AMERICAN SHORT STORY 1

astute

(Adj.) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

contrived

(Adj.) showing effects of planning or manipulation; artificially formal

characteristic

(Adj.) typical or distinctive; noun a distinguishing quality

blind

(Adj.) unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; not based on reason or evidence

abiding

(Adj.) unceasing

barely

(Adv.) by a small margin; in a sparse or scanty way

Alas

(Adv.) by bad luck

analytically

(Adv.) by virtue of analysis

aside

(Adv.) in reserve; not for immediate use; on or to one side

birthmark

(Noun)a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

arguing

(Noun)a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

controversy

(Noun)a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

bout

(Noun)a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers); a period of illness

collusion

(Noun)secret agreement; agreement on a secret plot

debilitation

(Noun)serious weakening and loss of energy

blankness

(Noun)the state of being blank; void; emptiness

blindness

(Noun)the state of being blind or lacking sight

contingency

(Noun)the state of being contingent on something; a possible event or occurrence or result

captivity

(Noun)the state of being imprisoned; the state of being a slave

companionship

(Noun)the state of being with someone

betray

(Verb.) reveal unintentionally; deliver to an enemy by treachery

Behold

(Verb.) see with attention

dedicate

(Verb.) set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church; inscribe or address by way of compliment

delimit

(Verb.) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; determine the essential quality of

beneath

(Adv.) in or to a place that is lower

bronzed

(Adj.) (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun

advanced

(Adj.) (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; far along in time

breaking

(Adj.) (of waves) curling over and crashing into surf or spray; noun the act of breaking something

brutal

(Adj.) (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

calm

(Adj.) (of weather) free from storm or wind; not agitated; without losing self-possession

beneficent

(Adj.) doing or producing good; generous in assistance to the poor

better

(Adj.) (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

conscious

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

according

(Adj.) (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with

away

(Adj.) (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; used of an opponent's ground

deadly

(Adj.) (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect; causing or capable of causing death

bearing

(Adj.) (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain; producing or yielding

adult

(Adj.) (of animals) fully developed; noun any mature animal

abbreviated

(Adj.) (of clothing) very short; cut short in duration

catching

(Adj.) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection; noun becoming infected

cancelled

(Adj.) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled

curly

(Adj.) (of hair) having curls or waves

cultivated

(Adj.) (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use

cast

(Adj.) (of molten metal or glass) formed by pouring or pressing into a mold; noun the act of throwing dice

alleviated

(Adj.) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear

cruel

(Adj.) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain

aroused

(Adj.) (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; aroused to action

autonomous

(Adj.) (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment; existing as an independent entity

Dirt

(Adj.) (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel; noun the state of being covered with unclean things

Brown

(Adj.) (of skin) deeply suntanned; of a color similar to that of wood or earth

amazing

(Adj.) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; surprising greatly

didactic

(Adj.) instructive (especially excessively)

circular

(Adj.) marked by or moving in a circle; having a circular shape

amusing

(Adj.) arousing or provoking laughter; providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

aware

(Adj.) (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; aware or knowing

detrimental

(Adj.) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

adequate

(Adj.) (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; about average; acceptable

best

(Adj.) (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

brattish

(Adj.) (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly

bay

(Adj.) (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color; noun a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

condescending

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

clement

(Adj.) (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; (of weather or climate) physically mild

armed

(Adj.) (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

built

(Adj.) (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; well or attractively formed with respect to physique

abridged

(Adj.) (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting

aged

(Adj.) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)

both

(Adj.) (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two

capable

(Adj.) (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for

destined

(Adj.) (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'

able

(Adj.) (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity

apt

(Adj.) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; mentally quick and resourceful

averse

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

assimilable

(Adj.) able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues

comparable

(Adj.) able to be compared or worthy of comparison; conforming in every respect

controlling

(Adj.) able to control or determine policy

bloated

(Adj.) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

assumed

(Adj.) accepted as real or true without proof; adopted in order to deceive

Casebook

(Adj.) according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; noun a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work

deepening

(Adj.) accumulating and becoming more intense; noun a process of becoming deeper and more profound

adopted

(Adj.) acquired as your own by free choice; having been taken into a specific relationship

completing

(Adj.) acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

Churchgoing

(Adj.) actively practicing a religion

alcoholic

(Adj.) addicted to alcohol; characteristic of or containing alcohol

beautiful

(Adj.) aesthetically pleasing; delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

blighted

(Adj.) affected by blight--anything that mars or events growth or prosperity

demented

(Adj.) affected with madness or insanity

ample

(Adj.) affording an abundant supply; more than enough in size or scope or capacity

consoling

(Adj.) affording comfort or solace

comforting

(Adj.) affording comfort or solace; providing freedom from worry

belated

(Adj.) after the expected or usual time; delayed

corresponding

(Adj.) agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree; accompanying

dazzling

(Adj.) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; shining intensely

another

(Adj.) any of various alternatives; some other

breathless

(Adj.) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty

above

(Adj.) appearing earlier in the same text; adv. at an earlier place

clerical

(Adj.) appropriate for or engaged in office work; of or relating to the clergy

despairing

(Adj.) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

annoyed

(Adj.) aroused to impatience or anger; troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

comical

(Adj.) arousing or provoking laughter

alphabetic

(Adj.) arranged in order according to the alphabet; relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet

artificial

(Adj.) artificially formal; contrived by art rather than nature

deflationary

(Adj.) associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money

defending

(Adj.) attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring

cunning

(Adj.) attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; showing inventiveness and skill

arbitrary

(Adj.) based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

dated

(Adj.) bearing a date; marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

darkened

(Adj.) become or made dark by lack of light; (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time

childlike

(Adj.) befitting a young child; exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

boyish

(Adj.) befitting or characteristic of a young boy

chivalrous

(Adj.) being attentive to women like an ideal knight

developed

(Adj.) being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads

cheerful

(Adj.) being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

competing

(Adj.) being in competition

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

alien

(Adj.) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something

blonde

(Adj.) being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; noun a light grayish yellow to near white

attendant

(Adj.) being present (at meeting or event etc.); following as a consequence

attending

(Adj.) being present (at meeting or event etc.); serving attendance on someone

aforementioned

(Adj.) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

cynical

(Adj.) believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

bourgeois

(Adj.) belonging to the middle class; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

Contemporary

(Adj.) belonging to the present time; characteristic of the present

committed

(Adj.) bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude; associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

crisp

(Adj.) brief and to the point; effectively cut short; (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

curt

(Adj.) brief and to the point; effectively cut short; marked by rude or peremptory shortness

cheery

(Adj.) bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

cheering

(Adj.) bringing cheer or gladness; providing freedom from worry

blanket

(Adj.) broad in scope or content; noun bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

constituted

(Adj.) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

born

(Adj.) brought into existence; being talented through inherited qualities

accumulated

(Adj.) brought together into a group or crowd; periodically accumulated over time

crusty

(Adj.) brusque and surly and forbidding; having a hardened crust as a covering

deliberate

(Adj.) by conscious design or purpose; marked by careful consideration or reflection

contestable

(Adj.) capable of being contested

definable

(Adj.) capable of being defined, limited, or explained

derivable

(Adj.) capable of being derived

debatable

(Adj.) capable of being disproved; open to doubt or debate

concrete

(Adj.) capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; formed by the coalescence of particles

Accessible

(Adj.) capable of being reached; easy to get along with or talk to; friendly

adjustable

(Adj.) capable of being regulated; capable of being changed so as to match or fit

alive

(Adj.) capable of erupting; possessing life

calculated

(Adj.) carefully thought out in advance

considered

(Adj.) carefully weighed; resulting from careful thought

completed

(Adj.) caught; (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony

delayed

(Adj.) caused to be slower or later; not as far along as normal in development

dehumanized

(Adj.) divested of human qualities or attributes

discomfited

(Adj.) caused to feel self-conscious and uncomfortable; disappointingly unsuccessful

disconcerting

(Adj.) causing an emotional disturbance

demeaning

(Adj.) causing awareness of your shortcomings

cohesive

(Adj.) causing cohesion; cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

binding

(Adj.) causing constipation; hindering freedom of movement

blue

(Adj.) causing dejection; of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

destructive

(Adj.) causing destruction or much damage

dangerous

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

awful

(Adj.) causing fear or dread or terror; exceptionally bad or displeasing

dire

(Adj.) causing fear or dread or terror; fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

convincing

(Adj.) causing one to believe the truth of something

authoritarian

(Adj.) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; expecting unquestioning obedience

conceited

(Adj.) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

colloquial

(Adj.) characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

conversational

(Adj.) characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

Classic

(Adj.) characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions; adhering to established standards and principles

chivalric

(Adj.) characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages

courteous

(Adj.) characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; exhibiting courtesy and politeness

active

(Adj.) characterized by energetic activity; engaged in full-time work

conscientious

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

cherished

(Adj.) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

anaesthetic

(Adj.) characterized by insensibility; noun a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations

buoyant

(Adj.) characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

decorous

(Adj.) characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; according with custom or propriety

defined

(Adj.) clearly characterized or delimited; clearly defined

apparent

(Adj.) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; appearing as such but not necessarily so

clenched

(Adj.) closed or squeezed together tightly

compact

(Adj.) closely and firmly united or packed together; having component parts closely crowded together

deflated

(Adj.) collapsed through the release of gas or air; brought low in spirit

compounded

(Adj.) combined into or constituting a chemical compound

descending

(Adj.) coming down or downward

arresting

(Adj.) commanding attention

All

(Adj.) completely given to or absorbed by; quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

consumed

(Adj.) completely used up

annual

(Adj.) completing its life cycle within a year; occurring or payable every year

complex

(Adj.) complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; noun a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

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

centred

(Adj.) concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose

applied

(Adj.) concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; opposed to theoretical; put into practice or put to use

aesthetic

(Adj.) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; aesthetically pleasing

brief

(Adj.) concise and succinct; of short duration or distance

clandestine

(Adj.) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

assertive

(Adj.) confidently aggressive; inclined to bold and confident assertion; aggressively self-assured

