatience |
(n.) Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things. |
| 2241 |
impeccable |
(adj.) Blameless. |
| 2242 |
impecunious |
(adj.) Having no money. |
| 2243 |
impede |
(v.) To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of. |
| 2244 |
impel |
(v.) To drive or urge forward. |
| 2245 |
impend |
(v.) To be imminent. |
| 2246 |
imperative |
(adj.) Obligatory. |
| 2247 |
imperceptible |
(adj.) Indiscernible. |
| 2248 |
imperfectible |
(adj.) That can not be perfected. |
| 2249 |
imperil |
(v.) To endanger. |
| 2250 |
imperious |
(adj.) Insisting on obedience. |
| 2251 |
impermissible |
(adj.) Not permissible. |
| 2252 |
impersonal |
(adj.) Not relating to a particular person or thing. |
| 2253 |
impersonate |
(v.) To appear or act in the character of. |
| 2254 |
impersuadable |
(adj.) Unyielding. |
| 2255 |
impertinence |
(n.) Rudeness. |
| 2256 |
imperturbable |
(adj.) Calm. |
| 2257 |
impervious |
(adj.) Impenetrable. |
| 2258 |
impetuosity |
(n.) Rashness. |
| 2259 |
impetuous |
(adj.) Impulsive. |
| 2260 |
impetus |
(n.) Any impulse or incentive. |
| 2261 |
impiety |
(n.) Irreverence toward God. |
| 2262 |
impious |
(adj.) Characterized by irreverence or irreligion. |
| 2263 |
implausible |
(adj.) Not plausible. |
| 2264 |
impliable |
(adj.) Capable of being inferred. |
| 2265 |
implicate |
(v.) To show or prove to be involved in or concerned |
| 2266 |
implicit |
(adj.) Implied. |
| 2267 |
imply |
(v.) To signify. |
| 2268 |
impolitic |
(adj.) Inexpedient. |
| 2269 |
importation |
(n.) The act or practice of bringing from one country into another. |
| 2270 |
importunate |
(adj.) Urgent in character, request, or demand. |
| 2271 |
importune |
(v.) To harass with persistent demands or entreaties. |
| 2272 |
impotent |
(adj.) Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual. |
| 2273 |
impoverish |
(v.) To make indigent or poor. |
| 2274 |
impracticable |
(adj.) Not feasible. |
| 2275 |
impregnable |
(adj.) That can not be taken by assault. |
| 2276 |
impregnate |
(v.) To make pregnant. |
| 2277 |
impromptu |
(n.) Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment. |
| 2278 |
improper |
(adj.) Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming. |
| 2279 |
impropriety |
(n.) The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate. |
| 2280 |
improvident |
(adj.) Lacking foresight or thrift. |
| 2281 |
improvise |
(v.) To do anything extemporaneously or offhand. |
| 2282 |
imprudent |
(adj.) Heedless. |
| 2283 |
impudence |
(n.) Insolent disrespect. |
| 2284 |
impugn |
(v.) To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations. |
| 2285 |
impulsion |
(n.) Impetus. |
| 2286 |
impulsive |
(adj.) Unpremeditated. |
| 2287 |
impunity |
(n.) Freedom from punishment. |
| 2288 |
impure |
(adj.) Tainted. |
| 2289 |
impute |
(v.) To attribute. |
| 2290 |
inaccessible |
(adj.) Difficult of approach. |
| 2291 |
inaccurate |
(adj.) Not exactly according to the facts. |
| 2292 |
inactive |
(adj.) Inert. |
| 2293 |
inadequate |
(adj.) Insufficient. |
| 2294 |
inadmissible |
(adj.) Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony. |
| 2295 |
inadvertent |
(adj.) Accidental. |
| 2296 |
inadvisable |
(adj.) Unadvisable. |
| 2297 |
inane |
(adj.) Silly. |
| 2298 |
inanimate |
(adj.) Destitute of animal life. |
| 2299 |
inapprehensible |
(adj.) Not to be understood. |
| 2300 |
inapt |
(adj.) Awkward or slow. |
| 2301 |
inarticulate |
(adj.) Speechless. |
| 2302 |
inaudible |
(adj.) That can not be heard. |
| 2303 |
inborn |
(adj.) Implanted by nature. |
| 2304 |
inbred |
(adj.) Innate. |
| 2305 |
incandescence |
(n.) The state of being white or glowing with heat. |
| 2306 |
incandescent |
(adj.) White or glowing with heat. |
| 2307 |
incapacitate |
(v.) To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification. |
| 2308 |
incapacity |
(n.) Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage. |
| 2309 |
incarcerate |
(v.) To imprison. |
| 2310 |
incendiary |
(n.) Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively. |
| 2311 |
incentive |
(n.) That which moves the mind or inflames the passions. |
| 2312 |
inception |
(n.) The beginning. |
| 2313 |
inceptive |
(adj.) Beginning. |
| 2314 |
incessant |
(adj.) Unceasing. |
| 2315 |
inchmeal |
(adv.) Piecemeal. |
| 2316 |
inchoate |
(adj.) Incipient. |
| 2317 |
inchoative |
(n.) That which begins, or expresses beginning. |
| 2318 |
incidence |
(n.) Casual occurrence. |
| 2319 |
incident |
(n.) A happening in general, especially one of little importance. |
| 2320 |
incidentally |
(adv.) Without intention. |
| 2321 |
incinerate |
(v.) To reduce to ashes. |
| 2322 |
incipience |
(n.) Beginning. |
| 2323 |
incipient |
(adj.) Initial. |
| 2324 |
incisor |
(n.) A front or cutting tooth. |
| 2325 |
incite |
(v.) To rouse to a particular action. |
| 2326 |
incitement |
(n.) That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus. |
| 2327 |
incoercible |
(adj.) Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled. |
| 2328 |
incoherence |
(n.) Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc. |
| 2329 |
incoherent |
(adj.) Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details. |
| 2330 |
incombustible |
(adj.) That can not be burned. |
| 2331 |
incomparable |
(adj.) Matchless. |
| 2332 |
incompatible |
(adj.) Discordant. |
| 2333 |
incompetence |
(n.) General lack of capacity or fitness. |
| 2334 |
incompetent |
(adj.) Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose. |
| 2335 |
incomplete |
(adj.) Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required. |
| 2336 |
incomprehensible |
(adj.) Not understandable. |
| 2337 |
incompressible |
(adj.) Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure. |
| 2338 |
inconceivable |
(adj.) Incomprehensible. |
| 2339 |
incongruous |
(adj.) Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion. |
| 2340 |
inconsequential |
(adj.) Valueless. |
| 2341 |
inconsiderable |
(adj.) Small in quantity or importance. |
| 2342 |
inconsistent |
(adj.) Contradictory. |
| 2343 |
inconstant |
(adj.) Changeable. |
| 2344 |
incontrovertible |
(adj.) Indisputable. |
| 2345 |
inconvenient |
(adj.) Interfering with comfort or progress. |
| 2346 |
indefensible |
(adj.) Untenable. |
| 2347 |
indefinitely |
(adv.) In a vague or uncertain way. |
| 2348 |
indelible |
(adj.) That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed. |
| 2349 |
indescribable |
(adj.) That can not be described. |
| 2350 |
indestructible |
(adj.) That can not be destroyed. |
| 2351 |
indicant |
(adj.) That which points out. |
| 2352 |
indicator |
(n.) One who or that which points out. |
| 2353 |
indict |
(v.) To find and declare chargeable with crime. |
| 2354 |
indigence |
(n.) Poverty. |
| 2355 |
indigenous |
(adj.) Native. |
| 2356 |
indigent |
(adj.) Poor. |
| 2357 |
indigestible |
(adj.) Not digestible, or difficult to digest. |
| 2358 |
indigestion |
(n.) Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment. |
| 2359 |
indignant |
(adj.) Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness. |
| 2360 |
indignity |
(n.) Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment. |
| 2361 |
indiscernible |
(adj.) Not perceptible. |
| 2362 |
indiscreet |
(adj.) Lacking wise judgment. |
| 2363 |
indiscriminate |
(adj.) Promiscuous. |
| 2364 |
indispensable |
(adj.) Necessary or requisite for the purpose. |
| 2365 |
indistinct |
(adj.) Vague. |
| 2366 |
indivertible |
(adj.) That can not be turned aside. |
| 2367 |
indivisible |
(adj.) Not separable into parts. |
| 2368 |
indolence |
(n.) Laziness. |
| 2369 |
indolent |
(adj.) Habitually inactive or idle. |
| 2370 |
indomitable |
(adj.) Unconquerable. |
| 2371 |
induct |
(v.) To bring in. |
| 2372 |
indulgence |
(n.) The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another. |
| 2373 |
indulgent |
(adj.) Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one |
| 2374 |
inebriate |
(v.) To intoxicate. |
| 2375 |
inedible |
(adj.) Not good for food. |
| 2376 |
ineffable |
(adj.) Unutterable. |
| 2377 |
inefficiency |
(n.) That which does not accomplish an intended purpose. |
| 2378 |
inefficient |
(adj.) Not accomplishing an intended purpose. |
| 2379 |
ineligible |
(adj.) Not suitable to be selected or chosen. |
| 2380 |
inept |
(adj.) Not fit or suitable. |
| 2381 |
inert |
(adj.) Inanimate. |
| 2382 |
inestimable |
(adj.) Above price. |
| 2383 |
inevitable |
(adj.) Unavoidable. |
| 2384 |
inexcusable |
(adj.) Not to be justified. |
| 2385 |
inexhaustible |
(adj.) So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent. |
| 2386 |
inexorable |
(adj.) Unrelenting. |
| 2387 |
inexpedient |
(adj.) Unadvisable. |
| 2388 |
inexpensive |
(adj.) Low-priced. |
| 2389 |
inexperience |
(n.) Lack of or deficiency in experience. |
| 2390 |
inexplicable |
(adj.) Such as can not be made plain. |
| 2391 |
inexpressible |
(adj.) Unutterable. |
| 2392 |
inextensible |
(adj.) Of unchangeable length or area. |
| 2393 |
infallible |
(adj.) Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement. |
| 2394 |
infamous |
(adj.) Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime. |
| 2395 |
infamy |
(n.) Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation. |
| 2396 |
inference |
(n.) The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law. |
| 2397 |
infernal |
(adj.) Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants. |
| 2398 |
infest |
(v.) To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger. |
| 2399 |
infidel |
(n.) One who denies the existence of God. |
| 2400 |
infidelity |
(n.) Disloyalty. |
| 2401 |
infinite |
(adj.) Measureless. |
| 2402 |
infinity |
(n.) Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration. |
| 2403 |
infirm |
(adj.) Lacking in bodily or mental strength. |
| 2404 |
infirmary |
(n.) A place for the reception or treatment of the sick. |
| 2405 |
infirmity |
(n.) A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw. |
| 2406 |
inflammable |
(adj.) Easily set on fire or excited. |
| 2407 |
inflammation |
(n.) A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain. |
| 2408 |
inflexible |
(adj.) That can not be altered or varied. |
| 2409 |
influence |
(n.) Ability to sway the will of another. |
| 2410 |
influential |
(adj.) Having the power to sway the will of another. |
| 2411 |
influx |
(n.) Infusion. |
| 2412 |
infrequence |
(n.) Rareness. |
| 2413 |
infrequent |
(adj.) Uncommon. |
| 2414 |
infringe |
(v.) To trespass upon. |
| 2415 |
infuse |
(v.) To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities. |
| 2416 |
infusion |
(n.) The act of imbuing, or pouring in. |
| 2417 |
ingenious |
(adj.) Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement. |
| 2418 |
ingenuity |
(n.) Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating. |
| 2419 |
ingenuous |
(adj.) Candid, frank, or open in character or quality. |
| 2420 |
inglorious |
(adj.) Shameful. |
| 2421 |
ingraft |
(v.) To set or implant deeply and firmly. |
| 2422 |
ingratiate |
(v.) To win confidence or good graces for oneself. |
| 2423 |
ingratitude |
(n.) Insensibility to kindness. |
| 2424 |
ingredient |
(n.) Component. |
| 2425 |
inherence |
(n.) The state of being permanently existing in something. |
| 2426 |
inherent |
(adj.) Intrinsic. |
| 2427 |
inhibit |
(v.) To hold back or in. |
| 2428 |
inhospitable |
(adj.) Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously. |
| 2429 |
inhuman |
(adj.) Savage. |
| 2430 |
inhume |
(v.) To place in the earth, as a dead body. |
| 2431 |
inimical |
(adj.) Adverse. |
| 2432 |
iniquity |
(n.) Gross wrong or injustice. |
| 2433 |
initiate |
(v.) To perform the first act or rite. |
| 2434 |
inject |
(v.) To introduce, as a fluid, by injection. |
| 2435 |
injunction |
(n.) Mandate. |
| 2436 |
inkling |
(n.) A hint. |
| 2437 |
inland |
(adj.) Remote from the sea. |
| 2438 |
inlet |
(n.) A small body of water leading into a larger. |
| 2439 |
inmost |
(adj.) Deepest within. |
| 2440 |
innocuous |
(adj.) Harmless. |
| 2441 |
innovate |
(v.) To introduce or strive to introduce new things. |
| 2442 |
innuendo |
(n.) Insinuation. |
| 2443 |
innumerable |
(adj.) Countless. |
| 2444 |
inoffensive |
(adj.) Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing. |
| 2445 |
inopportune |
(adj.) Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time. |
| 2446 |
inquire |
(v.) To ask information about. |
| 2447 |
inquisition |
(n.) A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics. |
| 2448 |
inquisitive |
(adj.) Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity. |
| 2449 |
inquisitor |
(n.) One who makes an investigation. |
| 2450 |
inroad |
(n.) Forcible encroachment or trespass. |
| 2451 |
insatiable |
(adj.) That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably. |
| 2452 |
inscribe |
(v.) To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing. |
| 2453 |
inscrutable |
(adj.) Impenetrably mysterious or profound. |
| 2454 |
insecure |
(adj.) Not assured of safety. |
| 2455 |
insensible |
(adj.) Imperceptible. |
| 2456 |
insentient |
(adj.) Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. |
| 2457 |
inseparable |
(adj.) That can not be separated. |
| 2458 |
insidious |
(adj.) Working ill by slow and stealthy means. |
| 2459 |
insight |
(n.) Intellectual discernment. |
| 2460 |
insignificance |
(n.) Lack of import or of importance. |
| 2461 |
insignificant |
(adj.) Without importance, force, or influence. |
| 2462 |
insinuate |
(v.) To imply. |
| 2463 |
insipid |
(adj.) Tasteless. |
| 2464 |
insistence |
(n.) Urgency. |
| 2465 |
insistent |
(adj.) Urgent. |
| 2466 |
insolence |
(n.) Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others. |
| 2467 |
insolent |
(adj.) Impudent. |
| 2468 |
insomnia |
(n.) Sleeplessness. |
| 2469 |
inspector |
(n.) An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance. |
| 2470 |
instance |
(n.) A single occurrence or happening of a given kind. |
| 2471 |
instant |
(n.) A very brief portion of time. |
| 2472 |
instantaneous |
(adj.) Done without perceptible lapse of time. |
| 2473 |
instigate |
(v.) To provoke. |
| 2474 |
instigator |
(n.) One who incites to evil. |
| 2475 |
instill |
(v.) To infuse. |
| 2476 |
instructive |
(adj.) Conveying knowledge. |
| 2477 |
insufficiency |
(n.) Inadequacy. |
| 2478 |
insufficient |
(adj.) Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use. |
| 2479 |
insular |
(adj.) Pertaining to an island. |
| 2480 |
insulate |
(v.) To place in a detached state or situation. |
| 2481 |
insuperable |
(adj.) Invincible. |
| 2482 |
insuppressible |
(adj.) Incapable of being concealed. |
| 2483 |
insurgence |
(n.) Uprising. |
| 2484 |
insurgent |
(n.) One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place. |
| 2485 |
insurrection |
(n.) The state of being in active resistance to authority. |
| 2486 |
intangible |
(adj.) Not perceptible to the touch. |
| 2487 |
integrity |
(n.) Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle. |
| 2488 |
intellect |
(n.) The faculty of perception or thought. |
| 2489 |
intellectual |
(adj.) Characterized by intelligence. |
| 2490 |
intelligence |
(n.) Capacity to know or understand. |
| 2491 |
intelligible |
(adj.) Comprehensible. |
| 2492 |
intemperance |
(n.) Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites. |
| 2493 |
intension |
(n.) The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained. |
| 2494 |
intensive |
(adj.) Adding emphasis or force. |
| 2495 |
intention |
(n.) That upon which the mind is set. |
| 2496 |
interact |
(v.) To act reciprocally. |
| 2497 |
intercede |
(v.) To mediate between persons. |
| 2498 |
intercept |
(v.) To interrupt the course of. |
| 2499 |
intercession |
(n.) Entreaty in behalf of others. |
| 2500 |
intercessor |
(n.) A mediator. |
| 2501 |
interdict |
(n.) Authoritative act of prohibition. |
| 2502 |
interim |
(n.) Time between acts or periods. |
| 2503 |
interlocutor |
(n.) One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion. |
| 2504 |
interlude |
(n.) An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length. |
| 2505 |
intermediate |
(adj.) Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes. |
| 2506 |
interminable |
(adj.) Having no limit or end. |
| 2507 |
intermission |
(n.) A recess. |
| 2508 |
intermit |
(v.) To cause to cease temporarily. |
| 2509 |
intermittent |
(adj.) A temporary discontinuance. |
| 2510 |
interpolation |
(n.) Verbal interference. |
| 2511 |
interpose |
(v.) To come between other things or persons. |
| 2512 |
interposition |
(n.) A coming between. |
| 2513 |
interpreter |
(n.) A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation. |
| 2514 |
interrogate |
(v.) To examine formally by questioning. |
| 2515 |
interrogative |
(adj.) Having the nature or form of a question. |
| 2516 |
interrogatory |
(n.) A question or inquiry. |
| 2517 |
interrupt |
(v.) To stop while in progress. |
| 2518 |
intersect |
(v.) To cut through or into so as to divide. |
| 2519 |
intervale |
(n.) A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river. |
| 2520 |
intervene |
(v.) To interfere for some end. |
| 2521 |
intestacy |
(n.) The condition resulting from one |
| 2522 |
intestate |
(adj.) Not having made a valid will. |
| 2523 |
intestine |
(n.) That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus. |
| 2524 |
intimacy |
(n.) Close or confidential friendship. |
| 2525 |
intimidate |
(v.) To cause to become frightened. |
| 2526 |
intolerable |
(adj.) Insufferable. |
| 2527 |
intolerance |
(n.) Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure. |
| 2528 |
intolerant |
(adj.) Bigoted. |
| 2529 |
intoxicant |
(n.) Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites. |
| 2530 |
intoxicate |
(v.) To make drunk. |
| 2531 |
intracellular |
(adj.) Occurring or situated within a cell. |
| 2532 |
intramural |
(adj.) Situated within the walls of a city. |
| 2533 |
intrepid |
(adj.) Fearless and bold. |
| 2534 |
intricacy |
(n.) Perplexity. |
| 2535 |
intricate |
(adj.) Difficult to follow or understand. |
| 2536 |
intrigue |
(n.) A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways. |
| 2537 |
intrinsic |
(adj.) Inherent. |
| 2538 |
introductory |
(adj.) Preliminary. |
| 2539 |
introgression |
(n.) Entrance. |
| 2540 |
intromit |
(v.) To insert. |
| 2541 |
introspect |
(v.) To look into. |
| 2542 |
introspection |
(n.) The act of observing and analyzing one |
| 2543 |
introversion |
(n.) The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally. |
| 2544 |
introvert |
(v.) To turn within. |
| 2545 |
intrude |
(v.) To come in without leave or license. |
| 2546 |
intrusion |
(n.) The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment. |
| 2547 |
intuition |
(n.) Instinctive knowledge or feeling. |
| 2548 |
inundate |
(v.) To fill with an overflowing abundance. |
| 2549 |
inundation |
(n.) Flood. |
| 2550 |
inure |
(v.) To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure. |
| 2551 |
invalid |
(n.) One who is disabled by illness or injury. (adj.) Having no force, weight, or cogency. |
| 2552 |
invalidate |
(v.) To render of no force or effect. |
| 2553 |
invaluable |
(adj.) Exceedingly precious. |
| 2554 |
invariable |
(adj.) Unchangeable. |
| 2555 |
invasion |
(n.) Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass. |
| 2556 |
invective |
(n.) An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach. |
| 2557 |
inveigh |
(v.) To utter vehement censure or invective. |
| 2558 |
inventive |
(adj.) Quick at contrivance. |
| 2559 |
inverse |
(adj.) Contrary in tendency or direction. |
| 2560 |
inversion |
(n.) Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first. |
| 2561 |
invert |
(v.) To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction. |
| 2562 |
investigator |
(n.) One who investigates. |
| 2563 |
investor |
(n.) One who invests money. |
| 2564 |
inveterate |
(adj.) Habitual. |
| 2565 |
invidious |
(adj.) Showing or feeling envy. |
| 2566 |
invigorate |
(v.) To animate. |
| 2567 |
invincible |
(adj.) Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome. |
| 2568 |
inviolable |
(adj.) Incapable of being injured or disturbed. |
| 2569 |
invoke |
(v.) To call on for assistance or protection. |
| 2570 |
involuntary |
(adj.) Unwilling. |
| 2571 |
involution |
(n.) Complication. |
| 2572 |
involve |
(v.) To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively. |
| 2573 |
invulnerable |
(adj.) That can not be wounded or hurt. |
| 2574 |
inwardly |
(adv.) With no outward manifestation. |
| 2575 |
iota |
(n.) A small or insignificant mark or part. |
| 2576 |
irascible |
(adj.) Prone to anger. |
| 2577 |
irate |
(adj.) Moved to anger. |
| 2578 |
ire |
(n.) Wrath. |
| 2579 |
iridescence |
(n.) A many-colored appearance. |
| 2580 |
iridescent |
(adj.) Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light. |
| 2581 |
irk |
(v.) To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue. |
| 2582 |
irksome |
(adj.) Wearisome. |
| 2583 |
irony |
(n.) Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment. |
| 2584 |
irradiance |
(n.) Luster. |
| 2585 |
irradiate |
(v.) To render clear and intelligible. |
| 2586 |
irrational |
(adj.) Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding. |
| 2587 |
irreducible |
(adj.) That can not be lessened. |
| 2588 |
irrefragable |
(adj.) That can not be refuted or disproved. |
| 2589 |
irrefrangible |
(adj.) That can not be broken or violated. |
| 2590 |
irrelevant |
(adj.) Inapplicable. |
| 2591 |
irreligious |
(adj.) Indifferent or opposed to religion. |
| 2592 |
irreparable |
(adj.) That can not be rectified or made amends for. |
| 2593 |
irrepressible |
(adj.) That can not be restrained or kept down. |
| 2594 |
irresistible |
(adj.) That can not be successfully withstood or opposed. |
| 2595 |
irresponsible |
(adj.) Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities. |
| 2596 |
irreverence |
(n.) The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
| 2597 |
irreverent |
(adj.) Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
| 2598 |
irreverential |
(adj.) Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
| 2599 |
irreversible |
(adj.) Irrevocable. |
| 2600 |
irrigant |
(adj.) Serving to water lands by artificial means. |
| 2601 |
irrigate |
(v.) To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means. |
