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abolition

abolishment

abrasive

abradant, abrasive material, scratchy, harsh

abbreviate

abridge, foreshorten, shorten, cut, contract, reduce

abstract

abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective, abstraction, outline, synopsis, precis, pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

academician

academic, faculty member, schoolman

potted

adj. (British informal) summarized or abridged; preserved in a pot or can or jar; of plants; planted or grown in a pot

antiseptic

adj. (extended sense) of exceptionally clean language; clean and honest; thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; made free from live bacteria or other microorganisms; freeing from error or corruption; noun a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues

unconscious

adj. (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving; not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; without conscious volition; noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware

conscious

adj. (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something; knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; intentionally conceived

medium

adj. (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside; around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; noun an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication; a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information; (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public; the surrounding environment; someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position; an intervening substance through which something is achieved; (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed; a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter; an occupation for which you are especially well suited; (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

away

adj. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; used of an opponent's ground; not present; having left; adv. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); from one's possession; out of existence; indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; in a different direction; in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); so as to be removed or gotten rid of; freely or at will; in reserve; not for immediate use; out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); at a distance in space or time

foul

adj. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines; especially of a ship's lines etc; disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; characterized by obscenity; violating accepted standards or rules; offensively malodorous; (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; noun an act that violates of the rules of a sport; verb become soiled and dirty; make unclean; spot, stain, or pollute; commit a foul; break the rules; hit a foul ball; make impure; become or cause to become obstructed

patent

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; noun a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention; an official document granting a right or privilege; verb make open to sight or notice; obtain a patent for; grant rights to; grant a patent for

deadly

adj. (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect; causing or capable of causing death; of an instrument of certain death; involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; exceedingly harmful; adv. as if produced by death; as if dead; (used as intensives) extremely

rampant

adj. (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; unrestrained and violent

soluble

adj. (of a substance) capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water); susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained

extraordinary

adj. (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; far more than usual or expected; beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable

spacious

adj. (of buildings and rooms) having ample space; very large in expanse or scope

intense

adj. (of color) having the highest saturation; in an extreme degree; extremely sharp or intense

extinct

adj. (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; being out or having grown cold; no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives

disastrous

adj. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

nomadic

adj. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently

broad-brimmed

adj. (of hats) having a broad brim

autonomous

adj. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment; existing as an independent entity; (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

deciduous

adj. (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season; (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth

tender

adj. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; young and immature; easy to cut or chew; physically untoughened; given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; having or displaying warmth or affection; hurting; (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail; noun ship that usually provides supplies to other ships; a boat for communication between ship and shore; car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water; something used as an official medium of payment; a formal proposal to buy at a specified price; someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another; verb make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; make a tender of; in legal settlements; offer or present for acceptance; propose a payment

brown

adj. (of skin) deeply suntanned; of a color similar to that of wood or earth; noun an orange of low brightness and saturation; abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858); Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858); a university in Rhode Island; verb fry in a pan until it changes color

marshy

adj. (of soil) soft and watery

restrictive

adj. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports; serving to restrict

accustomed

adj. (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; commonly used or practiced; usual

much

adj. (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; adv. (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; very; to a great degree or extent; frequently or in great quantities; to a very great degree or extent; noun a great amount or extent

consistent

adj. (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; the same throughout in structure or composition; marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; capable of being reproduced

patronizing

adj. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

indicative

adj. (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements; noun a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

averse

adj. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed

slavish

adj. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; blindly imitative

questionable

adj. able to be refuted; subject to question

hardy

adj. able to survive under unfavorable conditions; having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships; resolute and without fear; noun English novelist and poet (1840-1928); United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

mediate

adj. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; verb occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

universal

adj. adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations; applicable to or common to all members of a group or set; of worldwide scope or applicability; noun a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings; (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class; (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages; coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions

ample

adj. affording an abundant supply; more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large

precarious

adj. affording no ease or reassurance; not secure; beset with difficulties; dangerously insecure; fraught with danger

corresponding

adj. agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree; accompanying; similar especially in position or purpose; conforming in every respect

homogeneous

adj. all of the same or similar kind or nature

dazzling

adj. amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; shining intensely

numerous

adj. amounting to a large indefinite number

breathless

adj. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

substitute

adj. artificial and inferior; being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team; capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; noun a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another; an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced; someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); verb put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; be a substitute; act as a substitute

medieval

adj. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

civilian

adj. associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with the military; noun a nonmilitary citizen

far

adj. at a great distance in time or space or degree; being of a considerable distance or length; beyond a norm in opinion or actions; being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle; adv. at or to or from a great distance in space; remote in time; to a considerable degree; very much; at or to a certain point or degree; to an advanced stage or point; noun a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again

then

adj. at a specific prior time; adv. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); at that time; in that case or as a consequence; noun that time; that moment

inclined

adj. at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; used especially of the head or upper back; having made preparations

noisy

adj. attracting attention by showiness or bright colors; full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

frugal

adj. avoiding waste

Scotch

adj. avoiding waste; of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; noun whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still; a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally); verb make a small cut or score into; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

scotch

adj. avoiding waste; of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; noun whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still; a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally); verb make a small cut or score into; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

conjectural

adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

dated

adj. bearing a date; marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

efficient

adj. being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively

upside-down

adj. being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed

union

adj. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; of trade unions; noun the act of making or becoming a single unit; a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner); the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones; the state of being joined or united or linked; the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

two

adj. being one more than one; noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

three

adj. being one more than two; noun the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

partial

adj. being or affecting only a part; not total; showing favoritism; (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency; the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant

continental

adj. being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War

marvelous

adj. being or having the character of a miracle; too improbable to admit of belief; extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers

responsible

adj. being the agent or cause; worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; having an acceptable credit rating

implicit

adj. being without doubt or reserve; implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something

secondary

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank; not of major importance; being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; inferior in rank or status; noun the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen; coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

objective

adj. belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; noun the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed; the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

nocturnal

adj. belonging to or active during the night; of or relating to or occurring in the night

postwar

adj. belonging to the period after a war

contemporary

adj. belonging to the present time; characteristic of the present; occurring in the same period of time; noun a person of nearly the same age as another

submarine

adj. beneath the surface of the sea; noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States; verb attack by submarine; control a submarine; bring down with a blow to the legs; throw with an underhand motion; move forward or under in a sliding motion

submerged

adj. beneath the surface of the water; under water; e.g. at the bottom of a body of water; growing or remaining under water

incredible

adj. beyond belief or understanding

extended

adj. beyond the literal or primary sense; fully extended or stretched forth; large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; drawn out or made longer spatially; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

maritime

adj. bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea; relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

succinct

adj. briefly giving the gist of something

thorny

adj. bristling with perplexities; having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

avoidable

adj. capable of being avoided or warded off

debatable

adj. capable of being disproved; open to doubt or debate; open to argument or debate

practicable

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; usable for a specific purpose

predictable

adj. capable of being foretold

obtainable

adj. capable of being obtained

accessible

adj. capable of being reached; easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; easily obtained; capable of being read with comprehension

malleable

adj. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; easily influenced

combustible

adj. capable of igniting and burning; noun a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power

utility

adj. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; used of beef; usable but inferior; noun the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; the quality of being of practical use; a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice; (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

thrifty

adj. careful and diligent in the use of resources; mindful of the future in spending money

pregnant

adj. carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life; filled with or attended with; rich in significance or implication

obligated

adj. caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course

thermal

adj. caused by or designed to retain heat; of or relating to a hot spring; relating to or associated with heat; noun rising current of warm air

accelerated

adj. caused to go more rapidly; speeded up, as of an academic course

abrasive

adj. causing abrasion; sharply disagreeable; rigorous; noun a substance that abrades or wears down

cohesive

adj. causing cohesion; cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

dismal

adj. causing dejection

terrifying

adj. causing extreme terror

terrific

adj. causing extreme terror; very great or intense; extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers

dangerous

adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

frightening

adj. causing fear or dread or terror; noun the act of inspiring with fear

annoying

adj. causing irritation or annoyance; noun the act of troubling or annoying someone

quiescent

adj. causing no symptoms; being quiet or still or inactive; not active or activated; marked by a state of tranquil repose

harmful

adj. causing or capable of causing harm; able or likely to do harm; constituting a disadvantage; tending to cause great harm; contrary to your interests or welfare; injurious to physical or mental health

terminal

adj. causing or ending in or approaching death; relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; occurring at or forming an end or termination; being or situated at an end; noun station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods; a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves; electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

patriarchal

adj. characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line; relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

fossil

adj. characteristic of a fossil; noun the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil; someone whose style is out of fashion

colloquial

adj. characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

peculiar

adj. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; markedly different from the usual; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; unique or specific to a person or thing or category

scholarly

adj. characteristic of scholars or scholarship

spectacular

adj. characteristic of spectacles or drama; having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; noun a lavishly produced performance

solemn

adj. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

diligent

adj. characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness

expressive

adj. characterized by expression

conscientious

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong

elliptical

adj. characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; rounded like an egg

factual

adj. characterized by fact; of or relating to or characterized by facts; existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; existing in act or fact

industrious

adj. characterized by hard work and perseverance; working hard to promote an enterprise

anesthetic

adj. characterized by insensibility; noun a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

kinetic

adj. characterized by motion; relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; supplying motive force

utopian

adj. characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; noun an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer

strenuous

adj. characterized by or performed with much energy or force; taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

precipitous

adj. characterized by precipices; extremely steep; done with very great haste and without due deliberation

laborious

adj. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

specified

adj. clearly and explicitly stated

frank

adj. clearly manifest; evident; characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; noun a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll; a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century; verb exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks; stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; coming into view; coming into existence

reputed

adj. commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

urgent

adj. compelling immediate action

annual

adj. completing its life cycle within a year; occurring or payable every year; noun a reference book that is published regularly once every year; a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

colonial

adj. composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony; of animals who live in colonies, such as ants; noun a resident of a colony

solo

adj. composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; adv. without anybody else; noun a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied; any activity that is performed alone without assistance; a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment); verb perform a piece written for a single instrument; fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers

theoretical

adj. concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

secular

adj. concerning those not members of the clergy; noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

healthful

adj. conducive to good health of body or mind; free from filth and pathogens

accurate

adj. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct

decent

adj. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; decently clothed; socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; according with custom or propriety; enough to meet a purpose; adv. in the right manner

normal

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development; in accordance with scientific laws; forming a right angle; noun something regarded as a normative example

thoughtful

adj. considerate of the feelings or well-being of others; having intellectual depth; acting with or showing thought and good sense; exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

respective

adj. considered individually

heterogeneous

adj. consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature; originating outside the body

massive

adj. consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; imposing in size or bulk or solidity; imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; being the same substance throughout

coarse

adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; of low or inferior quality or value

discrete

adj. constituting a separate entity or part

subtractive

adj. constituting or involving subtraction

nuclear

adj. constituting or like a nucleus; (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom; of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell

constituent

adj. constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup); noun (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction; a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; an abstract part of something

burning

adj. consuming fuel; used in combination; intensely hot; of immediate import; producing or having a painfully hot sensation; lighted up by or as by fire or flame; characterized by intense emotion; noun the act of burning something; a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin; execution by fire; execution by electricity; a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light; pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

melodious

adj. containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune

reserved

adj. cool and formal in manner; marked by self-restraint and reticence; set aside for the use of a particular person or party

analogous

adj. corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin; similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

woolly

adj. covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; confused and vague; used especially of thinking; having a fluffy character or appearance

in

adj. currently fashionable; directed or bound inward; holding office; adv. to or toward the inside of; noun a state in midwestern United States; a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot; a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite

meager

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent

substantive

adj. defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"; being on topic and prompting thought; noun a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun

pastel

adj. delicate and pale in color; lacking in body or vigor; noun any of various pale or light colors

stringent

adj. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

discouraging

adj. depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; expressing disapproval

functional

adj. designed for or capable of a particular function or use; involving or affecting function rather than physiology; designed for or adapted to a function or use; fit or ready for use or service; relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

deceptive

adj. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

preliminary

adj. designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; a minor match preceding the main event

frigid

adj. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; extremely cold; sexually unresponsive

philharmonic

adj. devoted to or appreciative of music; composing or characteristic of an orchestral group; noun a large orchestra; can perform symphonies

cumbersome

adj. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; not elegant or graceful in expression

incomprehensible

adj. difficult to understand; incapable of being explained or accounted for

unwieldy

adj. difficult to work or manipulate; difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture

frustrating

adj. discouraging by hindering; preventing realization or attainment of a desire

daunting

adj. discouraging through fear

amenable

adj. disposed or willing to comply; liable to answer to a higher authority; open to being acted upon in a certain way; readily reacting to suggestions and influences

daring

adj. disposed to venture or take risks; radically new or original; noun the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

decimal

adj. divided by tens or hundreds; numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; noun a number in the decimal system; a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10

precipitate

adj. done with very great haste and without due deliberation; noun a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering; verb separate as a fine suspension of solid particles; hurl or throw violently; bring about abruptly; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; fall from clouds

curious

adj. eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more

anxious

adj. eagerly desirous; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

nervous

adj. easily agitated; of or relating to the nervous system; unpredictably excitable (especially of horses); excited in anticipation; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

contagious

adj. easily diffused or spread as from one person to another; (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

infectious

adj. easily spread; caused by infection or capable of causing infection; of or relating to infection

stretch

adj. easily stretched; having an elongated seating area; noun extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent; a straightaway section of a racetrack; the capacity for being stretched; a large and unbroken expanse or distance; an unbroken period of time during which you do something; the act of physically reaching or thrusting out; verb extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; extend one's body or limbs; become longer by being stretched and pulled; extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; pull in opposite directions; lie down comfortably; occupy a large, elongated area; increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; make long or longer by pulling and stretching; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

elementary

adj. easy and not involved or complicated; of or being the essential or basic part

matchless

adj. eminent beyond or above comparison

peerless

adj. eminent beyond or above comparison

unmatched

adj. eminent beyond or above comparison; of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.

amateur

adj. engaged in as a pastime; lacking professional skill or expertise; noun someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime; does not play for pay

mechanized

adj. equipped with machinery; using vehicles

radical

adj. especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; arising from or going to the root; of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root; (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; markedly new or introducing radical change; noun a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted; a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram; a person who has radical ideas or opinions; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule; an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

uniform

adj. evenly spaced; always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences; not differentiated; the same throughout in structure or composition; noun clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification; verb provide with uniforms

frenetic

adj. excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion

long-lasting

adj. existing for a long time

effective

adj. existing in fact; not theoretical; real; able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; exerting force or influence; producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; works well as a means or remedy; ready for service

potential

adj. existing in possibility; expected to become or be; in prospect; noun the inherent capacity for coming into being; the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

abstract

adj. existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; noun a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory; verb consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically; consider apart from a particular case or instance; give an abstract (of); make off with belongings of others

preceding

adj. existing or coming before; preceding in time or order; of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

harmonious

adj. existing together in harmony; exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities; musically pleasing; suitable and fitting

quantitative

adj. expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; relating to the measurement of quantity

eloquent

adj. expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

fantastic

adj. extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; exceedingly or unbelievably great; extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; existing in fancy only; extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; ludicrously odd; of the highest quality

herculean

adj. extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules; displaying superhuman strength or power

subtle

adj. faint and difficult to analyze; able to make fine distinctions; working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

incident

adj. falling or striking of light rays on something; (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; noun a single distinct event; a public disturbance

resolute

adj. firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; characterized by quickness and firmness

accompanying

adj. following as a consequence

consequent

adj. following as an effect or result

subsequent

adj. following in time or order

formative

adj. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; capable of forming new cells and tissues; susceptible to alteration by development and experience; noun minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function

abandoned

adj. forsaken by owner or keeper; free from constraint

secure

adj. free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; free from danger or risk; not likely to fail or give way; kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; financially sound; able to withstand attack; verb assure payment of; make certain of; furnish with battens; cause to be firmly attached; fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; get by special effort

unobstructed

adj. free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance

unrestricted

adj. free of restrictions on conduct; not restricted or modified in meaning; not subject to or subjected to restriction; never having had security classification; accessible to all

sociable

adj. friendly and pleasant; inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; noun a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

resentful

adj. full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will

auxiliary

adj. functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; furnishing added support; noun someone who acts as assistant

accessory

adj. furnishing added support; noun a supplementary component that improves capability; clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing; someone who helps another person commit a crime

leading

adj. going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; indicating the most important performer or role; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; having the leading position or higher score in a contest; noun the activity of leading; thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

preeminent

adj. greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

sovereign

adj. greatest in status or authority or power; (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; noun a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

rank

adj. growing profusely; very fertile; producing profuse growth; very offensive in smell or taste; complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; noun a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; relative status; the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); the body of members of an organization or group; position in a social hierarchy; verb take or have a position relative to others; take precedence or surpass others in rank; assign a rank or rating to

external

adj. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; purely outward or superficial; from or between other countries; coming from the outside; noun outward features

postoperative

adj. happening or done after a surgical operation

meaningful

adj. having a meaning or purpose

striking

adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; noun the act of contacting one thing with another; the physical coming together of two or more things

keen

adj. having a sharp cutting edge or point; as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; very good; intense or sharp; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; noun a funeral lament sung with loud wailing; verb express grief verbally

ambitious

adj. having a strong desire for success or achievement; requiring full use of your abilities or resources

disgusted

adj. having a strong distaste from surfeit

potent

adj. having a strong physiological or chemical effect; (of a male) capable of copulation; having or wielding force or authority; having great influence

utilitarian

adj. having a useful function; having utility often to the exclusion of values; noun someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

equilateral

adj. having all sides or faces equal; noun a figure whose sides are all equal

notorious

adj. having an exceedingly bad reputation

ragged

adj. having an irregular outline; worn out from stress or strain; being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn

angular

adj. having angles or an angular shape; measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle

wed

adj. having been taken in marriage; noun the fourth day of the week; the third working day; verb take in marriage; perform a marriage ceremony

continent

adj. having control over urination and defecation; abstaining from sexual intercourse; noun the European mainland; one of the large landmasses of the earth

dimensional

adj. having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person; of or relating to dimensions

edentate

adj. having few if any teeth; noun primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America

rectangular

adj. having four right angles; having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles

quadrilateral

adj. having four sides; noun a four-sided polygon

hilly

adj. having hills and crags

rational

adj. having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion); consistent with or based on or using reason; capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; noun an integer or a fraction

animated

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; made to appear to move as living creatures do

brittle

adj. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

disposed

adj. having made preparations; (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