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

agreeable

(Adj.) conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; prepared to agree or consent

commercial

(Adj.) connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior

assorted

(Adj.) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

climactic

(Adj.) consisting of or causing a climax

birch

(Adj.) consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree; noun a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

bone

(Adj.) consisting of or made up of bone; noun a shade of white the color of bleached bones

blatant

(Adj.) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

crying

(Adj.) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts

bizarre

(Adj.) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Burning

(Adj.) consuming fuel; used in combination; intensely hot

condemning

(Adj.) containing or imposing condemnation or censure

complacent

(Adj.) contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

aimless

(Adj.) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; aimlessly drifting

continuous

(Adj.) continuing in time or space without interruption; of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

analogous

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

capped

(Adj.) covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind; used especially of front teeth having artificial crowns

concealing

(Adj.) covering or hiding; noun the activity of keeping something secret

busy

(Adj.) crowded with or characterized by much activity; actively or fully engaged or occupied

asleep

(Adj.) dead; in a state of sleep

deceased

(Adj.) dead; noun someone who is no longer alive

departed

(Adj.) dead; well in the past; former

beloved

(Adj.) dearly loved; noun a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

darling

(Adj.) dearly loved; noun an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River

acquitted

(Adj.) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless

announced

(Adj.) declared publicly; made widely known

arranged

(Adj.) deliberately arranged for effect; planned in advance

Asian

(Adj.) denoting or characteristic of the biogeographic region including southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as the Philippines and Borneo and Java; of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture

cultural

(Adj.) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; relating to the raising of plants or animals

blinded

(Adj.) deprived of sight

collateral

(Adj.) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; situated or running side by side

descriptive

(Adj.) describing the structure of a language; serving to describe or inform or characterized by description

cursed

(Adj.) deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; in danger of the eternal punishment of hell

admirable

(Adj.) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; inspiring admiration or approval

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

dictated

(Adj.) determined or decided upon as by an authority

decisive

(Adj.) determining or having the power to determine an outcome; characterized by decision and firmness

detailed

(Adj.) developed or executed with care and in minute detail

dedicated

(Adj.) devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose

devout

(Adj.) devoutly religious; earnest

complicated

(Adj.) difficult to analyze or understand

backward

(Adj.) directed or facing toward the back or rear; (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

crippled

(Adj.) disabled in the feet or legs

disappointed

(Adj.) disappointingly unsuccessful

becoming

(Adj.) displaying or setting off to best advantage; according with custom or propriety

attacking

(Adj.) disposed to attack

daring

(Adj.) disposed to venture or take risks; radically new or original

challenging

(Adj.) disturbingly provocative; stimulating interest or thought

designed

(Adj.) done or made or performed with purpose and intent; planned or created in an artistic or skilled manner

curious

(Adj.) eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

anxious

(Adj.) eagerly desirous; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

chicken

(Adj.) easily frightened; noun a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

convenient

(Adj.) easy to reach; suited to your comfort or purpose or needs

bathetic

(Adj.) effusively or insincerely emotional

chattering

(Adj.) engaged in making a rapid repetitive noise resembling speech; noun the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

attested

(Adj.) established as genuine

buxom

(Adj.) euphemisms for slightly fat; (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves

baneful

(Adj.) exceedingly harmful; deadly or sinister

boss

(Adj.) exceptionally good; noun a person responsible for hiring workers

careful

(Adj.) exercising caution or showing care or attention; with care and dignity

certain

(Adj.) exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; established beyond doubt or question; definitely known

deep

(Adj.) exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; strong; intense

crowing

(Adj.) exhibiting self-importance; noun an instance of boastful talk

beating

(Adj.) expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; noun the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

damned

(Adj.) expletives used informally as intensifiers; in danger of the eternal punishment of hell

blame

(Adj.) expletives used informally as intensifiers; noun a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

correlative

(Adj.) expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation; mutually related

contemptuous

(Adj.) expressing extreme contempt

Concise

(Adj.) expressing much in few words

approving

(Adj.) expressing or manifesting praise or approval; noun the formal act of approving

agonized

(Adj.) expressing pain or agony

congratulatory

(Adj.) expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune

delicate

(Adj.) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; easily broken or damaged or destroyed

cross

(Adj.) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; perversely irritable

diabolical

(Adj.) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil

bold

(Adj.) fearless and daring; clear and distinct

angry

(Adj.) feeling or showing anger; (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

concerned

(Adj.) feeling or showing worry or solicitude; involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

Bad

(Adj.) feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

ashamed

(Adj.) feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

brimful

(Adj.) filled to capacity

afraid

(Adj.) filled with fear or apprehension; filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement

amazed

(Adj.) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

closing

(Adj.) final or ending; noun approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

bolted

(Adj.) firmly fastened or secured against opening

conventional

(Adj.) following accepted customs and proprieties; unimaginative and conformist

accompanying

(Adj.) following as a consequence

concomitant

(Adj.) following as a consequence; noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

consequent

(Adj.) following as an effect or result

Christian

(Adj.) following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ; relating to or characteristic of Christianity

communal

(Adj.) for or by a group rather than individuals; relating to a small administrative district or community

cornered

(Adj.) forced to turn and face attackers

assembled

(Adj.) formed by fitting or joining components together; brought together into a group or crowd

conceived

(Adj.) formed in the mind

abandoned

(Adj.) forsaken by owner or keeper; free from constraint

Catholic

(Adj.) free from provincial prejudices or attachments; of or relating to or supporting Catholicism

clarified

(Adj.) free from unwanted solid matter

Clean

(Adj.) free of drugs; free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed

caller

(Adj.) fresh; providing coolness

browbeaten

(Adj.) frightened into submission or compliance

brilliant

(Adj.) full of light; shining intensely; characterized by grandeur

bright

(Adj.) full or promise; having lots of light either natural or artificial

appreciated

(Adj.) fully understood or grasped; giving pleasure or satisfaction

buttoned

(Adj.) furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike

additional

(Adj.) further or added

concentrated

(Adj.) gathered together or made less diffuse; of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced

accepted

(Adj.) generally approved or compelling recognition; generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute

Captive

(Adj.) giving or marked by complete attention to; in captivity

ago

(Adj.) gone by; or in the past; adv. in the past

acquired

(Adj.) gotten through environmental forces

contained

(Adj.) gotten under control; controlled

delicious

(Adj.) greatly pleasing or entertaining; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

ageing

(Adj.) growing old; noun the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

criminal

(Adj.) guilty of crime or serious offense; involving or being or having the nature of a crime

censorious

(Adj.) harshly critical or expressing censure

casual

(Adj.) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; marked by blithe unconcern

based

(Adj.) having a base of operations (often used as a combining form); having a base

cantankerous

(Adj.) having a difficult and contrary disposition; stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

confirmed

(Adj.) having a habit of long standing; of persons; not subject to change

civilized

(Adj.) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; marked by refinement in taste and manners

chinless

(Adj.) having a receding chin

ambitious

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

deepened

(Adj.) having accumulated or become more intense

Celebrated

(Adj.) having an illustrious past; widely known and esteemed

demonstrated

(Adj.) having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt

determined

(Adj.) having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation; characterized by great determination

bony

(Adj.) having bones especially many or prominent bones; very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

concluded

(Adj.) having come or been brought to a conclusion

arrested

(Adj.) having development checked or reversed

baroque

(Adj.) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; noun elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

Complete

(Adj.) having every necessary or normal part or component or step; having come or been brought to a conclusion

acquainted

(Adj.) having fair knowledge of

decapitated

(Adj.) having had the head cut off

assisted

(Adj.) having help; often used as a combining form

bleached

(Adj.) having lost freshness or brilliance of color; (used of color) artificially produced; not natural

ambiguous

(Adj.) having more than one possible meaning; having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

anonymous

(Adj.) having no known name or identity or known source; not known or lacking marked individuality

common

(Adj.) having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

Color

(Adj.) having or capable of producing colors; noun the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

colour

(Adj.) having or capable of producing colors; noun the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

bloody

(Adj.) having or covered with or accompanied by blood; (used of persons) informal intensifiers

ancestral

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

bass

(Adj.) having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; noun nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

acute

(Adj.) having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; of critical importance and consequence

dignified

(Adj.) having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; having or showing self-esteem

bodily

(Adj.) having or relating to a physical material body; affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

aggressive

(Adj.) having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

adept

(Adj.) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

associate

(Adj.) having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; noun any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

advised

(Adj.) having received information; having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel

coloured

(Adj.) having skin rich in melanin pigments; having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

colourful

(Adj.) having striking color; striking in variety and interest

depressed

(Adj.) having the central portion lower than the margin; lower than previously

anecdotal

(Adj.) having the character of an anecdote; characterized by or given to telling anecdotes

canary

(Adj.) having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow; noun any of several small Old World finches

ahead

(Adj.) having the leading position or higher score in a contest; adv. at or in the front

bounded

(Adj.) having the limits or boundaries established

behind

(Adj.) having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; adv. in or to or toward the rear

denotative

(Adj.) having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming; in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

deciding

(Adj.) having the power or quality of deciding; noun the cognitive process of reaching a decision

alike

(Adj.) having the same or similar characteristics; adv. in a like manner

concealed

(Adj.) hidden on any grounds for any motive; not accessible to view

blest

(Adj.) highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

Blessed

(Adj.) highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); having good fortune bestowed or conferred upon; sometimes used as in combination

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

debilitating

(Adj.) impairing the strength and vitality

bracing

(Adj.) imparting vitality and energy; noun a structural member used to stiffen a framework