| 2602 |
irritable |
(adj.) Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation. |
| 2603 |
irritancy |
(n.) The quality of producing vexation. |
| 2604 |
irritant |
(n.) A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension. |
| 2605 |
irritate |
(v.) To excite ill temper or impatience in. |
| 2606 |
irruption |
(n.) Sudden invasion. |
| 2607 |
isle |
(n.) An island. |
| 2608 |
islet |
(n.) A little island. |
| 2609 |
isobar |
(n.) A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment. |
| 2610 |
isochronous |
(adj.) Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time. |
| 2611 |
isolate |
(v.) To separate from others of its kind. |
| 2612 |
isothermal |
(adj.) Having or marking equality of temperature. |
| 2613 |
itinerant |
(adj.) Wandering. |
| 2614 |
itinerary |
(n.) A detailed account or diary of a journey. |
| 2615 |
itinerate |
(v.) To wander from place to place. |
| 2616 |
jargon |
(n.) Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech. |
| 2617 |
jaundice |
(n.) A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin. |
| 2618 |
jeopardize |
(v.) To imperil. |
| 2619 |
Jingo |
(n.) One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy. |
| 2620 |
jocose |
(adj.) Done or made in jest. |
| 2621 |
jocular |
(adj.) Inclined to joke. |
| 2622 |
joggle |
(n.) A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake. |
| 2623 |
journalize |
(v.) To keep a diary. |
| 2624 |
joust |
(v.) To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback. |
| 2625 |
jovial |
(adj.) Merry. |
| 2626 |
jubilation |
(n.) Exultation. |
| 2627 |
judgment |
(n.) The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached. |
| 2628 |
judicature |
(n.) Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment. |
| 2629 |
judicial |
(adj.) Pertaining to the administration of justice. |
| 2630 |
judiciary |
(n.) That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice. |
| 2631 |
judicious |
(adj.) Prudent. |
| 2632 |
juggle |
(v.) To play tricks of sleight of hand. |
| 2633 |
jugglery |
(n.) The art or practice of sleight of hand. |
| 2634 |
jugular |
(adj.) Pertaining to the throat. |
| 2635 |
juicy |
(adj.) Succulent. |
| 2636 |
junction |
(n.) The condition of being joined. |
| 2637 |
juncture |
(n.) An articulation, joint, or seam. |
| 2638 |
junta |
(n.) A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government. |
| 2639 |
juridical |
(adj.) Assumed by law to exist. |
| 2640 |
jurisdiction |
(n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority. |
| 2641 |
jurisprudence |
(n.) The science of rights in accordance with positive law. |
| 2642 |
juror |
(n.) One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice. |
| 2643 |
justification |
(n.) Vindication. |
| 2644 |
juvenile |
(adj.) Characteristic of youth. |
| 2645 |
juxtapose |
(v.) To place close together. |
| 2646 |
keepsake |
(n.) Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver. |
| 2647 |
kerchief |
(n.) A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck. |
| 2648 |
kernel |
(n.) A grain or seed. |
| 2649 |
kiln |
(n.) An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products. |
| 2650 |
kiloliter |
(n.) One thousand liters. |
| 2651 |
kilometer |
(n.) A length of 1,000 meters. |
| 2652 |
kilowatt |
(n.) One thousand watts. |
| 2653 |
kimono |
(n.) A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan. |
| 2654 |
kind-hearted |
(adj.) Having a kind and sympathetic nature. |
| 2655 |
kingling |
(n.) A petty king. |
| 2656 |
kingship |
(n.) Royal state. |
| 2657 |
kinsfolk |
(n.) pl. Relatives. |
| 2658 |
knavery |
(n.) Deceitfulness in dealing. |
| 2659 |
knead |
(v.) To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands. |
| 2660 |
knickknack |
(n.) A small article, more for ornament that use. |
| 2661 |
knight errant |
(n.) One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure. |
| 2662 |
knighthood |
(n.) Chivalry. |
| 2663 |
laborious |
(adj.) Toilsome. |
| 2664 |
labyrinth |
(n.) A maze. |
| 2665 |
lacerate |
(v.) To tear rudely or raggedly. |
| 2666 |
lackadaisical |
(adj.) Listless. |
| 2667 |
lactation |
(n.) The secretion of milk. |
| 2668 |
lacteal |
(adj.) Milky. |
| 2669 |
lactic |
(adj.) Pertaining to milk. |
| 2670 |
laddie |
(n.) A lad. |
| 2671 |
ladle |
(n.) A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids. |
| 2672 |
laggard |
(adj.) Falling behind. |
| 2673 |
landholder |
(n.) Landowner. |
| 2674 |
landlord |
(n.) A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements. |
| 2675 |
landmark |
(n.) A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of. |
| 2676 |
landscape |
(n.) A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation. |
| 2677 |
languid |
(adj.) Relaxed. |
| 2678 |
languor |
(n.) Lassitude of body or depression. |
| 2679 |
lapse |
(n.) A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just. |
| 2680 |
lascivious |
(adj.) Lustful. |
| 2681 |
lassie |
(n.) A little lass. |
| 2682 |
latency |
(n.) The state of being dormant. |
| 2683 |
latent |
(adj.) Dormant. |
| 2684 |
later |
(adv.) At a subsequent time. |
| 2685 |
lateral |
(adj.) Directed toward the side. |
| 2686 |
latish |
(adj.) Rather late. |
| 2687 |
lattice |
(n.) Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars. |
| 2688 |
laud |
(v.) To praise in words or song. |
| 2689 |
laudable |
(adj.) Praiseworthy. |
| 2690 |
laudation |
(n.) High praise. |
| 2691 |
laudatory |
(adj.) Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise. |
| 2692 |
laundress |
(n.) Washerwoman. |
| 2693 |
laureate |
(adj.) Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction. |
| 2694 |
lave |
(v.) To wash or bathe. |
| 2695 |
lawgiver |
(n.) A legislator. |
| 2696 |
lawmaker |
(n.) A legislator. |
| 2697 |
lax |
(adj.) Not stringent or energetic. |
| 2698 |
laxative |
(adj.) Having power to open or loosen the bowels. |
| 2699 |
lea |
(n.) A field. |
| 2700 |
leaflet |
(n.) A little leaf or a booklet. |
| 2701 |
leaven |
(v.) To make light by fermentation, as dough. |
| 2702 |
leeward |
(n.) That side or direction toward which the wind blows. |
| 2703 |
left-handed |
(adj.) Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right. |
| 2704 |
legacy |
(n.) A bequest. |
| 2705 |
legalize |
(v.) To give the authority of law to. |
| 2706 |
legging |
(n.) A covering for the leg. |
| 2707 |
legible |
(adj.) That may be read with ease. |
| 2708 |
legionary |
(n.) A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor. |
| 2709 |
legislate |
(v.) To make or enact a law or laws. |
| 2710 |
legislative |
(adj.) That makes or enacts laws. |
| 2711 |
legislator |
(n.) A lawgiver. |
| 2712 |
legitimacy |
(n.) Accordance with law. |
| 2713 |
legitimate |
(adj.) Having the sanction of law or established custom. |
| 2714 |
leisure |
(n.) Spare time. |
| 2715 |
leniency |
(n.) Forbearance. |
| 2716 |
lenient |
(adj.) Not harsh. |
| 2717 |
leonine |
(adj.) Like a lion. |
| 2718 |
lethargy |
(n.) Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind. |
| 2719 |
levee |
(n.) An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow. |
| 2720 |
lever |
(n.) That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power. |
| 2721 |
leviathan |
(n.) Any large animal, as a whale. |
| 2722 |
levity |
(n.) Frivolity. |
| 2723 |
levy |
(v.) To impose and collect by force or threat of force. |
| 2724 |
lewd |
(adj.) Characterized by lust or lasciviousness. |
| 2725 |
lexicographer |
(n.) One who makes dictionaries. |
| 2726 |
lexicography |
(n.) The making of dictionaries. |
| 2727 |
lexicon |
(n.) A dictionary. |
| 2728 |
liable |
(adj.) Justly or legally responsible. |
| 2729 |
libel |
(n.) Defamation. |
| 2730 |
liberalism |
(n.) Opposition to conservatism. |
| 2731 |
liberate |
(v.) To set free or release from bondage. |
| 2732 |
licentious |
(adj.) Wanton. |
| 2733 |
licit |
(adj.) Lawful. |
| 2734 |
liege |
(adj.) Sovereign. |
| 2735 |
lien |
(n.) A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge. |
| 2736 |
lieu |
(n.) Stead. |
| 2737 |
lifelike |
(adj.) Realistic. |
| 2738 |
lifelong |
(adj.) Lasting or continuous through life. |
| 2739 |
lifetime |
(n.) The time that life continues. |
| 2740 |
ligament |
(n.) That which binds objects together. |
| 2741 |
ligature |
(n.) Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying. |
| 2742 |
light-hearted |
(adj.) Free from care. |
| 2743 |
ligneous |
(adj.) Having the texture of appearance of wood. |
| 2744 |
likelihood |
(n.) A probability. |
| 2745 |
likely |
(adj.) Plausible. |
| 2746 |
liking |
(n.) Fondness. |
| 2747 |
limitation |
(n.) A restriction. |
| 2748 |
linear |
(adj.) Of the nature of a line. |
| 2749 |
liner |
(n.) A vessel belonging to a steamship-line. |
| 2750 |
lingo |
(n.) Language. |
| 2751 |
lingua |
(n.) The tongue. |
| 2752 |
lingual |
(adj.) Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance. |
| 2753 |
linguist |
(n.) One who is acquainted with several languages. |
| 2754 |
linguistics |
(n.) The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words. |
| 2755 |
liniment |
(n.) A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc. |
| 2756 |
liquefacient |
(adj.) Possessing a liquefying nature or power. |
| 2757 |
liquefy |
(v.) To convert into a liquid or into liquid form. |
| 2758 |
liqueur |
(n.) An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances. |
| 2759 |
liquidate |
(v.) To deliver the amount or value of. |
| 2760 |
liquor |
(n.) Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid. |
| 2761 |
listless |
(adj.) Inattentive. |
| 2762 |
literacy |
(n.) The state or condition of knowing how to read and write. |
| 2763 |
literal |
(adj.) Following the exact words. |
| 2764 |
literature |
(n.) The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively. |
| 2765 |
lithe |
(adj.) Supple. |
| 2766 |
lithesome |
(adj.) Nimble. |
| 2767 |
lithograph |
(n.) A print made by printing from stone. |
| 2768 |
lithotype |
(n.) In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing. |
| 2769 |
litigant |
(n.) A party to a lawsuit. |
| 2770 |
litigate |
(v.) To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law. |
| 2771 |
litigious |
(adj.) Quarrelsome. |
| 2772 |
littoral |
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore. |
| 2773 |
liturgy |
(n.) A ritual. |
| 2774 |
livelihood |
(n.) Means of subsistence. |
| 2775 |
livid |
(adj.) Black-and-blue, as contused flesh. |
| 2776 |
loam |
(n.) A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay. |
| 2777 |
loath |
(adj.) Averse. |
| 2778 |
loathe |
(v.) To abominate. |
| 2779 |
locative |
(adj.) Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs. |
| 2780 |
loch |
(n.) A lake. |
| 2781 |
locomotion |
(n.) The act or power of moving from one place to another. |
| 2782 |
lode |
(n.) A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein. |
| 2783 |
lodgment |
(n.) The act of furnishing with temporary quarters. |
| 2784 |
logic |
(n.) The science of correct thinking. |
| 2785 |
logical |
(adj.) Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning. |
| 2786 |
logician |
(n.) An expert reasoner. |
| 2787 |
loiterer |
(n.) One who consumes time idly. |
| 2788 |
loneliness |
(n.) Solitude. |
| 2789 |
longevity |
(n.) Unusually prolonged life. |
| 2790 |
loot |
(v.) To plunder. |
| 2791 |
loquacious |
(adj.) Talkative. |
| 2792 |
lordling |
(n.) A little lord. |
| 2793 |
lough |
(n.) A lake or loch. |
| 2794 |
louse |
(n.) A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals. |
| 2795 |
lovable |
(adj.) Amiable. |
| 2796 |
low-spirited |
(adj.) Despondent. |
| 2797 |
lowly |
(adv.) Rudely. |
| 2798 |
lucid |
(adj.) Mentally sound. |
| 2799 |
lucrative |
(adj.) Highly profitable. |
| 2800 |
ludicrous |
(adj.) Laughable. |
| 2801 |
luminary |
(n.) One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light. |
| 2802 |
luminescence |
(n.) Showing increase. |
| 2803 |
luminescent |
(adj.) Showing increase of light. |
| 2804 |
luminosity |
(n.) The quality of giving or radiating light. |
| 2805 |
luminous |
(adj.) Giving or radiating light. |
| 2806 |
lunacy |
(n.) Mental unsoundness. |
| 2807 |
lunar |
(adj.) Pertaining to the moon. |
| 2808 |
lunatic |
(n.) An insane person. |
| 2809 |
lune |
(n.) The moon. |
| 2810 |
lurid |
(adj.) Ghastly and sensational. |
| 2811 |
luscious |
(adj.) Rich, sweet, and delicious. |
| 2812 |
lustrous |
(adj.) Shining. |
| 2813 |
luxuriance |
(n.) Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity. |
| 2814 |
luxuriant |
(adj.) Abundant or superabundant in growth. |
| 2815 |
luxuriate |
(v.) To live sumptuously. |
| 2816 |
lying |
(n.) Untruthfulness. |
| 2817 |
lyre |
(n.) One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class. |
| 2818 |
lyric |
(adj.) Fitted for expression in song. |
| 2819 |
macadamize |
(v.) To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone. |
| 2820 |
machinery |
(n.) The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively. |
| 2821 |
machinist |
(n.) One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools. |
| 2822 |
macrocosm |
(n.) The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related. |
| 2823 |
madden |
(v.) To inflame with passion. |
| 2824 |
Madonna |
(n.) A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus. |
| 2825 |
magician |
(n.) A sorcerer. |
| 2826 |
magisterial |
(adj.) Having an air of authority. |
| 2827 |
magistracy |
(n.) The office or dignity of a magistrate. |
| 2828 |
magnanimous |
(adj.) Generous in treating or judging others. |
| 2829 |
magnate |
(n.) A person of rank or importance. |
| 2830 |
magnet |
(n.) A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone. |
| 2831 |
magnetize |
(v.) To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily. |
| 2832 |
magnificence |
(n.) The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power. |
| 2833 |
magnificent |
(adj.) Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action. |
| 2834 |
magnitude |
(n.) Importance. |
| 2835 |
maharaja |
(n.) A great Hindu prince. |
| 2836 |
maidenhood |
(n.) Virginity. |
| 2837 |
maintain |
(v.) To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition. |
| 2838 |
maintenance |
(n.) That which supports or sustains. |
| 2839 |
maize |
(n.) Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn. |
| 2840 |
makeup |
(n.) The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed. |
| 2841 |
malady |
(n.) Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one. |
| 2842 |
malaria |
(n.) A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating. |
| 2843 |
malcontent |
(n.) One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs. |
| 2844 |
malediction |
(n.) The calling down of a curse or curses. |
| 2845 |
malefactor |
(n.) One who injures another. |
| 2846 |
maleficent |
(adj.) Mischievous. |
| 2847 |
malevolence |
(n.) Ill will. |
| 2848 |
malevolent |
(adj.) Wishing evil to others. |
| 2849 |
malign |
(v.) To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely. |
| 2850 |
malignant |
(adj.) Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief. |
| 2851 |
malleable |
(adj.) Pliant. |
| 2852 |
mallet |
(n.) A wooden hammer. |
| 2853 |
maltreat |
(v.) To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively. |
| 2854 |
man-eater |
(n.) An animal that devours human beings. |
| 2855 |
man-trap |
(n.) A place or structure dangerous to human life. |
| 2856 |
mandate |
(n.) A command. |
| 2857 |
mandatory |
(adj.) Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory. |
| 2858 |
mane |
(n.) The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion. |
| 2859 |
maneuver |
(v.) To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy. |
| 2860 |
mania |
(n.) Insanity. |
| 2861 |
maniac |
(n.) a person raving with madness. |
| 2862 |
manifesto |
(n.) A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives. |
| 2863 |
manlike |
(adj.) Like a man. |
| 2864 |
manliness |
(n.) The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc. |
| 2865 |
mannerism |
(n.) Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct. |
| 2866 |
manor |
(n.) The landed estate of a lord or nobleman. |
| 2867 |
mantel |
(n.) The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it. |
| 2868 |
mantle |
(n.) A cloak. |
| 2869 |
manufacturer |
(n.) A person engaged in manufacturing as a business. |
| 2870 |
manumission |
(n.) Emancipation. |
| 2871 |
manumit |
(v.) To set free from bondage. |
| 2872 |
marine |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea. |
| 2873 |
maritime |
(adj.) Situated on or near the sea. |
| 2874 |
maroon |
(v.) To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island. |
| 2875 |
martial |
(adj.) Pertaining to war or military operations. |
| 2876 |
Martian |
(adj.) Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet. |
| 2877 |
martyrdom |
(n.) Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle. |
| 2878 |
marvel |
(v.) To be astonished and perplexed because of (something). |
| 2879 |
masonry |
(n.) The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones. |
| 2880 |
masquerade |
(n.) A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised. |
| 2881 |
massacre |
(n.) The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings. |
| 2882 |
massive |
(adj.) Of considerable bulk and weight. |
| 2883 |
masterpiece |
(n.) A superior production. |
| 2884 |
mastery |
(n.) The attainment of superior skill. |
| 2885 |
material |
(n.) That of which anything is composed or may be constructed. |
| 2886 |
materialize |
(v.) To take perceptible or substantial form. |
| 2887 |
maternal |
(adj.) Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood. |
| 2888 |
matinee |
(n.) An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime. |
| 2889 |
matricide |
(n.) The killing, especially the murdering, of one |
| 2890 |
matrimony |
(n.) The union of a man and a woman in marriage. |
| 2891 |
matrix |
(n.) That which contains and gives shape or form to anything. |
| 2892 |
matter of fact |
(n.) Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality. |
| 2893 |
maudlin |
(adj.) Foolishly and tearfully affectionate. |
| 2894 |
mausoleum |
(n.) A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions. |
| 2895 |
mawkish |
(adj.) Sickening or insipid. |
| 2896 |
maxim |
(n.) A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide. |
| 2897 |
maze |
(n.) A labyrinth. |
| 2898 |
mead |
(n.) A meadow. |
| 2899 |
meager |
(adj.) scanty. |
| 2900 |
mealy-mouthed |
(adj.) Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly. |
| 2901 |
meander |
(v.) To wind and turn while proceeding in a course. |
| 2902 |
mechanics |
(n.) The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces. |
| 2903 |
medallion |
(n.) A large medal. |
| 2904 |
meddlesome |
(adj.) Interfering. |
| 2905 |
medial |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the middle. |
| 2906 |
mediate |
(v.) To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties. |
| 2907 |
medicine |
(n.) A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties. |
| 2908 |
medieval |
(adj.) Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages. |
| 2909 |
mediocre |
(adj.) Ordinary. |
| 2910 |
meditation |
(n.) The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind. |
| 2911 |
medley |
(n.) A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole. |
| 2912 |
meliorate |
(v.) To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition. |
| 2913 |
mellifluous |
(adj.) Sweetly or smoothly flowing. |
| 2914 |
melodious |
(adj.) Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds. |
| 2915 |
melodrama |
(n.) A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents. |
| 2916 |
memento |
(n.) A souvenir. |
| 2917 |
memorable |
(adj.) Noteworthy. |
| 2918 |
menace |
(n.) A threat. |
| 2919 |
menagerie |
(n.) A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition. |
| 2920 |
mendacious |
(adj.) Untrue. |
| 2921 |
mendicant |
(n.) A beggar. |
| 2922 |
mentality |
(n.) Intellectuality. |
| 2923 |
mentor |
(n.) A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend. |
| 2924 |
mercantile |
(adj.) Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial. |
| 2925 |
mercenary |
(adj.) Greedy |
| 2926 |
merciful |
(adj.) Disposed to pity and forgive. |
| 2927 |
merciless |
(adj.) Cruel. |
| 2928 |
meretricious |
(adj.) Alluring by false or gaudy show. |
| 2929 |
mesmerize |
(v.) To hypnotize. |
| 2930 |
messieurs |
(n.) pl. Gentlemen. |
| 2931 |
metal |
(n.) An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous. |
| 2932 |
metallurgy |
(n.) The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting. |
| 2933 |
metamorphosis |
(n.) A passing from one form or shape into another. |
| 2934 |
metaphor |
(n.) A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other. |
| 2935 |
metaphysical |
(adj.) Philosophical. |
| 2936 |
metaphysician |
(n.) One skilled in metaphysics. |
| 2937 |
metaphysics |
(n.) The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science. |
| 2938 |
mete |
(v.) To apportion. |
| 2939 |
metempsychosis |
(n.) Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast. |
| 2940 |
meticulous |
(adj.) Over-cautious. |
| 2941 |
metonymy |
(n.) A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes. |
| 2942 |
metric |
(adj.) Relating to measurement. |
| 2943 |
metronome |
(n.) An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music. |
| 2944 |
metropolis |
(n.) A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state. |
| 2945 |
metropolitan |
(adj.) Pertaining to a chief city. |
| 2946 |
mettle |
(n.) Courage. |
| 2947 |
mettlesome |
(adj.) Having courage or spirit. |
| 2948 |
microcosm |
(n.) The world or universe on a small scale. |
| 2949 |
micrometer |
(n.) An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions. |
| 2950 |
microphone |
(n.) An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds. |
| 2951 |
microscope |
(n.) An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects. |
| 2952 |
microscopic |
(adj.) Adapted to or characterized by minute observation. |
| 2953 |
microscopy |
(n.) The art of examing objects with the microscope. |
| 2954 |
midsummer |
(n.) The middle of the summer. |
| 2955 |
midwife |
(n.) A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth. |
| 2956 |
mien |