multifaceted

adj. having many aspects

informed

adj. having much knowledge or education

nonsense

adj. having no intelligible meaning; noun a message that seems to convey no meaning; ornamental objects of no great value

anonymous

adj. having no known name or identity or known source; not known or lacking marked individuality

unprecedented

adj. having no precedent; novel

elongate

adj. having notably more length than width; being long and slender; of a leaf shape; long and narrow; verb make long or longer by pulling and stretching

influential

adj. having or exercising influence or power

passionate

adj. having or expressing strong emotions

practical

adj. having or put to a practical purpose or use; concerned with actual use or practice; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; being actually such in almost every respect

premium

adj. having or reflecting superior quality or value; noun payment for insurance; the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value; payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military; a fee charged for exchanging currencies

discerning

adj. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; quick to understand

haunted

adj. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; inhabited by or as if by apparitions; showing emotional affliction or disquiet

zigzag

adj. having short sharp turns or angles; adv. in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; noun an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions; verb travel along a zigzag path

substantial

adj. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"; fairly large; of good quality and condition; solidly built; providing abundant nourishment

paramount

adj. having superior power and influence

predominant

adj. having superior power and influence; most frequent or common

predominate

adj. having superior power and influence; verb be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; appear very large or occupy a commanding position

textured

adj. having surface roughness

perceptive

adj. having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; of or relating to perception

indented

adj. having the central portion lower than the margin; having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement

anecdotal

adj. having the character of an anecdote; characterized by or given to telling anecdotes

waxy

adj. having the paleness of wax; resembling or covered with wax; made of or covered with wax

retentive

adj. having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water; good at remembering; having the capacity to retain something

parliamentary

adj. having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament; in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly; relating to or having the nature of a parliament

bilateral

adj. having two sides or parts; affecting or undertaken by two parties; having identical parts on each side of an axis

audible

adj. heard or perceptible by the ear; noun a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage

accommodating

adj. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; obliging; willing to do favors

unstable

adj. highly or violently reactive; disposed to psychological variability; lacking stability or fixity or firmness; subject to change; variable; affording no ease or reassurance; suffering from severe mental illness

unique

adj. highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality; radically distinctive and without equal; the single one of its kind

empty

adj. holding or containing nothing; emptied of emotion; needing nourishment; devoid of significance or point; having nothing inside; noun a container that has been emptied; verb become empty or void of its content; make void or empty of contents; remove; excrete or discharge from the body; leave behind empty; move out of

academic

adj. hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects; associated with academia or an academy; noun an educator who works at a college or university

resistant

adj. impervious to being affected; incapable of absorbing or mixing with; disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority; relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection); able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

soundproof

adj. impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; verb insulate against noise

big

adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; conspicuous in position or importance; given or giving freely; generous and understanding and tolerant; marked by intense physical force; significant; loud and firm; feeling self-importance; prodigious; above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; (of animals) fully developed; very intense; exhibiting self-importance; adv. in a major way; on a grand scale; extremely well; in a boastful manner

embryonic

adj. in an early stage of development; of an organism prior to birth or hatching

on

adj. in operation or operational; (of events) planned or scheduled; adv. indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; in a state required for something to function or be effective; with a forward motion

subversive

adj. in opposition to a civil authority or government; noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution

successive

adj. in regular succession without gaps

consecutive

adj. in regular succession without gaps; one after the other; successive (without a break); adv. in a consecutive manner

counterclockwise

adj. in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock; adv. in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move

inherent

adj. in the nature of something though not readily apparent; existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

clockwise

adj. in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock; adv. in the direction that the hands of a clock move

infertile

adj. incapable of reproducing

inclusive

adj. including much or everything; and especially including stated limits

absurd

adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; incongruous; inviting ridicule; noun a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless

accelerating

adj. increasing in speed; becoming progressively faster

maverick

adj. independent in behavior or thought; noun an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it; someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

fanciful

adj. indulging in or influenced by fancy; having a curiously intricate quality; not based on fact; dubious

buggy

adj. infested with bugs; informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; noun a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

obsessed

adj. influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

ancestral

adj. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor

constricted

adj. inhibited; drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; especially tense; especially in some dialects

noxious

adj. injurious to physical or mental health

patriotic

adj. inspired by love for your country

amazing

adj. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; surprising greatly

formidable

adj. inspiring fear; extremely impressive in strength or excellence

sophisticated

adj. intellectually appealing; having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; ahead in development; complex or intricate

matching

adj. intentionally matched; being two identical

consonant

adj. involving or characterized by harmony; in keeping; noun a speech sound that is not a vowel; a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant

three-dimensional

adj. involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth; having three dimensions

hazardous

adj. involving risk or danger

null

adj. lacking any legal or binding force; noun a quantity of no importance

temporary

adj. lacking continuity or regularity; not permanent; not lasting; noun a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

faint

adj. lacking conviction or boldness or courage; indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; lacking strength or vigor; weak and likely to lose consciousness; lacking clarity or distinctness; noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain; verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

bust

adj. lacking funds; noun an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person; the chest of a woman; a complete failure; verb break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; go to pieces; ruin completely; separate or cause to separate abruptly; search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

bald

adj. lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; without the natural or usual covering; with no effort to conceal; verb grow bald; lose hair on one's head

passive

adj. lacking in energy or will; expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; peacefully resistant in response to injustice; noun the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb

incongruous

adj. lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

dim

adj. lacking in light; not bright or harsh; lacking clarity or distinctness; made dim or less bright; slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; offering little or no hope; verb make dim or lusterless; become dim or lusterless; switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam; become vague or indistinct; make dim by comparison or conceal; become or make darker

average

adj. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; lacking exceptional quality or ability; relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; noun a statistic describing the location of a distribution; verb compute the average of; achieve or reach on average; amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

extensive

adj. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; broad in scope or content

considerable

adj. large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

lasting

adj. lasting a long time without change; existing for a long time; continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; retained; not shed

ablaze

adj. lighted with red light as if with flames; resembling flame in brilliance or color; lighted up by or as by fire or flame; keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement

subject

adj. likely to be affected by something (especially something unpleasant); being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; not exempt from tax; possibly accepting or permitting; noun something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated; (logic) the first term of a proposition; the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; some situation or event that is thought about; a branch of knowledge; a person who owes allegiance to that nation; verb make accountable for; cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; refer for judgment or consideration; make subservient; force to submit or subdue

predatory

adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

resident

adj. living in a particular place; used of animals that do not migrate; noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there; a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

back

adj. located at or near the back of an animal; related to or located at the back; of an earlier date; adv. in or to or toward a past time; at or to or toward the back or rear; in repayment or retaliation; in or to or toward a former location; in or to or toward an original condition; in answer; noun the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage; a support that you can lean against while sitting; the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; (football) a person who plays in the backfield; the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; the side that goes last or is not normally seen; the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; verb strengthen by providing with a back or backing; establish as valid or genuine; shift to a counterclockwise direction; travel backward; cause to travel backward; support financial backing for; be behind; approve of; be in back of; place a bet on; give support or one's approval to

hinder

adj. located at or near the back of an animal; verb put at a disadvantage; be a hindrance or obstacle to; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

waste

adj. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; noun useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect; any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; the trait of wasting resources; an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; verb waste away; cause to grow thin or weak; use inefficiently or inappropriately; run off as waste; get rid of; spend thoughtlessly; throw away; devastate or ravage; lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; spend extravagantly; get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

urban

adj. located in or characteristic of a city or city life; relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area

absent

adj. lost in thought; showing preoccupation; not in a specified place physically or mentally; verb go away or leave

lateral

adj. lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; situated at or extending to the side; noun a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

intermediate

adj. lying between two extremes in time or space or degree; around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; noun a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained; verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

subterranean

adj. lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); being or operating under the surface of the earth

custom

adj. made according to the specifications of an individual; noun accepted or habitual practice; habitual patronage; a specific practice of long standing; money collected under a tariff

industrialized

adj. made industrial; converted to industrialism

prefabricated

adj. manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere

zealous

adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm

avid

adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm; (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous

elaborate

adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; developed or executed with care and in minute detail; verb work out in detail; add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; make more complex, intricate, or richer

fanatical

adj. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

fanatic

adj. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; noun a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

decadent

adj. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; noun a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

social

adj. marked by friendly companionship with others; living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind; composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability; relating to human society and its members; relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society; noun a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

wary

adj. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

specialized

adj. marked by or characteristic of specialization in a mechanical or scientific subject; developed or designed for a special activity or function

discreet

adj. marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; heedful of potential consequences; unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

defective

adj. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; having a defect; not working properly

coincident

adj. matching point for point; occurring or operating at the same time

organized

adj. methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; formed into a structured or coherent whole; being a member of or formed into a labor union

balmy

adj. mild and pleasant; informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

obligatory

adj. morally or legally constraining or binding; required by obligation or compulsion or convention

chaste

adj. morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse; pure and simple in design or style

preferable

adj. more desirable than another

abnormal

adj. much greater than the normal; not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development

marine

adj. native to or inhabiting the sea; of or relating to the sea; of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps); relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; noun a member of the United States Marine Corps; a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land

prehistoric

adj. no longer fashionable; belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; of or relating to times before written history

awkward

adj. not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; causing inconvenience; hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; not elegant or graceful in expression; lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

chilly

adj. not characterized by emotion; lacking warmth of feeling; uncomfortably cool; noun very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

obscure

adj. not clearly understood or expressed; not drawing attention; not famous or acclaimed; marked by difficulty of style or expression; remote and separate physically or socially; difficult to find; verb make obscure or unclear; make difficult to perceive by sight; make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; make less visible or unclear; make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

incompatible

adj. not compatible; incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification; used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture; not suitable to your tastes or needs; not in keeping with what is correct or proper; not compatible with other facts; used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect; not easy to combine harmoniously; of words so related that one contrasts with the other

nontraditional

adj. not conforming to or in accord with tradition

nonconformist

adj. not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion; noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England

authentic

adj. not counterfeit or copied; conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

indefinite

adj. not decided or not known; vague or not clearly defined or stated

sparse

adj. not dense

sole

adj. not divided or shared with others; being the only one; single and isolated from others; noun right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European; the underside of footwear or a golf club; the underside of the foot; lean flesh of any of several flatfish; verb put a new sole on

burdensome

adj. not easily borne; wearing

inelastic

adj. not elastic

clumsy

adj. not elegant or graceful in expression; lacking grace in movement or posture; showing lack of skill or aptitude; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

ineligible

adj. not eligible; prohibited by official rules

unemployed

adj. not engaged in a gainful occupation; noun people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)

unfair

adj. not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; showing favoritism

informal

adj. not formal; used of spoken and written language; not officially recognized or controlled; having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

down

adj. not functioning (temporarily or permanently); shut; understood perfectly; being put out by a strikeout; extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; becoming progressively lower; being or moving lower in position or less in some value; low in spirits; lower than previously; adv. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; away from a more central or a more northerly place; paid in cash at time of purchase; in an inactive or inoperative state; to a lower intensity; from an earlier time; noun (American football) a complete play to advance the football; soft fine feathers; fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs); (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil; English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896); verb bring down or defeat (an opponent); cause to come or go down; shoot at and force to come down; improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; eat immoderately; drink down entirely

fake

adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; noun something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be; (football) a deceptive move made by a football player; a person who makes deceitful pretenses; verb talk through one's hat; make a copy of with the intent to deceive; fake or falsify

unselfish

adj. not greedy; disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others

unfertilized

adj. not having been fertilized

uninhabited

adj. not having inhabitants; not lived in

unquestioning

adj. not inclined to ask questions; being without doubt or reserve

lay

adj. not of or from a profession; concerning those not members of the clergy; noun a narrative poem of popular origin; a narrative song with a recurrent refrain; verb put in a horizontal position; lay eggs; prepare or position for action or operation; impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; put into a certain place or abstract location

bush

adj. not of the highest quality or sophistication; noun a large wilderness area; vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924); United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974); 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946); hair growing in the pubic area; dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes; a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches; verb provide with a bushing

off

adj. not performing or scheduled for duties; not in operation or operational; (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; below a satisfactory level; in an unpalatable state; adv. no longer on or in contact or attached; at a distance in space or time; from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); verb kill intentionally and with premeditation

waterproof

adj. not permitting the passage of water; noun any fabric impervious to water; a water-resistant coat; verb make watertight

fancy

adj. not plain; decorative or ornamented; noun a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination; something many people believe that is false; a predisposition to like something; verb have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

unpalatable

adj. not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind

latent

adj. not presently active; potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

nonprofessional

adj. not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain

disproportionate

adj. not proportionate; out of proportion

unrestrained

adj. not subject to restraint; richly and brilliantly colorful; marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

express

adj. not tacit or implied; without unnecessary stops; adv. by express; noun rapid transport of goods; public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system; verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; give expression to; send by rapid transport or special messenger service; indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait); serve as a means for expressing something; obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

harmless

adj. not threatening to life or health; not malignant; not causing or capable of causing harm; unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; not producing any toxic effects; not injurious to physical or mental health

rare

adj. not widely distributed; not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; recurring only at long intervals; marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; having low density

unsophisticated

adj. not wise in the ways of the world; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking complexity

unexplored

adj. not yet discovered

disciplined

adj. obeying the rules; trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise; punished for misbehavior

available

adj. obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; convenient for use or disposal; not busy; not otherwise committed

conspicuous

adj. obvious to the eye or mind; without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

seasonal

adj. occurring at or dependent on a particular season; noun a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons

initial

adj. occurring at the beginning; noun the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); verb mark with one's initials

fortuitous

adj. occurring by happy chance; having no cause or apparent cause

occasional

adj. occurring from time to time; occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; occuring from time to time

current

adj. occurring in or belonging to the present time; noun a steady flow (usually from natural causes); a flow of electricity through a conductor; dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

chance

adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; noun a risk involving danger; a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; the possibility of future success; a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; verb be the case by chance; come upon, as if by accident; meet with; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

posthumous

adj. occurring or coming into existence after a person's death

concurrent

adj. occurring or operating at the same time

incessant

adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

brownish

adj. of a color similar to that of wood or earth

hazel

adj. of a light brown or yellowish brown color; noun the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris); Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts; any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk

peak

adj. of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; noun the top point of a mountain or hill; a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; the highest point (of something); the most extreme possible amount or value; a V shape; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; the period of greatest prosperity or productivity; verb to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

insufficient

adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

sufficient

adj. of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant

time-consuming

adj. of a task that takes time and patience

wavy

adj. of hair in waves; uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves

precious

adj. of high worth or cost; obviously contrived to charm; characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for; adv. extremely

eminent

adj. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; having achieved eminence; standing above others in quality or position; (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

bulky

adj. of large size for its weight

great

adj. of major significance or importance; relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; in an advanced stage of pregnancy; marked by active interest and enthusiasm; very good; uppercase; noun a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

emotional

adj. of more than usual emotion; determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; of or pertaining to emotion; (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; extravagantly demonstrative

cognitive

adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition

heavenly

adj. of or belonging to heaven or god; relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven; of or relating to the sky

inferior

adj. of or characteristic of low rank or importance; of low or inferior quality; having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit; lower than a given reference point; inferior in rank or status; falling short of some prescribed norm; written or printed below and to one side of another character; noun one of lesser rank or station or quality; a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

avocational

adj. of or involved in an avocation

exponential

adj. of or involving exponents; noun a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent

nourishing

adj. of or providing nourishment

nutritious

adj. of or providing nourishment

nutrient

adj. of or providing nourishment; noun any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue

woolen

adj. of or related to or made of wool; noun a fabric made from the hair of sheep

climatic

adj. of or relating to a climate

antibiotic

adj. of or relating to antibiotic drugs; noun a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections

textile

adj. of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

melodic

adj. of or relating to melody; containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody

subsidiary

adj. of or relating to or being a subsidy; functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; furnishing added support; noun a company that is completely controlled by another company; an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Cuban