Abroad

(Adj.) in a foreign country; adv. to or in a foreign country

big

(Adj.) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; conspicuous in position or importance

apprehensive

(Adj.) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

Collected

(Adj.) in full control of your faculties; brought together in one place

central

(Adj.) in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; centrally located and easy to reach

adolescent

(Adj.) in the state of development between puberty and maturity; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

delusive

(Adj.) inappropriate to reality or facts

barren

(Adj.) incapable of sustaining life; not bearing offspring

amorous

(Adj.) inclined toward or displaying love; expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance

comprehensive

(Adj.) including all or everything; broad in scope

cosmic

(Adj.) inconceivably extended in space or time; of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe

absurd

(Adj.) inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; incongruous; inviting ridicule

accelerating

(Adj.) increasing in speed; becoming progressively faster

childish

(Adj.) indicating a lack of maturity

confirming

(Adj.) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; serving to support or corroborate

counter

(Adj.) indicating opposition or resistance; adv. in the opposite direction

buggy

(Adj.) infested with bugs; informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

cracked

(Adj.) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

colonized

(Adj.) inhabited by colonists

constricted

(Adj.) inhibited; drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically

defensive

(Adj.) intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

crazy

(Adj.) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; possessed by inordinate excitement

allied

(Adj.) joined by treaty or agreement; related by common characteristics or ancestry

connected

(Adj.) joined or linked together; plugged in

called

(Adj.) known or spoken of as; given or having a specified name

confusing

(Adj.) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; causing confusion or disorientation

direct

(Adj.) lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

cowardly

(Adj.) lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

broke

(Adj.) lacking funds

bare

(Adj.) lacking in amplitude or quantity; completely unclothed

dim

(Adj.) lacking in light; not bright or harsh; lacking clarity or distinctness

discouraged

(Adj.) lacking in resolution; made less hopeful or enthusiastic

deaf

(Adj.) lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part; (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed

decrepit

(Adj.) lacking physical strength or vitality; worn and broken down by hard use

average

(Adj.) lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures

constrained

(Adj.) lacking spontaneity; not natural

bland

(Adj.) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; lacking taste or flavor or tang

debilitated

(Adj.) lacking strength or vigor

cold

(Adj.) lacking the warmth of life; of a seeker; far from the object sought

anaemic

(Adj.) lacking vigor or energy; relating to anemia or suffering from anemia

arid

(Adj.) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; lacking sufficient water or rainfall

considerable

(Adj.) large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

Bowery

(Adj.) like a bower; leafy and shady; noun a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts

archaic

(Adj.) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

back

(Adj.) located at or near the back of an animal; related to or located at the back

after

(Adj.) located farther aft; adv. behind or in the rear

desert

(Adj.) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; noun arid land with little or no vegetation

coastal

(Adj.) located on or near or bordering on a coast; of or relating to a coast

absent

(Adj.) lost in thought; showing preoccupation; not in a specified place physically or mentally

debased

(Adj.) lowered in value; ruined in character or quality

degraded

(Adj.) lowered in value; unrestrained by convention or morality

custom

(Adj.) made according to the specifications of an individual; noun accepted or habitual practice

cleaned

(Adj.) made clean

carved

(Adj.) made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)

declared

(Adj.) made known or openly avowed; declared as fact; explicitly stated

calico

(Adj.) made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

changed

(Adj.) made or become different in some respect; made or become different in nature or form

combined

(Adj.) made or joined or united into one; involving the joint activity of two or more

directed

(Adj.) manageable by a supervising agent; (often used in combination) having a specified direction

critical

(Adj.) marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

black

(Adj.) marked by anger or resentment or hostility; of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin

cool

(Adj.) marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept

changing

(Adj.) marked by continuous change or effective action

decadent

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

close

(Adj.) marked by fidelity to an original; rigorously attentive; strict and thorough

controversial

(Adj.) marked by or capable of arousing controversy

artful

(Adj.) marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

delirious

(Adj.) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; experiencing delirium

confused

(Adj.) mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; lacking orderly continuity

chaste

(Adj.) morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

despicable

(Adj.) morally reprehensible

chief

(Adj.) most important element; noun a person who exercises control over workers

advancing

(Adj.) moving ahead or toward the front; moving forward

abnormal

(Adj.) much greater than the normal; not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

beaten

(Adj.) much trodden and worn smooth or bare; formed or made thin by hammering

alternative

(Adj.) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; pertaining to unconventional choices

bullying

(Adj.) noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others; noun the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

awkward

(Adj.) not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; causing inconvenience

commonplace

(Adj.) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; completely ordinary and unremarkable

authentic

(Adj.) not counterfeit or copied; conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

baggy

(Adj.) not fitting closely; hanging loosely

confined

(Adj.) not free to move about; not invading healthy tissue

dark

(Adj.) not giving performances; closed; brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

awake

(Adj.) not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive

bush

(Adj.) not of the highest quality or sophistication; noun a large wilderness area

closed

(Adj.) not open or affording passage or access; used especially of mouth or eyes

crude

(Adj.) not processed or subjected to analysis; belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

disciplined

(Adj.) obeying the rules; trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise

convivial

(Adj.) occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

concluding

(Adj.) occurring at or forming an end or termination

current

(Adj.) occurring in or belonging to the present time; noun a steady flow (usually from natural causes)

chance

(Adj.) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; noun a risk involving danger

charged

(Adj.) of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; fraught with great emotion

austere

(Adj.) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; severely simple

caustic

(Adj.) of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action; harsh or corrosive in tone

clear

(Adj.) of complexion; without such blemishes as e.g. acne; clear to the mind

crucial

(Adj.) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; having the power or quality of deciding

curled

(Adj.) of hair having curls; drawn up into a ball

compound

(Adj.) of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes; consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts

bent

(Adj.) of metal e.g.; used especially of the head or upper back

cognitive

(Adj.) of or being or relating to or involving cognition

authorial

(Adj.) of or by or typical of an author

basic

(Adj.) of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base; serving as a base or starting point

demotic

(Adj.) of or for the common people; of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use

cataleptic

(Adj.) of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy; noun a person suffering from catalepsy

Confederate

(Adj.) of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; united in a confederacy or league

Civil

(Adj.) of or in a condition of social order; not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others

Dickensian

(Adj.) of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)

Chinese

(Adj.) of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language

Bridal

(Adj.) of or pertaining to a bride; of or relating to a wedding

Biblical

(Adj.) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible; in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people

civic

(Adj.) of or relating or belonging to a city; of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals

Aristotelian

(Adj.) of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; noun a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism

Canadian

(Adj.) of or relating to Canada or its people; noun a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma

Czech

(Adj.) of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language; noun the Slavic language of Czechs

Algonquin

(Adj.) of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language; noun family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

behavioural

(Adj.) of or relating to behavior

capitalist

(Adj.) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists; favoring or practicing capitalism

conjugal

(Adj.) of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

biographical

(Adj.) of or relating to or being biography

Algerian

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants; noun a native or inhabitant of Algeria

Argentinian

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Argentina

Asiatic

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; noun a native or inhabitant of Asia

Barbadian

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants; noun a native or inhabitant of Barbados

Californian

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants; noun a native or resident of California

Calvinistic

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents

Cuban

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba; noun a native or inhabitant of Cuba

British

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; noun the people of Great Britain

comic

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; arousing or provoking laughter

American

(Adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

Centenary

(Adj.) of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; noun the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

bureaucratic

(Adj.) of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy

culinary

(Adj.) of or relating to or used in cooking

Babylonian

(Adj.) of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture; noun the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written

African

(Adj.) of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples; noun a native or inhabitant of Africa

collegiate

(Adj.) of or resembling or typical of a college or college students

choice

(Adj.) of superior grade; appealing to refined taste

creamy

(Adj.) of the color of cream; thick like cream

Ace

(Adj.) of the highest quality; noun a serve that the receiver is unable to reach

characterized

(Adj.) of the meaning of words or concepts; stated precisely

animal

(Adj.) of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; marked by the appetites and passions of the body

brash

(Adj.) offensively bold

condemned

(Adj.) officially pronounced unfit for use or consumption; pronounced or proved guilty

aground

(Adj.) on a shore or reef; adv. with the bottom lodged on the ground

Conflicting

(Adj.) on bad terms; in disagreement

about

(Adj.) on the move; adv. in the area or vicinity

any

(Adj.) one or some or every or all without specification; adv. to any degree or extent

arguable

(Adj.) open to argument or debate; capable of being supported by argument

corporate

(Adj.) organized and maintained as a legal corporation; done by or characteristic of individuals acting together

crowded

(Adj.) overfilled or compacted or concentrated

covered

(Adj.) overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

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

delinquent

(Adj.) past due; not paid at the scheduled time; persistently bad

checked

(Adj.) patterned with alternating squares of color; held back from some action especially by force

collect

(Adj.) payable by the recipient on delivery; adv. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

absolute

(Adj.) perfect or complete or pure; not capable of being violated or infringed

convinced

(Adj.) persuaded of; very sure; having a strong belief or conviction

broken

(Adj.) physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded

buried

(Adj.) placed in a grave

benign

(Adj.) pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; kindness of disposition or manner

amused

(Adj.) pleasantly occupied

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

betrothed

(Adj.) pledged to be married; noun the person to whom you are engaged

courageous

(Adj.) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

brave

(Adj.) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; brightly colored and showy

chosen

(Adj.) preferred above all others; noun an exclusive group of people

actual

(Adj.) presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; being or existing at the present moment

daredevil

(Adj.) presumptuously daring; noun a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

bitter

(Adj.) proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; expressive of severe grief or regret

August

(Adj.) profoundly honored; of or befitting a lord

creative

(Adj.) promoting construction or creation; having the ability or power to create

chatty

(Adj.) prone to friendly informal communication; full of trivial conversation

articulated

(Adj.) pronounced distinctly and clearly; consisting of segments held together by joints

convicted

(Adj.) pronounced or proved guilty

decorated

(Adj.) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

Comfy

(Adj.) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)

comfortable

(Adj.) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal); free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind

cloistered

(Adj.) providing privacy or seclusion; of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Camp

(Adj.) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

alone

(Adj.) radically distinctive and without equal; exclusive of anyone or anything else

applicable

(Adj.) readily applicable or practical; capable of being applied; having relevance

acknowledged

(Adj.) recognized or made known or admitted; generally accepted

contracted

(Adj.) reduced in size or pulled together

courtly

(Adj.) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

admired

(Adj.) regarded with admiration

adored

(Adj.) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)

akin

(Adj.) related by blood; similar or related in quality or character

associated

(Adj.) related to or accompanying; joined in some kind of relationship (as a colleague or ally or companion etc.)

atheist

(Adj.) related to or characterized by or given to atheism; noun someone who denies the existence of god

asthmatic

(Adj.) relating to breathing with a whistling sound; noun a person suffering from asthma

adjective

(Adj.) relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; of or relating to or functioning as an adjective

chronological

(Adj.) relating to or arranged according to temporal order

Atlantic

(Adj.) relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean; noun the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

burlesque

(Adj.) relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; noun a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

air

(Adj.) relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air; noun a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing

Cathedral

(Adj.) relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne; noun any large and important church

albuminous

(Adj.) relating to or containing or resembling albumin

blazing

(Adj.) shining intensely; lighted up by or as by fire or flame

autobiographical

(Adj.) relating to or in the style of an autobiography; of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer

atmospheric

(Adj.) relating to or located in the atmosphere

Communist

(Adj.) relating to or marked by communism; noun a socialist who advocates communism

cockney

(Adj.) relating to or resembling a cockney; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect

Agricultural

(Adj.) relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming; relating to rural matters

choric

(Adj.) relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus

developing

(Adj.) relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply; gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent)

asking

(Adj.) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation; noun the verbal act of requesting

cheap

(Adj.) relatively low in price or charging low prices; embarrassingly stingy

continuing

(Adj.) remaining in force or being carried on without letup

apart

(Adj.) remote and separate physically or socially; having characteristics not shared by others

deserted

(Adj.) remote from civilization

aloof

(Adj.) remote in manner; adv. in an aloof manner

deposed

(Adj.) removed from office or power

banal

(Adj.) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

delineated

(Adj.) represented accurately or precisely

delineate

(Adj.) represented accurately or precisely; verb describe in vivid detail

depicted

(Adj.) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines

described

(Adj.) represented in words especially with sharpness and detail

crowning

(Adj.) representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment; forming or providing a crown or summit

democratic

(Adj.) representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality

archetypal

(Adj.) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

demanding

(Adj.) requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill

brute

(Adj.) resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

conservative

(Adj.) resistant to change; opposed to liberal reforms

contrary

(Adj.) resistant to guidance or discipline; very opposed in nature or character or purpose

controlled

(Adj.) restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds; curbed or regulated

confining

(Adj.) restricting the scope or freedom of action; crowded

corrupted

(Adj.) ruined in character or quality; containing errors or alterations

despotic

(Adj.) ruled by or characteristic of a despot; belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot

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

artistic

(Adj.) satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities; relating to or characteristic of art or artists

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

covert

(Adj.) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

continual

(Adj.) seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

appointed

(Adj.) selected for a job; provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)

conveyed

(Adj.) sent or carried from one place to another

composed

(Adj.) serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; made up of individual elements

decorative

(Adj.) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

acting

(Adj.) serving temporarily especially as a substitute; noun the performance of a part or role in a drama

beginning

(Adj.) serving to begin; noun the act of starting something

activated

(Adj.) set up and placed on active assignment; rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive

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

desperate

(Adj.) showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

clever

(Adj.) showing inventiveness and skill; skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends

Bungling

(Adj.) showing lack of skill or aptitude; lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

caressing

(Adj.) showing love; noun affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)

broad

(Adj.) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; lacking subtlety; obvious

admiring

(Adj.) showing or feeling admiration

compassionate

(Adj.) showing or having compassion; showing merciful compassion

canny

(Adj.) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

devilish

(Adj.) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; playful in an appealingly bold way

correspondent

(Adj.) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; noun someone who communicates by means of letters

Advance

(Adj.) situated ahead or going before; being ahead of time or need

dense

(Adj.) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; having high relative density or specific gravity

antiquated

(Adj.) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

chilling

(Adj.) so scary as to cause chills and shudders; noun the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

converted

(Adj.) spiritually reborn or converted

crouching

(Adj.) squatting close to the ground

constant

(Adj.) steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; continually recurring or continuing without interruption

coherent

(Adj.) sticking together; marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

contorted

(Adj.) strained or wrenched out of normal shape; twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)

contrasting

(Adj.) strikingly different; tending to contrast

compulsive

(Adj.) strongly motivated to succeed; caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion

appalled

(Adj.) struck with fear, dread, or consternation

dazzled

(Adj.) stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering; having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light

abused

(Adj.) subjected to cruel treatment; used improperly or excessively especially drugs

accomplished

(Adj.) successfully completed or brought to an end; settled securely and unconditionally

anorexic

(Adj.) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin; noun a person suffering from anorexia nervosa

claustrophobic

(Adj.) suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places; uncomfortably closed or hemmed in

appropriate

(Adj.) suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; suitable and fitting

cutting

(Adj.) suitable for cutting or severing; as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

abrupt

(Adj.) surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; exceedingly sudden and unexpected

absorbed

(Adj.) taken in through the pores of a surface; retained without reflection

abstracted

(Adj.) taken out of or separated from; lost in thought; showing preoccupation

ameliorating

(Adj.) tending to ameliorate

contributing

(Adj.) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

breathtaking

(Adj.) tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

consumptive

(Adj.) tending to consume or use often wastefully; afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis

compelling

(Adj.) tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; driving or forcing

corrupting

(Adj.) that infects or taints; harmful to the mind or morals

bottom

(Adj.) the lowest rank; situated at the bottom or lowest position

damning

(Adj.) threatening with damnation

discarded

(Adj.) thrown away

bored

(Adj.) tired of the world; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

countless

(Adj.) too numerous to be counted

balanced

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

dead

(Adj.) total; devoid of activity

crushed

(Adj.) treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; subdued or brought low in condition or status

attempted

(Adj.) tried unsuccessfully

agitated

(Adj.) troubled emotionally and usually deeply; physically disturbed or set in motion

contingent

(Adj.) uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established

ambivalent

(Adj.) uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

blurred

(Adj.) unclear in form or expression; indistinct or hazy in outline

chill

(Adj.) uncomfortably cool; noun coldness due to a cold environment

Bohemian

(Adj.) unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people

agreed

(Adj.) united by being of the same opinion

bleak

(Adj.) unpleasantly cold and damp; offering little or no hope

dirty

(Adj.) unpleasantly stormy; soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

degenerate

(Adj.) unrestrained by convention or morality; noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Capital

(Adj.) uppercase; of primary important

allegorical

(Adj.) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory

detached

(Adj.) used of buildings; standing apart from others; no longer connected or joined

cloven

(Adj.) used of hooves

calculating

(Adj.) used of persons

conniving

(Adj.) used of persons; acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

congenial

(Adj.) used of plants; capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted; suitable to your needs or similar to your nature

brisk

(Adj.) very active; quick and energetic

alert

(Adj.) very attentive or observant; (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive

dandy

(Adj.) very good; noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

cracking

(Adj.) very good; noun the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)

ancient

(Adj.) very old; belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

Bantam

(Adj.) very small; noun any of various small breeds of fowl

beat

(Adj.) very tired; noun the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

cheating

(Adj.) violating accepted standards or rules; not faithful to a spouse or lover

blank

(Adj.) void of expression; (of a surface) not written or printed on

colourless

(Adj.) weak in color; not colorful; lacking in variety and interest

clothed

(Adj.) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

Dear

(Adj.) with or in a close or intimate relationship; earnest

cut

(Adj.) with parts removed; separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument

accidental

(Adj.) without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); associated by chance and not an integral part

anarchic

(Adj.) without law or control

continued

(Adj.) without stop or interruption

commendable

(Adj.) worthy of high praise; adv. in an admirable manner

coming

(Adj.) yet to come; of the relatively near future

callow

(Adj.) young and inexperienced

closer

(Adv.) (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance; noun (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game

almost

(Adv.) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished

Consequently

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

afresh

(Adv.) again but in a new or different way

but

(Adv.) and nothing more

again

(Adv.) anew

arguably

(Adv.) as can be shown by argument

course

(Adv.) as might be expected; noun a mode of action

below

(Adv.) at a later place; in or to a place that is lower

always

(Adv.) at all times; all the time and on every occasion; forever; throughout all time

Basically

(Adv.) at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature

anywhere

(Adv.) at or in or to any place

backwards

(Adv.) at or to or toward the back or rear; in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

anymore

(Adv.) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative

currently

(Adv.) at this time or period; now

cf

(Adv.) compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text); noun the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; there is no cure

certainly

(Adv.) definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')

before

(Adv.) earlier in time; previously; at or in the front

boiling

(Adv.) extremely; noun cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

briefly

(Adv.) for a short time; in a concise manner; in a few words

apparently

(Adv.) from appearances alone; unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

acutely

(Adv.) having a rapid onset; in an acute manner

attractively

(Adv.) in a beautiful manner

beautifully

(Adv.) in a beautiful manner

benignly

(Adv.) in a benign manner

brashly

(Adv.) in a brash cheeky manner

calculatingly

(Adv.) in a calculating manner

callously

(Adv.) in a callous way

charmingly

(Adv.) in a charming manner

cheerfully

(Adv.) in a cheerful manner

cleverly

(Adv.) in a clever manner

closely

(Adv.) in a close relation or position in time or space; in a close manner

coldly

(Adv.) in a cold unemotional manner

comically

(Adv.) in a comical manner

commercially

(Adv.) in a commercial manner

coolly

(Adv.) in a composed and unconcerned manner

conceptually

(Adv.) in a conceptual manner

conventionally

(Adv.) in a conventional manner

convincingly

(Adv.) in a convincing manner

correspondingly

(Adv.) in a corresponding manner

covertly

(Adv.) in a covert manner

critically

(Adv.) in a critical manner

crudely

(Adv.) in a crude or unrefined manner; in a crude and unskilled manner

cynically

(Adv.) in a cynical manner

dangerously

(Adv.) in a dangerous manner

deftly

(Adv.) in a deft manner; with dexterity; in a dexterous manner

delicately

(Adv.) in a delicate manner

chivalrously

(Adv.) in a gallant manner

blithely

(Adv.) in a joyous manner

curiously

(Adv.) in a manner differing from the usual or expected; with curiosity

compulsorily

(Adv.) in a manner that cannot be evaded

deceptively

(Adv.) in a misleading way

consistently

(Adv.) in a systematic or consistent manner

brutally

(Adv.) in a vicious manner

Accordingly

(Adv.) in accordance with; (sentence connectors) because of the reason given

also

(Adv.) in addition

beyond

(Adv.) in addition; farther along in space or time or degree

absurdly

(Adv.) in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree

abundantly

(Adv.) in an abundant manner

actively

(Adv.) in an active manner

adequately

(Adv.) in an adequate manner; in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree

aimlessly

(Adv.) in an aimless manner

ambiguously

(Adv.) in an ambiguous manner

appropriately

(Adv.) in an appropriate manner

arrogantly

(Adv.) in an arrogant manner

artfully

(Adv.) in an artful manner; in an artful manner

artistically

(Adv.) in an artistic manner

austerely

(Adv.) in an austere fashion

brilliantly

(Adv.) in an extremely intelligent way; with brightness

crazily

(Adv.) in an insane manner

between

(Adv.) in between; in the interval

characteristically

(Adv.) in characteristic manner

around

(Adv.) in circumference; by a circular or circuitous route

desperately

(Adv.) in intense despair; with great urgency

centrally

(Adv.) in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function

ad

(Adv.) in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born; noun a public promotion of some product or service

besides

(Adv.) making an additional point; anyway; in addition

afield

(Adv.) off the subject; beyond the point at issue; in or into a field (especially a field of battle)

aboard

(Adv.) on first or second or third base; on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

already

(Adv.) prior to a specified or implied time

continually

(Adv.) seemingly without interruption

alongside

(Adv.) side by side

completely

(Adv.) so as to be complete; with everything necessary; to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

by

(Adv.) so as to pass a given point; in reserve; not for immediate use

carefully

(Adv.) taking care or paying attention; with caution or prudence or tact

crucially

(Adv.) to a crucial degree

dauntingly

(Adv.) to a degree or in a manner that daunts

deeply

(Adv.) to a great depth; to a great depth psychologically

considerably

(Adv.) to a great extent or degree

as

(Adv.) to the same degree (often followed by `as'); noun a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa

absolutely

(Adv.) totally and definitely; without question; completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

ashore

(Adv.) towards the shore from the water

across

(Adv.) transversely; to the opposite side

cruelly

(Adv.) under cruel circumstances; in a cruel manner

commonly

(Adv.) under normal conditions

actually

(Adv.) used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; in actual fact

along

(Adv.) with a forward motion; in accompaniment or as a companion

anxiously

(Adv.) with anxiety or apprehension

consciously

(Adv.) with awareness

brightly

(Adv.) with brightness

altogether

(Adv.) with everything included or counted; to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

conscientiously

(Adv.) with extreme conscientiousness

deliberately

(Adv.) with intention; in an intentional manner; in a deliberate unhurried manner

cheaply

(Adv.) with little expenditure of money; in a cheap manner

culturally

(Adv.) with regard to a culture

chronologically

(Adv.) with respect to chronology

Conversely

(Adv.) with the terms of the relation reversed

badly

(Adv.) with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage

accidentally

(Adv.) without advance planning; without intention; in an unintentional manner

directly

(Adv.) without deviation; in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

clearly

(Adv.) without doubt or question; in an easily perceptible manner

bleakly

(Adv.) without hope

constantly

(Adv.) without interruption; seemingly uninterrupted

darkly

(Adv.) without light; in a dark glowering menacing manner

annually

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

broadly

(Adv.) without regard to specific details or exceptions; in a wide fashion

Curry

(Noun)(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice; verb treat by incorporating fat

Daedalus

(Noun)(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus

Cynthia

(Noun)(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana

Andrew

(Noun)(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

Caspar

(Noun)(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus

Cain

(Noun)(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God

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)

David

(Noun)(Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites; as a young shepherd he fought Goliath (a giant Philistine warrior) and killed him by hitting him in the head with a stone flung from a sling; he united Israel with Jerusalem as its capital; many of the Psalms are attributed to David (circa 1000-962 BC); French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)

Ambrose

(Noun)(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)

confession

(Noun)(Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution; a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

addiction

(Noun)(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; an abnormally strong craving

Diana

(Noun)(Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis; English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)

cultivation

(Noun)(agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops; socialization through training and education

column

(Noun)(architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure; a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

aesthetics

(Noun)(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)

culmination

(Noun)(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon; a concluding action

antagonism

(Noun)(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure; an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility

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

Complaint

(Noun)(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based; an expression of grievance or resentment

background

(Noun)(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

conviction

(Noun)(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

crime

(Noun)(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law

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

amplification

(Noun)(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current; addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

boy

(Noun)(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man; a friendly informal reference to a grown man

brassie

(Noun)(formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon

character

(Noun)(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes; the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

deriving

(Noun)(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

Alibi

(Noun)(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question; a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

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

disclaimer

(Noun)(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something; denial of any connection with or knowledge of

accretion

(Noun)(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance); an increase by natural growth or addition

appointment

(Noun)(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

corollary

(Noun)(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition; a practical consequence that follows naturally

complexion

(Noun)(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament; texture and appearance of the skin of the face

chaos

(Noun)(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions; (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe

call

(Noun)(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; a visit in an official or professional capacity

creation

(Noun)(theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence; the human act of creating

at

(Noun)100 at equal 1 kip in Laos; a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium

Borges

(Noun)Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986)

Dana

(Noun)Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don

Christopher

(Noun)Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)

chambers

(Noun)English architect (1723-1796)

Davy

(Noun)English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

Conrad

(Noun)English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)

Austen

(Noun)English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)

Browning

(Noun)English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861); English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)

Burt

(Noun)English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)

Byron

(Noun)English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

Burke

(Noun)English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797); United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

Dickens

(Noun)English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870); a word used in exclamations of confusion

clocks

(Noun)European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage

Bonaparte

(Noun)French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

Derrida

(Noun)French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004)

Bernard

(Noun)French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)

Bayard

(Noun)French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)

begin

(Noun)Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992); verb set in motion, cause to start

Bruce

(Noun)King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329); Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

America

(Noun)North America and South America and Central America; North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Anne

(Noun)Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)

Augustus

(Noun)Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

Chekhov

(Noun)Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)

Cervantes

(Noun)Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)

Barthelme

(Noun)United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)

Bennett

(Noun)United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)

Cochran

(Noun)United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980)

Carver

(Noun)United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943); someone who carves the meat

Cornell

(Noun)United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874); United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974)

Astor

(Noun)United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848); British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)

Beecher

(Noun)United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887)

Chico

(Noun)United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)

Bogart

(Noun)United States film actor (1899-1957)

Davis

(Noun)United States film actress (1908-1989); United States tennis player who donated the Davis Cup for international team tennis competition (1879-1945)

Crockett

(Noun)United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)

Carson

(Noun)United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868); United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

Arnold

(Noun)United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801); English poet and literary critic (1822-1888)

Burbank

(Noun)United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926)

Brooks

(Noun)United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

Campbell

(Noun)United States mythologist (1904-1987)

Andrews

(Noun)United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)

Barth

(Noun)United States novelist (born in 1930); Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)

Anderson

(Noun)United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991); United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)

Dickinson

(Noun)United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)

Chase

(Noun)United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873); the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

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)

Bontemps

(Noun)United States writer (1902-1973)

Clemens

(Noun)United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)

Day

(Noun)United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935); a period of opportunity

Bierce

(Noun)United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914)

Browne

(Noun)United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867); English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)

Cheever

(Noun)United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)

Cather

(Noun)United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)

Carlos

(Noun)Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)

Christmas

(Noun)a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland; period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

baptism

(Noun)a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

Baudelaire

(Noun)a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)

de

(Noun)a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

Connecticut

(Noun)a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the British colonies that formed the United States

acts

(Noun)a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome

bullfight

(Noun)a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

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

beats

(Noun)a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

cradle

(Noun)a baby bed with sides and rockers; birth of a person

baseball

(Noun)a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; a ball used in playing baseball

core

(Noun)a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil; the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

attractiveness

(Noun)a beauty that appeals to the senses; the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts

berth

(Noun)a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers; a job in an organization

denigration

(Noun)a belittling comment; the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

dearest

(Noun)a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

autobiography

(Noun)a biography of yourself

Archbishop

(Noun)a bishop of highest rank

bleakness

(Noun)a bleak and desolate atmosphere

cake

(Noun)a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs

box

(Noun)a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

Ark

(Noun)a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood; (Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments

Bible

(Noun)a book regarded as authoritative in its field; the sacred writings of the Christian religions

Brooklyn

(Noun)a borough of New York City

abyss

(Noun)a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

confines

(Noun)a bounded scope

boxer

(Noun)a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany; someone who fights with his fists for sport

coup

(Noun)a brilliant and notable success; a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

brutality

(Noun)a brutal barbarous savage act; the trait of extreme cruelty

brothel

(Noun)a building where prostitutes are available

Corporation

(Noun)a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state; slang for a paunch

agency

(Noun)a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government

Caddy

(Noun)a can for storing tea; verb act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player

Dare

(Noun)a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; verb to be courageous enough to try or do something

aspect

(Noun)a characteristic to be considered; a distinct feature or element in a problem

Burgess

(Noun)a citizen of an English borough; English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)

Bloomsbury

(Noun)a city district of central London laid out in garden squares

Berkeley

(Noun)a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley; Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)

Brighton

(Noun)a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex

Cambridge

(Noun)a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University; a city in Massachusetts just north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Columbus

(Noun)a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center; a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama

Deacon

(Noun)a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders; a Protestant layman who assists the minister

buddy

(Noun)a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

Clarence

(Noun)a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers

compress

(Noun)a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever); verb squeeze or press together

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

assortment

(Noun)a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

Canon

(Noun)a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired; a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

Anthology

(Noun)a collection of selected literary passages

chord

(Noun)a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together; a straight line connecting two points on a curve

concourse

(Noun)a coming together of people; a wide hallway in a building where people can walk

counterbalance

(Noun)a compensating equivalent; a weight that balances another weight

College

(Noun)a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed; British slang for prison

coxcomb

(Noun)a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments; the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

add

(Noun)a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders; verb make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

Babel

(Noun)a confusion of voices and other sounds; (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another

consideration

(Noun)a considerate and thoughtful act; kind and considerate regard for others

censer

(Noun)a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)

Apocalypse

(Noun)a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil; the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle

attention

(Noun)a courteous act indicating affection; a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review

deference

(Noun)a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; courteous regard for people's feelings

courtesy

(Noun)a courteous or respectful or considerate act; a courteous manner

clothing

(Noun)a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

Cooper

(Noun)a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs; United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851)

crisis

(Noun)a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

cruelty

(Noun)a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering; the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

beast

(Noun)a cruelly rapacious person; a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

cheer

(Noun)a cry or shout of approval; the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