(n.) The external appearance or manner of a person. |
| 2957 |
migrant |
(adj.) Wandering. |
| 2958 |
migrate |
(v.) To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another. |
| 2959 |
migratory |
(adj.) Wandering. |
| 2960 |
mileage |
(n.) A distance in miles. |
| 2961 |
militant |
(adj.) Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency. |
| 2962 |
militarism |
(n.) A policy of maintaining great standing armies. |
| 2963 |
militate |
(v.) To have weight or influence (in determining a question). |
| 2964 |
militia |
(n.) Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations. |
| 2965 |
Milky Way |
(n.) The galaxy. |
| 2966 |
millet |
(n.) A grass cultivated for forage and cereal. |
| 2967 |
mimic |
(v.) To imitate the speech or actions of. |
| 2968 |
miniature |
(adj.) Much smaller than reality or that the normal size. |
| 2969 |
minimize |
(v.) To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. |
| 2970 |
minion |
(n.) A servile favorite. |
| 2971 |
ministration |
(n.) Any religious ceremonial. |
| 2972 |
ministry |
(n.) A service. |
| 2973 |
minority |
(n.) The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided. |
| 2974 |
minute |
(adj.) Exceedingly small in extent or quantity. |
| 2975 |
minutia |
(n.) A small or unimportant particular or detail. |
| 2976 |
mirage |
(n.) An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert. |
| 2977 |
misadventure |
(n.) An unlucky accident. |
| 2978 |
misanthropic |
(adj.) Hating mankind. |
| 2979 |
misanthropy |
(n.) Hatred of mankind. |
| 2980 |
misapprehend |
(v.) To misunderstand. |
| 2981 |
misbehave |
(v.) To behave ill. |
| 2982 |
misbehavior |
(n.) Ill or improper behavior. |
| 2983 |
mischievous |
(adj.) Fond of tricks. |
| 2984 |
miscount |
(v.) To make a mistake in counting. |
| 2985 |
miscreant |
(n.) A villain. |
| 2986 |
misdeed |
(n.) A wrong or improper act. |
| 2987 |
misdemeanor |
(n.) Evil conduct, small crime. |
| 2988 |
miser |
(n.) A person given to saving and hoarding unduly. |
| 2989 |
mishap |
(n.) Misfortune. |
| 2990 |
misinterpret |
(v.) To misunderstand. |
| 2991 |
mislay |
(v.) To misplace. |
| 2992 |
mismanage |
(v.) To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully. |
| 2993 |
misnomer |
(n.) A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. |
| 2994 |
misogamy |
(n.) Hatred of marriage. |
| 2995 |
misogyny |
(n.) Hatred of women. |
| 2996 |
misplace |
(v.) To put into a wrong place. |
| 2997 |
misrepresent |
(v.) To give a wrong impression. |
| 2998 |
misrule |
(v.) To misgovern. |
| 2999 |
missal |
(n.) The book containing the service for the celebration of mass. |
| 3000 |
missile |
(n.) Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown. |
| 3001 |
missive |
(n.) A message in writing. |
| 3002 |
mistrust |
(v.) To regard with suspicion or jealousy. |
| 3003 |
misty |
(adj.) Lacking clearness |
| 3004 |
misunderstand |
(v.) To Take in a wrong sense. |
| 3005 |
misuse |
(v.) To maltreat. |
| 3006 |
mite |
(n.) A very small amount, portion, or particle. |
| 3007 |
miter |
(n.) The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle. |
| 3008 |
mitigate |
(v.) To make milder or more endurable. |
| 3009 |
mnemonics |
(n.) A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances. |
| 3010 |
moat |
(n.) A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall. |
| 3011 |
mobocracy |
(n.) Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace. |
| 3012 |
moccasin |
(n.) A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin. |
| 3013 |
mockery |
(n.) Ridicule. |
| 3014 |
moderation |
(n.) Temperance. |
| 3015 |
moderator |
(n.) The presiding officer of a meeting. |
| 3016 |
modernity |
(n.) The state or character of being modern. |
| 3017 |
modernize |
(v.) To make characteristic of the present or of recent times. |
| 3018 |
modification |
(n.) A change. |
| 3019 |
modify |
(v.) To make somewhat different. |
| 3020 |
modish |
(adj.) Fashionable. |
| 3021 |
modulate |
(v.) To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound. |
| 3022 |
mollify |
(v.) To soothe. |
| 3023 |
molt |
(v.) To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc. |
| 3024 |
momentary |
(adj.) Lasting but a short time. |
| 3025 |
momentous |
(adj.) Very significant. |
| 3026 |
momentum |
(n.) An impetus. |
| 3027 |
monarchy |
(n.) Government by a single, sovereign ruler. |
| 3028 |
monastery |
(n.) A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion. |
| 3029 |
monetary |
(adj.) Financial. |
| 3030 |
mongrel |
(n.) The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties. |
| 3031 |
monition |
(n.) Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof. |
| 3032 |
monitory |
(n.) Admonition or warning. |
| 3033 |
monocracy |
(n.) Government by a single person. |
| 3034 |
monogamy |
(n.) The habit of pairing, or having but one mate. |
| 3035 |
monogram |
(n.) A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name. |
| 3036 |
monograph |
(n.) A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject. |
| 3037 |
monolith |
(n.) Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece. |
| 3038 |
monologue |
(n.) A story or drama told or performed by one person. |
| 3039 |
monomania |
(n.) The unreasonable pursuit of one idea. |
| 3040 |
monopoly |
(n.) The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price. |
| 3041 |
monosyllable |
(n.) A word of one syllable. |
| 3042 |
monotone |
(n.) The sameness or monotony of utterance. |
| 3043 |
monotonous |
(adj.) Unchanging and tedious. |
| 3044 |
monotony |
(n.) A lack of variety. |
| 3045 |
monsieur |
(n.) A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir. |
| 3046 |
monstrosity |
(n.) Anything unnaturally huge or distorted. |
| 3047 |
moonbeam |
(n.) A ray of moonlight. |
| 3048 |
morale |
(n.) A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like. |
| 3049 |
moralist |
(n.) A writer on ethics. |
| 3050 |
morality |
(n.) Virtue. |
| 3051 |
moralize |
(v.) To render virtuous. |
| 3052 |
moratorium |
(n.) An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily. |
| 3053 |
morbid |
(adj.) Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind. |
| 3054 |
mordacious |
(adj.) Biting or giving to biting. |
| 3055 |
mordant |
(adj.) Biting. |
| 3056 |
moribund |
(adj.) On the point of dying. |
| 3057 |
morose |
(adj.) Gloomy. |
| 3058 |
morphology |
(n.) the science of organic forms. |
| 3059 |
motley |
(adj.) Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements. |
| 3060 |
motto |
(n.) An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith. |
| 3061 |
mountaineer |
(n.) One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise. |
| 3062 |
mountainous |
(adj.) Full of or abounding in mountains. |
| 3063 |
mouthful |
(n.) As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise. |
| 3064 |
muddle |
(v.) To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink. |
| 3065 |
muffle |
(v.) To deaden the sound of, as by wraps. |
| 3066 |
mulatto |
(n.) The offspring of a white person and a black person. |
| 3067 |
muleteer |
(n.) A mule-driver. |
| 3068 |
multiform |
(adj.) Having many shapes, or appearances. |
| 3069 |
multiplicity |
(n.) the condition of being manifold or very various. |
| 3070 |
mundane |
(adj.) Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. |
| 3071 |
municipal |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government. |
| 3072 |
municipality |
(n.) A district enjoying municipal government. |
| 3073 |
munificence |
(n.) A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality. |
| 3074 |
munificent |
(adj.) Extraordinarily generous. |
| 3075 |
muster |
(n.) An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off. |
| 3076 |
mutation |
(n.) The act or process of change. |
| 3077 |
mutilate |
(v.) To disfigure. |
| 3078 |
mutiny |
(n.) Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority. |
| 3079 |
myriad |
(n.) A vast indefinite number. |
| 3080 |
mystic |
(n.) One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth. |
| 3081 |
mystification |
(n.) The act of artfully perplexing. |
| 3082 |
myth |
(n.) A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact. |
| 3083 |
mythology |
(n.) The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes. |
| 3084 |
nameless |
(adj.) Having no fame or reputation. |
| 3085 |
naphtha |
(n.) A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints. |
| 3086 |
Narcissus |
(n.) The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection. |
| 3087 |
narrate |
(v.) To tell a story. |
| 3088 |
narration |
(n.) The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence. |
| 3089 |
narrative |
(n.) An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event. |
| 3090 |
narrator |
(n.) One who narrates anything. |
| 3091 |
narrow-minded |
(adj.) Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments. |
| 3092 |
nasal |
(adj.) Pertaining to the nose. |
| 3093 |
natal |
(adj.) Pertaining to one |
| 3094 |
nationality |
(n.) A connection with a particular nation. |
| 3095 |
naturally |
(adv.) According to the usual order of things. |
| 3096 |
nausea |
(n.) An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit |
| 3097 |
nauseate |
(v.) To cause to loathe. |
| 3098 |
nauseous |
(adj.) Loathsome. |
| 3099 |
nautical |
(adj.) Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation. |
| 3100 |
naval |
(adj.) Pertaining to ships. |
| 3101 |
navel |
(n.) The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached. |
| 3102 |
navigable |
(adj.) Capable of commercial navigation. |
| 3103 |
navigate |
(v.) To traverse by ship. |
| 3104 |
nebula |
(n.) A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance. |
| 3105 |
necessary |
(adj.) Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result. |
| 3106 |
necessitate |
(v.) To render indispensable. |
| 3107 |
necessity |
(n.) That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired. |
| 3108 |
necrology |
(n.) A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time. |
| 3109 |
necromancer |
(n.) One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead. |
| 3110 |
necropolis |
(n.) A city of the dead. |
| 3111 |
necrosis |
(n.) the death of part of the body. |
| 3112 |
nectar |
(n.) Any especially sweet and delicious drink. |
| 3113 |
nectarine |
(n.) A variety of the peach. |
| 3114 |
needlework |
(n.) Embroidery. |
| 3115 |
needy |
(adj.) Being in need, want, or poverty. |
| 3116 |
nefarious |
(adj.) Wicked in the extreme. |
| 3117 |
negate |
(v.) To deny. |
| 3118 |
negation |
(n.) The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition. |
| 3119 |
neglectful |
(adj.) Exhibiting or indicating omission. |
| 3120 |
negligee |
(n.) A loose gown worn by women. |
| 3121 |
negligence |
(n.) Omission of that which ought to be done. |
| 3122 |
negligent |
(adj.) Apt to omit what ought to be done. |
| 3123 |
negligible |
(adj.) Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery. |
| 3124 |
negotiable |
(v.) To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property. |
| 3125 |
Nemesis |
(n.) A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance. |
| 3126 |
neo-Darwinsim |
(n.) Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students. |
| 3127 |
neo-Latin |
(n.) Modernized Latin. |
| 3128 |
neocracy |
(n.) Government administered by new or untried persons. |
| 3129 |
Neolithic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the later stone age. |
| 3130 |
neology |
(n.) The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words. |
| 3131 |
neopaganism |
(n.) A new or revived paganism. |
| 3132 |
neophyte |
(adj.) Having the character of a beginner. |
| 3133 |
nestle |
(v.) To adjust cozily in snug quarters. |
| 3134 |
nestling |
(adj.) Recently hatched. |
| 3135 |
nettle |
(v.) To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in. |
| 3136 |
network |
(n.) Anything that presents a system of cross- lines. |
| 3137 |
neural |
(adj.) Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system. |
| 3138 |
neurology |
(n.) The science of the nervous system. |
| 3139 |
neuter |
(adj.) Neither masculine nor feminine. |
| 3140 |
neutral |
(adj.) Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants. |
| 3141 |
Newtonian |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher. |
| 3142 |
niggardly |
(adj.) Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use) |
| 3143 |
nihilist |
(n.) An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known. |
| 3144 |
nil |
(n.) Nothing |
| 3145 |
nimble |
(adj.) Light and quick in motion or action. |
| 3146 |
nit |
(n.) The egg of a louse or some other insect. |
| 3147 |
nocturnal |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the night. |
| 3148 |
noiseless |
(adj.) Silent. |
| 3149 |
noisome |
(adj.) Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. |
| 3150 |
noisy |
(adj.) Clamorous. |
| 3151 |
nomad |
(adj.) Having no fixed abode. |
| 3152 |
nomic |
(adj.) Usual or customary. |
| 3153 |
nominal |
(adj.) Trivial. |
| 3154 |
nominate |
(v.) To designate as a candidate for any office. |
| 3155 |
nomination |
(n.) The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office. |
| 3156 |
nominee |
(n.) One who receives a nomination. |
| 3157 |
non-combatant |
(n.) One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting. |
| 3158 |
non-existent |
(n.) That which does not exist. |
| 3159 |
non-resident |
(adj.) Not residing within a given jurisdiction. |
| 3160 |
nonchalance |
(n.) A state of mind indicating lack of interest. |
| 3161 |
nondescript |
(adj.) Indescribable. |
| 3162 |
nonentity |
(n.) A person or thing of little or no account. |
| 3163 |
nonpareil |
(n.) One who or that which is of unequaled excellence. |
| 3164 |
norm |
(n.) A model. |
| 3165 |
normalcy |
(n.) The state of being normal. |
| 3166 |
Norman |
(adj.) Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France. |
| 3167 |
nostrum |
(n.) Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character. |
| 3168 |
noticeable |
(adj.) Perceptible. |
| 3169 |
notorious |
(adj.) Unfavorably known to the general public. |
| 3170 |
novellette |
(n.) A short novel. |
| 3171 |
novice |
(n.) A beginner in any business or occupation. |
| 3172 |
nowadays |
(adv.) In the present time or age. |
| 3173 |
nowhere |
(adv.) In no place or state. |
| 3174 |
noxious |
(adj.) Hurtful. |
| 3175 |
nuance |
(n.) A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind. |
| 3176 |
nucleus |
(n.) A central point or part about which matter is aggregated. |
| 3177 |
nude |
(adj.) Naked. |
| 3178 |
nugatory |
(adj.) Having no power or force. |
| 3179 |
nuisance |
(n.) That which annoys, vexes, or irritates. |
| 3180 |
numeration |
(n.) The act or art of reading or naming numbers. |
| 3181 |
numerical |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to number. |
| 3182 |
nunnery |
(n.) A convent for nuns. |
| 3183 |
nuptial |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony. |
| 3184 |
nurture |
(n.) The process of fostering or promoting growth. |
| 3185 |
nutriment |
(n.) That which nourishes. |
| 3186 |
nutritive |
(adj.) Having nutritious properties. |
| 3187 |
oaken |
(adj.) Made of or from oak. |
| 3188 |
oakum |
(n.) Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope. |
| 3189 |
obdurate |
(adj.) Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity. |
| 3190 |
obelisk |
(n.) A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative. |
| 3191 |
obese |
(adj.) Exceedingly fat. |
| 3192 |
obesity |
(n.) Excessive fatness. |
| 3193 |
obituary |
(adj.) A published notice of a death. |
| 3194 |
objective |
(adj.) Grasping and representing facts as they are. |
| 3195 |
objector |
(n.) One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling. |
| 3196 |
obligate |
(v.) To hold to the fulfillment of duty. |
| 3197 |
obligatory |
(adj.) Binding in law or conscience. |
| 3198 |
oblique |
(adj.) Slanting; said of lines. |
| 3199 |
obliterate |
(v.) To cause to disappear. |
| 3200 |
oblivion |
(n.) The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten. |
| 3201 |
oblong |
(adj.) Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated |
| 3202 |
obnoxious |
(adj.) Detestable. |
| 3203 |
obsequies |
(n.) Funeral rites. |
| 3204 |
obsequious |
(adj.) Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another. |
| 3205 |
observance |
(n.) A traditional form or customary act. |
| 3206 |
observant |
(adj.) Quick to notice. |
| 3207 |
observatory |
(n.) A building designed for systematic astronomical observations. |
| 3208 |
obsolescence |
(n.) The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse. |
| 3209 |
obsolescent |
(adj.) Passing out of use, as a word. |
| 3210 |
obsolete |
(adj.) No longer practiced or accepted. |
| 3211 |
obstetrician |
(n.) A practitioner of midwifery. |
| 3212 |
obstetrics |
(n.) The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy. |
| 3213 |
obstinacy |
(n.) Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one |
| 3214 |
obstreperous |
(adj.) Boisterous. |
| 3215 |
obstruct |
(v.) To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part. |
| 3216 |
obstruction |
(n.) Hindrance. |
| 3217 |
obtrude |
(v.) To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. |
| 3218 |
obtrusive |
(adj.) Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. |
| 3219 |
obvert |
(v.) To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object. |
| 3220 |
obviate |
(v.) To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty. |
| 3221 |
occasion |
(n.) An important event or celebration. |
| 3222 |
Occident |
(n.) The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions. |
| 3223 |
occlude |
(v.) To absorb, as a gas by a metal. |
| 3224 |
occult |
(adj.) Existing but not immediately perceptible. |
| 3225 |
occupant |
(n.) A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner. |
| 3226 |
occurrence |
(n.) A happening. |
| 3227 |
octagon |
(n.) A figure with eight sides and eight angles. |
| 3228 |
octave |
(n.) A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other. |
| 3229 |
octavo |
(n.) A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves. |
| 3230 |
octogenarian |
(adj.) A person of between eighty and ninety years. |
| 3231 |
ocular |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the eye. |
| 3232 |
oculist |
(n.) One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye. |
| 3233 |
oddity |
(n.) An eccentricity. |
| 3234 |
ode |
(n.) The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung. |
| 3235 |
odious |
(adj.) Hateful. |
| 3236 |
odium |
(n.) A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust. |
| 3237 |
odoriferous |
(adj.) Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one. |
| 3238 |
odorous |
(adj.) Having an odor, especially a fragrant one. |
| 3239 |
off |
(adj.) Farther or more distant. |
| 3240 |
offhand |
(adv.) Without preparation. |
| 3241 |
officiate |
(v.) To act as an officer or leader. |
| 3242 |
officious |
(adj.) Intermeddling with what is not one |
| 3243 |
offshoot |
(n.) Something that branches off from the parent stock. |
| 3244 |
ogre |
(n.) A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings. |
| 3245 |
ointment |
(n.) A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists. |
| 3246 |
olfactory |
(adj.) of or pertaining to the sense of smell. |
| 3247 |
olive-branch |
(n.) A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace. |
| 3248 |
ominous |
(adj.) Portentous. |
| 3249 |
omission |
(n.) Exclusion. |
| 3250 |
omnipotence |
(n.) Unlimited and universal power. |
| 3251 |
Omnipotent |
(adj.) Possessed of unlimited and universal power. |
| 3252 |
omniscience |
(n.) Unlimited or infinite knowledge. |
| 3253 |
omniscient |
(adj.) Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge. |
| 3254 |
omnivorous |
(adj.) Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately. |
| 3255 |
onerous |
(adj.) Burdensome or oppressive. |
| 3256 |
onrush |
(n.) Onset. |
| 3257 |
onset |
(n.) An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification. |
| 3258 |
onslaught |
(n.) A violent onset. |
| 3259 |
onus |
(n.) A burden or responsibility. |
| 3260 |
opalescence |
(n.) The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints. |
| 3261 |
opaque |
(adj.) Impervious to light. |
| 3262 |
operate |
(v.) To put in action and supervise the working of. |
| 3263 |
operative |
(adj.) Active. |
| 3264 |
operator |
(n.) One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus. |
| 3265 |
operetta |
(n.) A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act. |
| 3266 |
opinion |
(n.) A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge. |
| 3267 |
opponent |
(n.) One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport. |
| 3268 |
opportune |
(adj.) Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment. |
| 3269 |
opportunist |
(n.) One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends. |
| 3270 |
opportunity |
(n.) Favorable or advantageous chance or opening. |
| 3271 |
opposite |
(adj.) Radically different or contrary in action or movement. |
| 3272 |
opprobrium |
(n.) The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil. |
| 3273 |
optic |
(n.) Pertaining to the eye or vision. |
| 3274 |
optician |
(n.) One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses. |
| 3275 |
optics |
(n.) The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight. |
| 3276 |
optimism |
(n.) The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best. |
| 3277 |
option |
(n.) The right, power, or liberty of choosing. |
| 3278 |
optometry |
(n.) Measurement of the powers of vision. |
| 3279 |
opulence |
(n.) Affluence. |
| 3280 |
opulent |
(adj.) Wealthy. |
| 3281 |
oral |
(adj.) Uttered through the mouth. |
| 3282 |
orate |
(v.) To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech. |
| 3283 |
oration |
(n.) An elaborate or formal public speech. |
| 3284 |
orator |
(n.) One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech. |
| 3285 |
oratorio |
(n.) A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures. |
| 3286 |
oratory |
(n.) The art of public speaking. |
| 3287 |
ordeal |
(n.) Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc. |
| 3288 |
ordinal |
(n.) That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third. |