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba; noun a native or inhabitant of Cuba

comic

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; arousing or provoking laughter; noun a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

juvenile

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; noun a youthful person

quarterly

adj. of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; adv. in three month intervals; in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon; noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)

equestrian

adj. of or relating to or featuring horseback riding; of or relating to or composed of knights; noun a man skilled in equitation

nutritional

adj. of or relating to or providing nutrition

cometary

adj. of or relating to or resembling a comet

pedagogic

adj. of or relating to pedagogy

pedagogical

adj. of or relating to pedagogy

predictive

adj. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions

postgraduate

adj. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; noun a student who continues studies after graduation

tensile

adj. of or relating to tension; capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

spinal

adj. of or relating to the spine or spinal cord; noun anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord

postal

adj. of or relating to the system for delivering mail

parasitic

adj. of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; relating to or caused by parasites; of or pertaining to epenthesis

neutral

adj. of something that is lacking hue; lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest; neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrong; possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics; having no net electric charge; not electrified; having no personal preference; having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; noun one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute

bronze

adj. of the color of bronze; made from or consisting of bronze; noun a sculpture made of bronze; an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin; verb give the color and appearance of bronze to something; get a tan, from wind or sun

outdated

adj. old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable

obsolete

adj. old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; no longer in use

about

adj. on the move; adv. in the area or vicinity; all around or on all sides; in or to a reversed position or direction; to or among many different places or in no particular direction; (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; in rotation or succession; (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

automated

adj. operated by automation

terrestrial

adj. operating or living or growing on land; of this earth; concerned with the world or worldly matters; of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

automatic

adj. operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; like the unthinking functioning of a machine; without volition or conscious control; noun a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released; light machine gun

antique

adj. out of fashion; made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; belonging to or lasting from times long ago; noun any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity; an elderly man; verb give an antique appearance to; shop for antiques

out

adj. outer or outlying; outside or external; no longer fashionable; directed outward or serving to direct something outward; not worth considering as a possibility; not allowed to continue to bat or run; out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; being out or having grown cold; knocked unconscious by a heavy blow; excluded from use or mention; adv. away from home; from one's possession; noun (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; verb be made known; be disclosed or revealed; reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

irresistible

adj. overpoweringly attractive; impossible to resist; overpowering

thorough

adj. painstakingly careful and accurate; very thorough; exhaustively complete

breathing

adj. passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; noun the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

discernible

adj. perceptible by the senses or intellect; capable of being seen or noticed; capable of being perceived clearly

absolute

adj. perfect or complete or pure; not capable of being violated or infringed; complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; without conditions or limitations; not limited by law; expressing finality with no implication of possible change; noun something that is conceived to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control

functioning

adj. performing or able to perform its regular function; noun process or manner of functioning or operating

respiratory

adj. pertaining to respiration

weary

adj. physically and mentally fatigued; verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; get tired of something or somebody

fragrant

adj. pleasant-smelling

novel

adj. pleasantly new or different; original and of a kind not seen before; noun a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

attractive

adj. pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; having power to arouse interest

educated

adj. possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge); having or based on relevant experience

precedent

adj. preceding in time, order, or significance; noun an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time; a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time); (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions; a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws

perfect

adj. precisely accurate or exact; being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect); verb make perfect or complete

explicit

adj. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

fortunate

adj. presaging good fortune; having unexpected good fortune; supremely favored or fortunate

abundant

adj. present in great quantity

exuberant

adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance; unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; joyously unrestrained

reproductive

adj. producing new life or offspring

fruitful

adj. productive or conducive to producing in abundance; productive of profit

informative

adj. providing or conveying information; serving to instruct of enlighten or inform; tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

foster

adj. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; noun United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864); verb help develop, help grow; bring up under fosterage; of children; promote the growth of

eligible

adj. qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen

spanking

adj. quick and energetic; noun the act of slapping on the buttocks

radiant

adj. radiating or as if radiating light

unparalleled

adj. radically distinctive and without equal

avant-garde

adj. radically new or original; noun any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

responsive

adj. readily reacting to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; readily reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals or efforts; readily reacting to suggestions and influences; containing or using responses or antiphons recited or sung in alternation

perennial

adj. recurring again and again; lasting three seasons or more; lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; noun a plant lasting for three seasons or more

dilute

adj. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; verb lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

obliterate

adj. reduced to nothingness; verb remove completely from recognition or memory; do away with completely, without leaving a trace; make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

former

adj. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; belonging to the distant past; belonging to some prior time; noun the first of two or the first mentioned of two

elegant

adj. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

sectional

adj. related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of of a territory or community or group of people; consisting of or divided into sections; relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane); noun a piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together

sea

adj. relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships; noun a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land; turbulent water with swells of considerable size; anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume

sculptural

adj. relating to or consisting of sculpture; resembling sculpture

solar

adj. relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun

digestive

adj. relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion; noun any substance that promotes digestion

autobiographical

adj. relating to or in the style of an autobiography; of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer

residual

adj. relating to or indicating a remainder; noun (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing; something left after other parts have been taken away

harmonic

adj. relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm; of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds; of or relating to harmonics; involving or characterized by harmony; noun any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental; a tone that is a component of a complex sound

apart

adj. remote and separate physically or socially; having characteristics not shared by others; not living together as man and wife; adv. not taken into account or excluded from consideration; into parts or pieces; separated or at a distance in place or position or time; one from the other; away from another or others; placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

solitary

adj. remote or secluded; being the only one; single and isolated from others; characterized by or preferring solitude; lacking companions or companionship; of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies; noun one who lives in solitude; confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

prerequisite

adj. required as a prior condition or course of study; noun something that is required in advance

mandatory

adj. required by rule; noun a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves; the recipient of a mandate

manual

adj. requiring human effort; doing or requiring physical work; of or relating to the hands; noun a small handbook; (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle

sedentary

adj. requiring sitting or little activity

sedimentary

adj. resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment; produced by the action of water

inflexible

adj. resistant to being bent; incapable of change; incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; not making concessions

conservative

adj. resistant to change; opposed to liberal reforms; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; unimaginatively conventional; avoiding excess; noun a person who has conservative ideas or opinions

robust

adj. rough and crude; physically strong; strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; marked by richness and fullness of flavor

constitutional

adj. sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under a constitution; of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup; of or relating to a constitution; constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup); existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; noun a regular walk taken as a form of exercise

contented

adj. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are

content

adj. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; noun the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned; everything that is included in a collection; the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.; something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; what a communication that is about something is about; the amount that can be contained; the state of being contented with your situation in life; verb satisfy in a limited way; make content

clinical

adj. scientifically detached; unemotional; relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients

elite

adj. selected as the best; noun a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

retail

adj. selling or related to selling direct to the consumer; adv. at a retail price; noun the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale; verb sell on the retail market; be sold at the retail level

wholesale

adj. selling or related to selling goods in large quantities for resale to the consumer; ignoring distinctions; adv. on a large scale without careful discrimination; at a wholesale price; noun the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers; verb sell in large quantities

decorative

adj. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

explosive

adj. serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; sudden and loud; liable to lead to sudden change or violence; noun a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

fossilized

adj. set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs

collective

adj. set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; forming a whole or aggregate; done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; noun members of a cooperative enterprise

wedge-shaped

adj. shaped like a wedge; of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base

harsh

adj. sharply disagreeable; rigorous; severe; unkind or cruel or uncivil; unpleasantly stern; disagreeable to the senses; of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

blazing

adj. shining intensely; lighted up by or as by fire or flame; without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; noun a strong flame that burns brightly

urbane

adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

helpful

adj. showing a willingness to cooperate; providing assistance or serving a useful function; of service or assistance

considerate

adj. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others

timid

adj. showing fear and lack of confidence; lacking conviction or boldness or courage; lacking self-confidence; noun people who are fearful and cautious

ingenious

adj. showing inventiveness and skill; skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

irresponsible

adj. showing lack of care for consequences

indifferent

adj. showing no care or concern in attitude or action; neither too great nor too little; being neither good nor bad; characterized by a lack of partiality; marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; fairly poor to not very good; (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; marked by a lack of interest; having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive

discontented

adj. showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing

discontent

adj. showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; noun a longing for something better than the present situation; verb make dissatisfied

pensive

adj. showing pensive sadness; persistently or morbidly thoughtful

exterior

adj. situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; noun the outer side or surface of something; the region that is outside of something

diplomatic

adj. skilled in dealing with sensitive matters or people; relating to or characteristic of diplomacy

elusive

adj. skillful at eluding capture; difficult to describe; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

briny

adj. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); noun any very large body of (salt) water

damp

adj. slightly wet; noun a slight wetness; verb restrain or discourage; lessen in force or effect; make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

inert

adj. slow and apathetic; unable to move or resist motion; having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive

sour

adj. smelling of fermentation or staleness; having a sharp biting taste; one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons; showing a brooding ill humor; inaccurate in pitch; in an unpalatable state; noun the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth; a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar; the property of being acidic; verb go sour or spoil; make sour or more sour

mammoth

adj. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; noun any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

antiquated

adj. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

colossal

adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe

wholesome

adj. sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being

transcontinental

adj. spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent

worldwide

adj. spanning or extending throughout the entire world; of worldwide scope or applicability; involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

specific

adj. stated explicitly or in detail; (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique; being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; noun a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease; a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

faithful

adj. steadfast in affection or allegiance; not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; marked by fidelity to an original; noun any loyal and steadfast following; a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

constant

adj. steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; continually recurring or continuing without interruption; uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; noun a quantity that does not vary; a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context

coherent

adj. sticking together; marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner

untouched

adj. still full; not having come in contact; not influenced or affected; emotionally unmoved

stunning

adj. strikingly beautiful or attractive; causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; causing great astonishment and consternation; commanding attention

weird

adj. strikingly odd or unusual; suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; noun Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters

penal

adj. subject to punishment by law; serving as or designed to impose punishment; of or relating to punishment

sturdy

adj. substantially made or constructed; not making concessions; having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

accomplished

adj. successfully completed or brought to an end; settled securely and unconditionally; highly skilled

incisive

adj. suitable for cutting or piercing; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

edible

adj. suitable for use as food; noun any substance that can be used as food

industrial

adj. suitable to stand up to hard wear; having highly developed industries; employed in industry; of or relating to or resulting from industry; employed in industry

pendant

adj. supported from above; noun an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring); branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

abrupt

adj. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; exceedingly sudden and unexpected; extremely steep; marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions

flash

adj. tastelessly showy; noun a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph; a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; a momentary brightness; a sudden brilliant understanding; a short vivid experience; a sudden intense burst of radiant energy; a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story; a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate; a gaudy outward display; a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); verb appear briefly; emit a brief burst of light; make known or cause to appear with great speed; protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; expose or show briefly; gleam or glow intermittently; run or move very quickly or hastily; display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

tense

adj. taut or rigid; stretched tight; pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat'); in or of a state of physical or nervous tension; noun a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time; verb cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; become tense, nervous, or uneasy; increase the tension on; become stretched or tense or taught

stubborn

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield; not responding to treatment

breathtaking

adj. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

healing

adj. tending to cure or restore to health; noun the natural process by which the body repairs itself

penetrating

adj. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

effluent

adj. that is flowing outward; noun water mixed with waste matter

secret

adj. the next to highest level of official classification for documents; not expressed; indulging only covertly; communicated covertly; not open or public; kept private or not revealed; not openly made known; having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; (of information) given in confidence or in secret; hidden from general view or use; designed to elude detection; noun information known only to a special group; something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

spare

adj. thin and fit; kept in reserve especially for emergency use; not taken up by scheduled activities; lacking embellishment or ornamentation; lacking in amplitude or quantity; more than is needed, desired, or required; noun a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls; an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle; an extra component of a machine or other apparatus; verb use frugally or carefully; give up what is not strictly needed; refrain from harming; save or relieve from an experience or action

threadlike

adj. thin in diameter; resembling a thread

good

adj. thorough; generally admired; resulting favorably; not left to spoil; not forged; having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; morally admirable; in excellent physical condition; appealing to the mind; agreeable or pleasing; most suitable or right for a particular purpose; capable of pleasing; of moral excellence; promoting or enhancing well-being; having the normally expected amount; with or in a close or intimate relationship; exerting force or influence; tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; deserving of esteem and respect; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; financially sound; adv. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); in a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); noun moral excellence or admirableness; that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; benefit; articles of commerce

balanced

adj. total debits and credits are equal; being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium

utter

adj. total; without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); put into circulation; articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; express in speech

unimaginable

adj. totally unlikely

weather

adj. towards the side exposed to wind; noun the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; verb change under the action or influence of the weather; sail to the windward of; cause to slope; face or endure with courage

helpless

adj. unable to manage independently; unable to function; without help; lacking in or deprived of strength or power

disinterested

adj. unaffected by self-interest

indispensable

adj. unavoidable; not to be dispensed with; essential; absolutely necessary; vitally necessary

abiding

adj. unceasing

ambivalent

adj. uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

premature

adj. uncommonly early or before the expected time; born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; too soon or too hasty

unpredictable

adj. unknown in advance; not capable of being foretold; not occurring at expected times

unpromising

adj. unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment

raucous

adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh; disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

fruitless

adj. unproductive of success

unsubstantiated

adj. unsupported by other evidence

banner

adj. unusually good; outstanding; noun long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page

upset

adj. used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; mildly physically distressed; thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; noun the act of upsetting something; the act of disturbing the mind or body; a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging; an improbable and unexpected victory; condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; an unhappy and worried mental state; verb disturb the balance or stability of; defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; cause to lose one's composure; form metals with a swage; move deeply; cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

upland

adj. used of high or hilly country; noun elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

residential

adj. used or designed for residence or limited to residences; of or relating to or connected with residence

up

adj. used up; (used of computers) operating properly; open; (usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness; extending or moving toward a higher place; being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; out of bed; getting higher or more vigorous; adv. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; to a later time; to a more central or a more northerly place; nearer to the speaker; to a higher intensity; verb raise

mechanical

adj. using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics; relating to or concerned with machinery or tools

stylized

adj. using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous

brisk

adj. very active; quick and energetic; imparting vitality and energy; verb become brisk

contiguous

adj. very close or connected in space or time; having a common boundary or edge; touching; connecting without a break; within a common boundary

lavish

adj. very generous; characterized by extravagance and profusion; verb expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

tempting

adj. very pleasantly inviting; highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

flyspeck

adj. very small; noun a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly

fragile

adj. vulnerably delicate; easily broken or damaged or destroyed; lacking solidity or strength and liable to break

snug

adj. well and tightly constructed; offering safety; well protected or concealed; enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space; fitting closely but comfortably; noun a small secluded room

notable

adj. widely known and esteemed; worthy of notice; noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others

well

adj. wise or advantageous and hence advisable; in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; resulting favorably; adv. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor; indicating high probability; in all likelihood; thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; favorably; with approval; to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree; in financial comfort; in a manner affording benefit or advantage; to a great extent or degree; with skill or in a pleasing manner; with prudence or propriety; with great or especially intimate knowledge; (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully; noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine; an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps; an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway); a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid; an abundant source; verb come up, as of a liquid

vacant

adj. without an occupant or incumbent; void of thought or knowledge

accidental

adj. without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); associated by chance and not an integral part; occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; noun a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature

everlasting

adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; continuing forever or indefinitely; noun any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

unscrupulous

adj. without scruples or principles

memorable

adj. worth remembering

consequently

adv. (sentence connectors) because of the reason given; as a consequence

therefore

adv. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; as a consequence

formerly

adv. at a previous time

initially

adv. at the beginning

currently

adv. at this time or period; now

unfortunately

adv. by bad luck

customarily

adv. by custom; according to common practice

fortuitously

adv. by good fortune

manually

adv. by hand

thereby

adv. by that means or because of that

utterly

adv. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

nonetheless

adv. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)

bang

adv. directly; noun a fringe of hair that is cut short squarely across the forehead; a sudden very loud noise; the swift release of a store of affective force; a conspicuous success; a vigorous blow; verb move noisily; to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; leap, jerk, bang; strike violently; close violently; have sexual intercourse with

temporarily

adv. for a limited time only; not permanently

seemingly

adv. from appearances alone

subsequently

adv. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

markedly

adv. in a clearly noticeable manner

dimly

adv. in a dim indistinct manner; with a dim light; in a manner lacking interest or vitality

laboriously

adv. in a laborious manner

so

adv. in a manner that facilitates; to a very great extent or degree; (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed; in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied; to a certain unspecified extent or degree; in the same way; also; in truth (often tends to intensify); subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); in the way indicated; noun the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

threateningly

adv. in a menacing manner

perennially

adv. in a perennial manner; repeatedly

practically

adv. in a practical manner; almost; nearly; (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely

radically

adv. in a radical manner

indiscriminately

adv. in a random manner; in an indiscriminate manner

securely

adv. in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; in an invulnerable manner; in a manner free from fear or risk; in a confident and unselfconscious manner

sparsely

adv. in a sparse manner

spectacularly

adv. in a spectacular manner

sporadically

adv. in a sporadic manner

strenuously

adv. in a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously

strikingly

adv. in a striking manner

substantially

adv. in a strong substantial way; to a great extent or degree

consistently

adv. in a systematic or consistent manner

justly

adv. in accordance with moral or social standards; with honesty

abundantly

adv. in an abundant manner

awkwardly

adv. in an awkward manner

brilliantly

adv. in an extremely intelligent way; with brightness

impartially

adv. in an impartial manner

incidentally

adv. in an incidental manner; introducing a different topic; by the way

inextricably

adv. in an inextricable manner

ingeniously

adv. in an ingenious manner

unevenly

adv. in an uneven and irregular way; in an unequal or partial manner; in a ragged uneven manner

fruitlessly

adv. in an unproductive manner

largely

adv. in large part; mainly or chiefly; on a large scale

inevitably

adv. in such a manner as could not be otherwise; by necessity

respectively

adv. in the order given

nowadays

adv. in these times; noun the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

predominantly

adv. much greater in number or influence

not

adv. negation of a word or group of words

unseasonably

adv. not in accordance with the season

rarely

adv. not often

occasionally

adv. now and then or here and there

forth

adv. out into view; forward in time or order or degree; from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); noun a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth

by

adv. so as to pass a given point; in reserve; not for immediate use

way

adv. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); noun a journey or passage; a course of conduct; any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; the property of distance in general; doing as one pleases or chooses; a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; a portion of something divided into shares; the condition of things generally; how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; how something is done or how it happens; a line leading to a place or point; space for movement

considerably

adv. to a great extent or degree

sparingly

adv. to a meager degree or in a meager manner

somewhat

adv. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; to a small degree or extent

notably

adv. to a notable extent

notoriously

adv. to a notorious degree

indefinitely

adv. to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time

as

adv. to the same degree (often followed by `as'); noun a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa; a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar

absolutely

adv. totally and definitely; without question; completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

normally

adv. under normal conditions

yet

adv. up to the present time; to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; used after a superlative; within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time

terribly

adv. used as intensifiers; in a terrible manner

now

adv. used to preface a command or reproof or request; at the present moment; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; in the immediate past; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; in these times; without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; noun the momentary present

freshly

adv. very recently; in an impudent or impertinent manner

consciously

adv. with awareness

undoubtedly

adv. with certainty

diligently

adv. with diligence; in a diligent manner

elaborately

adv. with elaboration

scrupulously

adv. with extreme conscientiousness

expressly

adv. with_specific_intentions; for the express purpose; in an explicit manner

accidentally

adv. without advance planning; without intention; in an unintentional manner; in an incidental manner

solely

adv. without any others being included or involved

fairly

adv. without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

constantly

adv. without interruption; seemingly uninterrupted; without variation or change

annually

adv. without missing a year; by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)

unquestionably

adv. without question; without question and beyond doubt

unscrupulously

adv. without scruples

access

approach, memory access, access code, get at, entree, accession, admittance

accessible

approachable

abrasion

attrition, corrasion, detrition, scratch, scrape, excoriation, grinding

blazing

blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary, blaze, ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, burning, flaming, on fire, blatant, conspicuous

abut

border, adjoin, edge, march, butt, butt against, butt on

abound

burst, bristle

capability

capableness, potentiality, capacity

normal

convention, pattern, rule, formula

abundantly

copiously, profusely, extravagantly

abundance

copiousness, teemingness

abandoned

derelict

abide

digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer, put up, bide, stay

academic

donnish, pedantic, academician, faculty member

abolitionist

emancipationist

abiding

enduring, imperishable

absorb

engross, engage, occupy, assimilate, ingest, take in, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take up, take over, steep, immerse, engulf, plunge

abandonment

forsaking, desertion, defection

abolish

get rid of

ablaze

inflamed, reddened, flaming, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, blazing, burning, flaming, on fire, aroused

absolute

infrangible, inviolable, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer, total, unconditioned, conclusive

abuse

insult, revilement, contumely, vilification, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout, maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, misuse, pervert, mistreat, maltreat, ill-use, step, ill-treat

aurora

noun (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force; the first light of day

cavity

noun (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body; soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth; space that is surrounded by something; a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

zone

noun (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure; an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic; any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude; a circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features; verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns; separate or apportion into sections

comet

noun (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit

anomaly

noun (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun); a person who is unusual; deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