Barrel

(Noun)a cylindrical container that holds liquids; a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

cynicism

(Noun)a cynical feeling of distrust

danger

(Noun)a dangerous place; the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

asphalt

(Noun)a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons; mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing

cheat

(Noun)a deception for profit to yourself; the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

artifice

(Noun)a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

attack

(Noun)a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase; an offensive move in a sport or game

assertion

(Noun)a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary); the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

accused

(Noun)a defendant in a criminal proceeding

challenge

(Noun)a demand by a sentry for a password or identification; questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

copse

(Noun)a dense growth of bushes

depot

(Noun)a depository for goods; station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

die

(Noun)a device used for shaping metal; a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

application

(Noun)a diligent effort; the work of applying something

Captain

(Noun)a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers; the pilot in charge of an airship

bowl

(Noun)a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods; a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food

bonhomie

(Noun)a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

contradistinction

(Noun)a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast

copyright

(Noun)a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work; verb secure a copyright on a written work

diagram

(Noun)a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts; verb make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

counterpart

(Noun)a duplicate copy; a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

Darn

(Noun)a euphemism for `damn'; sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

defect

(Noun)a failing or deficiency; an imperfection in a bodily system

admiration

(Noun)a favorable judgment; a feeling of delighted approval and liking

appetite

(Noun)a feeling of craving something

amusement

(Noun)a feeling of delight at being entertained; an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

delight

(Noun)a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness

creeps

(Noun)a feeling of fear and revulsion; a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait

comfort

(Noun)a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment; a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

anxiousness

(Noun)a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments; a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders

actress

(Noun)a female actor

daughter

(Noun)a female human offspring

Carnival

(Noun)a festival marked by merrymaking and processions; a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

Campus

(Noun)a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

collar

(Noun)a figurative restraint; a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

cartoon

(Noun)a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence; a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

dealer

(Noun)a firm engaged in trading; the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

cry

(Noun)a fit of weeping; a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

colours

(Noun)a flag that shows its nationality; a distinguishing emblem

charlatan

(Noun)a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

board

(Noun)a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games

bank

(Noun)a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); a building in which the business of banking transacted

confrontation

(Noun)a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison; the act of hostile groups opposing each other

authoritarianism

(Noun)a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

announcement

(Noun)a formal public statement; a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen

Anna

(Noun)a former copper coin of Pakistan

Brittany

(Noun)a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay

Charlestown

(Noun)a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629

cent

(Noun)a fractional monetary unit of several countries; a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

Arbor

(Noun)a framework that supports climbing plants; tree (as opposed to shrub)

Bower

(Noun)a framework that supports climbing plants; verb enclose in a bower

Bingo

(Noun)a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards

cards

(Noun)a game played with playing cards

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

abstraction

(Noun)a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples; the act of withdrawing or removing something

category

(Noun)a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme; a collection of things sharing a common attribute

direction

(Noun)a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; a message describing how something is to be done

Beer

(Noun)a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

cave

(Noun)a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea; verb explore natural caves

ankle

(Noun)a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

colony

(Noun)a group of animals of the same type living together; (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

dictate

(Noun)a guiding principle; an authoritative rule

barber

(Noun)a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade; United States composer (1910-1981)

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

Bunker

(Noun)a hazard on a golf course; a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

clinic

(Noun)a healthcare facility for outpatient care; meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity

cart

(Noun)a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal; wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels

cowboy

(Noun)a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)

bore

(Noun)a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes; diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Bell

(Noun)a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device

asylum

(Noun)a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person; a shelter from danger or hardship

battle

(Noun)a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; an energetic attempt to achieve something

creature

(Noun)a human being; `wight' is an archaic term; a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

charge

(Noun)a impetuous rush toward someone or something; a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

Carol

(Noun)a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ); joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

cause

(Noun)a justification for something existing or happening; events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

atheism

(Noun)a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods; the doctrine or belief that there is no God

boudoir

(Noun)a lady's bedroom or private sitting room

Alps

(Noun)a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction

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

crowd

(Noun)a large number of things or people considered together; an informal body of friends

Davenport

(Noun)a large sofa usually convertible into a bed; a small decorative writing desk

Bunyan

(Noun)a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada; English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)

Arthur

(Noun)a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot; elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

analyst

(Noun)a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis; someone who is skilled at analyzing data

be

(Noun)a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element; verb spend or use time

blaze

(Noun)a light-colored marking; a strong flame that burns brightly

Berlin

(Noun)a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats; capital of Germany located in eastern Germany

Avenue

(Noun)a line of approach; a wide street or thoroughfare

breed

(Noun)a lineage or race of people; a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

alcohol

(Noun)a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

Contents

(Noun)a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

Checklist

(Noun)a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted

dialogue

(Noun)a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

Capote

(Noun)a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head; a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head

cloak

(Noun)a loose outer garment; anything that covers or conceals

Berkshires

(Noun)a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area

centre

(Noun)a low-lying region in central France; a building dedicated to a particular activity

absurdity

(Noun)a ludicrous folly; a message whose content is at variance with reason

Chandler

(Noun)a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints; a retail dealer in provisions and supplies

brother

(Noun)a male with the same parents as someone else; (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address

coachman

(Noun)a man who drives a coach (or carriage)

bachelor

(Noun)a man who has never been married; a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

bridegroom

(Noun)a man who has recently been married; a man participant in his own marriage ceremony

boyfriend

(Noun)a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

artefact

(Noun)a man-made object taken as a whole

Butler

(Noun)a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table; English poet (1612-1680)

chart

(Noun)a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea; a visual display of information

avail

(Noun)a means of serving; verb use to one's advantage

Anchor

(Noun)a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving; a central cohesive source of support and stability

cure

(Noun)a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain; verb prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

Council

(Noun)a meeting of people for consultation; a body serving in an administrative capacity

angle

(Noun)a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

congressman

(Noun)a member of the United States House of Representatives

approval

(Noun)a message expressing a favorable opinion; a feeling of liking something or someone good

cipher

(Noun)a message written in a secret code; a secret method of writing

coin

(Noun)a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money; verb make up

Angstrom

(Noun)a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

compromise

(Noun)a middle way between two extremes; an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

collapse

(Noun)a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; an abrupt failure of function or health

confusion

(Noun)a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended

Charlotte

(Noun)a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard; the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina

Britain

(Noun)a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland

Christianity

(Noun)a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior; the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)

car

(Noun)a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

Ben

(Noun)a mountain or tall hill

Adams

(Noun)a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high); 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)

Counterpoint

(Noun)a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies; verb write in counterpoint

counterpoint

(Noun)a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies; verb write in counterpoint

Ballad

(Noun)a narrative poem of popular origin; a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

alley

(Noun)a narrow street with walls on both sides; a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins

Australia

(Noun)a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony; the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean

citizen

(Noun)a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

Bostonian

(Noun)a native or resident of Boston

aggressiveness

(Noun)a natural disposition to be hostile; the quality of being bold and enterprising

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

answer

(Noun)a nonverbal reaction; the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

deed

(Noun)a notable achievement; a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

bundle

(Noun)a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing; a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

diptych

(Noun)a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)

couple

(Noun)a pair who associate with one another; a pair of people who live together

area

(Noun)a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

Bud

(Noun)a partially opened flower; a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

corral

(Noun)a pen for cattle; verb collect or gather

creep

(Noun)a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot; a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

bones

(Noun)a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

dancer

(Noun)a performer who dances; a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)

decade

(Noun)a period of 10 years

century

(Noun)a period of 100 years

Digest

(Noun)a periodical that summarizes the news; something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

businessman

(Noun)a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

Defendant

(Noun)a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

convict

(Noun)a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison; a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence

clown

(Noun)a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior; a rude or vulgar fool

Defender

(Noun)a person who cares for persons or property; a fighter who holds out against attack

designer

(Noun)a person who devises plots or intrigues; someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

creator

(Noun)a person who grows or makes or invents things; terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

convert

(Noun)a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief; verb change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change

benefactor

(Noun)a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

commoner

(Noun)a person who holds no title

colleague

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

client

(Noun)a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer; (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

artist

(Noun)a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

circumstances

(Noun)a person's financial situation (good or bad); the state (usually personal) with regard to wealth

diary

(Noun)a personal journal (as a physical object); a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

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

bed

(Noun)a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; a plot of ground in which plants are growing

desk

(Noun)a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

bookcase

(Noun)a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books

ball

(Noun)a pitch that is not in the strike zone; the game of baseball

church

(Noun)a place for public (especially Christian) worship; one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

Chapel

(Noun)a place of worship that has its own altar; a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar

diamond

(Noun)a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

Beckett

(Noun)a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)

Crossroads

(Noun)a point where a choice must be made; a community of people smaller than a village

Detective

(Noun)a police officer who investigates crimes; an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

conservatism

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

apology

(Noun)a poor example; an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone

case

(Noun)a portable container for carrying several objects; a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

degree

(Noun)a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)

baby

(Noun)a project of personal concern to someone; a very young mammal

bullet

(Noun)a projectile that is fired from a gun; (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

Arrow

(Noun)a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow; a mark to indicate a direction or relation

childishness

(Noun)a property characteristic of a child

advice

(Noun)a proposal for an appropriate course of action

crystal

(Noun)a protective cover that protects the face of a watch; glassware made of quartz

denunciation

(Noun)a public act of denouncing

coroner

(Noun)a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes

advertisement

(Noun)a public promotion of some product or service

courage

(Noun)a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

bravery

(Noun)a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear; feeling no fear

bickering

(Noun)a quarrel about petty points

Belmont

(Noun)a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes

altar

(Noun)a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made; the table in Christian churches where communion is given

Brand

(Noun)a recognizable kind; identification mark on skin, made by burning

chronicle

(Noun)a record or narrative description of past events; verb record in chronological order; make a historical record

cadence

(Noun)a recurrent rhythmical series; the close of a musical section

Dictionary

(Noun)a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

County

(Noun)a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; the largest administrative district within a state

compliment

(Noun)a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration; verb say something to someone that expresses praise

antidote

(Noun)a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

backwoods

(Noun)a remote and undeveloped area

caricature

(Noun)a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; verb represent in or produce a caricature of

camphor

(Noun)a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment

bar

(Noun)a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

Charles

(Noun)a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston; French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)