| 3289 |
ordination |
(n.) A consecration to the ministry. |
| 3290 |
ordnance |
(n.) A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war. |
| 3291 |
orgies |
(n.) Wild or wanton revelry. |
| 3292 |
origin |
(n.) The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be. |
| 3293 |
original |
(adj.) Not copied nor produced by imitation. |
| 3294 |
originate |
(v.) To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of. |
| 3295 |
ornate |
(adj.) Ornamented to a marked degree. |
| 3296 |
orthodox |
(adj.) Holding the commonly accepted faith. |
| 3297 |
orthodoxy |
(n.) Acceptance of the common faith. |
| 3298 |
orthogonal |
(adj.) Having or determined by right angles. |
| 3299 |
orthopedic |
(adj.) Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity |
| 3300 |
orthopedist |
(n.) One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity |
| 3301 |
oscillate |
(v.) To swing back and forth. |
| 3302 |
osculate |
(v.) To kiss. |
| 3303 |
ossify |
(v.) to convert into bone. |
| 3304 |
ostentation |
(n.) A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery. |
| 3305 |
ostracism |
(n.) Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics. |
| 3306 |
ostracize |
(v.) To exclude from public or private favor. |
| 3307 |
ought |
(v.) To be under moral obligation to be or do. |
| 3308 |
oust |
(v.) To eject. |
| 3309 |
out-and-out |
(adv.) Genuinely. |
| 3310 |
out-of-the-way |
(adj.) Remotely situated. |
| 3311 |
outbreak |
(n.) A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained. |
| 3312 |
outburst |
(n.) A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual. |
| 3313 |
outcast |
(n.) One rejected and despised, especially socially. |
| 3314 |
outcry |
(n.) A vehement or loud cry or clamor. |
| 3315 |
outdo |
(v.) To surpass. |
| 3316 |
outlandish |
(adj.) Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action. |
| 3317 |
outlast |
(v.) To last longer than. |
| 3318 |
outlaw |
(n.) A habitual lawbreaker. |
| 3319 |
outlive |
(v.) To continue to exist after. |
| 3320 |
outpost |
(n.) A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise. |
| 3321 |
outrage |
(n.) A gross infringement of morality or decency. |
| 3322 |
outrageous |
(adj.) Shocking in conduct. |
| 3323 |
outreach |
(v.) To reach or go beyond. |
| 3324 |
outride |
(v.) To ride faster than. |
| 3325 |
outrigger |
(n.) A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support. |
| 3326 |
outright |
(adv.) Entirely. |
| 3327 |
outskirt |
(n.) A border region. |
| 3328 |
outstretch |
(v.) To extend. |
| 3329 |
outstrip |
(v.) To go beyond. |
| 3330 |
outweigh |
(v.) To surpass in importance or excellence. |
| 3331 |
overdo |
(v.) To overtax the strength of. |
| 3332 |
overdose |
(n.) An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic. |
| 3333 |
overeat |
(v.) To eat to excess. |
| 3334 |
overhang |
(n.) A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over. |
| 3335 |
overleap |
(v.) To leap beyond. |
| 3336 |
overlord |
(n.) One who holds supremacy over another. |
| 3337 |
overpass |
(v.) To pass across or over, as a river. |
| 3338 |
overpay |
(v.) To pay or reward in excess. |
| 3339 |
overpower |
(v.) To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power. |
| 3340 |
overproduction |
(n.) Excessive production. |
| 3341 |
overreach |
(v.) To stretch out too far. |
| 3342 |
overrun |
(v.) To infest or ravage. |
| 3343 |
oversee |
(v.) To superintend. |
| 3344 |
overseer |
(n.) A supervisor. |
| 3345 |
overshadow |
(v.) To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison. |
| 3346 |
overstride |
(v.) To step beyond. |
| 3347 |
overthrow |
(v.) To vanquish an established ruler or government. |
| 3348 |
overtone |
(n.) A harmonic. |
| 3349 |
overture |
(n.) An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet. |
| 3350 |
overweight |
(n.) Preponderance. |
| 3351 |
pacify |
(v.) To bring into a peaceful state. |
| 3352 |
packet |
(n.) A bundle, as of letters. |
| 3353 |
pact |
(n.) A covenant. |
| 3354 |
pagan |
(n.) A worshiper of false gods. |
| 3355 |
pageant |
(n.) A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one. |
| 3356 |
palate |
(n.) The roof of the mouth. |
| 3357 |
palatial |
(adj.) Magnificent. |
| 3358 |
paleontology |
(n.) The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms. |
| 3359 |
palette |
(n.) A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting. |
| 3360 |
palinode |
(n.) A retraction. |
| 3361 |
pall |
(v.) To make dull by satiety. |
| 3362 |
palliate |
(v.) To cause to appear less guilty. |
| 3363 |
pallid |
(adj.) Of a pale or wan appearance. |
| 3364 |
palpable |
(n.) perceptible by feeling or touch. |
| 3365 |
palsy |
(n.) Paralysis. |
| 3366 |
paly |
(adj.) Lacking color or brilliancy. |
| 3367 |
pamphlet |
(n.) A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest. |
| 3368 |
pamphleteer |
(v.) To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones. |
| 3369 |
Pan-American |
(adj.) Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South. |
| 3370 |
panacea |
(n.) A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases. |
| 3371 |
pandemic |
(adj.) Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease. |
| 3372 |
pandemonium |
(n.) A fiendish or riotous uproar. |
| 3373 |
panegyric |
(n.) A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act. |
| 3374 |
panel |
(n.) A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame. |
| 3375 |
panic |
(n.) A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear. |
| 3376 |
panoply |
(n.) A full set of armor. |
| 3377 |
panorama |
(n.) A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene. |
| 3378 |
pantheism |
(n.) The worship of nature for itself or its beauty. |
| 3379 |
Pantheon |
(n.) A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof. |
| 3380 |
pantomime |
(n.) Sign-language. |
| 3381 |
pantoscope |
(n.) A very wide-angled photographic lens. |
| 3382 |
papacy |
(n.) The official head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 3383 |
papyrus |
(n.) The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans. |
| 3384 |
parable |
(n.) A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral. |
| 3385 |
paradox |
(n.) A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief. |
| 3386 |
paragon |
(n.) A model of excellence. |
| 3387 |
parallel |
(v.) To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts. |
| 3388 |
parallelism |
(n.) Essential likeness. |
| 3389 |
paralysis |
(n.) Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles. |
| 3390 |
paralyze |
(v.) To deprive of the power to act. |
| 3391 |
paramount |
(adj.) Supreme in authority. |
| 3392 |
paramour |
(n.) One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress. |
| 3393 |
paraphernalia |
(n.) Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment. |
| 3394 |
paraphrase |
(v.) Translate freely. |
| 3395 |
pare |
(v.) To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything. |
| 3396 |
parentage |
(n.) The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect. |
| 3397 |
Pariah |
(n.) A member of a degraded class; a social outcast. |
| 3398 |
parish |
(n.) The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor. |
| 3399 |
Parisian |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the city of Paris. |
| 3400 |
parity |
(n.) Equality, as of condition or rank. |
| 3401 |
parlance |
(n.) Mode of speech. |
| 3402 |
parley |
(v.) To converse in. |
| 3403 |
parliament |
(n.) A legislative body. |
| 3404 |
parlor |
(n.) A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests. |
| 3405 |
parody |
(v.) To render ludicrous by imitating the language of. |
| 3406 |
paronymous |
(adj.) Derived from the same root or primitive word. |
| 3407 |
paroxysm |
(n.) A sudden outburst of any kind of activity. |
| 3408 |
parricide |
(n.) The murder of a parent. |
| 3409 |
parse |
(v.) To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word. |
| 3410 |
parsimonious |
(adj.) Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money. |
| 3411 |
partible |
(adj.) Separable. |
| 3412 |
participant |
(n.) One having a share or part. |
| 3413 |
participate |
(v.) To receive or have a part or share of. |
| 3414 |
partisan |
(adj.) Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party. |
| 3415 |
partition |
(n.) That which separates anything into distinct parts. |
| 3416 |
passible |
(adj.) Capable of feeling of suffering. |
| 3417 |
passive |
(adj.) Unresponsive. |
| 3418 |
pastoral |
(adj.) Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life. |
| 3419 |
paternal |
(adj.) Fatherly. |
| 3420 |
paternity |
(n.) Fatherhood. |
| 3421 |
pathos |
(n.) The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy. |
| 3422 |
patriarch |
(n.) The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right. |
| 3423 |
patrician |
(adj.) Of senatorial or noble rank. |
| 3424 |
patrimony |
(n.) An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one |
| 3425 |
patriotism |
(n.) Love and devotion to one |
| 3426 |
patronize |
(v.) To exercise an arrogant condescension toward. |
| 3427 |
patronymic |
(adj.) Formed after one |
| 3428 |
patter |
(v.) To mumble something over and over. |
| 3429 |
paucity |
(n.) Fewness. |
| 3430 |
pauper |
(n.) One without means of support. |
| 3431 |
pauperism |
(n.) Dependence on charity. |
| 3432 |
pavilion |
(n.) An open structure for temporary shelter. |
| 3433 |
payee |
(n.) A person to whom money has been or is to be paid. |
| 3434 |
peaceable |
(adj.) Tranquil. |
| 3435 |
peaceful |
(adj.) Tranquil. |
| 3436 |
peccable |
(adj.) Capable of sinning. |
| 3437 |
peccadillo |
(n.) A small breach of propriety or principle. |
| 3438 |
peccant |
(adj.) Guilty. |
| 3439 |
pectoral |
(adj.) Pertaining to the breast or thorax. |
| 3440 |
pecuniary |
(adj.) Consisting of money. |
| 3441 |
pedagogics |
(n.) The science and art of teaching. |
| 3442 |
pedagogue |
(n.) A schoolmaster. |
| 3443 |
pedagogy |
(n.) The science and art of teaching |
| 3444 |
pedal |
(n.) A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines. |
| 3445 |
pedant |
(n.) A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning. |
| 3446 |
peddle |
(v.) To go about with a small stock of goods to sell. |
| 3447 |
peddler |
(n.) One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail. |
| 3448 |
pedestal |
(n.) A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase. |
| 3449 |
pedestrian |
(n.) One who journeys on foot. |
| 3450 |
pediatrics |
(n.) The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood. |
| 3451 |
pedigree |
(n.) One |
| 3452 |
peerage |
(n.) The nobility. |
| 3453 |
peerless |
(adj.) Of unequaled excellence or worth. |
| 3454 |
peevish |
(adj.) Petulant. (irritable) |
| 3455 |
pellucid |
(adj.) Translucent. |
| 3456 |
penalty |
(n.) The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law. |
| 3457 |
penance |
(n.) Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence. |
| 3458 |
penchant |
(n.) A bias in favor of something. |
| 3459 |
pendant |
(n.) Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use. |
| 3460 |
pendulous |
(adj.) Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part. |
| 3461 |
pendulum |
(n.) A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock. |
| 3462 |
penetrable |
(adj.) That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force. |
| 3463 |
penetrate |
(v.) To enter or force a way into the interior parts of. |
| 3464 |
penetration |
(n.) Discernment. |
| 3465 |
peninsular |
(adj.) Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water. |
| 3466 |
penitence |
(n.) Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. |
| 3467 |
penitential |
(adj.) Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. |
| 3468 |
pennant |
(n.) A small flag. |
| 3469 |
pension |
(n.) A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her. |
| 3470 |
pentad |
(n.) The number five. |
| 3471 |
pentagon |
(n.) A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides. |
| 3472 |
pentagram |
(n.) A figure having five points or lobes. |
| 3473 |
pentahedron |
(n.) A solid bounded by five plane faces. |
| 3474 |
pentameter |
(n.) In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet. |
| 3475 |
pentathlon |
(n.) The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants. |
| 3476 |
pentavalent |
(adj.) Quinqeuvalent. |
| 3477 |
penultimate |
(adj.) A syllable or member of a series that is last but one. |
| 3478 |
penurious |
(adj.) Excessively sparing in the use of money. |
| 3479 |
penury |
(n.) Indigence. |
| 3480 |
perambulate |
(v.) To walk about. |
| 3481 |
perceive |
(v.) To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses. |
| 3482 |
perceptible |
(adj.) Cognizable. |
| 3483 |
perception |
(n.) Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world. |
| 3484 |
percipience |
(n.) The act of perceiving. |
| 3485 |
percipient |
(n.) One who or that which perceives. |
| 3486 |
percolate |
(v.) To filter. |
| 3487 |
percolator |
(n.) A filter. |
| 3488 |
percussion |
(n.) The sharp striking of one body against another. |
| 3489 |
peremptory |
(adj.) Precluding question or appeal. |
| 3490 |
perennial |
(adj.) Continuing though the year or through many years. |
| 3491 |
perfectible |
(adj.) Capable of being made perfect. |
| 3492 |
perfidy |
(n.) Treachery. |
| 3493 |
perforate |
(v.) To make a hole or holes through. |
| 3494 |
perform |
(v.) To accomplish. |
| 3495 |
perfumery |
(n.) The preparation of perfumes. |
| 3496 |
perfunctory |
(adj.) Half-hearted. |
| 3497 |
perhaps |
(adv.) Possibly. |
| 3498 |
perigee |
(n.) The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth. |
| 3499 |
periodicity |
(n.) The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals. |
| 3500 |
peripatetic |
(adj.) Walking about. |
| 3501 |
perjure |
(v.) To swear falsely to. |
| 3502 |
perjury |
(n.) A solemn assertion of a falsity. |
| 3503 |
permanence |
(n.) A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature. |
| 3504 |
permanent |
(adj.) Durable. |
| 3505 |
permeate |
(v.) To pervade. |
| 3506 |
permissible |
(adj.) That may be allowed. |
| 3507 |
permutation |
(n.) Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items. |
| 3508 |
pernicious |
(adj.) Tending to kill or hurt. |
| 3509 |
perpendicular |
(adj.) Straight up and down. |
| 3510 |
perpetrator |
(n.) The doer of a wrong or a criminal act. |
| 3511 |
perpetuate |
(v.) To preserve from extinction or oblivion. |
| 3512 |
perquisite |
(n.) Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages. |
| 3513 |
persecution |
(n.) Harsh or malignant oppression. |
| 3514 |
perseverance |
(n.) A persistence in purpose and effort. |
| 3515 |
persevere |
(v.) To continue striving in spite of discouragements. |
| 3516 |
persiflage |
(n.) Banter. |
| 3517 |
persist |
(v.) To continue steadfast against opposition. |
| 3518 |
persistence |
(n.) A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like. |
| 3519 |
personage |
(n.) A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station. |
| 3520 |
personal |
(adj.) Not general or public. |
| 3521 |
personality |
(n.) The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual. |
| 3522 |
personnel |
(n.) The force of persons collectively employed in some service. |
| 3523 |
perspective |
(n.) The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view. |
| 3524 |
perspicacious |
(adj.) Astute. |
| 3525 |
perspicacity |
(n.) Acuteness or discernment. |
| 3526 |
perspicuous |
(adj.) Lucid. |
| 3527 |
perspiration |
(n.) Sweat. |
| 3528 |
perspire |
(v.) To excrete through the pores of the skin. |
| 3529 |
persuadable |
(adj.) capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings. |
| 3530 |
persuade |
(v.) To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection. |
| 3531 |
pertinacious |
(adj.) Persistent or unyielding. |
| 3532 |
pertinacity |
(n.) Unyielding adherence. |
| 3533 |
pertinent |
(adj.) Relevant. |
| 3534 |
perturb |
(v.) To disturb greatly. |
| 3535 |
perturbation |
(n.) Mental excitement or confusion. |
| 3536 |
perusal |
(n.) The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully. |
| 3537 |
pervade |
(v.) To pass or spread through every part. |
| 3538 |
pervasion |
(n.) The state of spreading through every part. |
| 3539 |
pervasive |
(adj.) Thoroughly penetrating or permeating. |
| 3540 |
perverse |
(adj.) Unreasonable. |
| 3541 |
perversion |
(n.) Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose. |
| 3542 |
perversity |
(n.) Wickedness. |
| 3543 |
pervert |
(n.) One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false. |
| 3544 |
pervious |
(adj.) Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance. |
| 3545 |
pestilence |
(n.) A raging epidemic. |
| 3546 |
pestilent |
(adj.) Having a malign influence or effect. |
| 3547 |
pestilential |
(adj.) having the nature of or breeding pestilence. |
| 3548 |
peter |
(v.) To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value. |
| 3549 |
petrify |
(v.) To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character. |
| 3550 |
petulance |
(n.) The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant. |
| 3551 |
petulant |
(adj.) Displaying impatience. |
| 3552 |
pharmacopoeia |
(n.) A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists. |
| 3553 |
pharmacy |
(n.) The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines. |
| 3554 |
phenomenal |
(adj.) Extraordinary or marvelous. |
| 3555 |
phenomenon |
(n.) Any unusual occurrence. |
| 3556 |
philander |
(v.) To play at courtship with a woman. |
| 3557 |
philanthropic |
(adj.) Benevolent. |
| 3558 |
philanthropist |
(n.) One who endeavors to help his fellow men. |
| 3559 |
philanthropy |
(n.) Active humanitarianism. |
| 3560 |
philately |
(n.) The study and collection of stamps. |
| 3561 |
philharmonic |
(adj.) Fond of music. |
| 3562 |
philogynist |
(n.) One who is fond of women. |
| 3563 |
philologist |
(n.) An expert in linguistics. |
| 3564 |
philology |
(n.) The study of language in connection with history and literature. |
| 3565 |
philosophize |
(v.) To seek ultimate causes and principles. |
| 3566 |
philosophy |
(n.) The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything. |
| 3567 |
phlegmatic |
(adj.) Not easily roused to feeling or action. |
| 3568 |
phonetic |
(adj.) Representing articulate sounds or speech. |
| 3569 |
phonic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the nature of sound. |
| 3570 |
phonogram |
(n.) A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound. |
| 3571 |
phonology |
(n.) The science of human vocal sounds. |
| 3572 |
phosphorescence |
(n.) The property of emitting light. |
| 3573 |
photoelectric |
(adj.) Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity. |
| 3574 |
photometer |
(n.) Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights. |
| 3575 |
photometry |
(n.) The art of measuring the intensity of light. |
| 3576 |
physicist |
(n.) A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy. |
| 3577 |
physics |
(n.) The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy. |
| 3578 |
physiocracy |
(n.) The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth. |
| 3579 |
physiognomy |
(n.) The external appearance merely. |
| 3580 |
physiography |
(n.) Description of nature. |
| 3581 |
physiology |
(n.) The science of organic functions. |
| 3582 |
physique |
(n.) The physical structure or organization of a person. |
| 3583 |
picayune |
(adj.) Of small value. |
| 3584 |
piccolo |
(n.) A small flute. |
| 3585 |
piece |
(n.) A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass. |
| 3586 |
piecemeal |
(adv.) Gradually. |
| 3587 |
pillage |
(n.) Open robbery, as in war. |
| 3588 |
pillory |
(n.) A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn. |
| 3589 |
pincers |
(n.) An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot. |
| 3590 |
pinchers |
(n.) An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot. |
| 3591 |
pinnacle |
(n.) A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak. |
| 3592 |
pioneer |
(n.) One among the first to explore a country. |
| 3593 |
pious |
(adj.) Religious. |
| 3594 |
pique |
(v.) To excite a slight degree of anger in. |
| 3595 |
piteous |
(adj.) Compassionate. |
| 3596 |
pitiable |
(adj.) Contemptible. |
| 3597 |
pitiful |
(adj.) Wretched. |
| 3598 |
pitiless |
(adj.) Hard-hearted. |
| 3599 |
pittance |
(n.) Any small portion or meager allowance. |
| 3600 |
placate |
(v.) To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness. |
| 3601 |
placid |
(adj.) Serene. |
| 3602 |
plagiarism |
(n.) The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one |
| 3603 |
planisphere |
(n.) A polar projection of the heavens on a chart. |
| 3604 |
plasticity |
(n.) The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed. |
| 3605 |
platitude |
(n.) A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace. |
| 3606 |
plaudit |
(n.) An expression of applause. |
| 3607 |
plausible |
(adj.) Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt. |
| 3608 |
playful |
(adj.) Frolicsome. |
| 3609 |
playwright |
(n.) A maker of plays for the stage. |
| 3610 |
plea |
(n.) An argument to obtain some desired action. |
| 3611 |
pleasant |
(adj.) Agreeable. |
| 3612 |
pleasurable |
(adj.) Affording gratification. |
| 3613 |
plebeian |
(adj.) Common. |
| 3614 |
pledgee |
(n.) The person to whom anything is pledged. |
| 3615 |
pledgeor |
(n.) One who gives a pledge. |
| 3616 |
plenary |
(adj.) Entire. |
| 3617 |
plenipotentiary |
(n.) A person fully empowered to transact any business. |
| 3618 |
plenitude |
(n.) Abundance. |
| 3619 |
plenteous |
(adj.) Abundant. |
| 3620 |
plumb |
(n.) A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something. |
| 3621 |
plummet |
(n.) A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical. |
| 3622 |
pluperfect |
(adj.) Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action. |
| 3623 |
plural |
(adj.) Containing or consisting of more than one. |
| 3624 |
plurality |
(n.) A majority. |
| 3625 |
plutocracy |
(n.) A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money. |
| 3626 |
pneumatic |
(adj.) Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas. |
| 3627 |
poesy |
(n.) Poetry. |
| 3628 |
poetaster |
(n.) An inferior poet. |
| 3629 |
poetic |