strike

noun (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; a conspicuous success; a gentle blow; verb cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; indicate (a certain time) by striking; make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; pierce with force; deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; produce by ignition or a blow; stop work in order to press demands; affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; hit against; come into sudden contact with; smooth with a strickle; form by stamping, punching, or printing; have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; occupy or take on; drive something violently into a location; cause to experience suddenly; find unexpectedly; attain; touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

subspecies

noun (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

cell

noun (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals; a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction; a room where a prisoner is kept; small room is which a monk or nun lives; any small compartment; a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement; a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

absorption

noun (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid; (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; the mental state of being preoccupied by something; complete attention; intense mental effort; the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

hardware

noun (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system; major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile); instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal

community

noun (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other; a group of people living in a particular local area; a group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common; a group of nations having common interests; common ownership; agreement as to goals; the body of people in a learned occupation; a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

niche

noun (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species); a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it; an enclosure that is set back or indented; a small concavity

amplification

noun (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current; addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

herald

noun (formal) a person who announces important news; an indication of the approach of something or someone; verb praise vociferously; greet enthusiastically or joyfully; foreshadow or presage

penalty

noun (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game; the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; a payment required for not fulfilling a contract; the act of punishing

upheaval

noun (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building); disturbance usually in protest; a violent disturbance; a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)

clause

noun (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence; a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

infection

noun (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure; moral corruption or contamination; an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted; (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease; (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound; the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms; the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

bequest

noun (law) a gift of personal property by will

appeal

noun (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; request for a sum of money; earnest or urgent request; verb request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; take a court case to a higher court for review; challenge (a decision); cite as an authority; resort to; be attractive to

objection

noun (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality; the speech act of objecting; the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent; the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

verdict

noun (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment

postulate

noun (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning; verb take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; maintain or assert; require as useful, just, or proper

retreat

noun (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset; (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position; a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet; withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; an area where you can be alone; verb make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; move away, as for privacy; pull back or move away or backward; move back

exposition

noun (music) the section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur; an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse; a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic; a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

viability

noun (of living things) capable of normal growth and development; capable of being done in a practical and useful way

specification

noun (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention; a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work; naming explicitly; a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

cohesion

noun (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid; (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals); the state of cohering or sticking together

quantum

noun (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory); a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantum in quantum theory

patronage

noun (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support; the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; the act of providing approval and support; a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; customers collectively; verb support by being a patron of; be a regular customer or client of

scraping

noun (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); a harsh noise made by scraping

respect

noun (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; an attitude of admiration or esteem; behavior intended to please your parents; a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; courteous regard for people's feelings; a feeling of friendship and esteem; the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); verb regard highly; think much of; show respect towards

mantle

noun (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell; the cloak as a symbol of authority; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core; United States baseball player (1931-1997); a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter; hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window); shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; anything that covers; verb cover like a mantle; spread over a surface, like a mantle

whittle

noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996); verb cut small bits or pare shavings from

sue

noun French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857); verb institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

mate

noun South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate; the officer below the master on a commercial ship; informal term for a friend of the same sex; the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea; a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; an exact duplicate; a person's partner in marriage; a fellow member of a team; verb place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; bring two objects, ideas, or people together; make love

frost

noun United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963); the formation of frost or ice on a surface; ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside); weather cold enough to cause freezing; verb damage by frost; cover with frost; provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; decorate with frosting

clay

noun United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852); United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978); a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired; the dead body of a human being; water soaked soil; soft wet earth

solicitor

noun a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents; a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes

thorn

noun a Germanic character of runic origin; something that causes irritation and annoyance; a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

dime

noun a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar; street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

nickel

noun a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar; five dollars worth of a drug; a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite; verb plate with nickel

peck

noun a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; verb eat by pecking at, like a bird; hit lightly with a picking motion; bother persistently with trivial complaints; eat like a bird; kiss lightly

kingdom

noun a basic group of natural objects; the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia; a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state; the domain ruled by a king or queen; a country with a king as head of state; a domain in which something is dominant

timber

noun a beam made of wood; a post made of wood; (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); land that is covered with trees and shrubs; the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

theory

noun a belief that can guide behavior; a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

autobiography

noun a biography of yourself

specimen

noun a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; an example regarded as typical of its class

weed

noun a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning; any plant that crowds out cultivated plants; street names for marijuana; verb clear of weeds

spectacle

noun a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself; an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale; something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)

jury

noun a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law; a committee appointed to judge a competition

taxicab

noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

cab

noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money; small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood; a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits; verb ride in a taxicab

postcard

noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

freighter

noun a cargo ship

larynx

noun a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

baggage

noun a case used to carry belongings when traveling; the portable equipment and supplies of an army; a worthless or immoral woman

neuron

noun a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

note

noun a characteristic emotional quality; a brief written record; a short personal letter; a comment or instruction (usually added); a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); high status importance owing to marked superiority; verb make mention of; make a written note of; observe with care or pay close attention to; notice or perceive

tendency

noun a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; a general direction in which something tends to move; an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; an inclination to do something

aspect

noun a characteristic to be considered; a distinct feature or element in a problem; the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb; the feelings expressed on a person's face; the visual percept of a region

brim

noun a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat; the top edge of a vessel or other container; verb fill as much as possible; be completely full

shepherd

noun a clergyman who watches over a group of people; a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock; verb tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats; watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

wrinkle

noun a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different); a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; verb make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; make wrinkled or creased; gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

embrace

noun a close affectionate and protective acceptance; the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection); the state of taking in or encircling; verb squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

buddy

noun a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

fume

noun a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; verb be mad, angry, or furious; emit a cloud of fine particles; be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face; treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

code

noun a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy; (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions; a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones); verb attach a code to; convert ordinary language into code

anthology

noun a collection of selected literary passages

colloquialism

noun a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

ozone

noun a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)

neon

noun a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

farce

noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations; mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs; verb fill with a stuffing while cooking

colonel

noun a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

oath

noun a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury; a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

ingredient

noun a component of a mixture or compound; food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; an abstract part of something

lawsuit

noun a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

watercourse

noun a conduit through which water flows; natural or artificial channel through which water flows; a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

constellation

noun a configuration of stars as seen from the earth; an arrangement of parts or elements

collision

noun a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together

buzz

noun a confusion of activity and gossip; sound of rapid vibration; verb call with a buzzer; fly low; make a buzzing sound; be noisy with activity

consideration

noun a considerate and thoughtful act; kind and considerate regard for others; the process of giving careful thought to something; a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting); information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

parameter

noun a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves; a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data; any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

well-being

noun a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

indenture

noun a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term; formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt; the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line; a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline); verb bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

vehicle

noun a conveyance that transports people or objects; a medium for the expression or achievement of something; a substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it; any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

carbon

noun a copy made with carbon paper; an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds; a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

clutch

noun a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; the act of grasping; a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand; a collection of things or persons to be handled together; verb affect; take hold of; grab; hold firmly, usually with one's hands

hovercraft

noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines

spacecraft

noun a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

potter

noun a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln; verb work lightly; move around aimlessly; do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

stonemason

noun a craftsman who works with stone or brick

mason

noun a craftsman who works with stone or brick; English writer (1865-1948); English film actor (1909-1984); American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792); a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love

lament

noun a cry of sorrow and grief; a mournful poem; a lament for the dead; a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person; verb express grief verbally; regret strongly

snowflake

noun a crystal of snow; white arctic bunting

air cushion

noun a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated; a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion; the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground

cylinder

noun a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air; a chamber within which piston moves; a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases); a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

scrape

noun a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); a harsh noise made by scraping; an indication of damage; an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off; verb scratch repeatedly; gather (money or other resources) together over time; make by scraping; bend the knees and bow in a servile manner; cut the surface of; wear away the surface of; bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

ravine

noun a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

mannerism

noun a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display; a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

lace

noun a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment); verb draw through eyes or holes; do lacework; add alcohol to (beverages); spin or twist together so as to form a cord; make by braiding or interlacing

anatomy

noun a detailed analysis; the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals; alternative names for the body of a human being

scuba

noun a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

map

noun a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it); a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set; verb to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets); explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; depict as if on a map; plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences

stunt

noun a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention; a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth; verb perform a stunt or stunts; check the growth or development of

indigestion

noun a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea

disrespect

noun a disrespectful mental attitude; an expression of lack of respect; a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous; verb have little or no respect for; hold in contempt; show a lack of respect for

faction

noun a dissenting clique; a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

distinction

noun a distinguishing difference; a distinguishing quality; a discrimination between things as different and distinct; high status importance owing to marked superiority

peculiarity

noun a distinguishing trait; an odd or unusual characteristic; something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

retriever

noun a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

bubble

noun a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; an impracticable and illusory idea; a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide); a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; verb form, produce, or emit bubbles; expel gas from the stomach; flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

fresco

noun a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster; a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster; verb paint onto wet plaster on a wall

frown

noun a facial expression of dislike or displeasure; verb look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

defect

noun a failing or deficiency; an imperfection in a bodily system; an imperfection in a device or machine; a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); verb desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

sculptor

noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus; an artist who creates sculptures

pretension

noun a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

screw

noun a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head; a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air; a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole; slang for sexual intercourse; someone who guards prisoners; verb tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; turn like a screw; defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit; have sexual intercourse with

pasture

noun a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock; animal food for browsing or grazing; verb feed as in a meadow or pasture; let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

lawn

noun a field of cultivated and mowed grass

yarn

noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving; the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; verb tell or spin a yarn

thread

noun a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving; the raised helical rib going around a screw; the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; any long object resembling a thin line; verb pass through or into; remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; pass a thread through; thread on or as if on a string; to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

kerosene

noun a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

raft

noun a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; verb make into a raft; travel by raft in water; transport on a raft

questionnaire

noun a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information

strip

noun a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material; thin piece of wood or metal; a relatively long narrow piece of something; an airfield without normal airport facilities; a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book; verb remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; draw the last milk (of cows); take off or remove; remove a constituent from a liquid; remove the thread (of screws); remove the surface from; strip the cured leaves from; get undressed; lay bare; remove substances from by a percolating liquid; remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; take away possessions from someone; steal goods; take as spoils

responsibility

noun a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; the proper sphere or extent of your activities

request

noun a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority; the verbal act of requesting; verb express the need or desire for; ask for; ask (a person) to do something; inquire for (information)

announcement

noun a formal public statement; a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen

fortress

noun a fortified defensive structure

fort

noun a fortified defensive structure; a fortified military post where troops are stationed; verb station (troops) in a fort; gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense; enclose by or as if by a fortification

haunt

noun a frequently visited place; verb haunt like a ghost; pursue; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place

particle

noun a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs; a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions; (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

kiln

noun a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks

audience

noun a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; a conference (usually with someone important); an opportunity to state your case and be heard

landscape

noun a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery; painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery; an extensive mental viewpoint; an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view; verb do landscape gardening; embellish with plants

subsidy

noun a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public

colony

noun a group of animals of the same type living together; (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell; a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country; one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

herd

noun a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans; a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra; a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; verb move together, like a herd; cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; keep, move, or drive animals

formula

noun a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement; a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle; a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements; a liquid food for infants; something regarded as a normative example; (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; directions for making something

cluster

noun a grouping of a number of similar things; verb come together as in a cluster or flock; gather or cause to gather into a cluster

scissors

noun a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move; a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze; and edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

screwdriver

noun a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw; a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice

quartz

noun a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities; colorless glass made of almost pure silica

consistency

noun a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts; (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another; the property of holding together and retaining its shape; logical coherence and accordance with the facts

clinic

noun a healthcare facility for outpatient care; meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity; a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists

shutter

noun a hinged blind for a window; a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure; verb close with shutters

burrow

noun a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; verb move through by or as by digging

resort

noun a hotel located in a resort area; act of turning to for assistance; something or someone turned to for assistance or security; a frequently visited place; verb move, travel, or proceed toward some place; have recourse to

thatch

noun a house roof made with a plant material (as straw); hair resembling thatched roofing material; plant stalks used as roofing material; an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718); verb cover with thatch

hinge

noun a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other; a circumstance upon which subsequent events depend; verb attach with a hinge

imbalance

noun a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; (mathematics) a lack of symmetry

fortune

noun a large amount of wealth or prosperity; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

mansion

noun a large and imposing house; (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

landmass

noun a large continuous extent of land

peninsula

noun a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

army

noun a large number of people united for some specific purpose; a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state; the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

scholar

noun a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines; a student who holds a scholarship; someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

obligation

noun a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply; a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor; the state of being obligated to do or pay something; the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

bankruptcy

noun a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent; inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; a state of complete lack of some abstract property

amble

noun a leisurely walk (usually in some public place); verb walk leisurely

be

noun a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element; verb spend or use time; work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); have life, be alive; be identical to; be someone or something; occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; happen, occur, take place; have an existence, be extant; form or compose; be identical or equivalent to; represent, as of a character on stage; be priced at

stroke

noun a light touch with the hands; a single complete movement; (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing; a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing); a light touch; the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew; a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain; a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information; the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam; verb treat gingerly or carefully; strike a ball with a smooth blow; row at a particular rate; touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions

string

noun a lightweight cord; a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases); a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop; stringed instruments that are played with a bow; a necklace made by a stringing objects together; a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; verb add as if on a string; provide with strings; thread on or as if on a string; remove the stringy parts of; string together; tie or fasten with a string; stretch out or arrange like a string; move or come along

quota

noun a limitation on imports; a proportional share assigned to each participant; a prescribed number

cord

noun a line made of twisted fibers or threads; a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton; a light insulated conductor for household use; a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet; verb bind or tie with a cord; stack in cords

breed

noun a lineage or race of people; a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; a special lineage; half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and American Indian parents); verb have young (animals); cause to procreate (animals); copulate with a female, used especially of horses; call forth

jungle

noun a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival; an impenetrable equatorial forest; a place where hoboes camp

hike

noun a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; the amount a salary is increased; an increase in cost; verb walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; increase

bump

noun a lump on the body caused by a blow; an impact (as from a collision); something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; verb knock against with force or violence; dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; come upon, as if by accident; meet with; assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

telescope

noun a magnifier of images of distant objects; verb make smaller or shorter; crush together or collapse

bachelor

noun a man who has never been married; a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon; verb lead a bachelor's existence

patriarch

noun a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself; any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race; the male head of family or tribe; title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

manifestation

noun a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing; a clear appearance; a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); expression without words; an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)

stripe

noun a marking of a different color or texture from the background; a kind or category; a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service; an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material; V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; verb mark with stripes

pyramid

noun a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt; (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases; a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex; verb increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base; arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid; use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal; enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

congressman

noun a member of the United States House of Representatives

clergyman

noun a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

retailer

noun a merchant who sells goods at retail

wit

noun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter; mental ability; a witty amusing person who makes jokes

weld

noun a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together; United States abolitionist (1803-1895); European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America; verb unite closely or intimately; join together by heating

coin

noun a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money; verb make up; form by stamping, punching, or printing

audit

noun a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation; an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA; verb attend academic courses without getting credit; examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

collapse

noun a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; an abrupt failure of function or health; the act of throwing yourself down; a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures); verb lose significance, effectiveness, or value; break down, literally or metaphorically; cause to burst; fold or close up; collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; suffer a nervous breakdown; fall apart

launch

noun a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck; the act of propelling with force; verb smoothen the surface of; propel with force; get going; give impetus to; launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; begin with vigor; set up or found

volcano

noun a mountain formed by volcanic material; a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

hatch

noun a movable barrier covering a hatchway; shading consisting of multiple crossing lines; the production of young from an egg; verb emerge from the eggs; draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating; sit on (eggs); devise or invent

recoil

noun a movement back from an impact; the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired; verb spring back, as from a forceful thrust; spring back; spring away from an impact; draw back, as with fear or pain; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

soloist

noun a musician who performs a solo

brook

noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant

mediator

noun a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

fray

noun a noisy fight; verb wear away by rubbing; cause friction

exploit

noun a notable achievement; verb use or manipulate to one's advantage; draw from; make good use of; work excessively hard

bundle

noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing; a collection of things wrapped or boxed together; a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); verb sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed; make into a bundle; compress into a wad; gather or cause to gather into a cluster

nucleus

noun a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction; any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord; the positively charged dense center of an atom; (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail; a small group of indispensable persons or things

bud

noun a partially opened flower; a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals; verb start to grow or develop; develop buds

extract

noun a passage selected from a larger work; a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water); verb calculate the root of a number; remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; separate (a metal) from an ore; get despite difficulties or obstacles; extract by the process of distillation; take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy; obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

triangle

noun a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle; any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles; a three-sided polygon; something approximating the shape of a triangle; a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries

digest

noun a periodical that summarizes the news; something that is compiled (as into a single book or file); verb soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture; make more concise; soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture; systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; become assimilated into the body; arrange and integrate in the mind; put up with something or somebody unpleasant; convert food into absorbable substances

baby-sitter

noun a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

employer

noun a person or firm that employs workers

falconer

noun a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry

founder

noun a person who founds or establishes some institution; a worker who makes metal castings; inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse; verb stumble and nearly fall; sink below the surface; break down, literally or metaphorically; fail utterly; collapse

precursor

noun a person who goes before or announces the coming of another; a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction); an indication of the approach of something or someone

helper

noun a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help); a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

inhabitant

noun a person who inhabits a particular place

heir

noun a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another; a person who inherits some title or office

colleague

noun a person who is member of your class or profession; an associate you work with

peer

noun a person who is of equal standing with another in a group; a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage; verb look searchingly

pauper

noun a person who is very poor

debtor

noun a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

rancher

noun a person who owns or operates a ranch

consumer

noun a person who uses goods or services

tailor

noun a person whose occupation is making and altering garments; verb make fit for a specific purpose; create (clothes) with cloth; style and tailor in a certain fashion

patch

noun a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole; a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program; a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body; a protective cloth covering for an injured eye; sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); a connection intended to be used for a limited time; a small contrasting part of something; a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; verb mend by putting a patch on; to join or unite the pieces of; provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; repair by adding pieces