Clyde

(Noun)a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow

bathroom

(Noun)a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet; a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

den

(Noun)a room that is comfortable and secluded; a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts

bedroom

(Noun)a room used primarily for sleeping

Bloom

(Noun)a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health; the best time of youth

bitterness

(Noun)a rough and bitter manner; the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

bunk

(Noun)a rough bed (as at a campsite); a long trough for feeding cattle

bucket

(Noun)a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top; the quantity contained in a bucket

button

(Noun)a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes; any artifact that resembles a button

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

abuse

(Noun)a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; cruel or inhumane treatment

balance

(Noun)a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity; equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

chair

(Noun)a seat for one person, with a support for the back; the position of professor

copy

(Noun)a secondary representation of an original; matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

Confidence

(Noun)a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; a feeling of trust (in someone or something)

bull

(Noun)a serious and ludicrous blunder; mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

aficionado

(Noun)a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer; a fan of bull fighting

Criticism

(Noun)a serious examination and judgment of something; a written evaluation of a work of literature

critique

(Noun)a serious examination and judgment of something; an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

barbershop

(Noun)a shop where men can get their hair cut

bob

(Noun)a short abrupt inclination (as of the head); a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

demonstration

(Noun)a show of military force or preparedness; a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)

Atlanta

(Noun)a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864; state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War

cycle

(Noun)a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; a periodically repeated sequence of events

craftsman

(Noun)a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft; a creator of great skill in the manual arts

Cape

(Noun)a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter; a strip of land projecting into a body of water

crawling

(Noun)a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

creeping

(Noun)a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

cottage

(Noun)a small house with a single story

cup

(Noun)a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition

Closet

(Noun)a small private room for study or prayer; a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

brasserie

(Noun)a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap

Cafe

(Noun)a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

boat

(Noun)a small vessel for travel on water; a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

Dell

(Noun)a small wooded hollow

blacksmith

(Noun)a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

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

chuckle

(Noun)a soft partly suppressed laugh; verb laugh quietly or with restraint

crepe

(Noun)a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface; paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations

cheese

(Noun)a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk; erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

block

(Noun)a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); housing in a large building that is divided into separate units

bugaboo

(Noun)a source of concern; an imaginary monster used to frighten children

capacity

(Noun)a specified function; the maximum production possible

Alaska

(Noun)a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union

Al

(Noun)a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War; a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

California

(Noun)a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

Co

(Noun)a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains; one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience

curiosity

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

clash

(Noun)a state of conflict between persons; a state of conflict between colors

Bliss

(Noun)a state of extreme happiness

anarchy

(Noun)a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

blessedness

(Noun)a state of supreme happiness

acknowledgement

(Noun)a statement acknowledging something or someone; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

basics

(Noun)a statement of fundamental facts or principles; principles from which other truths can be derived

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

bristle

(Noun)a stiff hair; a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

Cane

(Noun)a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment; a stick that people can lean on to help them walk

Broadway

(Noun)a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters

border

(Noun)a strip forming the outer edge of something; a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

Bow

(Noun)a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments; a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument

ambition

(Noun)a strong drive for success; a cherished desire

anger

(Noun)a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance; the state of being angry

Brace

(Noun)a structural member used to stiffen a framework; a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

building

(Noun)a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; the occupants of a building

Chapter

(Noun)a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; a series of related events forming an episode

Clap

(Noun)a sudden very loud noise; a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

catastrophe

(Noun)a sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

apartment

(Noun)a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

artistry

(Noun)a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

bravado

(Noun)a swaggering show of courage

bayou

(Noun)a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

Darkness

(Noun)a swarthy complexion; having a dark or somber color

Cacoethes

(Noun)an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

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

Cupid

(Noun)a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow; (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros

aquarium

(Noun)a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

cinema

(Noun)a theater where films are shown; a medium that disseminates moving pictures

actor

(Noun)a theatrical performer; a person who acts and gets things done

attitude

(Noun)a theatrical pose created for effect; a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

burglar

(Noun)a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

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

Baton

(Noun)a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir; a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

anything

(Noun)a thing of any kind

assault

(Noun)a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped; close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

clock

(Noun)a timepiece that shows the time of day; verb measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time

Canterbury

(Noun)a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church

Dawson

(Noun)a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike

Brunswick

(Noun)a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry; a university town in southwestern Maine

Carbondale

(Noun)a town in southern Illinois

cemetery

(Noun)a tract of land used for burials

banality

(Noun)a trite or obvious remark

cliche

(Noun)a trite or obvious remark

blues

(Noun)a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes; a state of depression

Are

(Noun)a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters

Columbia

(Noun)a university town in central Missouri; capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina

Bloomington

(Noun)a university town in south central Indiana

delirium

(Noun)a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations; state of violent mental agitation

anxiety

(Noun)a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune; a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders

argument

(Noun)a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable; a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie

contract

(Noun)a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid; a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

bus

(Noun)a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; a car that is old and unreliable

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

chimney

(Noun)a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building; a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp

conflagration

(Noun)a very intense and uncontrolled fire

Bellow

(Noun)a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); United States novelist (born in Canada in 1915)

cloud

(Noun)a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude; any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

boardwalk

(Noun)a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside

bicycle

(Noun)a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals; verb ride a bicycle

Blanc

(Noun)a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)

champagne

(Noun)a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there; a region of northeastern France

creel

(Noun)a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish

celebrity

(Noun)a widely known person; the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

detail

(Noun)an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; extended treatment of particulars

adventure

(Noun)a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful); verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

aspiration

(Noun)a will to succeed; a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

contempt

(Noun)a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body; a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous

Ala

(Noun)a wing of an insect; a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism

conjuror

(Noun)a witch doctor who practices conjury; someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

Bride

(Noun)a woman who has recently been married; a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony

anagram

(Noun)a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase; verb read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning

devil

(Noun)a word used in exclamations of confusion; one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief

commentator

(Noun)a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day; an expert who observes and comments on something

contributor

(Noun)a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book; someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

commentary

(Noun)a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

comment

(Noun)a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief

cheque

(Noun)a written order directing a bank to pay money; verb withdraw money by writing a check

child

(Noun)a young person of either sex; a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

Belle

(Noun)a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals

chastity

(Noun)abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows); morality with respect to sexual relations

arrival

(Noun)accomplishment of an objective; the act of arriving at a certain place

departure

(Noun)act of departing; euphemistic expressions for death

deprivation

(Noun)act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; the disadvantage that results from losing something

Development

(Noun)act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

conveying

(Noun)act of transferring property title from one person to another

collaboration

(Noun)act of working jointly; act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country

care

(Noun)activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

diphtheria

(Noun)acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

cock

(Noun)adult male bird; adult male chicken

cob

(Noun)adult male swan; stocky short-legged harness horse

condescension

(Noun)affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank; the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior

audacity

(Noun)aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; fearless daring

can

(Noun)airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.; a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

descendants

(Noun)all of the offspring of a given progenitor

contemporaries

(Noun)all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

Baldwin

(Noun)an American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin; English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947)

Daniel

(Noun)an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar; a wise and upright judge

abruptness

(Noun)an abrupt discourteous manner; the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning

concept

(Noun)an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

construct

(Noun)an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances; verb draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions

Biography

(Noun)an account of the series of events making up a person's life

benevolence

(Noun)an act intending or showing kindness and good will; an inclination to do kind or charitable acts

apparition

(Noun)an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; something existing in perception only

copying

(Noun)an act of copying

disaster

(Noun)an act that has disastrous consequences; an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

agent

(Noun)an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

charity

(Noun)an activity or gift that benefits the public at large; a kindly and lenient attitude toward people

Branch

(Noun)an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; a stream or river connected to a larger one

Dean

(Noun)an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college; (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals

buy

(Noun)an advantageous purchase; verb accept as true

auctioneer

(Noun)an agent who conducts an auction; verb sell at an auction

bargain

(Noun)an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; an advantageous purchase

consciousness

(Noun)an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; having knowledge of

breakdown

(Noun)an analysis into mutually exclusive categories; a cessation of normal operation

Burner

(Noun)an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking

cocktail

(Noun)an appetizer served as a first course at a meal; a short mixed drink

devotee

(Noun)an ardent follower and admirer

beach

(Noun)an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake; verb land on a beach

dance

(Noun)an artistic form of nonverbal communication; a party for social dancing

an

(Noun)an associate degree in nursing

bid

(Noun)an attempt to get something; (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

dictum

(Noun)an authoritative declaration; an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

dat

(Noun)an digital tape recording of sound

Coon

(Noun)an eccentric or undignified rustic; North American raccoon

capitalism

(Noun)an economic system based on private ownership of capital

curbing

(Noun)an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

axe

(Noun)an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle; verb chop or split with an ax

barman

(Noun)an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

clerk

(Noun)an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts); a salesperson in a store

Cage

(Noun)an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept; the net that is the goal in ice hockey

combat

(Noun)an engagement fought between two military forces; the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

break

(Noun)an escape from jail; a sudden dash

destiny

(Noun)an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future; the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman)

climbing

(Noun)an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

coterie

(Noun)an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

anatomist

(Noun)an expert in anatomy

allegory

(Noun)an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor; a short moral story (often with animal characters)

connotation

(Noun)an idea that is implied or suggested; what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression

Dent

(Noun)an impression in a surface (as made by a blow); an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)

desire

(Noun)an inclination to want things; the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

circumlocution

(Noun)an indirect way of expressing something; a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

Amsterdam

(Noun)an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum

acne

(Noun)an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones

Daddy

(Noun)an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

company

(Noun)an institution created to conduct business; a unit of firefighters including their equipment

craving

(Noun)an intense desire for some particular thing

conclusion

(Noun)an intuitive assumption; the last section of a communication

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

debt

(Noun)an obligation to pay or do something; money or goods or services owed by one person to another

Da

(Noun)an official prosecutor for a judicial district

celebrant

(Noun)an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist; a person who is celebrating

conflict

(Noun)an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); an incompatibility of dates or events

Dale

(Noun)an open river valley (in a hilly area)

archetype

(Noun)an original model on which something is patterned

Arabesque

(Noun)an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design; position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose

bard

(Noun)an ornamental caparison for a horse; a lyric poet

Barn

(Noun)an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals; (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

amphitheatre

(Noun)an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held; a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)

discomfort

(Noun)an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress; the state of being tense and feeling pain

defeat

(Noun)an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

Bloodline

(Noun)ancestry of a purebred animal; the descendants of one individual

Ceremony

(Noun)any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion

circle

(Noun)any circular or rotating mechanism; a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

device

(Noun)any clever maneuver; an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

belief

(Noun)any cognitive content held as true; a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