(adj.) Pertaining to poetry. |
| 3630 |
poetics |
(n.) The rules and principles of poetry. |
| 3631 |
poignancy |
(n.) Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief. |
| 3632 |
poignant |
(adj.) Severely painful or acute to the spirit. |
| 3633 |
poise |
(n.) Equilibrium. |
| 3634 |
polar |
(adj.) Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth. |
| 3635 |
polemics |
(n.) The art of controversy or disputation. |
| 3636 |
pollen |
(n.) The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant. |
| 3637 |
pollute |
(v.) To contaminate. |
| 3638 |
polyarchy |
(n.) Government by several or many persons of what- ever class. |
| 3639 |
polycracy |
(n.) The rule of many. |
| 3640 |
polygamy |
(n.) the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once. |
| 3641 |
polyglot |
(adj.) Speaking several tongues. |
| 3642 |
polygon |
(n.) A figure having many angles. |
| 3643 |
polyhedron |
(n.) A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four. |
| 3644 |
polysyllable |
(adj.) Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables. |
| 3645 |
polytechnic |
(adj.) Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts. |
| 3646 |
polytheism |
(n.) The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one. |
| 3647 |
pommel |
(v.) To beat with something thick or bulky. |
| 3648 |
pomposity |
(n.) The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. |
| 3649 |
pompous |
(adj.) Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. |
| 3650 |
ponder |
(v.) To meditate or reflect upon. |
| 3651 |
ponderous |
(adj.) Unusually weighty or forcible. |
| 3652 |
pontiff |
(n.) The Pope. |
| 3653 |
populace |
(n.) The common people. |
| 3654 |
populous |
(adj.) Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory. |
| 3655 |
portend |
(v.) To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs. |
| 3656 |
portent |
(n.) Anything that indicates what is to happen. |
| 3657 |
portfolio |
(n.) A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc. |
| 3658 |
posit |
(v.) To present in an orderly manner. |
| 3659 |
position |
(n.) The manner in which a thing is placed. |
| 3660 |
positive |
(adj.) Free from doubt or hesitation. |
| 3661 |
posse |
(n.) A force of men. |
| 3662 |
possess |
(v.) To own. |
| 3663 |
possession |
(n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one |
| 3664 |
possessive |
(adj.) Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one |
| 3665 |
possessor |
(n.) One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property. |
| 3666 |
possible |
(adj.) Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural. |
| 3667 |
postdate |
(v.) To make the date of any writing later than the real date. |
| 3668 |
posterior |
(n.) The hinder part. |
| 3669 |
postgraduate |
(adj.) Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree. |
| 3670 |
postscript |
(n.) Something added to a letter after the writer |
| 3671 |
potency |
(n.) Power. |
| 3672 |
potent |
(adj.) Physically powerful. |
| 3673 |
potentate |
(n.) One possessed of great power or sway. |
| 3674 |
potential |
(n.) Anything that may be possible. |
| 3675 |
potion |
(n.) A dose of liquid medicine. |
| 3676 |
powerless |
(adj.) Impotent. |
| 3677 |
practicable |
(adj.) Feasible. |
| 3678 |
prate |
(v.) To talk about vainly or foolishly. |
| 3679 |
prattle |
(v.) To utter in simple or childish talk. |
| 3680 |
preamble |
(n.) A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows. |
| 3681 |
precarious |
(adj.) Perilous. |
| 3682 |
precaution |
(n.) A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger. |
| 3683 |
precede |
(v.) To happen first. |
| 3684 |
precedence |
(n.) Priority in place, time, or rank. |
| 3685 |
precedent |
(n.) An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. |
| 3686 |
precedential |
(adj.) Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. |
| 3687 |
precession |
(n.) The act of going forward. |
| 3688 |
precipice |
(n.) A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff. |
| 3689 |
precipitant |
(adj.) Moving onward quickly and heedlessly. |
| 3690 |
precipitate |
(v.) To force forward prematurely. |
| 3691 |
precise |
(adj.) Exact. |
| 3692 |
precision |
(n.) Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment. |
| 3693 |
preclude |
(v.) To prevent. |
| 3694 |
precocious |
(adj.) Having the mental faculties prematurely developed. |
| 3695 |
precursor |
(n.) A forerunner or herald. |
| 3696 |
predatory |
(adj.) Prone to pillaging. |
| 3697 |
predecessor |
(n.) An incumbent of a given office previous to another. |
| 3698 |
predicament |
(n.) A difficult, trying situation or plight. |
| 3699 |
predicate |
(v.) To state as belonging to something. |
| 3700 |
predict |
(v.) To foretell. |
| 3701 |
prediction |
(n.) A prophecy. |
| 3702 |
predominance |
(n.) Ascendancy or preponderance. |
| 3703 |
predominant |
(adj.) Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree. |
| 3704 |
predominate |
(v.) To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree. |
| 3705 |
preeminence |
(n.) Special eminence. |
| 3706 |
preempt |
(v.) To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land. |
| 3707 |
preemption |
(n.) The right or act of purchasing before others. |
| 3708 |
preengage |
(v.) To preoccupy. |
| 3709 |
preestablish |
(v.) To settle or arrange beforehand. |
| 3710 |
preexist |
(v.) To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else. |
| 3711 |
preexistence |
(n.) Existence antecedent to something. |
| 3712 |
preface |
(n.) A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book. |
| 3713 |
prefatory |
(adj.) Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book. |
| 3714 |
prefer |
(v.) To hold in higher estimation. |
| 3715 |
preferable |
(adj.) More desirable than others. |
| 3716 |
preference |
(n.) An object of favor or choice. |
| 3717 |
preferential |
(adj.) Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority. |
| 3718 |
preferment |
(n.) Preference. |
| 3719 |
prefix |
(v.) To attach at the beginning. |
| 3720 |
prehensible |
(adj.) Capable of being grasped. |
| 3721 |
prehensile |
(adj.) Adapted for grasping or holding. |
| 3722 |
prehension |
(n.) The act of laying hold of or grasping. |
| 3723 |
prejudice |
(n.) A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts. |
| 3724 |
prelacy |
(n.) A system of church government. |
| 3725 |
prelate |
(n.) One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy. |
| 3726 |
prelude |
(n.) An introductory or opening performance. |
| 3727 |
premature |
(adj.) Coming too soon. |
| 3728 |
premier |
(adj.) First in rank or position. |
| 3729 |
premise |
(n.) A judgment as a conclusion. |
| 3730 |
premonition |
(n.) Foreboding. |
| 3731 |
preoccupation |
(n.) The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied. |
| 3732 |
preoccupy |
(v.) To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects. |
| 3733 |
preordain |
(v.) To foreordain. |
| 3734 |
preparation |
(n.) An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event. |
| 3735 |
preparatory |
(adj.) Having to do with what is preliminary. |
| 3736 |
preponderant |
(adj.) Prevalent. |
| 3737 |
preponderate |
(v.) To exceed in influence or power. |
| 3738 |
prepossession |
(n.) A preconceived liking. |
| 3739 |
preposterous |
(adj.) Utterly ridiculous or absurd. |
| 3740 |
prerogative |
(adj.) Having superior rank or precedence. |
| 3741 |
presage |
(v.) To foretell. |
| 3742 |
prescience |
(n.) Knowledge of events before they take place. |
| 3743 |
prescient |
(adj.) Foreknowing. |
| 3744 |
prescript |
(adj.) Prescribed as a rule or model. |
| 3745 |
prescriptible |
(adj.) Derived from authoritative direction. |
| 3746 |
prescription |
(n.) An authoritative direction. |
| 3747 |
presentient |
(adj.) Perceiving or feeling beforehand. |
| 3748 |
presentiment |
(n.) Foreboding. |
| 3749 |
presentment |
(n.) Semblance. |
| 3750 |
preservation |
(n.) Conservation. |
| 3751 |
presumption |
(n.) That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved. |
| 3752 |
presumptuous |
(adj.) Assuming too much. |
| 3753 |
pretension |
(n.) A bold or presumptuous assertion. |
| 3754 |
pretentious |
(adj.) Marked by pretense, conceit, or display. |
| 3755 |
preternatural |
(adj.) Extraordinary. |
| 3756 |
pretext |
(n.) A fictitious reason or motive. |
| 3757 |
prevalence |
(n.) Frequency. |
| 3758 |
prevalent |
(adj.) Of wide extent or frequent occurrence. |
| 3759 |
prevaricate |
(v.) To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention. |
| 3760 |
prevention |
(n.) Thwarting. |
| 3761 |
prickle |
(v.) To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points. |
| 3762 |
priggish |
(adj.) Conceited. |
| 3763 |
prim |
(adj.) Stiffly proper. |
| 3764 |
prima |
(adj.) First. |
| 3765 |
primer |
(n.) An elementary reading-book for children. |
| 3766 |
primeval |
(adj.) Belonging to the first ages. |
| 3767 |
primitive |
(adj.) Pertaining to the beginning or early times. |
| 3768 |
principal |
(adj.) Most important. |
| 3769 |
principality |
(n.) The territory of a reigning prince. |
| 3770 |
principle |
(n.) A general truth or proposition. |
| 3771 |
priory |
(n.) A monastic house. |
| 3772 |
pristine |
(adj.) Primitive. |
| 3773 |
privateer |
(n.) A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war. |
| 3774 |
privilege |
(n.) A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions. |
| 3775 |
privity |
(n.) Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter. |
| 3776 |
privy |
(adj.) Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction. |
| 3777 |
probate |
(adj.) Relating to making proof, as of a will. |
| 3778 |
probation |
(n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like. |
| 3779 |
probe |
(v.) To search through and through. |
| 3780 |
probity |
(n.) Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. |
| 3781 |
procedure |
(n.) A manner or method of acting. |
| 3782 |
proceed |
(v.) To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption. |
| 3783 |
proclamation |
(n.) Any announcement made in a public manner. |
| 3784 |
procrastinate |
(v.) To put off till tomorrow or till a future time. |
| 3785 |
procrastination |
(n.) Delay. |
| 3786 |
proctor |
(n.) An agent acting for another. |
| 3787 |
prodigal |
(n.) One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property. |
| 3788 |
prodigious |
(adj.) Immense. |
| 3789 |
prodigy |
(n.) A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities. |
| 3790 |
productive |
(adj.) Yielding in abundance. |
| 3791 |
profession |
(n.) Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines. |
| 3792 |
professor |
(n.) A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college. |
| 3793 |
proffer |
(v.) To offer to another for acceptance. |
| 3794 |
proficiency |
(n.) An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science. |
| 3795 |
proficient |
(adj.) Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry. |
| 3796 |
profile |
(n.) An outline or contour. |
| 3797 |
profiteer |
(n.) One who profits. |
| 3798 |
profligacy |
(n.) Shameless viciousness. |
| 3799 |
profligate |
(adj.) Abandoned to vice. |
| 3800 |
profuse |
(adj.) Produced or displayed in overabundance. |
| 3801 |
progeny |
(n.) Offspring. |
| 3802 |
progression |
(n.) A moving forward or proceeding in course. |
| 3803 |
prohibition |
(n.) A decree or an order forbidding something. |
| 3804 |
prohibitionist |
(n.) One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. |
| 3805 |
prohibitory |
(adj.) Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
| 3806 |
projection |
(n.) A prominence. |
| 3807 |
proletarian |
(n.) A person of the lowest or poorest class. |
| 3808 |
prolific |
(adj.) Producing offspring or fruit. |
| 3809 |
prolix |
(adj.) Verbose. |
| 3810 |
prologue |
(n.) A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance. |
| 3811 |
prolong |
(v.) To extend in time or duration. |
| 3812 |
promenade |
(v.) To walk for amusement or exercise. |
| 3813 |
prominence |
(n.) The quality of being noticeable or distinguished. |
| 3814 |
prominent |
(adj.) Conspicuous in position, character, or importance. |
| 3815 |
promiscuous |
(adj.) Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex). |
| 3816 |
promissory |
(adj.) Expressing an engagement to pay. |
| 3817 |
promontory |
(n.) A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea. |
| 3818 |
promoter |
(n.) A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager. |
| 3819 |
promulgate |
(v.) To proclaim. |
| 3820 |
propaganda |
(n.) Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system. |
| 3821 |
propagate |
(v.) To spread abroad or from person to person. |
| 3822 |
propel |
(v.) To drive or urge forward. |
| 3823 |
propellant |
(adj.) Propelling. |
| 3824 |
propeller |
(n.) One who or that which propels. |
| 3825 |
prophecy |
(n.) Any prediction or foretelling. |
| 3826 |
prophesy |
(v.) To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance. |
| 3827 |
propitious |
(adj.) Kindly disposed. |
| 3828 |
proportionate |
(adj.) Being in proportion. |
| 3829 |
propriety |
(n.) Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles. |
| 3830 |
propulsion |
(n.) A driving onward or forward. |
| 3831 |
prosaic |
(adj.) Unimaginative. |
| 3832 |
proscenium |
(n.) That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra. |
| 3833 |
proscribe |
(v.) To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation. |
| 3834 |
proscription |
(n.) Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege. |
| 3835 |
proselyte |
(n.) One who has been won over from one religious belief to another. |
| 3836 |
prosody |
(n.) The science of poetical forms. |
| 3837 |
prospector |
(n.) One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals. |
| 3838 |
prospectus |
(n.) A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking. |
| 3839 |
prostrate |
(adj.) Lying prone, or with the head to the ground. |
| 3840 |
protagonist |
(n.) A leader in any enterprise or contest. |
| 3841 |
protection |
(n.) Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil. |
| 3842 |
protective |
(adj.) Sheltering. |
| 3843 |
protector |
(n.) A defender. |
| 3844 |
protege |
(n.) One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person. |
| 3845 |
Protestant |
(n.) A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment. |
| 3846 |
protocol |
(n.) A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty. |
| 3847 |
protomartyr |
(n.) The earliest victim in any cause. |
| 3848 |
protoplasm |
(n.) The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell. |
| 3849 |
prototype |
(n.) A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit. |
| 3850 |
protract |
(v.) To prolong. |
| 3851 |
protrude |
(v.) To push out or thrust forth. |
| 3852 |
protrusion |
(n.) The act of protruding. |
| 3853 |
protuberance |
(n.) Something that swells out from a surrounding surface. |
| 3854 |
protuberant |
(adj.) Bulging. |
| 3855 |
protuberate |
(v.) To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface. |
| 3856 |
proverb |
(n.) A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience. |
| 3857 |
provident |
(adj.) Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies. |
| 3858 |
providential |
(adj.) Effected by divine guidance. |
| 3859 |
provincial |
(adj.) Uncultured in thought and manner. |
| 3860 |
proviso |
(n.) A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional. |
| 3861 |
provocation |
(n.) An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment. |
| 3862 |
prowess |
(n.) Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle. |
| 3863 |
proximately |
(adv.) Immediately. |
| 3864 |
proxy |
(n.) A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter. |
| 3865 |
prudence |
(n.) Caution. |
| 3866 |
prudential |
(adj.) Proceeding or marked by caution. |
| 3867 |
prudery |
(n.) An undue display of modesty or delicacy. |
| 3868 |
prurient |
(adj.) Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires. |
| 3869 |
pseudapostle |
(n.) A pretended or false apostle. |
| 3870 |
pseudonym |
(n.) A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer. |
| 3871 |
pseudonymity |
(n.) The state or character of using a fictitious name. |
| 3872 |
psychiatry |
(n.) The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease. |
| 3873 |
psychic |
(adj.) Pertaining to the mind or soul. |
| 3874 |
psychopathic |
(adj.) Morally irresponsible. |
| 3875 |
psychotherapy |
(n.) The treatment of mental disease. |
| 3876 |
pudgy |
(adj.) Small and fat. |
| 3877 |
puerile |
(adj.) Childish. |
| 3878 |
pugnacious |
(adj.) Quarrelsome. |
| 3879 |
puissant |
(adj.) Possessing strength. |
| 3880 |
pulmonary |
(adj.) Pertaining to the lungs. |
| 3881 |
punctilious |
(adj.) Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom. |
| 3882 |
punctual |
(adj.) Observant and exact in points of time. |
| 3883 |
pungency |
(n.) The quality of affecting the sense of smell. |
| 3884 |
pungent |
(adj.) Affecting the sense of smell. |
| 3885 |
punitive |
(adj.) Pertaining to punishment. |
| 3886 |
pupilage |
(n.) The state or period of being a student. |
| 3887 |
purgatory |
(n.) An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering. |
| 3888 |
purl |
(v.) To cause to whirl, as in an eddy. |
| 3889 |
purloin |
(v.) To steal. |
| 3890 |
purport |
(n.) Intent. |
| 3891 |
purveyor |
(n.) one who supplies |
| 3892 |
pusillanimous |
(adj.) Without spirit or bravery. |
| 3893 |
putrescent |
(adj.) Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors. |
| 3894 |
pyre |
(n.) A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body. |
| 3895 |
pyromania |
(n.) An insane propensity to set things on fire. |
| 3896 |
pyrotechnic |
(adj.) Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture. |
| 3897 |
pyx |
(n.) A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved. |
| 3898 |
quackery |
(n.) Charlatanry |
| 3899 |
quadrate |
(v.) To divide into quarters. |
| 3900 |
quadruple |
(v.) To multiply by four. |
| 3901 |
qualification |
(n.) A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege. |
| 3902 |
qualify |
(v.) To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions. |
| 3903 |
qualm |
(n.) A fit of nausea. |
| 3904 |
quandary |
(n.) A puzzling predicament. |
| 3905 |
quantity |
(n.) Magnitude. |
| 3906 |
quarantine |
(n.) The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease. |
| 3907 |
quarrelsome |
(adj.) Irascible. |
| 3908 |
quarter |
(n.) One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided. |
| 3909 |
quarterly |
(adj.) Occurring or made at intervals of three months. |
| 3910 |
quartet |
(n.) A composition for four voices or four instruments. |
| 3911 |
quarto |
(n.) An eight-page newspaper of any size. |
| 3912 |
quay |
(n.) A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it. |
| 3913 |
querulous |
(adj.) Habitually complaining. |
| 3914 |
query |
(v.) To make inquiry. |
| 3915 |
queue |
(n.) A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance. |
| 3916 |
quibble |
(n.) An utterly trivial distinction or objection. |
| 3917 |
quiescence |
(n.) Quiet. |
| 3918 |
quiescent |
(adj.) Being in a state of repose or inaction. |
| 3919 |
quiet |
(adj.) Making no noise. |
| 3920 |
quietus |
(n.) A silencing, suppressing, or ending. |
| 3921 |
quintessence |
(n.) The most essential part of anything. |
| 3922 |
quintet |
(n.) Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments. |
| 3923 |
quite |
(adv.) Fully. |
| 3924 |
Quixotic |
(adj.) Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree. |
| 3925 |
rabid |
(adj.) Affected with rabies or hydrophobia. |
| 3926 |
racy |
(adj.) Exciting or exhilarating to the mind. |
| 3927 |
radiance |
(n.) Brilliant or sparkling luster. |
| 3928 |
radiate |
(v.) To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus. |
| 3929 |
radical |
(n.) One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures. |
| 3930 |
radix |
(n.) That from or on which something is developed. |
| 3931 |
raillery |
(n.) Good-humored satire. |
| 3932 |
ramify |
(v.) To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions. |
| 3933 |
ramose |
(adj.) Branch-like. |
| 3934 |
rampant |
(adj.) Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint. |
| 3935 |
rampart |
(n.) A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry. |
| 3936 |
rancor |
(n.) Malice. |
| 3937 |
rankle |
(v.) To produce irritation or festering. |
| 3938 |
rapacious |
(adj.) Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods. |
| 3939 |
rapid |
(adj.) Having great speed. |
| 3940 |
rapine |
(n.) The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war. |
| 3941 |
rapt |
(adj.) Enraptured. |
| 3942 |
raptorial |
(adj.) Seizing and devouring living prey. |
| 3943 |
ration |
(v.) To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food. |
| 3944 |
rationalism |
(n.) The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority. |
| 3945 |
raucous |
(adj.) Harsh. |
| 3946 |
ravage |
(v.) To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods. |
| 3947 |
ravenous |
(adj.) Furiously voracious or hungry. |
| 3948 |
ravine |
(n.) A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water. |
| 3949 |
reaction |
(n.) Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation. |
| 3950 |
reactionary |
(adj.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction. |
| 3951 |
readily |
(adv.) Without objection or reluctance. |
| 3952 |
readjust |
(v.) To put in order after disarrangement. |
| 3953 |
ready |
(adj.) In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion. |
| 3954 |
realism |
(n.) The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist. |
| 3955 |
rearrange |
(v.) To arrange again or in a different order. |
| 3956 |
reassure |
(v.) To give new confidence. |
| 3957 |
rebellious |
(adj.) Insubordinate. |
| 3958 |
rebuff |
(n.) A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches. |
| 3959 |
rebuild |
(v.) To build again or anew. |
| 3960 |
rebut |
(v.) To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer. |
| 3961 |
recant |
(v.) To withdraw formally one |
| 3962 |
recapitulate |
(v.) To repeat again the principal points of. |
| 3963 |
recapture |
(v.) To capture again. |
| 3964 |
recede |
(v.) To move back or away. |
| 3965 |
receivable |