Cabinet

noun a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display; housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television; a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock; persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

terrain

noun a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

range

noun a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; a variety of different things or activities; the limits within which something can be effective; a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; a series of hills or mountains; the limits of the values a function can take; a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; the limit of capability; verb let eat; lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; range or extend over; occupy a certain area; change or be different within limits; have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; assign a rank or rating to; feed as in a meadow or pasture; move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

scour

noun a place that is scoured (especially by running water); verb rub hard or scrub; examine minutely; rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; clean with hard rubbing

hatchery

noun a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)

fragrance

noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property; a distinctive odor that is pleasant

conspiracy

noun a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot); a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act; a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

contention

noun a point asserted as part of an argument; the act of competing as for profit or a prize; a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

conservatism

noun a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

nominee

noun a politician who is running for public office

apology

noun a poor example; an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

accordion

noun a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

opportunity

noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

precaution

noun a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; the trait of practicing caution in advance; judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger

combustion

noun a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light; a state of violent disturbance and excitement; the act of burning something

by-product

noun a product made during the manufacture of something else; a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence

attorney

noun a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

pound

noun a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972); a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec; 16 ounces; the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence; the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents; the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters; formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence; the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters; the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters; the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters; verb break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; partition off into compartments; place or shut up in a pound; hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; strike or drive against with a heavy impact; move rhythmically; move heavily or clumsily

tint

noun a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; verb color lightly

dash

noun a quick run; the act of moving with great haste; distinctive and stylish elegance; the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; a footrace run at top speed; a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text; verb add an enlivening or altering element to; destroy or break; break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; hurl or thrust violently; cause to lose courage; run or move very quickly or hastily

bustle

noun a rapid active commotion; a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt; verb move or cause to move energetically or busily

cadence

noun a recurrent rhythmical series; the close of a musical section; (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

elegance

noun a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)

abolitionist

noun a reformer who favors abolishing slavery

patron

noun a regular customer; someone who supports or champions something; the proprietor of an inn

thaw

noun a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; verb become or cause to become soft or liquid

preserve

noun a reservation where animals are protected; a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; verb prevent (food) from rotting; keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

fund

noun a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies; a supply of something available for future use; verb furnish money for; accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; invest money in government securities; provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest; place or store up in a fund for accumulation; convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

suburbanite

noun a resident of a suburb

suburb

noun a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

petrifaction

noun a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form; the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

bulb

noun a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ; a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure; electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity; lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)

terrace

noun a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below); usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence; verb make into terraces as for cultivation; provide (a house) with a terrace

abuse

noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; cruel or inhumane treatment; improper or excessive use; verb use wrongly or improperly or excessively; use foul or abusive language towards; change the inherent purpose or function of something; treat badly

tenement

noun a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

balance

noun a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity; equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; equality of distribution; a state of equilibrium; a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat; a weight that balances another weight; (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane; harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra; something left after other parts have been taken away; verb compute credits and debits of an account; bring into balance or equilibrium; be in equilibrium; hold or carry in equilibrium

mathematics

noun a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

statue

noun a sculpture representing a human or animal

subsection

noun a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided

facility

noun a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service; a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; a natural effortlessness; skillful performance or ability without difficulty

suit

noun a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank; a businessman dressed in a business suit; a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); verb be agreeable or acceptable to; be agreeable or acceptable; accord or comport with; enhance the appearance of

psychoanalysis

noun a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

pave

noun a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows; verb cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic

famine

noun a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death; an acute insufficiency

yelp

noun a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog); verb bark in a high-pitched tone

edge

noun a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; a strip near the boundary of an object; a slight competitive advantage; the attribute of urgency; the boundary of a surface; a line determining the limits of an area; verb provide with an edge; advance slowly, as if by inches; lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; provide with a border or edge

clip

noun a sharp slanting blow; the act of clipping or snipping; any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together; an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress; a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun; an instance or single occasion for some event; verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; attach with a clip; cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; sever or remove by pinching or snipping; run at a moderately swift pace

haven

noun a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary; a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

seaport

noun a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

wreck

noun a ship that has been destroyed at sea; something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation; a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; verb smash or break forcefully

dagger

noun a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing; a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

fable

noun a short moral story (often with animal characters); a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events; a deliberately false or improbable account

poster

noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers; someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards

buzzer

noun a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound; a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

aluminum

noun a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

landslide

noun a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; an overwhelming electoral victory

breeze

noun a slight wind (usually refreshing); any undertaking that is easy to do; verb to proceed quickly and easily; blow gently and lightly

hatchet

noun a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood); weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians

marble

noun a small ball of glass that is used in various games; a sculpture carved from marble; a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material; verb paint or stain like marble

brochure

noun a small book usually having a paper cover

notch

noun a small cut; a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface; a V-shaped indentation; the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; verb notch a surface to record something; cut or make a notch into

spark

noun a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction; Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918); a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; a momentary flash of light; electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field; verb emit or produce sparks; put in motion or move to act

flake

noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; a person with an unusual or odd personality; a crystal of snow; verb cover with flakes or as if with flakes; form into flakes; come off in flakes or thin small pieces

calculator

noun a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)

fraction

noun a small part or item forming a piece of a whole; the quotient of two rational numbers; a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process; verb perform a division

snippet

noun a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

scrap

noun a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; worthless material that is to be disposed of; verb make into scrap or refuse; have a disagreement over something; dispose of (something useless or old)

harmonica

noun a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

whisk

noun a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes; a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream; verb whip with or as if with a wire whisk; brush or wipe off lightly; move somewhere quickly; move quickly and nimbly

pebble

noun a small smooth rounded rock

facet

noun a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone); a distinct feature or element in a problem

civilization

noun a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); the social process whereby societies achieve civilization; the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; a particular society at a particular time and place

cushion

noun a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.; a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; verb protect from impact

block

noun a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings; (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements; a platform from which an auctioneer sells; an obstruction in a pipe or tube; a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine; a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope; verb shape into a block or blocks; shape by using a block; support, secure, or raise with a block; stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block; interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; run on a block system; prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); be unable to remember; interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); block passage through; render unsuitable for passage; obstruct; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; stop from happening or developing

solitude

noun a solitary place; a state of social isolation; a disposition toward being alone

anthem

noun a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school); a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

resource

noun a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

spaceship

noun a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)

species

noun a specific kind of something; (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

eyewitness

noun a spectator who can describe what happened; verb be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes

norm

noun a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; a statistic describing the location of a distribution

curiosity

noun a state in which you want to learn more about something; something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

malnutrition

noun a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

declaration

noun a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written); (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties; a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote; a formal public statement; (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

march

noun a steady advance; the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); a procession of people walking together; the month following February and preceding April; a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture; genre of music written for marching; district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; verb walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride; march in a procession; force to march; cause to march or go at a marching pace; lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; walk ostentatiously; march in protest; take part in a demonstration

cliff

noun a steep high face of rock

thunderstorm

noun a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

sentence

noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; verb pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

ambition

noun a strong drive for success; a cherished desire; verb have as one's ambition

penchant

noun a strong liking

urge

noun a strong restless desire; an instinctive motive; verb force or impel in an indicated direction; urge on or encourage especially by shouts; push for something

coil

noun a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit; tubing that is wound in a spiral; a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb; a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine; a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals); verb wind around something in coils or loops; make without a potter's wheel; to wind or move in a spiral course

memorial

noun a structure erected to commemorate persons or events; a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority; a recognition of meritorious service

framework

noun a structure supporting or containing something; the underlying structure; a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

edifice

noun a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

building

noun a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; the occupants of a building; the act of constructing something; the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

sect

noun a subdivision of a larger religious group; a dissenting clique

accompaniment

noun a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts; an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another; the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

elixir

noun a substance believed to cure all ills; a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste; a hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

avalanche

noun a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain; verb gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

clap

noun a sudden very loud noise; a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated; a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra; verb clap one's hands together; strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise; strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting; put quickly or forcibly; strike the air in flight; cause to strike the air in flight; clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

budget

noun a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; verb make a budget

embellishment

noun a superfluous ornament; elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

butterfly

noun a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down; diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings; verb cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; flutter like a butterfly; talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

rayon

noun a synthetic silklike fabric

terminology

noun a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

accounting

noun a system that provides quantitative information about finances; a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts; the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business; a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance

object

noun a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; the focus of cognitions or feelings; (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); verb express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; be averse to or express disapproval of

laurels

noun a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; the state of being honored

dart

noun a tapered tuck made in dressmaking; a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot; a sudden quick movement; verb move with sudden speed; run or move very quickly or hastily; move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

tenderness

noun a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling; warm compassionate feelings; a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless); a positive feeling of liking

hypothesis

noun a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations; a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

audition

noun a test of the suitability of a performer; the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; verb perform in order to get a role

willow

noun a textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers; any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

ballet

noun a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers; music written for a ballet

band

noun a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body); an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material; a restraint put around something to hold it together; a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration); a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else; a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; a range of frequencies between two limits; instrumentalists not including string players; jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure; an unofficial association of people or groups; a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing; verb bind or tie together, as with a band; attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

membrane

noun a thin pliable sheet of material; a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals

menace

noun a threat or the act of threatening; something that is a source of danger; verb act in a threatening manner; express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; pose a threat to; present a danger to

perfume

noun a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor; a distinctive odor that is pleasant; verb apply perfume to; fill or impregnate with an odor

postage

noun a token that postal fees have been paid; the charge for mailing something

coax

noun a transmission line for high-frequency signals; verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

aquamarine

noun a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color; a shade of blue tinged with green

prairie

noun a treeless grassy plain

platitude

noun a trite or obvious remark

footpath

noun a trodden path

pathway

noun a trodden path; a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

wring

noun a twisting squeeze; verb twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; twist and press out of shape; obtain by coercion or intimidation

theme

noun a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; an essay (especially one written as an assignment); the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; verb provide with a particular theme or motive

solidarity

noun a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group

craft

noun a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception; skill in an occupation or trade; people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; the skilled practice of a practical occupation; verb make by hand and with much skill

aircraft

noun a vehicle that can fly

face

noun a vertical surface of a building or cliff; the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); the striking or working surface of an implement; the general outward appearance of something; status in the eyes of others; the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; the part of an animal corresponding to the human face; a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; the feelings expressed on a person's face; impudent aggressiveness; a specific size and style of type within a type family; a contorted facial expression; a surface forming part of the outside of an object; verb cover the front or surface of; line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; turn so as to expose the face; be opposite; deal with (something unpleasant) head on; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; oppose, as in hostility or a competition; be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

helium

noun a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)

speck

noun a very small spot; a slight but appreciable addition; (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything; verb produce specks in or on

gasoline

noun a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

outrage

noun a wantonly cruel act; the act of scandalizing; a disgraceful event; a feeling of righteous anger; verb strike with disgust or revulsion; force (someone) to have sex against their will; violate the sacred character of a place or language

sewerage

noun a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

path

noun a way especially designed for a particular use; an established line of travel or access; a line or route along which something travels or moves; a course of conduct

soldier

noun a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony; an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; verb serve as a soldier in the military

cabinetmaker

noun a woodworker who specializes in making furniture

employee

noun a worker who is hired to perform a job

shipwreck

noun a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; verb destroy a ship; cause to experience shipwreck; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly

memo

noun a written proposal or reminder

memorandum

noun a written proposal or reminder

facilitation

noun act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something; (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential; the condition of being made easy (or easier)

extension

noun act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb; an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students; an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line; amount or degree or range to which something extends; the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; an addition that extends a main building; an addition to the length of something; the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

satisfaction

noun act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; the contentment you feel when you have done something right; compensation for a wrong; state of being gratified; great satisfaction

displacement

noun act of removing from office or employment; to move something from its natural environment; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one; (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound; act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics; the act of uniform movement; an event in which something is displaced without rotation

collaboration

noun act of working jointly; act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country

mask

noun activity that tries to conceal something; a covering to disguise or conceal the face; a protective covering worn over the face; a party of guests wearing costumes and masks; verb put a mask on or cover with a mask; shield from light; cover with a sauce; hide under a false appearance

spangle

noun adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing; verb decorate with spangles; glitter as if covered with spangles

wildlife

noun all living things (except people) that are undomesticated

construct

noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances; verb draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; make by combining materials and parts; create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; create by linking linguistic units; reassemble mentally; put together out of components or parts

attribute

noun an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity; a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; verb attribute or credit to; decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

biography

noun an account of the series of events making up a person's life

laser

noun an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

frustration

noun an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts; a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

junction

noun an act of joining or adjoining things; the place where two or more things come together; something that joins or connects; the state of being joined together; the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

depredation

noun an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding; (usually plural) a destructive action

exploitation

noun an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

disaster

noun an act that has disastrous consequences; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

injury

noun an act that injures someone; an accident that results in physical damage or hurt; any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

maneuver

noun an action aimed at evading an opponent; a move made to gain a tactical end; a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; a military training exercise; a plan for attaining a particular goal; verb act in order to achieve a certain goal; perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense; direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

influenza

noun an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

annex

noun an addition that extends a main building; verb attach to; take (territory) as if by conquest

sow

noun an adult female hog; verb introduce into an environment; place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; place seeds in or on (the ground)

anarchist

noun an advocate of anarchism

menu

noun an agenda of things to do; a list of dishes available at a restaurant; (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user; the dishes making up a meal

consciousness

noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; having knowledge of

nicotine

noun an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide

solder

noun an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces; verb join or fuse with solder

margin

noun an amount beyond the minimum necessary; the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities; the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary; a strip near the boundary of an object; a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits; (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

yield

noun an amount of a product; production of a certain amount; the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); verb consent reluctantly; cease opposition; stop fighting; bring in; be the cause or source of; give in, as to influence or pressure; end resistance, as under pressure or force; be willing to concede; be flexible under stress of physical force; give or supply; cause to happen or be responsible for; move in order to make room for someone for something; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another; be fatally overwhelmed

breakdown

noun an analysis into mutually exclusive categories; a cessation of normal operation; a mental or physical breakdown; the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

parasite

noun an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host; a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

embryo

noun an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life; (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

sort

noun an approximate definition or example; a person of a particular character or nature; an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; verb arrange or order by classes or categories; examine in order to test suitability

potentiality

noun an aptitude that may be developed; the inherent capacity for coming into being

scope

noun an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities; a magnifier of images of distant objects; the state of the environment in which a situation exists

highlight

noun an area of lightness in a picture; the most interesting or memorable part; verb apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

antiquity

noun an artifact surviving from the past; the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe; extreme oldness

an

noun an associate degree in nursing

consortium

noun an association of companies for some definite purpose

selection

noun an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; the act of choosing or selecting; the person or thing chosen or selected; a passage selected from a larger work; a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

raid

noun an attempt by speculators to defraud investors; a sudden short attack; verb search for something needed or desired; take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; enter someone else's territory and take spoils

avocation

noun an auxiliary activity

butter

noun an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use; a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head; verb spread butter on

academician

noun an educator who works at a college or university; a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation; someone elected to honorary membership in an academy

scheme

noun an elaborate and systematic plan of action; a schematic or preliminary plan; an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world; a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery; a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; verb form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner; devise a system or form a scheme for

memory

noun an electronic memory device; the power of retaining and recalling past experience; the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; something that is remembered; the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes

neutron

noun an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus

electron

noun an elementary particle with negative charge

break

noun an escape from jail; a sudden dash; an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool; an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); an unexpected piece of good luck; the occurrence of breaking; any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; the act of breaking something; a pause from doing something (as work); a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; breaking of hard tissue such as bone; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something; verb weaken or destroy in spirit or body; diminish or discontinue abruptly; fall sharply; be broken in; crack; of the male voice in puberty; render inoperable or ineffective; become separated into pieces or fragments; destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; happen; prevent completion; change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; come into being; find the solution or key to; find a flaw in; undergo breaking; interrupt the flow of current in; be released or become known; of news; pierce or penetrate; become punctured or penetrated; break a piece from a whole; go to pieces; ruin completely; separate from a clinch, in boxing; make the opening shot that scatters the balls; destroy the completeness of a set of related items; exchange for smaller units of money; force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; emerge from the surface of a body of water; scatter or part; make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; move away or escape suddenly; change directions suddenly; invalidate by judicial action; interrupt a continued activity; cause the failure or ruin of; happen or take place; come forth or begin from a state of latency; give up; cause to give up a habit; vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; come to an end; fracture a bone of; make submissive, obedient, or useful; become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; terminate; lessen in force or effect; stop operating or functioning; cease an action temporarily; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; surpass in excellence; do a break dance; break down, literally or metaphorically; reduce to bankruptcy; assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

scruple

noun an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action; uneasiness about the fitness of an action; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains; verb have doubts about; raise scruples; hesitate on moral grounds

juncture

noun an event that occurs at a critical time; a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

connoisseur

noun an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

consultant

noun an expert who gives advice

extremity

noun an external body part that projects from the body; that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso; the outermost or farthest region or point; the greatest or utmost degree; an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)

melodrama

noun an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization

utensil

noun an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

fragment

noun an incomplete piece; a piece broken off or cut off of something else; a broken piece of a brittle artifact; verb break or cause to break into pieces

misconception

noun an incorrect conception

factor

noun an independent variable in statistics; anything that contributes causally to a result; any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together; (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; an abstract part of something; a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission; one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; verb resolve into factors

scratch

noun an indication of damage; poor handwriting; a harsh noise made by scraping; dry mash for poultry; informal terms for money; a depression scratched or carved into a surface; an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off; verb cut the surface of; wear away the surface of; carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; cause friction; gather (money or other resources) together over time; remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

inferiority

noun an inferior quality; the quality of being a competitive disadvantage; the state of being inferior

repulse

noun an instance of driving away or warding off; verb force or drive back; cause to move back by force or influence; be repellent to; cause aversion in

paucity

noun an insufficient quantity or number

curriculum

noun an integrated course of academic studies

clarification

noun an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; the act of removing solid particles from a liquid

analysis

noun an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole; the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations; a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation; a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed; the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'; a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

yawn

noun an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; verb utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; be wide open

mania

noun an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action; a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

debt

noun an obligation to pay or do something; money or goods or services owed by one person to another; the state of owing something (especially money)

hazard

noun an obstacle on a golf course; a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; verb put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; put at risk

obstacle

noun an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented); something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

whim

noun an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; a sudden desire

ban

noun an official prohibition or edict against something; 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania; 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova; a decree that prohibits something; a bachelor's degree in nursing; verb prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper); expel from a community or group; ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

mention

noun an official recognition of merit; a remark that calls attention to something or someone; a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; verb commend; make reference to; make mention of

indent

noun an order for goods to be exported or imported; the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line; verb notch the edge of or make jagged; make a depression into; cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; set in from the margin; bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

masterpiece

noun an outstanding achievement; the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

dioxide

noun an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

disconnect

noun an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); verb make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten; pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

scramble

noun an unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way; verb make unintelligible; bring into random order; to move hurriedly; stir vigorously; climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

discomfort

noun an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress; the state of being tense and feeling pain

seamount

noun an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor

precipitation

noun an unexpected acceleration or hastening; the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height; the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist); the process of forming a chemical precipitate; the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time; overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

obsession

noun an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone; an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

stumble

noun an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; an unsteady uneven gait; verb make an error; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily; encounter by chance

injustice

noun an unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair

thesis

noun an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument; a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

quarry

noun animal hunted or caught for food; a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; verb extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry

manure

noun any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material; verb spread manure, as for fertilization

predator

noun any animal that lives by preying on other animals; someone who attacks in search of booty

nerve

noun any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body; impudent aggressiveness; the courage to carry on; verb get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

reptile

noun any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms

bunch

noun any collection in its entirety; a grouping of a number of similar things; an informal body of friends; verb gather or cause to gather into a cluster; form into a bunch

pathogen

noun any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

conifer

noun any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

weapon

noun any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; a means of persuading or arguing

clog

noun any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction; footwear usually with wooden soles; a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps; verb fill to excess so that function is impaired; coalesce or unite in a mass; impede with a clog or as if with a clog; impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; become or cause to become obstructed; dance a clog dance

container

noun any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

daisy

noun any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

dinosaur

noun any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era

perch

noun any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes; spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes; support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird); any of numerous fishes of America and Europe; an elevated place serving as a seat; a square rod of land; a linear measure of 16.5 feet; verb sit, as on a branch; cause to perch or sit; to come to rest, settle

cottonwood

noun any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed; American basswood of the Allegheny region

locoweed

noun any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock; street names for marijuana

sparrow

noun any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects; small brownish European songbird

bean

noun any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food; any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods; any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans; informal terms for a human head; verb hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball

tentacle

noun any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion; something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold

eagle

noun any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight; an emblem representing power; a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars; (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole; verb shoot in two strokes under par

deck

noun any of various platforms built into a vessel; street name for a packet of illegal drugs; a porch that resembles the deck on a ship; a pack of 52 playing cards; verb knock down with force; decorate; be beautiful to look at

wax

noun any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water; verb go up or advance; increase in phase; cover with wax

hatchling

noun any recently hatched animal (especially birds)

performance

noun any recognized accomplishment; the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; a dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner of functioning or operating

emotion

noun any strong feeling

mammal

noun any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

accident

noun anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

fabric

noun artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; the underlying structure

haze

noun atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility; confusion characterized by lack of clarity; verb harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions; become hazy, dull, or cloudy

quilt

noun bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together; verb create by stitching together; stitch or sew together

vacancy

noun being unoccupied; an empty area or space

shuttle

noun bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads; public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points; badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers; verb travel back and forth between two points

hide

noun body covering of a living animal; the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal); verb prevent from being seen or discovered; be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety; make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; cover as if with a shroud

clam

noun burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness; flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams; a piece of paper money worth one dollar; verb gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

ray

noun cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins; any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish; a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence; (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point; the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization; a column of light (as from a beacon); a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation; verb emit as rays; expose to radiation; extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

decline

noun change toward something smaller or lower; a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; a downward slope or bend; a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current; verb grow smaller; inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"; go down in value; go down; grow worse; show unwillingness towards; refuse to accept

quarter

noun clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp; a district of a city having some distinguishing character; an unspecified person; a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds); a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds); one of the four major division of the compass; a fourth part of a year; three months; one of four periods into which the school year is divided; a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; the rear part of a ship; one of four equal parts; verb divide by four; divide into quarters; divide into quarters; provide housing for (military personnel); pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

wrap

noun cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person; a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla; the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped; verb arrange or fold as a cover or protection; wrap or coil around; enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

contact

noun close interaction; the act of touching physically; (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication; a communicative interaction; the physical coming together of two or more things; a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; a channel for communication between groups; verb be in or establish communication with; be in direct physical contact with; make contact

attire

noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

coinage

noun coins collectively; the act of inventing a word or phrase; a newly invented word or phrase

dispute

noun coming into conflict with; a disagreement or argument about something important; verb have a disagreement over something; take exception to

correspondence

noun communication by the exchange of letters; compatibility of observations; similarity by virtue of corresponding; (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane; a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set; the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

harmony

noun compatibility in opinion and action; an agreeable sound property; the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords; agreement of opinions; a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

labyrinth

noun complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost; a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium

practicality

noun concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

impracticality

noun concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

conscience

noun conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

sculpture

noun creating figures or designs in three dimensions; a three-dimensional work of plastic art; verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

cucumber

noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons; a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit

embroidery

noun decorative needlework; elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

avoidance

noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

claim

noun demand for something as rightful or due; an informal right to something; an assertion of a right (as to money or property); an assertion that something is true or factual; an established or recognized right; a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"; verb take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; lay claim to; as of an idea; ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

context

noun discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation; the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

falcon

noun diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight; verb hunt with falcons

incredulity

noun doubt about the truth of something

analogy

noun drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others; the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate

construction

noun drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; the act of constructing something; the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought; a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; an interpretation of a text or action; a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

elevation

noun drawing of an exterior of a structure; (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); the event of something being raised upward; angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object); the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; a raised or elevated geological formation; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

facsimile

noun duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio; an exact copy or reproduction; verb send something via a facsimile machine

fringe

noun edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels; a social group holding marginal or extreme views; a part of the city far removed from the center; the outside boundary or surface of something; verb decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; adorn with a fringe

friction

noun effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure; the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another; a state of conflict between persons

terminus

noun either end of a railroad or bus route; (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome; station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods; the ultimate goal for which something is done; a place where something ends or is complete

hemisphere

noun either half of the cerebrum; half of the terrestrial globe; half of a sphere

acclaim

noun enthusiastic approval; verb praise vociferously; clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

abrasion

noun erosion by friction; an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off; the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

universe

noun everything stated or assumed in a given discussion; everything that exists anywhere; (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

preponderance

noun exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; a superiority in numbers or amount; superiority in power or influence

zeal

noun excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; prompt willingness; a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

fanaticism

noun excessive intolerance of opposing views

discourse

noun extended verbal expression in speech or writing; an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service); verb to consider or examine in speech or writing; talk at length and formally about a topic; carry on a conversation

absence

noun failure to be present; the state of being absent; the time interval during which something or somebody is away; epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities)

sophistication

noun falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone; uplifting enlightenment

ranch

noun farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle); verb manage or run a ranch

ranching

noun farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle)

buckle

noun fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong; a shape distorted by twisting or folding; verb fold or collapse; fasten with a buckle or buckles; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

consternation

noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger

dismay

noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger; the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles; verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

timidity

noun fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities; fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions

scholarship

noun financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit; profound scholarly knowledge

weaverbird

noun finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

weaver

noun finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests; a craftsman who weaves cloth

resolution

noun finding a solution to a problem; a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; analysis into clear-cut components; a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote; (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord; the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung); (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture; the trait of being resolute; something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

disillusion

noun freeing from false belief or illusions; verb free from enchantment

emancipation

noun freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

cling

noun fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit; verb hold on tightly or tenaciously; come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

conserve

noun fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; verb preserve with sugar; use cautiously and frugally; keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change

currency

noun general acceptance or use; the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used; a current state of general acceptance and use; the property of belonging to the present time

obstruction

noun getting in someone's way; the act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult; the state or condition of being obstructed; something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

discard

noun getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable; (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit; anything that is cast aside or discarded; verb throw or cast away

welfare

noun governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; something that aids or promotes well-being; a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

fade

noun gradually ceasing to be visible; a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; verb become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; become feeble; disappear gradually

preference

noun grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties); the right or chance to choose; a strong liking; a predisposition in favor of something

hay

noun grass mowed and cured for use as fodder; verb convert (plant material) into hay

clan

noun group of people related by blood or marriage

absenteeism

noun habitual absence from work

auger

noun hand tool for boring holes; a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

combine

noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field; an occurrence that results in things being united; a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; verb add together from different sources; join for a common purpose or in a common action; put or add together; mix together different elements; gather in a mass, sum, or whole; combine so as to form a whole; mix; have or possess in combination

consequence

noun having important effects or influence; the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual; a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

awareness

noun having knowledge of; state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

inheritance

noun hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

eminence

noun high status importance owing to marked superiority; a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

amount

noun how much of something is available; how much there is of something that you can quantify; a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers; a quantity of money; verb be tantamount or equivalent to; develop into; add up in number or quantity

fantasy

noun imagination unrestricted by reality; fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; something many people believe that is false; verb indulge in fantasies

autonomy

noun immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence; personal independence

clergy

noun in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)

jurisdiction

noun in law; the territory within which power can be exercised; (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law

business

noun incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; the volume of commercial activity; a rightful concern or responsibility; an immediate objective; business concerns collectively; a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; customers collectively

incorporation

noun including by incorporating; consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body; learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

ancestry

noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline; the descendants of one individual

seam

noun joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces; a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; verb put together with a seam

fragility

noun lack of physical strength; quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

inability

noun lacking the power to perform; lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

hem

noun lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down; verb utter `hem' or `ahem'; fold over and sew together to provide with a hem

bandanna

noun large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief

raven

noun large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail; verb feed greedily; prey on or hunt for; obtain or seize by violence; eat greedily

balloon

noun large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air; small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck; verb become inflated; ride in a hot-air balloon

digestion

noun learning and coming to understand ideas and information; the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body; the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

lash

noun leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip; a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids; verb bind with a rope, chain, or cord; lash or flick about sharply; strike as if by whipping; beat severely with a whip or rod

elevator

noun lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building; the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend

strand

noun line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable; a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels; a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides); a necklace made by a stringing objects together; a very slender natural or synthetic fiber; verb leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

wingspan

noun linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

briskness

noun liveliness and eagerness

coherence

noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; the state of cohering or sticking together

stilt

noun long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons; long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia; one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

nostalgia

noun longing for something past

rattle

noun loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail; a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken; a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); verb shake and cause to make a rattling noise; make short successive sounds

anesthesia

noun loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness

paralysis

noun loss of the ability to move a body part

clamor

noun loud and persistent outcry from many people; a loud harsh or strident noise; verb make loud demands; utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring

marsh

noun low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982); United States painter (1898-1954)

microscope

noun magnifier of the image of small objects

sediment

noun matter that has been deposited by some natural process; verb settle as sediment; deposit as a sediment

residue

noun matter that remains after something has been removed; something left after other parts have been taken away

security

noun measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; a guarantee that an obligation will be met; freedom from anxiety or fear; a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers; defense against financial failure; financial independence; property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends; the state of being free from danger or injury; an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone tries to break in

sector

noun measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end; a particular aspect of life or activity; a body of people who form part of society or economy; a portion of a military position; the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes; a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

radar

noun measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects

log

noun measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water; a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane); a written record of messages sent or received; a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches; the exponent required to produce a given number; large log at the back of a hearth fire; verb enter into a log, as on ships and planes; cut lumber, as in woods and forests

ham

noun meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked); an unskilled actor who overacts; a licensed amateur radio operator; (Old Testament) son of Noah; verb exaggerate one's acting

pot

noun metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid; street names for marijuana; a container in which plants are cultivated; slang for a paunch; the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker); the quantity contained in a pot; a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets; a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; verb plant in a pot

subsistence

noun minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; the state of existing in reality; having substance; a means of surviving

ambivalence

noun mixed feelings or emotions

customs

noun money collected under a tariff

soybean

noun most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known; erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia; a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food

soy

noun most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known; erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia; a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food; thin sauce made of fermented soy beans

ragtime

noun music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

diplomacy

noun negotiation between nations; subtly skillful handling of a situation; wisdom in the management of public affairs

news

noun new information about specific and timely events; new information of any kind; information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; a program devoted to news

yolk

noun nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg); the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen

authority

noun official permission or approval; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; an authoritative written work; an expert whose views are taken as definitive; (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; an administrative unit of government

custodian

noun one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

frame

noun one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies; a structure supporting or containing something; the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; alternative names for the body of a human being; the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal; a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat; verb make up plans or basic details for; formulate in a particular style or language; enclose in or as if in a frame; construct by fitting or uniting parts together; enclose in a frame, as of a picture; take or catch as if in a snare or trap

stratum

noun one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock); an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

section

noun one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); a segment of a citrus fruit; a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon; a small army unit usually having a special function; a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class; (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid; a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; a land unit of 1 square mile measuring 1 mile on a side; the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation); one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; a specialized division of a large organization; verb divide into segments

faculty

noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind; the body of teachers and administrators at a school

absentee

noun one that is absent or not in residence

patriot

noun one who loves and defends his or her country

predecessor

noun one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

novelty

noun originality by virtue of being new and surprising; cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; a small inexpensive mass-produced article; originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

freshness

noun originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel; the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; an alert and refreshed state; the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties; originality by virtue of being new and surprising

kennel

noun outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; verb put up in a kennel

wool

noun outer coat of especially sheep and yaks; a fabric made from the hair of sheep; fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

tissue

noun part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function; a soft thin (usually translucent) paper; verb create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

amnesia

noun partial or total loss of memory

weave

noun pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric; verb interlace by or as it by weaving; create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; sway to and fro

heed

noun paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); verb pay close attention to; give heed to

initiate

noun people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; someone new to a field or activity; verb take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; accept young people into society, usually with some rite; prepare the way for; bring up a topic for discussion; bring into being

secretin

noun peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine; can stimulate secretion by the pancreas and liver

rattlesnake

noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

temple

noun place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity; an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes; the flat area on either side of the forehead; (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

seaweed

noun plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

amenity

noun pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions

teapot

noun pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle

effectiveness

noun power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect; capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

heritage

noun practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

urgency

noun pressing importance requiring speedy action; an urgent situation calling for prompt action; the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity; insistent solicitation and entreaty

labor

noun productive work (especially physical work done for wages); a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913; a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries; an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement; concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; verb undergo the efforts of childbirth; work hard; strive and make an effort to reach a goal

defense

noun protection from harm; military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; the justification for some act or belief; an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; a structure used to defend against attack; the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947; (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

screen

noun protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects); a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space; display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created; a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing; something that keeps things out or hinders sight; a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles; verb examine methodically; prevent from entering; project onto a screen for viewing; examine in order to test suitability; test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm; separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

frugality

noun prudence in avoiding waste

train

noun public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; a series of consequences wrought by an event; wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; verb exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; create by training and teaching; travel by rail or train; train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; prepare (someone) for a future role or function; train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

announcer

noun reads news, commercials on radio or television; someone who proclaims a message publicly

conjecture

noun reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence; a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

rescue

noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger; verb take forcibly from legal custody; free from harm or evil

crossbreeding

noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons); (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

stubbornness

noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires; the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

classification

noun restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people; the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories; a group of people or things arranged by class or category; the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

paraphrase

noun rewording for the purpose of clarification; verb express the same message in different words

lava

noun rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface

backdrop

noun scenery hung at back of stage

latitude

noun scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction; the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself; an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator; freedom from normal restraints in conduct

mend

noun sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); the act of putting something in working order again; verb heal or recover; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

connection

noun shifting from one form of transportation to another; an instrumentality that connects; a supplier (especially of narcotics); (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); a connecting shape; the state of being connected; the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

anecdote

noun short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

abbreviation

noun shortening something by omitting parts of it; a shortened form of a word or phrase

stride

noun significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); a step in walking or running; the distance covered by a step; verb cover or traverse by taking long steps; walk with long steps

resemblance

noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

expertise

noun skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

efficiency

noun skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; the ratio of the output to the input of any system

jumble

noun small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie; a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas; a confused multitude of things; verb assemble without order or sense; be all mixed up or jumbled together; bring into random order

quail

noun small gallinaceous game birds; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised; verb draw back, as with fear or pain

usher

noun someone employed to conduct others; an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber; Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656); verb show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

ancestor

noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

novice

noun someone new to a field or activity; someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

patroller

noun someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area

disciple

noun someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

wholesaler

noun someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

scout

noun someone who can find paths through unexplored territory; someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports); a Boy Scout or Girl Scout; a person employed to watch for something to happen; verb explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

herder

noun someone who drives a herd; German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)

balloonist

noun someone who flies a balloon

layman

noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

emigrant

noun someone who leaves one country to settle in another

accountant

noun someone who maintains and audits business accounts

aviator

noun someone who operates an aircraft

customer

noun someone who pays for goods or services

tenant

noun someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; any occupant who dwells in a place; a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease); verb occupy as a tenant

participant

noun someone who takes part in an activity; a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

explorer

noun someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose); a commercial browser

conservationist

noun someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution

laborer

noun someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

anticipation

noun something expected (as on the basis of a norm); pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence of fulfillment; the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

mirage

noun something illusory and unattainable; an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

souvenir

noun something of sentimental value; a reminder of past events

display

noun something shown to the public; a visual representation of something; an electronic device that represents information in visual form; something intended to communicate a particular impression; exhibiting openly in public view; behavior that makes your feelings public; verb attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals; to show, make visible or apparent; make clear and visible

marvel

noun something that causes feelings of wonder; verb express astonishment or surprise about something; be amazed at

emphasis

noun special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.; special importance or significance; intensity or forcefulness of expression; the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

emblem

noun special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.; a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

harness

noun stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart; a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute); verb exploit the power of; put a harness; control and direct with or as if by reins; keep in check

dilemma

noun state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

frenzy

noun state of violent mental agitation

passion

noun strong feeling or emotion; a feeling of strong sexual desire; the suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion; the trait of being intensely emotional; any object of warm affection or devotion; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action; something that is desired intensely

disgust

noun strong feelings of dislike; verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; fill with distaste

date

noun sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed; a meeting arranged in advance; a participant in a date; the present; the specified day of the month; a particular day specified as the time something happens; the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; a particular but unspecified point in time; verb assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; provide with a dateline; mark with a date; stamp with a date; go on a date with; date regularly; have a steady relationship with

photosynthesis

noun synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)

coffeepot

noun tall pot in which coffee is brewed

reservoir

noun tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil); lake used to store water for community use; anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; a large or extra supply of something

weariness

noun temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

witness

noun testimony by word or deed to your religious faith; someone who sees an event and reports what happened; (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature; (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law; a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); verb be a witness to; perceive or be contemporaneous with

heaven

noun the abode of God and the angels; any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

abolition

noun the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)

acceleration

noun the act of accelerating; increasing the speed; an increase in rate of change; (physics) a rate of increase of velocity

accumulation

noun the act of accumulating; (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation; several things grouped together or considered as a whole; an increase by natural growth or addition

seasoning

noun the act of adding a seasoning to food; something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