(adj.) Capable of being or fit to be received - often money. |
| 3966 |
receptive |
(adj.) Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions. |
| 3967 |
recessive |
(adj.) Having a tendency to go back. |
| 3968 |
recidivist |
(n.) A confirmed criminal. |
| 3969 |
reciprocal |
(adj.) Mutually interchangeable or convertible. |
| 3970 |
reciprocate |
(v.) To give and take mutually. |
| 3971 |
reciprocity |
(n.) Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed. |
| 3972 |
recitation |
(n.) The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory. |
| 3973 |
reck |
(v.) To have a care or thought for. |
| 3974 |
reckless |
(adj.) Foolishly headless of danger. |
| 3975 |
reclaim |
(v.) To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of. |
| 3976 |
recline |
(v.) To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position. |
| 3977 |
recluse |
(n.) One who lives in retirement or seclusion. |
| 3978 |
reclusory |
(n.) A hermitage. |
| 3979 |
recognizance |
(n.) An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act. |
| 3980 |
recognize |
(v.) To recall the identity of (a person or thing). |
| 3981 |
recoil |
(v.) To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread. |
| 3982 |
recollect |
(v.) To recall the knowledge of. |
| 3983 |
reconcilable |
(adj.) Capable of being adjusted or harmonized. |
| 3984 |
reconnoiter |
(v.) To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes. |
| 3985 |
reconsider |
(v.) To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action. |
| 3986 |
reconstruct |
(v.) To rebuild. |
| 3987 |
recourse |
(n.) Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble. |
| 3988 |
recover |
(v.) To regain. |
| 3989 |
recreant |
(n.) A cowardly or faithless person. |
| 3990 |
recreate |
(v.) To refresh after labor. |
| 3991 |
recrudescence |
(n.) The state of becoming raw or sore again. |
| 3992 |
recrudescent |
(adj.) Becoming raw or sore again. |
| 3993 |
recruit |
(v.) To enlist men for military or naval service. |
| 3994 |
rectify |
(v.) To correct. |
| 3995 |
rectitude |
(n.) The quality of being upright in principles and conduct. |
| 3996 |
recuperate |
(v.) To recover. |
| 3997 |
recur |
(v.) To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals. |
| 3998 |
recure |
(v.) To cure again. |
| 3999 |
recurrent |
(adj.) Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals. |
| 4000 |
redemption |
(n.) The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt. |
| 4001 |
redolence |
(n.) Smelling sweet and agreeable. |
| 4002 |
redolent |
(adj.) Smelling sweet and agreeable. |
| 4003 |
redoubtable |
(adj.) Formidable. |
| 4004 |
redound |
(n.) Rebound. |
| 4005 |
redress |
(v.) To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer. |
| 4006 |
reducible |
(adj.) That may be reduced. |
| 4007 |
redundance |
(n.) Excess. |
| 4008 |
redundant |
(adj.) Constituting an excess. |
| 4009 |
reestablish |
(v.) To restore. |
| 4010 |
refer |
(v.) To direct or send for information or other purpose. |
| 4011 |
referable |
(adj.) Ascribable. |
| 4012 |
referee |
(n.) An umpire. |
| 4013 |
referrer |
(n.) One who refers. |
| 4014 |
refinery |
(n.) A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified. |
| 4015 |
reflectible |
(adj.) Capable of being turned back. |
| 4016 |
reflection |
(n.) The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves. |
| 4017 |
reflector |
(n.) A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction. |
| 4018 |
reflexible |
(adj.) Capable of being reflected. |
| 4019 |
reform |
(n.) Change for the better. |
| 4020 |
reformer |
(n.) One who carries out a reform. |
| 4021 |
refract |
(v.) To bend or turn from a direct course. |
| 4022 |
refractory |
(adj.) Not amenable to control. |
| 4023 |
refragable |
(adj.) Capable of being refuted. |
| 4024 |
refringency |
(n.) Power to refract. |
| 4025 |
refringent |
(adj.) Having the power to refract. |
| 4026 |
refusal |
(n.) Denial of what is asked. |
| 4027 |
refute |
(v.) To prove to be wrong. |
| 4028 |
regale |
(v.) To give unusual pleasure. |
| 4029 |
regalia |
(n.) pl. The emblems of royalty. |
| 4030 |
regality |
(n.) Royalty. |
| 4031 |
regenerate |
(v.) To reproduce. |
| 4032 |
regent |
(n.) One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler. |
| 4033 |
regicide |
(n.) The killing of a king or sovereign. |
| 4034 |
regime |
(n.) Particular conduct or administration of affairs. |
| 4035 |
regimen |
(n.) A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits. |
| 4036 |
regiment |
(n.) A body of soldiers. |
| 4037 |
regnant |
(adj.) Exercising royal authority in one |
| 4038 |
regress |
(v.) To return to a former place or condition. |
| 4039 |
regretful |
(adj.) Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret. |
| 4040 |
rehabilitate |
(v.) To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege. |
| 4041 |
reign |
(v.) To hold and exercise sovereign power. |
| 4042 |
reimburse |
(v.) To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended. |
| 4043 |
rein |
(n.) A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal. |
| 4044 |
reinstate |
(v.) To restore to a former state, station, or authority. |
| 4045 |
reiterate |
(v.) To say or do again and again. |
| 4046 |
rejoin |
(v.) To reunite after separation. |
| 4047 |
rejuvenate |
(v.) To restore to youth. |
| 4048 |
rejuvenescence |
(n.) A renewal of youth. |
| 4049 |
relapse |
(v.) To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery. |
| 4050 |
relegate |
(v.) To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination. |
| 4051 |
relent |
(v.) To yield. |
| 4052 |
relevant |
(adj.) Bearing upon the matter in hand. |
| 4053 |
reliance |
(n.) Dependence. |
| 4054 |
reliant |
(adj.) Having confidence. |
| 4055 |
relinquish |
(v.) To give up using or having. |
| 4056 |
reliquary |
(n.) A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept. |
| 4057 |
relish |
(v.) To like the taste or savor of. |
| 4058 |
reluctance |
(n.) Unwillingness. |
| 4059 |
reluctant |
(adj.) Unwilling. |
| 4060 |
remembrance |
(n.) Recollection. |
| 4061 |
reminiscence |
(n.) The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience. |
| 4062 |
reminiscent |
(adj.) Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest. |
| 4063 |
remiss |
(adj.) Negligent. |
| 4064 |
remission |
(n.) Temporary diminution of a disease. |
| 4065 |
remodel |
(v.) Reconstruct. |
| 4066 |
remonstrance |
(n.) Reproof. |
| 4067 |
remonstrant |
(adj.) Having the character of a reproof. |
| 4068 |
remonstrate |
(v.) To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong. |
| 4069 |
remunerate |
(v.) To pay or pay for. |
| 4070 |
remuneration |
(n.) Compensation. |
| 4071 |
Renaissance |
(n.) The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time. |
| 4072 |
rendezvous |
(n.) A prearranged place of meeting. |
| 4073 |
rendition |
(n.) Interpretation. |
| 4074 |
renovate |
(v.) To restore after deterioration, as a building. |
| 4075 |
renunciation |
(n.) An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege. |
| 4076 |
reorganize |
(v.) To change to a more satisfactory form of organization. |
| 4077 |
reparable |
(adj.) Capable of repair. |
| 4078 |
reparation |
(n.) The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong. |
| 4079 |
repartee |
(n.) A ready, witty, or apt reply. |
| 4080 |
repeal |
(v.) To render of no further effect. |
| 4081 |
repel |
(v.) To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally. |
| 4082 |
repellent |
(adj.) Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally. |
| 4083 |
repentance |
(n.) Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong. |
| 4084 |
repertory |
(n.) A place where things are stored or gathered together. |
| 4085 |
repetition |
(n.) The act of repeating. |
| 4086 |
repine |
(v.) To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding. |
| 4087 |
replenish |
(v.) To fill again, as something that has been emptied. |
| 4088 |
replete |
(adj.) Full to the uttermost. |
| 4089 |
replica |
(n.) A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original. |
| 4090 |
repository |
(n.) A place in which goods are stored. |
| 4091 |
reprehend |
(v.) To find fault with. |
| 4092 |
reprehensible |
(adj.) Censurable. |
| 4093 |
reprehension |
(n.) Expression of blame. |
| 4094 |
repress |
(v.) To keep under restraint or control. |
| 4095 |
repressible |
(adj.) Able to be kept under restraint or control. |
| 4096 |
reprieve |
(v.) To grant a respite from punishment to. |
| 4097 |
reprimand |
(v.) To chide or rebuke for a fault. |
| 4098 |
reprisal |
(n.) Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy. |
| 4099 |
reprobate |
(n.) One abandoned to depravity and sin. |
| 4100 |
reproduce |
(v.) To make a copy of. |
| 4101 |
reproduction |
(n.) The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind. |
| 4102 |
reproof |
(n.) An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured. |
| 4103 |
repudiate |
(v.) To refuse to have anything to do with. |
| 4104 |
repugnance |
(n.) Thorough dislike. |
| 4105 |
repugnant |
(adj.) Offensive to taste and feeling. |
| 4106 |
repulse |
(n.) The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy. |
| 4107 |
repulsive |
(adj.) Grossly offensive. |
| 4108 |
repute |
(v.) To hold in general opinion. |
| 4109 |
requiem |
(n.) A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead. |
| 4110 |
requisite |
(adj.) Necessary. |
| 4111 |
requital |
(n.) Adequate return for good or ill. |
| 4112 |
requite |
(v.) To repay either good or evil to, as to a person. |
| 4113 |
rescind |
(v.) To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority. |
| 4114 |
reseat |
(v.) To place in position of office again. |
| 4115 |
resemblance |
(n.) Similarity in quality or form. |
| 4116 |
resent |
(v.) To be indignant at, as an injury or insult. |
| 4117 |
reservoir |
(n.) A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept. |
| 4118 |
residue |
(n.) A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated. |
| 4119 |
resilience |
(n.) The power of springing back to a former position |
| 4120 |
resilient |
(adj.) Having the quality of springing back to a former position. |
| 4121 |
resistance |
(n.) The exertion of opposite effort or effect. |
| 4122 |
resistant |
(adj.) Offering or tending to produce resistance. |
| 4123 |
resistive |
(adj.) Having or exercising the power of resistance. |
| 4124 |
resistless |
(adj.) Powerless. |
| 4125 |
resonance |
(n.) The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. (adj.) Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. |
| 4126 |
resonate |
(v.) To have or produce resonance. |
| 4127 |
resource |
(n.) That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support. |
| 4128 |
respite |
(n.) Interval of rest. |
| 4129 |
resplendent |
(adj.) Very bright. |
| 4130 |
respondent |
(adj.) Answering. |
| 4131 |
restitution |
(n.) Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs. |
| 4132 |
resumption |
(n.) The act of taking back, or taking again. |
| 4133 |
resurgent |
(adj.) Surging back or again. |
| 4134 |
resurrection |
(n.) A return from death to life |
| 4135 |
resuscitate |
(v.) To restore from apparent death. |
| 4136 |
retaliate |
(v.) To repay evil with a similar evil. |
| 4137 |
retch |
(v.) To make an effort to vomit. |
| 4138 |
retention |
(n.) The keeping of a thing within one |
| 4139 |
reticence |
(n.) The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. |
| 4140 |
reticent |
(adj.) Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. |
| 4141 |
retinue |
(n.) The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance. |
| 4142 |
retort |
(n.) A retaliatory speech. |
| 4143 |
retouch |
(v.) To modify the details of. |
| 4144 |
retrace |
(v.) To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking. |
| 4145 |
retract |
(v.) To recall or take back (something that one has said). |
| 4146 |
retrench |
(v.) To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity. |
| 4147 |
retrieve |
(v.) To recover something by searching. |
| 4148 |
retroactive |
(adj.) Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities. |
| 4149 |
retrograde |
(v.) To cause to deteriorate or to move backward. |
| 4150 |
retrogression |
(n.) A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction. |
| 4151 |
retrospect |
(n.) A view or contemplation of something past. |
| 4152 |
retrospective |
(adj.) Looking back on the past. |
| 4153 |
reunite |
(v.) To unite or join again, as after separation. |
| 4154 |
revelation |
(n.) A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown. |
| 4155 |
revere |
(v.) To regard with worshipful veneration. |
| 4156 |
reverent |
(adj.) Humble. |
| 4157 |
reversion |
(n.) A return to or toward some former state or condition. |
| 4158 |
revert |
(v.) To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like. |
| 4159 |
revile |
(v.) To heap approach or abuse upon. |
| 4160 |
revisal |
(n.) Revision. |
| 4161 |
revise |
(v.) To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes. |
| 4162 |
revocation |
(n.) Repeal. |
| 4163 |
revoke |
(v.) To rescind. |
| 4164 |
rhapsody |
(n.) Rapt or rapturous utterance. |
| 4165 |
rhetoric |
(n.) The art of discourse. |
| 4166 |
rhetorician |
(n.) A showy writer or speaker. |
| 4167 |
ribald |
(adj.) Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity. |
| 4168 |
riddance |
(n.) The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable. |
| 4169 |
ridicule |
(n.) Looks or acts expressing amused contempt. |
| 4170 |
ridiculous |
(adj.) Laughable and contemptible. |
| 4171 |
rife |
(adj.) Abundant. |
| 4172 |
righteousness |
(n.) Rectitude. |
| 4173 |
rightful |
(adj.) Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage. |
| 4174 |
rigmarole |
(n.) Nonsense. |
| 4175 |
rigor |
(n.) Inflexibility. |
| 4176 |
rigorous |
(adj.) Uncompromising. |
| 4177 |
ripplet |
(n.) A small ripple, as of water. |
| 4178 |
risible |
(adj.) capable of exciting laughter. |
| 4179 |
rivulet |
(n.) A small stream or brook. |
| 4180 |
robust |
(adj.) Characterized by great strength or power of endurance. |
| 4181 |
rondo |
(n.) A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times. |
| 4182 |
rookery |
(n.) A place where crows congregate to breed. |
| 4183 |
rotary |
(adj.) Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus. |
| 4184 |
rotate |
(v.) To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel. |
| 4185 |
rote |
(n.) Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention. |
| 4186 |
rotund |
(adj.) Round from fullness or plumpness. |
| 4187 |
rudimentary |
(adj.) Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development. |
| 4188 |
rue |
(v.) To regret extremely. |
| 4189 |
ruffian |
(adj.) A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow. |
| 4190 |
ruminant |
(adj.) Chewing the cud. |
| 4191 |
ruminate |
(v.) To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated. |
| 4192 |
rupture |
(v.) To separate the parts of by violence. |
| 4193 |
rustic |
(adj.) Characteristic of dwelling in the country. |
| 4194 |
ruth |
(n.) Sorrow for another |
| 4195 |
sacrifice |
(v.) To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar. |
| 4196 |
sacrificial |
(adj.) Offering or offered as an atonement for sin. |
| 4197 |
sacrilege |
(n.) The act of violating or profaning anything sacred. |
| 4198 |
sacrilegious |
(adj.) Impious. |
| 4199 |
safeguard |
(v.) To protect. |
| 4200 |
sagacious |
(adj.) Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception. |
| 4201 |
salacious |
(adj.) Having strong sexual desires. |
| 4202 |
salience |
(n.) The condition of standing out distinctly. |
| 4203 |
salient |
(adj.) Standing out prominently. |
| 4204 |
saline |
(adj.) Constituting or consisting of salt. |
| 4205 |
salutary |
(adj.) Beneficial. |
| 4206 |
salutation |
(n.) Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act. |
| 4207 |
salutatory |
(n.) The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges. |
| 4208 |
salvage |
(n.) Any act of saving property. |
| 4209 |
salvo |
(n.) A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer. |
| 4210 |
sanctimonious |
(adj.) Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety. |
| 4211 |
sanction |
(v.) To approve authoritatively. |
| 4212 |
sanctity |
(n.) Holiness. |
| 4213 |
sanguinary |
(adj.) Bloody. |
| 4214 |
sanguine |
(adj.) Having the color of blood. |
| 4215 |
sanguineous |
(adj.) Consisting of blood. |
| 4216 |
sapid |
(adj.) Affecting the sense of taste. |
| 4217 |
sapience |
(n.) Deep wisdom or knowledge. |
| 4218 |
sapient |
(adj.) Possessing wisdom. |
| 4219 |
sapiential |
(adj.) Possessing wisdom. |
| 4220 |
saponaceous |
(adj.) Having the nature or quality of soap. |
| 4221 |
sarcasm |
(n.) Cutting and reproachful language. |
| 4222 |
sarcophagus |
(n.) A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb. |
| 4223 |
sardonic |
(adj.) Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic. |
| 4224 |
satiate |
(v.) To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of. |
| 4225 |
satire |
(n.) The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices. |
| 4226 |
satiric |
(adj.) Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule. |
| 4227 |
satirize |
(v.) To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit. |
| 4228 |
satyr |
(n.) A very lascivious person. |
| 4229 |
savage |
(n.) A wild and uncivilized human being. |
| 4230 |
savor |
(v.) To perceive by taste or smell. |
| 4231 |
scabbard |
(n.) The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon. |
| 4232 |
scarcity |
(n.) Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands. |
| 4233 |
scholarly |
(adj.) Characteristic of an erudite person. |
| 4234 |
scholastic |
(adj.) Pertaining to education or schools. |
| 4235 |
scintilla |
(n.) The faintest ray. |
| 4236 |
scintillate |
(v.) To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light. |
| 4237 |
scope |
(n.) A range of action or view. |
| 4238 |
scoundrel |
(n.) A man without principle. |
| 4239 |
scribble |
(n.) Hasty, careless writing. |
| 4240 |
scribe |
(n.) One who writes or is skilled in writing. |
| 4241 |
script |
(n.) Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form. |
| 4242 |
Scriptural |
(adj.) Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures. |
| 4243 |
scruple |
(n.) Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty. |
| 4244 |
scrupulous |
(adj.) Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong. |
| 4245 |
scurrilous |
(adj.) Grossly indecent or vulgar. |
| 4246 |
scuttle |
(v.) To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom. |
| 4247 |
scythe |
(n.) A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc. |
| 4248 |
seance |
(n.) A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits. |
| 4249 |
sear |
(v.) To burn on the surface. |
| 4250 |
sebaceous |
(adj.) Pertaining to or appearing like fat. |
| 4251 |
secant |
(adj.) Cutting, especially into two parts. |
| 4252 |
secede |
(v.) To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body. |
| 4253 |
secession |
(n.) Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies. |
| 4254 |
seclude |
(v.) To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others. |
| 4255 |
seclusion |
(n.) Solitude. |
| 4256 |
second-rate |
(adj.) Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc. |
| 4257 |
secondary |
(adj.) Less important or effective than that which is primary. |
| 4258 |
secondly |
(adv.) In the second place in order or succession. |
| 4259 |
secrecy |
(n.) Concealment. |
| 4260 |
secretary |
(n.) One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others. |
| 4261 |
secretive |
(adj.) Having a tendency to conceal. |
| 4262 |
sedate |
(adj.) Even-tempered. |
| 4263 |
sedentary |
(adj.) Involving or requiring much sitting. |
| 4264 |
sediment |
(n.) Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. |
| 4265 |
sedition |
(n.) Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state. |
| 4266 |
seditious |
(adj.) Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state. |
| 4267 |
seduce |
(v.) To entice to surrender chastity. |
| 4268 |
sedulous |
(adj.) Persevering in effort or endeavor. |
| 4269 |
seer |
(n.) A prophet. |
| 4270 |
seethe |
(v.) To be violently excited or agitated. |
| 4271 |
seignior |
(n.) A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir. |
| 4272 |
seismograph |
(n.) An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes. |
| 4273 |
seize |
(v.) To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly. |
| 4274 |
selective |
(adj.) Having the power of choice. |
| 4275 |
self-respect |
(n.) Rational self-esteem. |
| 4276 |
semblance |
(n.) Outward appearance. |
| 4277 |
semiannual |
(adj.) Recurring at intervals of six months. |
| 4278 |
semicircle |
(n.) A half-circle. |
| 4279 |
semicivilized |
(adj.) Half-civilized. |
| 4280 |
semiconscious |
(adj.) Partially conscious. |
| 4281 |
seminar |
(n.) Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher. |
| 4282 |
seminary |
(n.) A special school, as of theology or pedagogics. |
| 4283 |
senile |
(adj.) Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age. |
| 4284 |
sensation |
(n.) A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling. |
| 4285 |
sense |
(n.) The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action. |
| 4286 |
sensibility |
(n.) Power to perceive or feel. |
| 4287 |
sensitive |
(adj.) Easily affected by outside operations or influences. |
| 4288 |
sensorium |
(n.) The sensory apparatus. |
| 4289 |
sensual |
(adj.) Pertaining to the body or the physical senses. |
| 4290 |
sensuous |
(adj.) Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury. |
| 4291 |
sentence |
(n.) A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought. |
| 4292 |
sentience |
(n.) Capacity for sensation or sense-perception. |
| 4293 |
sentient |
(adj.) Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception. |
| 4294 |
sentinel |
(n.) Any guard or watch stationed for protection. |
| 4295 |
separable |
(adj.) Capable of being disjoined or divided. |
| 4296 |
separate |
(v.) To take apart. |
| 4297 |
separatist |
(n.) A seceder. |
| 4298 |
septennial |
(adj.) Recurring every seven years. |
| 4299 |
sepulcher |
(n.) A burial-place. |
| 4300 |
sequacious |
(adj.) Ready to be led. |
| 4301 |