Amendment

noun the act of amending or correcting; a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

amendment

noun the act of amending or correcting; a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

deal

noun the act of apportioning or distributing something; the act of distributing playing cards; a particular instance of buying or selling; the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); a plank of softwood (fir or pine board); an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir); verb do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; sell; distribute to the players in a game; give (a specific card) to a player; take action with respect to (someone or something); behave in a certain way towards others; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; give out as one's portion or share; administer or bestow, as in small portions; be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; direct the course of; manage or control; come to terms or deal successfully with

access

noun the act of approaching or entering; a way of entering or leaving; (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information; the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership); a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.); the right to enter; verb reach or gain access to; obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

conception

noun the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon; the creation of something in the mind; an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances; the event that occurred at the beginning of something

transformation

noun the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA; a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure; a qualitative change; (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

movement

noun the act of changing the location of something; the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something; a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; the act of changing location from one place to another; a change of position that does not entail a change of location; a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; a general tendency to change (as of opinion); an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; a euphemism for defecation

combination

noun the act of combining things to form a new whole; the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order; a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities; an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes); a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; a coordinated sequence of chess moves

landing

noun the act of coming to land after a voyage; the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods; an intermediate platform in a staircase

constraint

noun the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others; the state of being physically constrained; a device that retards something's motion

expenditure

noun the act of consuming something; the act of spending money for goods or services; money paid out

consumption

noun the act of consuming something; the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating); (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

contamination

noun the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors; the state of being contaminated; a substance that contaminates

continuation

noun the act of continuing an activity without interruption; the consequence of being lengthened in duration; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction; a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

fracture

noun the act of cracking something; breaking of hard tissue such as bone; (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; verb fracture a bone of; break (a bone); become fractured; violate or abuse; break into pieces; interrupt, break, or destroy

deception

noun the act of deceiving; an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers; a misleading falsehood

decoration

noun the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive); something used to beautify; an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

decrease

noun the act of decreasing or reducing something; the amount by which something decreases; a change downward; a process of becoming smaller or shorter; verb decrease in size, extent, or range; make smaller

disapproval

noun the act of disapproving or condemning; the expression of disapproval; a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing; an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

discharge

noun the act of discharging a gun; the act of venting; the sudden giving off of energy; the pouring forth of a fluid; electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field; any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; a substance that is emitted or released; a formal written statement of relinquishment; the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart); verb eliminate (substances) from the body; release from military service; pour forth or release; remove the charge from; become empty or void of its content; pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; cause to go off; go off or discharge; leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; free from obligations or duties; complete or carry out

dispersal

noun the act of dispersing or diffusing something

haul

noun the act of drawing or hauling something; the quantity that was caught; verb transport in a vehicle; draw slowly or heavily

emergence

noun the act of emerging; the becoming visible; the gradual beginning or coming forth; the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

emission

noun the act of emitting; causing to flow forth; the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe); the release of electrons from parent atoms; any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; a substance that is emitted or released

enclosure

noun the act of enclosing something inside something else; artifact consisting of a space that has been enclosed for some purpose; something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter; a naturally enclosed space

termination

noun the act of ending something; a coming to an end of a contract period; the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); something that results; a place where something ends or is complete

percussion

noun the act of exploding a percussion cap; the act of playing a percussion instrument; tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes; the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments

extinction

noun the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus; complete annihilation; the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation; no longer in existence; no longer active; extinguished

inflation

noun the act of filling something with air; (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang; a general and progressive increase in prices; lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

constitution

noun the act of forming something; United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston; the way in which someone or something is composed; law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

pretense

noun the act of giving a false appearance; imaginative intellectual play; pretending with intention to deceive; an artful or simulated semblance; a false or unsupportable quality

graft

noun the act of grafting something onto something else; (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient; the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage; verb cause to grow together parts from different plants; place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

wear

noun the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; impairment resulting from long use; a covering designed to be worn on a person's body; verb have or show an appearance of; have on one's person; put clothing on one's body; be dressed in; deteriorate through use or stress; last and be usable; have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; go to pieces

upgrade

noun the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components); hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did; the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises; a reservation that is improved; software that provides better performance than an earlier version did; an upward slope or grade (as in a road); verb to improve what was old or outdated; give better travel conditions to; get better travel conditions; rate higher; raise in value or esteem; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

inclination

noun the act of inclining; bending forward; an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis); (astronomy) the angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees; a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

infusion

noun the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force); the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water); a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

intersection

noun the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path); a junction where one street or road crosses another; a point where lines intersect; the set of elements common to two or more sets; a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations; a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena

judgement

noun the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it; the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions; the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations; the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions; an opinion formed by judging something; the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

restriction

noun the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); a principle that limits the extent of something; an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

layout

noun the act of laying out (as by making plans for something); a plan or design of something that is laid out

vacation

noun the act of making something legally void; leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; verb spend or take a vacation

perfection

noun the act of making something perfect; the state of being without a flaw or defect; an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

haste

noun the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

nourishment

noun the act of nourishing; a source of materials to nourish the body

occupation

noun the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; any activity that occupies a person's attention; the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power; the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied

take

noun the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption; the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; verb ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be seized or affected in a specified way; interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; obtain by winning; get into one's hands, take physically; have sex with; archaic use; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; head into a specified direction; experience or feel or submit to; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; take into one's possession; take by force; buy, select; make use of or accept for some purpose; require (time or space); develop a habit; carry out; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; be a student of a certain subject; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; lay claim to; as of an idea; make a film or photograph of something; aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; proceed along in a vehicle; occupy or take on; take somebody somewhere; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain by regular payment; receive willingly something given or offered; admit into a group or community; assume, as of positions or roles; require as useful, just, or proper; be capable of holding or containing; have with oneself; have on one's person; be designed to hold or take

juxtaposition

noun the act of positioning close together (or side by side); a side-by-side position

prediction

noun the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future); a statement made about the future

rationing

noun the act of rationing

discount

noun the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise; an amount or percentage deducted; a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan; verb give a reduction in price on; bar from attention or consideration

restoration

noun the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state; the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660; a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.; some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685; getting something back again; the state of being restored to its former good condition

hibernation

noun the act of retiring into inactivity; cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals; the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter

wipe

noun the act of rubbing or wiping; verb rub with a circular motion

splash

noun the act of scattering water about haphazardly; a patch of bright color; the sound like water splashing; the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface; a small quantity of something moist or liquid; a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; verb mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; strike and dash about in a liquid; soil or stain with a splashed liquid; make a splashing sound; dash a liquid upon or against; cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; walk through mud or mire

score

noun the act of scoring in a game or sport; the facts about an actual situation; a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; a set of twenty members; grounds; a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally); an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; verb make underscoring marks; gain points in a game; get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; make small marks into the surface of; write a musical score for; assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; induce to have sex

forage

noun the act of searching for food and provisions; animal food for browsing or grazing; verb wander and feed; collect or look around for (food)

quest

noun the act of searching for something; a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; verb seek alms, as for religious purposes; search the trail of (game); make a search (for); express the need or desire for; ask for; bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

seclusion

noun the act of secluding yourself from others; the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

election

noun the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists); the status or fact of being elected

dispatch

noun the act of sending off something; killing a person or animal; the property of being prompt and efficient; an official report (usually sent in haste); verb kill without delay; send away towards a designated goal; dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; complete or carry out; kill intentionally and with premeditation

lag

noun the act of slowing down or falling behind; one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket; the time between one event, process, or period and another; verb cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins; hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.; lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

snap

noun the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; a sudden breaking; the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; a spell of cold weather; (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; the act of catching an object with the hands; any undertaking that is easy to do; an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; a sudden sharp noise; a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger; tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections; verb break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; snap close with a sound; utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; cause to make a snapping sound; put in play with a snap; move or strike with a noise; move with a snapping sound; make a sharp sound; record on photographic film; to grasp hastily or eagerly; separate or cause to separate abruptly; lose control of one's emotions

radiation

noun the act of spreading outward from a central source; a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain; the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats; energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles; the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay; (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance; syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours

exposure

noun the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open); presentation to view in an open or public manner; the act of exposing film to light; vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; aspect re light or wind; the disclosure of something secret; the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material; the state of being vulnerable or exposed

subtraction

noun the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

theft

noun the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

abort

noun the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; verb terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; terminate before completion

aversion

noun the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; a feeling of intense dislike

wind

noun the act of winding or twisting; breath; empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; a tendency or force that influences events; air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus; a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath; an indication of potential opportunity; verb coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; wrap or coil around; extend in curves and turns; raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; form into a wreath; to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; catch the scent of; get wind of

withdrawal

noun the act of withdrawing; the termination of drug taking; the act of taking out money or other capital; a retraction of a previously held position; avoiding emotional involvement; formal separation from an alliance or federation

disposal

noun the act or means of getting rid of something; a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage; the power to use something or someone; a method of tending to (especially business) matters

accomplishment

noun the action of accomplishing something; an ability that has been acquired by training

resistance

noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; group action in opposition to those in power; (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness; the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria); any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion; an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current; a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force; a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms; (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

tension

noun the action of stretching something tight; (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; the physical condition of being stretched or strained; feelings of hostility that are not manifest

pedagogy

noun the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; the profession of a teacher; the principles and methods of instruction

patrol

noun the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes; a detachment used for security or reconnaissance; a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security; verb maintain the security of by carrying out a control

notation

noun the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters; a technical system of symbols used to represent special things; a comment or instruction (usually added)

justice

noun the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; the quality of being just or fair; the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870; a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

decomposition

noun the analysis of a vector field; (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action; (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance; in a decomposed state; the organic phenomenon of rotting

auditorium

noun the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

aviation

noun the art of operating aircraft; the operation of aircraft to provide transportation; the aggregation of a country's military aircraft; travel via aircraft

ambience

noun the atmosphere of an environment; a particular environment or surrounding influence

accessibility

noun the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with; the quality of being at hand when needed

sovereignty

noun the authority of a state to govern another state; government free from external control; royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

a

noun the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen; the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet; the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation; (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA; one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose); any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

seabed

noun the bottom of a sea or ocean

heel

noun the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation; (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft; the lower end of a ship's mast; the back part of the human foot; one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread; someone who is morally reprehensible; verb put a new heel on; strike with the heel of the club; perform with the heels; follow at the heels of a person; tilt to one side

mechanics

noun the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference; the technical aspects of doing something

axis

noun the center around which something rotates; the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head; a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions; in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations; the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged; a group of countries in special alliance

refraction

noun the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another; the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

kernel

noun the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; a single whole grain of a cereal; the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone

agriculture

noun the class of people engaged in growing food; the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock; a large-scale farming enterprise; the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

synthesis

noun the combination of ideas into a complex whole; the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds); reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

mandate

noun the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory; a document giving an official instruction or command; a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves; verb assign authority to; make mandatory; assign under a mandate

bandmaster

noun the conductor of a band

contender

noun the contestant you hope to defeat

masonry

noun the craft of a mason; structure built of stone or brick by a mason; Freemasons collectively

pottery

noun the craft of making earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln; a workshop where clayware is made

curator

noun the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)

cuticle

noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail; hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles; the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

temperature

noun the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity); the somatic sensation of cold or heat

post

noun the delivery and collection of letters and packages; an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand; United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914); United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960); United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935); a job in an organization; military installation at which a body of troops is stationed; the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; verb publicize with, or as if with, a poster; display, as of records in sports games; mark or expose as infamous; put up; affix in a public place or for public notice; ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait; transfer (entries) from one account book to another; assign to a post; put into a post; enter on a public list; cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; assign to a station; mark with a stake

industrialization

noun the development of industry on an extensive scale

span

noun the distance or interval between two points; a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches); the complete duration of something; the act of sitting or standing astride; a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.; two items of the same kind; verb to cover or extend over an area or time period

individualism

noun the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs; a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence; the quality of being individual

dawn

noun the earliest period; the first light of day; an opening time period; verb become light; appear or develop; become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

infancy

noun the earliest state of immaturity; the early stage of growth or development

cabin

noun the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried; small room on a ship or boat where people sleep; a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area; verb confine to a small space, such as a cabin

coverage

noun the extent to which something is covered; the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; the total amount and type of insurance carried

facade

noun the face or front of a building; a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

marrow

noun the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones; large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins; very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones; any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh; the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

rally

noun the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; an automobile race run over public roads; a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm; a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness; verb return to a former condition; harass with persistent criticism or carping; call to arms; of military personnel; gather or bring together; gather

texture

noun the feel of a surface or a fabric; the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality; the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; the essential quality of something

amazement

noun the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

dawning

noun the first light of day

laws

noun the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

ration

noun the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity); verb distribute in rations, as in the army; restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war

debate

noun the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote); a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; verb argue with one another; discuss the pros and cons of an issue; have an argument about something; think about carefully; weigh

consort

noun the husband or wife of a reigning monarch; a family of similar musical instrument playing together; verb keep company with; hang out with; keep company; go together

bandleader

noun the leader of a dance band

dimension

noun the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height); one of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space; magnitude or extent; a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; verb shape or form to required dimensions; indicate the dimensions on

spawn

noun the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs; verb lay spawn; call forth

preoccupation

noun the mental state of being preoccupied by something; an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention; the act of taking occupancy before someone else does

respiration

noun the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs; a single complete act of breathing in and out; the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

headquarters

noun the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command; (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff

element

noun the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone; the situation in which you are happiest and most effective; one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; an abstract part of something; any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter

elimination

noun the murder of a competitor; the act of removing or getting rid of something; the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations; analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives; the bodily process of discharging waste matter

restraint

noun the of act controlling by restraining someone or something; a device that retards something's motion; discipline in personal and social activities; a rule or condition that limits freedom; lack of ornamentation; the state of being physically constrained

residence

noun the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; the act of dwelling in a place; a large and imposing house

decay

noun the organic phenomenon of rotting; a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current; the process of gradually becoming inferior; the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation; an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; verb fall into decay or ruin; undergo decay or decomposition; lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

hierarchy

noun the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body; a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system

backbone

noun the part of a network that connects other networks together; fortitude and determination; the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; a central cohesive source of support and stability

thigh

noun the part of the leg between the hip and the knee; the upper joint of the leg of a fowl

enactment

noun the passing of a law by a legislative body; acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture; a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

melody

noun the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes; a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

service

noun the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; work done by one person or group that benefits another; (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him; employment in or work for another; the act of public worship following prescribed rules; an act of help or assistance; tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table; a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation; Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958); periodic maintenance on a car or machine; (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; the act of mating by male animals; a means of serving; a force that is a branch of the armed forces; verb make fit for use; be used by; as of a utility; mate with

heyday

noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

tide

noun the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon; something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); there are usually two high and two low tides each day; verb be carried with the tide; cause to float with the tide; rise or move forward

postmaster

noun the person in charge of a post office

banker

noun the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game; someone who owns or is an executive in a bank

zenith

noun the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected

quotation

noun the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; a passage or expression that is quoted or cited; a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity; a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

conservation

noun the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources; (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations; an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

calculation

noun the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods; planning something carefully and intentionally; problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

influx

noun the process of flowing in

perception

noun the process of perceiving; knowledge gained by perceiving; a way of conceiving something; becoming aware of something via the senses; the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

breath

noun the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; a slight movement of the air; the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration; a short respite; an indirect suggestion

percolate

noun the product of percolation; verb pass through; cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent; prepare in a percolator; spread gradually; gain or regain energy; permeate or penetrate gradually

education

noun the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university); the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979

continuity

noun the property of a continuous and connected period of time; a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot; uninterrupted connection or union

abundance

noun the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million; (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present

malleability

noun the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking

bulk

noun the property possessed by a large mass; the property of something that is great in magnitude; the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; verb stick out or up; cause to bulge or swell outwards

tilt

noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; a slight but noticeable partiality; pitching dangerously to one side; a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; verb charge with a tilt; heel over; move sideways or in an unsteady way; to incline or bend from a vertical position

heroism

noun the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

resonance

noun the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities; a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system; an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation; having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant; a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people

attraction

noun the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; an entertainment that is offered to the public; the force by which one object attracts another; an entertainer who attracts large audiences

ability

noun the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment; possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

capability

noun the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; an aptitude that may be developed; the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment

faithfulness

noun the quality of being faithful

uniqueness

noun the quality of being one of a kind

predictability

noun the quality of being predictable

precision

noun the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

variability

noun the quality of being subject to variation; the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

immunity

noun the quality of being unaffected by something; (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease; an act exempting someone; the state of not being susceptible

unity

noun the quality of being united into one; an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

dignity

noun the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; formality in bearing and appearance; high office or rank or station

incongruity

noun the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

disadvantage

noun the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position; verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

uniformity

noun the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom); a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying

coincidence

noun the quality of occupying the same position or area in space; an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental; the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

fruitfulness

noun the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth; the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination

account

noun the quality of taking advantage; importance or value; a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services; a record or narrative description of past events; an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; a short account of the news; a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; the act of informing by verbal report; grounds; verb furnish a justifying analysis or explanation; keep an account of; be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something; to give an account or representation of in words

ken

noun the range of vision; range of what one can know or understand

reclamation

noun the recovery of useful substances from waste products; rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

debris

noun the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

harshness

noun the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions; the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses; excessive sternness; the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

harvest

noun the season for gathering crops; the gathering of a ripened crop; the consequence of an effort or activity; the yield from plants in a single growing season; verb remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; gather, as of natural products

strings

noun the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

reproduction

noun the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring; the act of making copies; recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall; the process of generating offspring; copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

seashore

noun the shore of a sea or ocean

threshold

noun the smallest detectable sensation; the starting point for a new state or experience; the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway; the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; a region marking a boundary

wedding

noun the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed; a party of people at a wedding; the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony

urbanization

noun the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban; the condition of being urbanized

anthropology

noun the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

trample

noun the sound of heavy treading or stomping; verb injure by trampling or as if by trampling; walk on and flatten; tread or stomp heavily or roughly

wrestling

noun the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down; the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

coalition

noun the state of being combined into one body; the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts; an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

employ

noun the state of being employed or having a job; verb put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; engage or hire for work

repute

noun the state of being held in high esteem and honor; verb look on as or consider

disrepute

noun the state of being held in low esteem

utilization

noun the state of having been made use of; the act of using

poverty

noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

incidence

noun the striking of a light beam on a surface; the relative frequency of occurrence of something

solution

noun the successful action of solving a problem; a method for solving a problem; a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation; a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution

mechanism

noun the technical aspects of doing something; device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function; (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes; a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function; the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

elasticity

noun the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

breakup

noun the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations); coming apart