sequel |
(n.) That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened. |
| 4302 |
sequence |
(n.) The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time. |
| 4303 |
sequent |
(adj.) Following in the order of time. |
| 4304 |
sequester |
(v.) To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life. |
| 4305 |
sequestrate |
(v.) To confiscate. |
| 4306 |
sergeant |
(n.) A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal. |
| 4307 |
sergeant-at-arms |
(n.) An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer. |
| 4308 |
sergeant-major |
(n.) The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment. |
| 4309 |
service |
(n.) Any work done for the benefit of another. |
| 4310 |
serviceable |
(adj.) Durable. |
| 4311 |
servitude |
(n.) Slavery. |
| 4312 |
severance |
(n.) Separation. |
| 4313 |
severely |
(adv.) Extremely. |
| 4314 |
sextet |
(n.) A band of six singers or players. |
| 4315 |
sextuple |
(adj.) Multiplied by six. |
| 4316 |
sheer |
(adj.) Absolute. |
| 4317 |
shiftless |
(adj.) Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability. |
| 4318 |
shrewd |
(adj.) Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances. |
| 4319 |
shriek |
(n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror. |
| 4320 |
shrinkage |
(n.) A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension. |
| 4321 |
shrivel |
(v.) To draw or be drawn into wrinkles. |
| 4322 |
shuffle |
(n.) A mixing or changing the order of things. |
| 4323 |
sibilance |
(n.) A hissing sound. |
| 4324 |
sibilant |
(adj.) Made with a hissing sound. |
| 4325 |
sibilate |
(v.) To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s. |
| 4326 |
sidelong |
(adj.) Inclining or tending to one side. |
| 4327 |
sidereal |
(adj.) Pertaining to stars or constellations. |
| 4328 |
siege |
(n.) A beleaguerment. |
| 4329 |
significance |
(n.) Importance. |
| 4330 |
significant |
(adj.) Important, especially as pointing something out. |
| 4331 |
signification |
(n.) The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs. |
| 4332 |
similar |
(adj.) Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else. |
| 4333 |
simile |
(n.) A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself. |
| 4334 |
similitude |
(n.) Similarity. |
| 4335 |
simplify |
(v.) To make less complex or difficult. |
| 4336 |
simulate |
(v.) Imitate. |
| 4337 |
simultaneous |
(adj.) Occurring, done, or existing at the same time. |
| 4338 |
sinecure |
(n.) Any position having emoluments with few or no duties. |
| 4339 |
singe |
(v.) To burn slightly or superficially. |
| 4340 |
sinister |
(adj.) Evil. |
| 4341 |
sinuosity |
(n.) The quality of curving in and out. |
| 4342 |
sinuous |
(adj.) Curving in and out. |
| 4343 |
sinus |
(n.) An opening or cavity. |
| 4344 |
siren |
(n.) A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla. |
| 4345 |
sirocco |
(n.) hot winds from Africa. |
| 4346 |
sisterhood |
(n.) A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow. |
| 4347 |
skeptic |
(n.) One who doubts any statements. |
| 4348 |
skepticism |
(n.) The entertainment of doubt concerning something. |
| 4349 |
skiff |
(n.) Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars. |
| 4350 |
skirmish |
(n.) Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies. |
| 4351 |
sleight |
(n.) A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation. |
| 4352 |
slight |
(adj.) Of a small importance or significance. |
| 4353 |
slothful |
(adj.) Lazy. |
| 4354 |
sluggard |
(n.) A person habitually lazy or idle. |
| 4355 |
sociable |
(adj.) Inclined to seek company. |
| 4356 |
socialism |
(n.) A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society. |
| 4357 |
socialist |
(adj.) One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital. |
| 4358 |
sociology |
(n.) The philosophical study of society. |
| 4359 |
Sol |
(n.) The sun. |
| 4360 |
solace |
(n.) Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity. |
| 4361 |
solar |
(adj.) Pertaining to the sun. |
| 4362 |
solder |
(n.) A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins. |
| 4363 |
soldier |
(n.) A person engaged in military service. |
| 4364 |
solecism |
(n.) Any violation of established rules or customs. |
| 4365 |
solicitor |
(n.) One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney. |
| 4366 |
solicitude |
(n.) Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear. |
| 4367 |
soliloquy |
(n.) A monologue. |
| 4368 |
solstice |
(n.) The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination. |
| 4369 |
soluble |
(adj.) Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid. |
| 4370 |
solvent |
(adj.) Having sufficient funds to pay all debts. |
| 4371 |
somber |
(adj.) Gloomy. |
| 4372 |
somniferous |
(adj.) Tending to produce sleep. |
| 4373 |
somnolence |
(n.) Oppressive drowsiness. |
| 4374 |
somnolent |
(adj.) Sleepy. |
| 4375 |
sonata |
(n.) An instrumental composition. |
| 4376 |
sonnet |
(n.) A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases. |
| 4377 |
sonorous |
(adj.) Resonant. |
| 4378 |
soothsayer |
(n.) One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight. |
| 4379 |
sophism |
(n.) A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive |
| 4380 |
sophistical |
(adj.) Fallacious. |
| 4381 |
sophisticate |
(v.) To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner. |
| 4382 |
sophistry |
(n.) Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive. |
| 4383 |
soprano |
(n.) A woman |
| 4384 |
sorcery |
(n.) Witchcraft. |
| 4385 |
sordid |
(adj.) Of degraded character or nature. |
| 4386 |
souvenir |
(n.) A token of remembrance. |
| 4387 |
sparse |
(adj.) Thinly diffused. |
| 4388 |
Spartan |
(adj.) Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe. |
| 4389 |
spasmodic |
(adj.) Convulsive. |
| 4390 |
specialize |
(v.) To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course. |
| 4391 |
specialty |
(n.) An employment limited to one particular line of work. |
| 4392 |
specie |
(n.) A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal. |
| 4393 |
species |
(n.) A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus. |
| 4394 |
specimen |
(n.) One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class. |
| 4395 |
specious |
(adj.) Plausible. |
| 4396 |
spectator |
(n.) One who beholds or looks on. |
| 4397 |
specter |
(n.) Apparition. |
| 4398 |
spectrum |
(n.) An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy. |
| 4399 |
speculate |
(v.) To pursue inquiries and form conjectures. |
| 4400 |
speculator |
(n.) One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit. |
| 4401 |
sphericity |
(n.) The state or condition of being a sphere. |
| 4402 |
spheroid |
(n.) A body having nearly the form of a sphere. |
| 4403 |
spherometer |
(n.) An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces. |
| 4404 |
spinous |
(adj.) Having spines. |
| 4405 |
spinster |
(n.) A woman who has never been married. |
| 4406 |
spontaneous |
(adj.) Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause. |
| 4407 |
sprightly |
(adj.) Vivacious. |
| 4408 |
spurious |
(adj.) Not genuine. |
| 4409 |
squabble |
(v.) To quarrel. |
| 4410 |
squalid |
(adj.) Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance. |
| 4411 |
squatter |
(n.) One who settles on land without permission or right. |
| 4412 |
stagnant |
(adj.) Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool. |
| 4413 |
stagnate |
(v.) To become dull or inert. |
| 4414 |
stagnation |
(n.) The condition of not flowing or not changing. |
| 4415 |
stagy |
(adj.) Having a theatrical manner. |
| 4416 |
staid |
(adj.) Of a steady and sober character. |
| 4417 |
stallion |
(n.) An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding. |
| 4418 |
stanchion |
(n.) A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall. |
| 4419 |
stanza |
(n.) A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem. |
| 4420 |
statecraft |
(n.) The art of conducting state affairs. |
| 4421 |
static |
(adj.) Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium. |
| 4422 |
statics |
(n.) The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order. |
| 4423 |
stationary |
(adj.) Not moving. |
| 4424 |
statistician |
(n.) One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts. |
| 4425 |
statuesque |
(adj.) Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue. |
| 4426 |
statuette |
(n.) A figurine. |
| 4427 |
stature |
(n.) The natural height of an animal body. |
| 4428 |
statute |
(n.) Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law. |
| 4429 |
stealth |
(n.) A concealed manner of acting. |
| 4430 |
stellar |
(adj.) Pertaining to the stars. |
| 4431 |
steppe |
(n.) One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia. |
| 4432 |
sterling |
(adj.) Genuine. |
| 4433 |
stifle |
(v.) To smother. |
| 4434 |
stigma |
(n.) A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing. |
| 4435 |
stiletto |
(n.) A small dagger. |
| 4436 |
stimulant |
(n.) Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action. |
| 4437 |
stimulate |
(v.) To rouse to activity or to quickened action. |
| 4438 |
stimulus |
(n.) Incentive. |
| 4439 |
stingy |
(adj.) Cheap, unwilling to spend money. |
| 4440 |
stipend |
(n.) A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance. |
| 4441 |
Stoicism |
(n.) The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure. |
| 4442 |
stolid |
(adj.) Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving. |
| 4443 |
strait |
(n.) A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| 4444 |
stratagem |
(n.) Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage. |
| 4445 |
stratum |
(n.) A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material. |
| 4446 |
streamlet |
(n.) Rivulet. |
| 4447 |
stringency |
(n.) Strictness. |
| 4448 |
stringent |
(adj.) Rigid. |
| 4449 |
stripling |
(n.) A mere youth. |
| 4450 |
studious |
(adj.) Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge. |
| 4451 |
stultify |
(v.) To give an appearance of foolishness to. |
| 4452 |
stupendous |
(adj.) Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree. |
| 4453 |
stupor |
(n.) Profound lethargy. |
| 4454 |
suasion |
(n.) The act of persuading. |
| 4455 |
suave |
(adj.) Smooth and pleasant in manner. |
| 4456 |
subacid |
(adj.) Somewhat sharp or biting. |
| 4457 |
subaquatic |
(adj.) Being, formed, or operating under water. |
| 4458 |
subconscious |
(adj.) Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception. |
| 4459 |
subjacent |
(adj.) Situated directly underneath. |
| 4460 |
subjection |
(n.) The act of bringing into a state of submission. |
| 4461 |
subjugate |
(v.) To conquer. |
| 4462 |
subliminal |
(adj.) Being beneath the threshold of consciousness. |
| 4463 |
sublingual |
(adj.) Situated beneath the tongue. |
| 4464 |
submarine |
(adj.) Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea. |
| 4465 |
submerge |
(v.) To place or plunge under water. |
| 4466 |
submergence |
(n.) The act of submerging. |
| 4467 |
submersible |
(adj.) Capable of being put underwater. |
| 4468 |
submersion |
(n.) The act of submerging. |
| 4469 |
submission |
(n.) A yielding to the power or authority of another. |
| 4470 |
submittal |
(n.) The act of submitting. |
| 4471 |
subordinate |
(adj.) Belonging to an inferior order in a classification. |
| 4472 |
subsequent |
(adj.) Following in time. |
| 4473 |
subservience |
(n.) The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another |
| 4474 |
subservient |
(adj.) Servilely following another |
| 4475 |
subside |
(v.) To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity. |
| 4476 |
subsist |
(v.) To be maintained or sustained. |
| 4477 |
subsistence |
(n.) Sustenance. |
| 4478 |
substantive |
(adj.) Solid. |
| 4479 |
subtend |
(v.) To extend opposite to. |
| 4480 |
subterfuge |
(n.) Evasion. |
| 4481 |
subterranean |
(adj.) Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth. |
| 4482 |
subtle |
(adj.) Discriminating. |
| 4483 |
subtrahend |
(n.) That which is to be subtracted. |
| 4484 |
subversion |
(n.) An overthrow, as from the foundation. |
| 4485 |
subvert |
(v.) To bring to ruin. |
| 4486 |
succeed |
(v.) To accomplish what is attempted or intended. |
| 4487 |
success |
(n.) A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted. |
| 4488 |
successful |
(adj.) Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity. |
| 4489 |
successor |
(n.) One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing. |
| 4490 |
succinct |
(adj.) Concise. |
| 4491 |
succulent |
(adj.) Juicy. |
| 4492 |
succumb |
(v.) To cease to resist. |
| 4493 |
sufferance |
(n.) Toleration. |
| 4494 |
sufficiency |
(n.) An ample or adequate supply. |
| 4495 |
suffrage |
(n.) The right or privilege of voting. |
| 4496 |
suffuse |
(v.) To cover or fill the surface of. |
| 4497 |
suggestible |
(adj.) That can be suggested. |
| 4498 |
suggestive |
(adj.) Stimulating to thought or reflection. |
| 4499 |
summary |
(n.) An abstract. |
| 4500 |
sumptuous |
(adj.) Rich and costly. |
| 4501 |
superabundance |
(n.) An excessive amount. |
| 4502 |
superadd |
(v.) To add in addition to what has been added. |
| 4503 |
superannuate |
(v.) To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service. |
| 4504 |
superb |
(adj.) Sumptuously elegant. |
| 4505 |
supercilious |
(adj.) Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. |
| 4506 |
superficial |
(adj.) Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious. |
| 4507 |
superfluity |
(n.) That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed. |
| 4508 |
superfluous |
(adj.) Being more than is needed. |
| 4509 |
superheat |
(v.) To heat to excess. |
| 4510 |
superintend |
(v.) To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
| 4511 |
superintendence |
(n.) Direction and management. |
| 4512 |
superintendent |
(n.) One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
| 4513 |
superlative |
(n.) That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence. |
| 4514 |
supernatural |
(adj.) Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power. |
| 4515 |
supernumerary |
(adj.) Superfluous. |
| 4516 |
supersede |
(v.) To displace. |
| 4517 |
supine |
(adj.) Lying on the back. |
| 4518 |
supplant |
(v.) To take the place of. |
| 4519 |
supple |
(adj.) Easily bent. |
| 4520 |
supplementary |
(adj.) Being an addition to. |
| 4521 |
supplicant |
(n.) One who asks humbly and earnestly. |
| 4522 |
supplicate |
(v.) To beg. |
| 4523 |
supposition |
(n.) Conjecture. |
| 4524 |
suppress |
(v.) To prevent from being disclosed or punished. |
| 4525 |
suppressible |
(adj.) Capable of being suppressed. |
| 4526 |
suppression |
(n.) A forcible putting or keeping down. |
| 4527 |
supramundane |
(adj.) Supernatural. |
| 4528 |
surcharge |
(n.) An additional amount charged. |
| 4529 |
surety |
(n.) Security for payment or performance. |
| 4530 |
surfeit |
(v.) To feed to fullness or to satiety. |
| 4531 |
surmise |
(v.) To conjecture. |
| 4532 |
surmount |
(v.) To overcome by force of will. |
| 4533 |
surreptitious |
(adj.) Clandestine. |
| 4534 |
surrogate |
(n.) One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another. |
| 4535 |
surround |
(v.) To encircle. |
| 4536 |
surveyor |
(n.) A land-measurer. |
| 4537 |
susceptibility |
(n.) A specific capability of feeling or emotion. |
| 4538 |
susceptible |
(adj.) Easily under a specified power or influence. |
| 4539 |
suspense |
(n.) Uncertainty. |
| 4540 |
suspension |
(n.) A hanging from a support. |
| 4541 |
suspicious |
(adj.) Inclined to doubt or mistrust. |
| 4542 |
sustenance |
(n.) Food. |
| 4543 |
swarthy |
(adj.) Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion. |
| 4544 |
Sybarite |
(n.) A luxurious person. |
| 4545 |
sycophant |
(n.) A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence. |
| 4546 |
syllabic |
(adj.) Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
| 4547 |
syllabication |
(n.) Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
| 4548 |
syllable |
(n.) That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
| 4549 |
syllabus |
(n.) Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise. |
| 4550 |
sylph |
(n.) A slender, graceful young woman or girl. |
| 4551 |
symmetrical |
(adj.) Well-balanced. |
| 4552 |
symmetry |
(n.) Relative proportion and harmony. |
| 4553 |
sympathetic |
(adj.) Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others. |
| 4554 |
sympathize |
(v.) To share the sentiments or mental states of another. |
| 4555 |
symphonic |
(adj.) Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
| 4556 |
symphonious |
(adj.) Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
| 4557 |
symphony |
(n.) A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
| 4558 |
synchronism |
(n.) Simultaneousness. |
| 4559 |
syndicate |
(n.) An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise. |
| 4560 |
syneresis |
(n.) The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e |
| 4561 |
synod |
(n.) An ecclesiastical council. |
| 4562 |
synonym |
(n.) A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other. |
| 4563 |
synopsis |
(n.) A syllabus or summary. |
| 4564 |
systematic |
(adj.) Methodical. |
| 4565 |
tableau |
(n.) An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life. |
| 4566 |
tacit |
(adj.) Understood. |
| 4567 |
taciturn |
(adj.) Disinclined to conversation. |
| 4568 |
tack |
(n.) A small sharp-pointed nail. |
| 4569 |
tact |
(n.) Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing. |
| 4570 |
tactician |
(n.) One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness. |
| 4571 |
tactics |
(n.) Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object. |
| 4572 |
tangency |
(n.) The state of touching. |
| 4573 |
tangent |
(adj.) Touching. |
| 4574 |
tangible |
(adj.) Perceptible by touch. |
| 4575 |
tannery |
(n.) A place where leather is tanned. |
| 4576 |
tantalize |
(v.) To tease. |
| 4577 |
tantamount |
(adj.) Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import. |
| 4578 |
tapestry |
(n.) A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings. |
| 4579 |
tarnish |
(v.) To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way. |
| 4580 |
taut |
(adj.) Stretched tight. |
| 4581 |
taxation |
(n.) A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution. |
| 4582 |
taxidermy |
(n.) The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them. |
| 4583 |
technic |
(adj.) Technical. |
| 4584 |
technicality |
(n.) Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like. |
| 4585 |
technique |
(n.) Manner of performance. |
| 4586 |
technography |
(n.) The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development. |
| 4587 |
technology |
(n.) The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures. |
| 4588 |
teem |
(v.) To be full to overflowing. |
| 4589 |
telepathy |
(n.) Thought-transference. |
| 4590 |
telephony |
(n.) The art or process of communicating by telephone. |
| 4591 |
telescope |
(v.) To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass. |
| 4592 |
telltale |
(adj.) That gives warning or information. |
| 4593 |
temerity |
(n.) Recklessness. |
| 4594 |
temporal |
(adj.) Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. |
| 4595 |
temporary |
(adj.) Lasting for a short time only. |
| 4596 |
temporize |
(v.) To pursue a policy of delay. |
| 4597 |
tempt |
(v.) To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. |
| 4598 |
tempter |
(n.) An allurer or enticer to evil. |
| 4599 |
tenacious |
(adj.) Unyielding. |
| 4600 |
tenant |
(n.) An occupant. |
| 4601 |
tendency |
(n.) Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. |
| 4602 |
tenet |
(n.) Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true. |
| 4603 |
tenor |
(n.) A settled course or manner of progress. |
| 4604 |
tense |
(adj.) Strained to stiffness. |
| 4605 |
tentative |
(adj.) Done as an experiment. |
| 4606 |
tenure |
(n.) The term during which a thing is held. |
| 4607 |
tercentenary |
(adj.) Pertaining to a period of 300 years. |
| 4608 |
termagant |
(adj.) Violently abusive and quarrelsome. |
| 4609 |
terminal |
(adj.) Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. |
| 4610 |
terminate |
(v.) To put an end or stop to. |
| 4611 |
termination |
(n.) The act of ending or concluding. |
| 4612 |
terminus |
(n.) The final point or goal. |
| 4613 |
terrify |
(v.) To fill with extreme fear. |
| 4614 |
territorial |
(adj.) Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. |
| 4615 |
terse |
(adj.) Pithy. |
| 4616 |
testament |
(n.) A will. |
| 4617 |
testator |
(n.) The maker of a will. |
| 4618 |
testimonial |
(n.) A formal token of regard, often presented in public. |
| 4619 |
thearchy |
(n.) Government by a supreme deity. |
| 4620 |
theism |
(n.) Belief in God. |
| 4621 |
theocracy |
(n.) A government administered by ecclesiastics. |
| 4622 |
theocrasy |
(n.) The mixed worship of polytheism. |
| 4623 |
theologian |
(n.) A professor of divinity. |
| 4624 |
theological |
(adj.) Based on or growing out of divine revelation. |
| 4625 |
theology |
(n.) The branch of theological science that treats of God. |
| 4626 |
theoretical |
(adj.) Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications. |
| 4627 |
theorist |
(n.) One given to speculating. |
| 4628 |
theorize |
(v.) To speculate. |
| 4629 |
thereabout |
(adv.) Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. |
| 4630 |
therefor |
(adv.) For that or this. |
| 4631 |
thermal |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to heat. |
| 4632 |
thermoelectric |
(adj.) Denoting electricity produced by heat. |
| 4633 |
thermoelectricity |
(n.) Electricity generated by differences of temperature, |
| 4634 |
thesis |
(n.) An essay or treatise on a particular subject. |
| 4635 |
thoroughbred |
(adj.) Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. |
| 4636 |
thoroughfare |
(n.) A public street or road. |
| 4637 |
thrall |
(n.) One controlled by an appetite or a passion. |
| 4638 |
tilth |
(n.) Cultivation. |
| 4639 |
timbre |
(n.) The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch. |
| 4640 |
timorous |
(adj.) Lacking courage. |
| 4641 |
tincture |
(n.) A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine. |
| 4642 |
tinge |
(n.) A faint trace of color. |