heredity

noun the total of inherited attributes; the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

frivolity

noun the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible; acting like a clown or buffoon; something of little value or significance

resolve

noun the trait of being resolute; a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote; verb find the solution; make clearly visible; cause to go into a solution; understand the meaning of; bring to an end; settle conclusively; reach a decision; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

reserve

noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary; something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose; (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions; formality and propriety of manner; armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency; a district that is reserved for particular purpose; an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced; verb obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

abandon

noun the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; verb stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; give up with the intent of never claiming again; forsake, leave behind; leave behind empty; move out of

woods

noun the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

habitat

noun the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs

coalescence

noun the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

space

noun the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; a blank area; a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; an area reserved for some particular purpose; an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words; the interval between two times; verb place at intervals

utterance

noun the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

abandonment

noun the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away; the act of giving something up; withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

climate

noun the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; the prevailing psychological state

layer

noun thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells; a hen that lays eggs; single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another; an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; verb make or form a layer

exploration

noun to travel for the purpose of discovery; a careful systematic search; a systematic consideration

discipline

noun training to improve strength or self-control; the act of punishing; the trait of being well behaved; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice; a branch of knowledge; verb punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; train by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

freight

noun transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates; the charge for transporting something by common carrier; goods carried by a large vehicle; verb load with goods for transportation; transport commercially as cargo

braid

noun trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains; a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; verb form or weave into a braid or braids; decorate with braids or ribbons; make by braiding or interlacing

indifference

noun unbiased impartial unconcern; the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally; the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern; apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

misfortune

noun unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event; an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

rawhide

noun untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes

brilliance

noun unusual mental ability; the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; great brightness

thrust

noun verbal criticism; the act of applying force to propel something; a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; the force used in pushing; verb push forcefully; press or force; push upward; force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock; impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument; place or put with great energy; make a thrusting forward movement

rage

noun violent state of the elements; a state of extreme anger; something that is desired intensely; an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; a feeling of intense anger; verb feel intense anger; be violent; as of fires and storms; behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

digression

noun wandering from the main path of a journey; a message that departs from the main subject; a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

rainfall

noun water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

dilution

noun weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner; a diluted solution

strap

noun whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging; an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position; a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag; hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it; verb secure (a sprained joint) with a strap; sharpen with a strap; tie with a strap; beat severely with a whip or rod

termite

noun whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood

retirement

noun withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; withdrawal from your position or occupation; the state of being retired from one's business or occupation

softwood

noun wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

studio

noun workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded; an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen

laundry

noun workplace where clothes are washed and ironed; garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

seedling

noun young plant or tree grown from a seed

disposition

noun your usual mood; a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; the act or means of getting rid of something; an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

absolutely

perfectly, utterly, dead

absence

petit mal epilepsy

ability

power

abrupt

precipitous, sharp, disconnected

acceleration

quickening, speedup

absent

remove, absentminded, abstracted, scatty

absorption

soaking up, preoccupation, preoccupancy, engrossment, concentration, immersion, assimilation

accelerate

speed up, speed, quicken

accelerated

speeded up

absurd

the absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

inability

unfitness

variability

variableness, variance, unevenness

apologize

verb acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

hasten

verb act or move at high speed; cause to occur rapidly; step on it; speed up the progress of; facilitate

embroider

verb add details to; decorate with needlework

fortify

verb add nutrients to; enclose by or as if by a fortification; make strong or stronger; add alcohol to (beverages); prepare oneself for a military confrontation

justify

verb adjust the spaces between words; show to be right by providing justification or proof; show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; let off the hook

consult

verb advise professionally; seek information from; get or ask advice from; have a conference in order to talk something over

amaze

verb affect with wonder; be a mystery or bewildering to

announce

verb announce publicly or officially; foreshadow or presage; make known; make an announcement; give the names of

resemble

verb appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to

ratify

verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

defend

verb argue or speak in defense of; be on the defensive; act against an attack; protect against a challenge or attack; be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; state or assert; fight against or resist strongly; protect or fight for as a champion

classify

verb arrange or order by classes or categories; declare unavailable, as for security reasons; assign to a class or kind

embed

verb attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; fix or set securely or deeply

dismiss

verb bar from attention or consideration; cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; stop associating with; declare void; terminate the employment of

anticipate

verb be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; realize beforehand; be excited or anxious about; act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; regard something as probable or likely; make a prediction about; tell in advance

abound

verb be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities; be in a state of movement or action

contain

verb be capable of holding or containing; be divisible by; hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; include or contain; have as a component; contain or hold; have within

succumb

verb be fatally overwhelmed; consent reluctantly

inhabit

verb be present in; be inside of; inhabit or live in

coincide

verb be the same; go with, fall together; happen simultaneously

brighten

verb become brighter; make lighter or brighter; become brighter; become clear

broaden

verb become broader; make broader; vary in order to spread risk or to expand; extend in scope or range or area

perceive

verb become conscious of; to become aware of through the senses

harden

verb become hard or harder; make hard or harder; cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; make fit; harden by reheating and cooling in oil

fossilize

verb become mentally inflexible; convert to a fossil

unify

verb become one; join or combine; to bring or combine together or with something else; act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief; bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation

unravel

verb become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; become undone; disentangle

solidify

verb become solid; make solid or more solid; cause to solidify

constrict

verb become tight or as if tight; squeeze or press together

dilate

verb become wider; add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

oblige

verb bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; provide a service or favor for someone; force or compel somebody to do something

obstruct

verb block passage through; shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

disintegrate

verb break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; cause to undergo fission or lose particles

harmonize

verb bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing; bring into consonance or accord; bring into consonance or relate harmoniously; sing or play in harmony; write a harmony for; go together

terminate

verb bring to an end or halt; terminate the employment of; have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

unearth

verb bring to light; lay bare through digging

commemorate

verb call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; mark by some ceremony or observation

undo

verb cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; cause the ruin or downfall of; remove the outer cover or wrapping of; cause to become loose; deprive of certain characteristics

perform

verb carry out or perform an action; give a performance (of something); perform a function; get (something) done

annoy

verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

afflict

verb cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed; cause pain or suffering in; cause great unhappiness for; distress

deceive

verb cause someone to believe an untruth; be false to; be dishonest with

embarrass

verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious; hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

overbalance

verb cause to be off balance; weigh more heavily

paralyze

verb cause to be paralyzed and immobile; make powerless and unable to function

absorb

verb cause to become one with; engage or engross wholly; take up mentally; assimilate or take in; take in, also metaphorically; become imbued; take up, as of debts or payments; suck or take up or in; engross (oneself) fully

soothe

verb cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to

retire

verb cause to retire; lose interest; dispose of; as of old clothes; go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; withdraw from active participation; make (someone) retire; withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds; prepare for sleep; cause to be out on a fielding play; move back and away from; pull back or move away or backward; break from a meeting or gathering

accumulate

verb collect or gather; get or gather together

obtain

verb come into possession of; receive a specified treatment (abstract); be valid, applicable, or true

emerge

verb come out into view, as from concealment; become known or apparent; come up to the surface of or rise; come out of; happen or occur as a result of something

penetrate

verb come to understand; pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; insert the penis into the vagina or anus of; make one's way deeper into or through; become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; spread or diffuse through; enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

memorize

verb commit to memory; learn by heart

contemplate

verb consider as a possibility; look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; reflect deeply on a subject; think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

utilize

verb convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust); put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

quench

verb cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance; satisfy (thirst); electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device; suppress or crush completely; put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

submerge

verb cover completely or make imperceptible; put under water; sink below the surface; go under or as if under water; fill or cover completely, usually with water

collide

verb crash together with violent impact; cause to collide; be incompatible; be or come into conflict

specify

verb decide upon or fix definitely; be specific about; determine the essential quality of; select something or someone for a specific purpose; design or destine; define clearly; specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

discourage

verb deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged; admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; try to prevent; show opposition to

elicit

verb derive by reason; deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

discern

verb detect with the senses

abolish

verb do away with

breathe

verb draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; manifest or evince; utter or tell; impart as if by breathing; be alive; allow the passage of air through; expel (gases or odors); take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

encase

verb enclose in, or as if in, a case

consume

verb engage fully; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; use up (resources or materials); spend extravagantly; destroy completely; eat immoderately

augment

verb enlarge or increase; grow or intensify

antedate

verb establish something as being earlier relative to something else; be earlier in time; go back further

postdate

verb establish something as being later relative to something else; be later in time

authenticate

verb establish the authenticity of something

explore

verb examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes; examine minutely; travel to or penetrate into; inquire into

correspond

verb exchange messages; be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics; be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

attract

verb exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; be attractive to

coexist

verb exist together; coexist peacefully, as of nations

emit

verb expel (gases or odors); give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

expire

verb expel air; pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; lose validity

irradiate

verb expose to radiation; cast rays of light upon; give spiritual insight to; in religion

resent

verb feel bitter or indignant about; wish ill or allow unwillingly

inundate

verb fill or cover completely, usually with water; fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

inflate

verb fill with gas or air; exaggerate or make bigger; increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; become inflated

terrify

verb fill with terror; frighten greatly

pursue

verb follow in or as if in pursuit; carry further or advance; go in search of or hunt for; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

displace

verb force to move; take the place of; move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; take the place of or have precedence over

constitute

verb form or compose; set up or lay the groundwork for; create and charge with a task or function; to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"

precede

verb furnish with a preface or introduction; move ahead (of others) in time or space; be the predecessor of; come before; be earlier in time; go back further

coalesce

verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements

thrive

verb gain in wealth; grow stronger

strengthen

verb gain strength; make strong or stronger; give a healthy elasticity to

secrete

verb generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; place out of sight; keep secret

heal

verb get healthy again; provide a cure for, make healthy again; heal or recover

accredit

verb give credit for; grant credentials to; provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials

emancipate

verb give equal rights to; of women and minorities; free from slavery or servitude

restore

verb give or bring back; bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; return to its original or usable and functioning condition; return to life; get or give new life or energy; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

testify

verb give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for

accompany

verb go or travel along with; perform an accompaniment to; be associated with; be a companion to somebody

dispense

verb grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; give or apply (medications); administer or bestow, as in small portions

authorize

verb grant authorization or clearance for; give or delegate power or authority to

burgeon

verb grow and flourish

defecate

verb have a bowel movement

reproduce

verb have offspring or young; make a copy or equivalent of; recreate an idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. as by artistic means; repeat after memorization

postpone

verb hold back to a later time

restrain

verb hold back; to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; keep under control; keep in check; place limits on (extent or access); to compel or deter by or as if by threats

smuggle

verb import or export without paying customs duties

inflict

verb impose something unpleasant

encompass

verb include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

extend

verb increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; prolong the time allowed for payment of; expand the influence of; open or straighten out; unbend; make available; provide; reach outward in space; extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; thrust or extend out; continue or extend; lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; extend in scope or range or area; use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; cause to move at full gallop; extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; offer verbally; stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; span an interval of distance, space or time

explode

verb increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; burst outward, usually with noise; be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; cause to burst with a violent release of energy; show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete; show a violent emotional reaction; drive from the stage by noisy disapproval; cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/; destroy by exploding; burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction; "the bomb detonated at noon"

amplify

verb increase the volume of; exaggerate or make bigger; increase in size, volume or significance; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

indicate

verb indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; to state or express briefly; suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; give evidence of; be a signal for or a symptom of

infuse

verb introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; undergo the process of infusion; let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; fill, as with a certain quality; teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

infest

verb invade in great numbers; live on or in a host, as of parasites; occupy in large numbers or live on a host

prescribe

verb issue commands or orders for

connect

verb join for the purpose of communication; join by means of communication equipment; land on or hit solidly; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; hit or play a ball successfully; establish a rapport or relationship; be or become joined or united or linked; be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation; make a logical or causal connection; plug into an outlet; establish communication with someone

seclude

verb keep away from others

retain

verb keep in one's mind; secure and keep for possible future use or application; allow to remain in a place or position; hold within

exterminate

verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; destroy completely, as if down to the roots

annihilate

verb kill in large numbers

eliminate

verb kill in large numbers; terminate or take out; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations; remove from a contest or race; eliminate from the body; dismiss from consideration or a contest; do away with

mislead

verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; give false or misleading information to

eject

verb leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule; eliminate (substances) from the body; cause to come out in a squirt; put out or expel from a place

vacate

verb leave behind empty; move out of; leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; annul by recalling or rescinding

dampen

verb lessen in force or effect; check; keep in check (a fire); make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves); make moist; smother or suppress; deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

diminish

verb lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; decrease in size, extent, or range

abut

verb lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

inhibit

verb limit the range or extent of; to put down by force or authority

seduce

verb lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; induce to have sex

calculate

verb make a mathematical calculation or computation; judge to be probable; specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public; have faith or confidence in; predict in advance; keep an account of

predict

verb make a prediction about; tell in advance; indicate by signs

solicit

verb make a solicitation or petition for something desired; incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; approach with an offer of sexual favors; make amorous advances towards

subtract

verb make a subtraction

amend

verb make amendments to; set straight or right; to make better

incise

verb make an incision into by carving or cutting

recommend

verb make attractive or acceptable; push for something; express a good opinion of

neutralize

verb make chemically neutral; make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; make incapable of military action; get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

clarify

verb make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; make clear and (more) comprehensible

accommodate

verb make compatible with; provide with something desired or needed; have room for; hold without crowding; make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; provide a service or favor for someone; provide housing for; be agreeable or acceptable to

facilitate

verb make easier; increase the likelihood of (a response); be of use

decorate

verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; provide with decoration; be beautiful to look at

embellish

verb make more beautiful; add details to; make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; be beautiful to look at

heighten

verb make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; become more extreme; increase the height of; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; increase; make (one's senses) more acute

urbanize

verb make more industrial or city-like; impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon

antiquate

verb make obsolete or old-fashioned; give an antique appearance to

reside

verb make one's home in a particular place or community; live (in a certain place); be inherent or innate in

incur

verb make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; receive a specified treatment (abstract)

defrost

verb make or become free of frost or ice

contaminate

verb make radioactive by adding radioactive material; make impure

dispose

verb make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; give, sell, or transfer to another; make fit or prepared; throw or cast away

stun

verb make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag; surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

validate

verb make valid or confirm the validity of; prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something; give evidence for; declare or make legally valid

disperse

verb move away from each other; to cause to separate and go in different directions; cause to separate; cause to become widely known; distribute loosely

accelerate

verb move faster; cause to move faster

inherit

verb obtain from someone after their death; receive by genetic transmission; receive from a predecessor

codify

verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law

infiltrate

verb pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict; pass into or through by filtering or permeating; cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices; enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members

hesitate

verb pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing

restrict

verb place limits on (extent or access); place restrictions on; place under restrictions; limit access to; make more specific

extol

verb praise, glorify, or honor

formulate

verb prepare according to a formula; elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; put into words or an expression; come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

nominate

verb propose as a candidate for some honor; put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; create and charge with a task or function; charge with a function; charge to be

retool

verb provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools; revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

nourish

verb provide with nourishment; give nourishment to

withdraw

verb pull back or move away or backward; remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; keep away from others; take back what one has said; make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; lose interest; cause to be returned; withdraw from active participation; retire gracefully; break from a meeting or gathering

uproot

verb pull up by or as if by the roots; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

submit

verb put before; submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; refer for judgment or consideration; yield to the control of another; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; accept as inevitable; make an application as for a job or funding; hand over formally; make over as a return; refer to another person for decision or judgment

repress

verb put down by force or intimidation; put out of one's consciousness; conceal or hide

accomplish

verb put in effect; to gain with effort

enrage

verb put into a rage; make violently angry

notate

verb put into notation, as of music or choreography

expel

verb put out or expel from a place; force to leave or move out; eliminate (substances) from the body; cause to flee; remove from a position or office

abide

verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant; dwell

emboss

verb raise in a relief

elevate

verb raise in rank or condition; raise from a lower to a higher position; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

induce

verb reason or establish by induction; cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; cause to arise; cause to occur rapidly; produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

unpack

verb remove from its packing

disorganize

verb remove the organization from

embody

verb represent, as of a character on stage; represent or express something abstract in tangible form; represent in bodily form

respond

verb respond favorably or as hoped; show a response or a reaction to something; reply or respond to

constrain

verb restrict; hold back

retrieve

verb run after, pick up, and bring to the master; recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; get or find back; recover the use of

radiate

verb send out real or metaphoric rays; issue or emerge in rays or waves; cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; send out rays or waves; spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

decompose

verb separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts; break down; lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

dismember

verb separate the limbs from the body; divide into pieces

sequester

verb set apart from others; undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; keep away from others; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

colonize

verb settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

sculpt

verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

weep

verb shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

abbreviate

verb shorten; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

hibernate

verb sleep during winter; be in an inactive or dormant state

substantiate

verb solidify, firm, or strengthen; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; represent in bodily form

preach

verb speak, plead, or argue in favour of; deliver a sermon

uphold

verb stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals; support against an opponent; keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

withstand

verb stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; resist or confront with resistance

declare

verb state firmly; declare to be; proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; state emphatically and authoritatively; make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand; authorize payments of; announce publicly or officially

avoid

verb stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; refrain from doing something; refrain from certain foods or beverages; prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; declare invalid

analyze

verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; break down into components or essential features

subsist

verb support oneself

subsidize

verb support through subsidies; secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces

enclose

verb surround completely; close in or confine; introduce; enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

strive

verb to exert much effort or energy; attempt by employing effort

emphasize

verb to stress, single out as important; give extra weight to (a communication)

threaten

verb to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"; to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; pose a threat to; present a danger to

frustrate

verb treat cruelly; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

manipulate

verb treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed; hold something in one's hands and move it; control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; influence or control shrewdly or deviously; manipulate in a fraudulent manner; fake or falsify

fumigate

verb treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

tempt

verb try presumptuously; dispose or incline or entice to; give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; try to seduce; induce into action by using one's charm; provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

avert

verb turn away or aside; prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

retract

verb use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ); formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; pull inward or towards a center; pull away from a source of disgust or fear

lave

verb wash or flow against; wash one's face and hands; cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

rarefy

verb weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance); make more subtle or refined; lessen the density or solidity of

subside

verb wear off or die down; sink down or precipitate; sink to a lower level or form a depression; descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

wither

verb wither, as with a loss of moisture; lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

resist

verb withstand the force of something; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; express opposition through action or words; elude, especially in a baffling way

collaborate

verb work together on a common enterprise of project; cooperate as a traitor

abandon

wantonness, unconstraint, give up, forsake, desolate, desert, wildness, vacate, empty