| 4643 |
tipsy |
(adj.) Befuddled with drinks. |
| 4644 |
tirade |
(n.) Harangue. |
| 4645 |
tireless |
(adj.) Untiring. |
| 4646 |
tiresome |
(adj.) Wearisome. |
| 4647 |
Titanic |
(adj.) Of vast size or strength. |
| 4648 |
toilsome |
(adj.) Laborious. |
| 4649 |
tolerable |
(adj.) Moderately good. |
| 4650 |
tolerance |
(n.) Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others. |
| 4651 |
tolerant |
(adj.) Indulgent. |
| 4652 |
tolerate |
(v.) To passively permit or put up with. |
| 4653 |
toleration |
(n.) A spirit of charitable leniency. |
| 4654 |
topography |
(n.) The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy. |
| 4655 |
torpor |
(n.) Apathy. |
| 4656 |
torrid |
(adj.) Excessively hot. |
| 4657 |
tortious |
(adj.) Wrongful. |
| 4658 |
tortuous |
(adj.) Abounding in irregular bends or turns. |
| 4659 |
torturous |
(adj.) Marked by extreme suffering. |
| 4660 |
tractable |
(adj.) Easily led or controlled. |
| 4661 |
trait |
(n.) A distinguishing feature or quality. |
| 4662 |
trajectory |
(n.) The path described by a projectile moving under given forces. |
| 4663 |
trammel |
(n.) An impediment. |
| 4664 |
tranquil |
(adj.) Calm. |
| 4665 |
tranquility |
(n.) Calmness. |
| 4666 |
tranquilize |
(v.) To soothe. |
| 4667 |
transact |
(v.) To do business. |
| 4668 |
transalpine |
(adj.) Situated on the other side of the Alps. |
| 4669 |
transatlantic |
(adj.) Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic. |
| 4670 |
transcend |
(v.) To surpass. |
| 4671 |
transcendent |
(adj.) Surpassing. |
| 4672 |
transcontinental |
(adj.) Extending or passing across a continent. |
| 4673 |
transcribe |
(v.) To write over again (something already written) |
| 4674 |
transcript |
(n.) A copy made directly from an original. |
| 4675 |
transfer |
(v.) To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another. |
| 4676 |
transferable |
(adj.) Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another. |
| 4677 |
transferee |
(n.) The person to whom a transfer is made. |
| 4678 |
transference |
(n.) The act of conveying from one person or place to another. |
| 4679 |
transferrer |
(n.) One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another. |
| 4680 |
transfigure |
(v.) To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to. |
| 4681 |
transfuse |
(v.) To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another. |
| 4682 |
transfusible |
(adj.) Capable of being poured from one vessel to another. |
| 4683 |
transfusion |
(n.) The act of pouring from one vessel to another. |
| 4684 |
transgress |
(v.) To break a law. |
| 4685 |
transience |
(n.) Something that is of short duration. |
| 4686 |
transient |
(n.) One who or that which is only of temporary existence. |
| 4687 |
transition |
(n.) Passage from one place, condition, or action to another. |
| 4688 |
transitory |
(adj.) Existing for a short time only. |
| 4689 |
translate |
(v.) To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect. |
| 4690 |
translator |
(n.) An interpreter. |
| 4691 |
translucence |
(n.) The property or state of allowing the passage of light. |
| 4692 |
translucent |
(adj.) Allowing the passage of light. |
| 4693 |
transmissible |
(adj.) That may e sent through or across. |
| 4694 |
transmission |
(n.) The act of sending through or across. |
| 4695 |
transmit |
(v.) To send trough or across. |
| 4696 |
transmute |
(v.) To change in nature, substance, or form. |
| 4697 |
transparent |
(adj.) Easy to see through or understand. |
| 4698 |
transpire |
(v.) To come to pass. |
| 4699 |
transplant |
(v.) To remove and plant in another place. |
| 4700 |
transposition |
(n.) The act of reversing the order or changing the place of. |
| 4701 |
transverse |
(adj.) Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. |
| 4702 |
travail |
(n.) Hard or agonizing labor. |
| 4703 |
travesty |
(n.) A grotesque imitation. |
| 4704 |
treacherous |
(adj.) Perfidious. |
| 4705 |
treachery |
(n.) Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. |
| 4706 |
treasonable |
(adj.) Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance. |
| 4707 |
treatise |
(n.) An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts. |
| 4708 |
treble |
(adj.) Multiplied by three. |
| 4709 |
trebly |
(adv.) Triply. |
| 4710 |
tremendous |
(adj.) Awe-inspiring. |
| 4711 |
tremor |
(n.) An involuntary trembling or shivering. |
| 4712 |
tremulous |
(adj.) Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness. |
| 4713 |
trenchant |
(adj.) Cutting deeply and quickly. |
| 4714 |
trepidation |
(n.) Nervous uncertainty of feeling. |
| 4715 |
trestle |
(n.) An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge. |
| 4716 |
triad |
(n.) A group of three persons of things. |
| 4717 |
tribune |
(n.) Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. |
| 4718 |
trickery |
(n.) Artifice. |
| 4719 |
tricolor |
(adj.) Of three colors. |
| 4720 |
tricycle |
(n.) A three-wheeled vehicle. |
| 4721 |
trident |
(n.) The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. |
| 4722 |
triennial |
(adj.) Taking place every third year. |
| 4723 |
trimness |
(n.) Neatness. |
| 4724 |
trinity |
(n.) A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance. |
| 4725 |
trio |
(n.) Three things grouped or associated together. |
| 4726 |
triple |
(adj.) Threefold. |
| 4727 |
triplicate |
(adj.) Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts. |
| 4728 |
triplicity |
(n.) The state of being triple or threefold. |
| 4729 |
tripod |
(n.) A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument. |
| 4730 |
trisect |
(v.) To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. |
| 4731 |
trite |
(adj.) Made commonplace by frequent repetition. |
| 4732 |
triumvir |
(n.) One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority. |
| 4733 |
trivial |
(adj.) Of little importance or value. |
| 4734 |
troublesome |
(adj.) Burdensome. |
| 4735 |
truculence |
(n.) Ferocity. |
| 4736 |
truculent |
(adj.) Having the character or the spirit of a savage. |
| 4737 |
truism |
(n.) A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof. |
| 4738 |
truthful |
(adj.) Veracious. |
| 4739 |
turgid |
(adj.) Swollen. |
| 4740 |
turpitude |
(n.) Depravity. |
| 4741 |
tutelage |
(n.) The act of training or the state of being under instruction. |
| 4742 |
tutelar |
(adj.) Protective. |
| 4743 |
tutorship |
(n.) The office of a guardian. |
| 4744 |
twinge |
(n.) A darting momentary local pain. |
| 4745 |
typical |
(adj.) Characteristic. |
| 4746 |
typify |
(v.) To serve as a characteristic example of. |
| 4747 |
typographical |
(adj.) Pertaining to typography or printing. |
| 4748 |
typography |
(n.) The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter. |
| 4749 |
tyrannical |
(adj.) Despotic. |
| 4750 |
tyranny |
(n.) Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated. |
| 4751 |
tyro |
(n.) One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession. |
| 4752 |
ubiquitous |
(adj.) Being present everywhere. |
| 4753 |
ulterior |
(adj.) Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of. |
| 4754 |
ultimate |
(adj.) Beyond which there is nothing else. |
| 4755 |
ultimatum |
(n.) A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions. |
| 4756 |
ultramontane |
(adj.) Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side). |
| 4757 |
ultramundane |
(adj.) Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life. |
| 4758 |
umbrage |
(n.) A sense of injury. |
| 4759 |
unaccountable |
(adj.) Inexplicable. |
| 4760 |
unaffected |
(adj.) Sincere. |
| 4761 |
unanimity |
(n.) The state or quality of being of one mind. |
| 4762 |
unanimous |
(adj.) Sharing the same views or sentiments. |
| 4763 |
unavoidable |
(adj.) Inevitable. |
| 4764 |
unbearable |
(adj.) Unendurable. |
| 4765 |
unbecoming |
(adj.) Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings. |
| 4766 |
unbelief |
(n.) Doubt. |
| 4767 |
unbiased |
(adj.) Impartial, as judgment. |
| 4768 |
unbridled |
(adj.) Being without restraint. |
| 4769 |
uncommon |
(adj.) Rare. |
| 4770 |
unconscionable |
(adj.) Ridiculously or unjustly excessive. |
| 4771 |
unconscious |
(adj.) Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc. |
| 4772 |
unction |
(n.) The art of anointing as with oil. |
| 4773 |
unctuous |
(adj.) Oily. |
| 4774 |
undeceive |
(v.) To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs. |
| 4775 |
undercharge |
(v.) To make an inadequate charge for. |
| 4776 |
underexposed |
(adj.) Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography. |
| 4777 |
undergarment |
(n.) A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments. |
| 4778 |
underhanded |
(adj.) Clandestinely carried on. |
| 4779 |
underlie |
(v.) To be the ground or support of. |
| 4780 |
underling |
(n.) A subordinate. |
| 4781 |
underman |
(v.) To equip with less than the full complement of men. |
| 4782 |
undermine |
(v.) To subvert in an underhand way. |
| 4783 |
underrate |
(v.) To undervalue. |
| 4784 |
undersell |
(v.) To sell at a lower price than. |
| 4785 |
undersized |
(adj.) Of less than the customary size. |
| 4786 |
understate |
(v.) To fail to put strongly enough, as a case. |
| 4787 |
undervalue |
(v.) To underestimate. |
| 4788 |
underworld |
(n.) Hades. |
| 4789 |
underwrite |
(v.) To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance. |
| 4790 |
undue |
(adj.) More than sufficient. |
| 4791 |
undulate |
(v.) To move like a wave or in waves. |
| 4792 |
undulous |
(adj.) Resembling waves. |
| 4793 |
unfavorable |
(adj.) Adverse. |
| 4794 |
ungainly |
(adj.) Clumsy. |
| 4795 |
unguent |
(n.) Any ointment or lubricant for local application. |
| 4796 |
unicellular |
(adj.) Consisting of a single cell. |
| 4797 |
unify |
(v.) To cause to be one. |
| 4798 |
unique |
(adj.) Being the only one of its kind. |
| 4799 |
unison |
(n.) A condition of perfect agreement and accord. |
| 4800 |
unisonant |
(adj.) Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord. |
| 4801 |
Unitarian |
(adj.) Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity. |
| 4802 |
univalence |
(n.) Monovalency. |
| 4803 |
unlawful |
(adj.) Illegal. |
| 4804 |
unlimited |
(adj.) Unconstrained. |
| 4805 |
unnatural |
(adj.) Artificial. |
| 4806 |
unnecessary |
(adj.) Not essential under the circumstances. |
| 4807 |
unsettle |
(v.) To put into confusion. |
| 4808 |
unsophisticated |
(adj.) Showing inexperience. |
| 4809 |
unspeakable |
(adj.) Abominable. |
| 4810 |
untimely |
(adj.) Unseasonable. |
| 4811 |
untoward |
(adj.) Causing annoyance or hindrance. |
| 4812 |
unutterable |
(adj.) Inexpressible. |
| 4813 |
unwieldy |
(adj.) Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape. |
| 4814 |
unwise |
(adj.) Foolish. |
| 4815 |
unyoke |
(v.) To separate. |
| 4816 |
up-keep |
(n.) Maintenance. |
| 4817 |
upbraid |
(v.) To reproach as deserving blame. |
| 4818 |
upcast |
(n.) A throwing upward. |
| 4819 |
upheaval |
(n.) Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition. |
| 4820 |
upheave |
(v.) To raise or lift with effort. |
| 4821 |
uppermost |
(adj.) First in order of precedence. |
| 4822 |
uproarious |
(adj.) Noisy. |
| 4823 |
uproot |
(v.) To eradicate. |
| 4824 |
upturn |
(v.) To throw into confusion. |
| 4825 |
urban |
(adj.) Of, or pertaining to, or like a city. |
| 4826 |
urbanity |
(n.) Refined or elegant courtesy. |
| 4827 |
urchin |
(n.) A roguish, mischievous boy. |
| 4828 |
urgency |
(n.) The pressure of necessity. |
| 4829 |
usage |
(n.) Treatment. |
| 4830 |
usurious |
(adj.) Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned. |
| 4831 |
usurp |
(v.) To take possession of by force. |
| 4832 |
usury |
(n.) The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law. |
| 4833 |
utilitarianism |
(n.) The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency. |
| 4834 |
utility |
(n.) Fitness for some desirable practical purpose. |
| 4835 |
utmost |
(n.) The greatest possible extent. |
| 4836 |
vacate |
(v.) To leave. |
| 4837 |
vaccinate |
(v.) To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox. |
| 4838 |
vacillate |
(v.) To waver. |
| 4839 |
vacuous |
(adj.) Empty. |
| 4840 |
vacuum |
(n.) A space entirely devoid of matter. |
| 4841 |
vagabond |
(n.) A wanderer. |
| 4842 |
vagrant |
(n.) An idle wanderer. |
| 4843 |
vainglory |
(n.) Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity. |
| 4844 |
vale |
(n.) Level or low land between hills. |
| 4845 |
valediction |
(n.) A bidding farewell. |
| 4846 |
valedictorian |
(n.) Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution. |
| 4847 |
valedictory |
(n.) A parting address. |
| 4848 |
valid |
(adj.) Founded on truth. |
| 4849 |
valorous |
(adj.) Courageous. |
| 4850 |
vapid |
(adj.) Having lost sparkling quality and flavor. |
| 4851 |
vaporizer |
(n.) An atomizer. |
| 4852 |
variable |
(adj.) Having a tendency to change. |
| 4853 |
variance |
(n.) Change. |
| 4854 |
variant |
(n.) A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance. |
| 4855 |
variation |
(n.) Modification. |
| 4856 |
variegate |
(v.) To mark with different shades or colors. |
| 4857 |
vassal |
(n.) A slave or bondman. |
| 4858 |
vaudeville |
(n.) A variety show. |
| 4859 |
vegetal |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to plants. |
| 4860 |
vegetarian |
(n.) One who believes in the theory that man |
| 4861 |
vegetate |
(v.) To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties. |
| 4862 |
vegetation |
(n.) Plant-life in the aggregate. |
| 4863 |
vegetative |
(adj.) Pertaining to the process of plant-life. |
| 4864 |
vehement |
(adj.) Very eager or urgent. |
| 4865 |
velocity |
(n.) Rapid motion. |
| 4866 |
velvety |
(adj.) Marked by lightness and softness. |
| 4867 |
venal |
(adj.) Mercenary, corrupt. |
| 4868 |
vendible |
(adj.) Marketable. |
| 4869 |
vendition |
(n.) The act of selling. |
| 4870 |
vendor |
(n.) A seller. |
| 4871 |
veneer |
(n.) Outside show or elegance. |
| 4872 |
venerable |
(adj.) Meriting or commanding high esteem. |
| 4873 |
venerate |
(v.) To cherish reverentially. |
| 4874 |
venereal |
(adj.) Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse. |
| 4875 |
venial |
(adj.) That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin. |
| 4876 |
venison |
(n.) The flesh of deer. |
| 4877 |
venom |
(n.) The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete. |
| 4878 |
venous |
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins. |
| 4879 |
veracious |
(adj.) Habitually disposed to speak the truth. |
| 4880 |
veracity |
(n.) Truthfulness. |
| 4881 |
verbatim |
(adv.) Word for word. |
| 4882 |
verbiage |
(n.) Use of many words without necessity. |
| 4883 |
verbose |
(adj.) Wordy. |
| 4884 |
verdant |
(adj.) Green with vegetation. |
| 4885 |
verification |
(n.) The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate. |
| 4886 |
verify |
(n.) Truth. (v.) To prove to be true, exact, or accurate. (adv.) In truth. |
| 4887 |
vermin |
(n.) A noxious or troublesome animal. |
| 4888 |
vernacular |
(n.) The language of one |
| 4889 |
vernal |
(adj.) Belonging to or suggestive of the spring. |
| 4890 |
versatile |
(adj.) Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects. |
| 4891 |
version |
(n.) A description or report of something as modified by one |
| 4892 |
vertex |
(n.) Apex. |
| 4893 |
vertical |
(adj.) Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon. |
| 4894 |
vertigo |
(n.) Dizziness. |
| 4895 |
vestige |
(n.) A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone. |
| 4896 |
vestment |
(n.) Clothing or covering. |
| 4897 |
veto |
(n.) The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment. |
| 4898 |
vicarious |
(adj.) Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another. |
| 4899 |
viceroy |
(n.) A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province. |
| 4900 |
vicissitude |
(n.) A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. |
| 4901 |
vie |
(v.) To contend. |
| 4902 |
vigilance |
(n.) Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger. |
| 4903 |
vigilant |
(adj.) Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety. |
| 4904 |
vignette |
(n.) A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually. |
| 4905 |
vincible |
(adj.) Conquerable. |
| 4906 |
vindicate |
(v.) To prove true, right, or real. |
| 4907 |
vindicative |
(adj.) Revengeful. |
| 4908 |
vindicatory |
(adj.) Punitive. |
| 4909 |
vinery |
(n.) A greenhouse for grapes. |
| 4910 |
viol |
(n.) A stringed instrument of the violin class. |
| 4911 |
viola |
(n.) A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin. |
| 4912 |
violation |
(n.) Infringement. |
| 4913 |
violator |
(n.) One who transgresses. |
| 4914 |
violoncello |
(n.) A stringed instrument held between the player |
| 4915 |
virago |
(n.) A bold, impudent, turbulent woman. |
| 4916 |
virile |
(adj.) Masculine. |
| 4917 |
virtu |
(n.) Rare, curious, or beautiful quality. |
| 4918 |
virtual |
(adj.) Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance. |
| 4919 |
virtuoso |
(n.) A master in the technique of some particular fine art. |
| 4920 |
virulence |
(n.) Extreme poisonousness. |
| 4921 |
virulent |
(adj.) Exceedingly noxious or deleterious. |
| 4922 |
visage |
(n.) The face, countenance, or look of a person. |
| 4923 |
viscount |
(n.) In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage. |
| 4924 |
vista |
(n.) A view or prospect. |
| 4925 |
visual |
(adj.) Perceptible by sight. |
| 4926 |
visualize |
(v.) To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation. |
| 4927 |
vitality |
(n.) The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance. |
| 4928 |
vitalize |
(v.) To endow with life or energy. |
| 4929 |
vitiate |
(v.) To contaminate. |
| 4930 |
vituperable |
(adj.) Deserving of censure. |
| 4931 |
vivacity |
(n.) Liveliness. |
| 4932 |
vivify |
(v.) To endue with life. |
| 4933 |
vivisection |
(n.) The dissection of a living animal. |
| 4934 |
vocable |
(n.) a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound. |
| 4935 |
vocative |
(adj.) Of or pertaining to the act of calling. |
| 4936 |
vociferance |
(n.) The quality of making a clamor. |
| 4937 |
vociferate |
(v.) To utter with a loud and vehement voice. |
| 4938 |
vociferous |
(adj.) Making a loud outcry. |
| 4939 |
vogue |
(n.) The prevalent way or fashion. |
| 4940 |
volant |
(adj.) Flying or able to fly. |
| 4941 |
volatile |
(adj.) Changeable. |
| 4942 |
volition |
(n.) An act or exercise of will. |
| 4943 |
volitive |
(adj.) Exercising the will. |
| 4944 |
voluble |
(adj.) Having great fluency in speaking. |
| 4945 |
voluptuous |
(adj.) having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality. |
| 4946 |
voracious |
(adj.) Eating with greediness or in very large quantities. |
| 4947 |
vortex |
(n.) A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center. |
| 4948 |
votary |
(adj.) Consecrated by a vow or promise. |
| 4949 |
votive |
(adj.) Dedicated by a vow. |
| 4950 |
vulgarity |
(n.) Lack of refinement in conduct or speech. |
| 4951 |
vulnerable |
(adj.) Capable of receiving injuries. |
| 4952 |
waif |
(n.) A homeless, neglected wanderer. |
| 4953 |
waistcoat |
(n.) A vest. |
| 4954 |
waive |
(v.) To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim. |
| 4955 |
wampum |
(n.) Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency. |
| 4956 |
wane |
(v.) To diminish in size and brilliancy. |
| 4957 |
wantonness |
(n.) Recklessness. |
| 4958 |
warlike |
(adj.) Belligerent. |
| 4959 |
wavelet |
(n.) A ripple. |
| 4960 |
weak-kneed |
(adj.) Without resolute purpose or energy. |
| 4961 |
weal |
(n.) Well-being. |
| 4962 |
wearisome |
(adj.) Fatiguing. |
| 4963 |
wee |
(adj.) Very small. |
| 4964 |
well-bred |
(adj.) Of good ancestry. |
| 4965 |
well-doer |
(n.) A performer of moral and social duties. |
| 4966 |
well-to-do |
(adj.) In prosperous circumstances. |
| 4967 |
whereabouts |
(n.) The place in or near which a person or thing is. |
| 4968 |
whereupon |
(adv.) After which. |
| 4969 |
wherever |
(adv.) In or at whatever place. |
| 4970 |
wherewith |
(n.) The necessary means or resources. |
| 4971 |
whet |
(v.) To make more keen or eager. |
| 4972 |
whimsical |
(adj.) Capricious. |
| 4973 |
whine |
(v.) To utter with complaining tone. |
| 4974 |
wholly |
(adv.) Completely. |
| 4975 |
wield |
(v.) To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command. |
| 4976 |
wile |
(n.) An act or a means of cunning deception. |
| 4977 |
winsome |
(adj.) Attractive. |
| 4978 |
wintry |
(adj.) Lacking warmth of manner. |
| 4979 |
wiry |
(adj.) Thin, but tough and sinewy. |
| 4980 |
witchcraft |
(n.) Sorcery. |
| 4981 |
witless |
(adj.) Foolish, indiscreet, or silly. |
| 4982 |
witling |
(n.) A person who has little understanding. |
| 4983 |
witticism |
(n.) A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment. |
| 4984 |
wittingly |
(adv.) With knowledge and by design. |
| 4985 |
wizen |
(v.) To become or cause to become withered or dry. |
| 4986 |
wizen-faced |
(adj.) Having a shriveled face. |
| 4987 |
working-man |
(n.) One who earns his bread by manual labor. |
| 4988 |
workmanlike |
(adj.) Like or befitting a skilled workman. |
| 4989 |
workmanship |
(n.) The art or skill of a workman. |
| 4990 |
wrangle |
(v.) To maintain by noisy argument or dispute. |
| 4991 |
wreak |
(v.) To inflict, as a revenge or punishment. |
| 4992 |
wrest |
(v.) To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing. |
| 4993 |
wretchedness |
(n.) Extreme misery or unhappiness. |
| 4994 |
writhe |
(v.) To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress. |
| 4995 |
writing |
(n.) The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs. |
| 4996 |
wry |
(adj.) Deviating from that which is proper or right. |
| 4997 |
yearling |
(n.) A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old. |
| 4998 |
zealot |
(n.) One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner. |
| 4999 |
zeitgeist |
(n.) The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch. |
| 5000 |
zenith |
(n.) The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness. |
| 5001 |
zephyr |
(n.) Any soft, gentle wind. |
| 5002 |
zodiac |
(n.) An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets. |
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