Christ

(Noun)any expected deliverer; a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

Badge

(Noun)any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)

celebration

(Noun)any joyous diversion; the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

Creek

(Noun)any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma; a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

clog

(Noun)any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction; footwear usually with wooden soles

bedpost

(Noun)any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead

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

Blackwood

(Noun)any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood; very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees

bridge

(Noun)any of various card games based on whist for four players; a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

boom

(Noun)any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring; a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

cosmos

(Noun)any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals; everything that exists anywhere

deck

(Noun)any of various platforms built into a vessel; street name for a packet of illegal drugs

ape

(Noun)any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all; person who resembles a nonhuman primate

contribution

(Noun)any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

bureaucracy

(Noun)any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape; a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials

blight

(Noun)any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting; a state or condition being blighted

defining

(Noun)any process serving to define the shape of something

activity

(Noun)any specific behavior; (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

cactus

(Noun)any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines

creed

(Noun)any system of principles or beliefs; the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

chorus

(Noun)any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; a group of people assembled to sing together

accident

(Noun)anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

apogee

(Noun)apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage

compression

(Noun)applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

breastplate

(Noun)armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass

Clary

(Noun)aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in England as a potherb and widely as an ornamental

advent

(Noun)arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

cloth

(Noun)artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

behalf

(Noun)as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)

command

(Noun)availability for use; the power or authority to command

bacon

(Noun)back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried; English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)

Chine

(Noun)backbone of an animal; cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone

advantage

(Noun)benefit resulting from some event or action; the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

chewing

(Noun)biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

crow

(Noun)black birds having a raucous call; a Siouan language spoken by the Crow

chest

(Noun)box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy; furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

cope

(Noun)brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; verb come to terms or deal successfully with

bravura

(Noun)brilliant and showy technical skill

beef

(Noun)cattle that are reared for their meat; meat from an adult domestic bovine

burns

(Noun)celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796); United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

decline

(Noun)change toward something smaller or lower; a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

closeness

(Noun)characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes); a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

definition

(Noun)clarity of outline; a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol

commonalty

(Noun)class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank

contact

(Noun)close interaction; the act of touching physically

Bosom

(Noun)cloth that covers the chest or breasts; a person's breast or chest

clothes

(Noun)clothing in general

burg

(Noun)colloquial American term for a town

contravention

(Noun)coming into conflict with

Blackbird

(Noun)common black European thrush; any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

Daw

(Noun)common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery

Correspondence

(Noun)communication by the exchange of letters; compatibility of observations

dedication

(Noun)complete and wholehearted fidelity; a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

burying

(Noun)concealing something under the ground

conscience

(Noun)conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; a feeling of shame when you do something immoral

bemusement

(Noun)confusion resulting from failure to understand

Caesar

(Noun)conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC); United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)

Chesterton

(Noun)conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)

Build

(Noun)constitution of the human body; alternative names for the body of a human being

Brush

(Noun)contact with something dangerous or undesirable; the act of brushing your hair

despite

(Noun)contemptuous disregard; lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

chivalry

(Noun)courtesy towards women; the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct

camel

(Noun)cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

dis

(Noun)god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto

Bend

(Noun)curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.); diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

depth

(Noun)degree of psychological or intellectual profundity; extent downward or backward or inward

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

desperation

(Noun)desperate recklessness; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly

demoralization

(Noun)destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy; depression resulting from an undermining of your morale

briefing

(Noun)detailed instructions, as for a military operation

callousness

(Noun)devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

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

Deer

(Noun)distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

cows

(Noun)domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

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

construction

(Noun)drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; the act of constructing something

attempt

(Noun)earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; the act of attacking

Barbados

(Noun)easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles north of Venezuela; a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area

alligator

(Noun)either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts; leather made from alligator's hide

class

(Noun)elegance in dress or behavior; people having the same social or economic status

Catherine

(Noun)empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796); first wife of Henry VIII; Henry's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)

camera

(Noun)equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other); television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

clue

(Noun)evidence that helps to solve a problem; a slight indication

comparison

(Noun)examining resemblances or differences; qualities that are comparable

discourse

(Noun)extended verbal expression in speech or writing; an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

cotton

(Noun)fabric woven from cotton fibers; thread made of cotton fibers

absence

(Noun)failure to be present; the state of being absent

chauvinism

(Noun)fanatical patriotism; activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

consternation

(Noun)fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Cat

(Noun)feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats; a spiteful woman gossip

boxing

(Noun)fighting with the fists; the enclosure of something in a package or box

cigarette

(Noun)finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

cover

(Noun)fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations; the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

Carpet

(Noun)floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile); verb cover with a carpet

bleeding

(Noun)flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels

bread

(Noun)food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked; informal terms for money

blow

(Noun)forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

appearing

(Noun)formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

clarity

(Noun)free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression; the quality of clear water

cling

(Noun)fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit; verb hold on tightly or tenaciously

apple

(Noun)fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh; native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

bureau

(Noun)furniture with drawers for keeping clothes; an administrative unit of government

currency

(Noun)general acceptance or use; the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used

bug

(Noun)general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate; a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

Aphrodite

(Noun)goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus

bars

(Noun)gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights

alcoholism

(Noun)habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms; an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

Curtain

(Noun)hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window); any barrier to communication or vision

belonging

(Noun)happiness felt in a secure relationship

contentment

(Noun)happiness with one's situation in life

baiting

(Noun)harassment especially of a tethered animal

ass

(Noun)hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse; a pompous fool

combine

(Noun)harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field; an occurrence that results in things being united

consequence

(Noun)having important effects or influence; the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

awareness

(Noun)having knowledge of; state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness

beak

(Noun)horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

abode

(Noun)housing that someone is living in; any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

age

(Noun)how long something has existed; a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

amount

(Noun)how much of something is available; how much there is of something that you can quantify

bathing

(Noun)immersing the body in water or sunshine; the act of washing yourself (or another person)

assimilation

(Noun)in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance; a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

Business

(Noun)incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; the volume of commercial activity

corruption

(Noun)inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

dame

(Noun)informal terms for a (young) woman; a woman of refinement

craziness

(Noun)informal terms for insanity; foolish or senseless behavior

circumstance

(Noun)information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; formal ceremony about important occasions

ancestry

(Noun)inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline; the descendants of one individual

Agony

(Noun)intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; a state of acute pain

castle

(Noun)interchanging the positions of the king and a rook; a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

Alexander

(Noun)king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC); European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

Alfred

(Noun)king of Wessex; defeated the Danes and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

callowness

(Noun)lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life

bandanna

(Noun)large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief

Crane

(Noun)large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world; lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis

Beaver

(Noun)large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges; a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)

baboon

(Noun)large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

balloon

(Noun)large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air; small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

Chicago

(Noun)largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan; a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

Basil

(Noun)leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried; (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)

Afterlife

(Noun)life after death

comedy

(Noun)light and humorous drama with a happy ending; a comic incident or series of incidents

banter

(Noun)light teasing repartee; verb be silly or tease one another

coherence

(Noun)logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; the state of cohering or sticking together

Canal

(Noun)long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation; (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

Chard

(Noun)long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves; beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks

clamor

(Noun)loud and persistent outcry from many people; a loud harsh or strident noise

breakthrough

(Noun)making an important discovery; a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

Billy

(Noun)male goat; a short stout club used primarily by policemen

arson

(Noun)malicious burning to destroy property

conduct

(Noun)manner of acting or controlling yourself; (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

behaviour

(Noun)manner of acting or controlling yourself; (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation

Bear

(Noun)massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws; an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price

cow

(Noun)mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'; female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"

Buck

(Noun)mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope); United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

dementia

(Noun)mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

chains

(Noun)metal shackles; for hands or legs

dealing

(Noun)method or manner of conduct in relation to others; the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

am

(Noun)modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave; a master's degree in arts and sciences

customs

(Noun)money collected under a tariff

compass

(Noun)navigational instrument for finding directions; drafting instrument used for drawing circles

authority

(Noun)official permission or approval; the power or right to give orders or make decisions

channels

(Noun)official routes of communication

article

(Noun)one of a class of artifacts; nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

card

(Noun)one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; a card certifying the identity of the bearer

Companion

(Noun)one paid to accompany or assist or live with another; a person who is frequently in the company of another

detractor

(Noun)one who disparages or belittles the worth of something

adjuster

(Noun)one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement

arrogance

(Noun)overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

bends

(Noun)pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

allusion

(Noun)passing reference or indirect mention

bribe

(Noun)payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment; verb make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

City

(Noun)people living in a large densely populated municipality; a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

circus

(Noun)performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals; a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

birthright

(Noun)personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth

book

(Noun)physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge

Albert

(Noun)prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

curse

(Noun)profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; a severe affliction

decorum

(Noun)propriety in manners and conduct

Defence

(Noun)protection from harm; military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

Darwin

(Noun)provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia; English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)

depression

(Noun)pushing down; sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

compare

(Noun)qualities that are comparable; verb examine and note the similarities or differences of

cognizance

(Noun)range or scope of what is perceived; range of what one can know or understand

depiction

(Noun)representation by drawing or painting etc; a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

court

(Noun)respectful deference; an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

acuity

(Noun)sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart); a quick and penetrating intelligence

connection

(Noun)shifting from one form of transportation to another; an instrumentality that connects

anecdote

(Noun)short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

cocoon

(Noun)silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs; verb wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection

adroitness

(Noun)skillful performance or ability without difficulty

canoe

(Noun)small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle; verb travel by canoe

crape

(Noun)small very thin pancake; a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

dealings

(Noun)social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with'); the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

bellboy

(Noun)someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels

copyist

(Noun)someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

admirer

(Noun)someone who admires a young woman; a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves

Baker

(Noun)someone who bakes bread or cake; someone who bakes commercially

biter

(Noun)someone who bites

director

(Noun)someone who controls resources and expenditures; someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

cook

(Noun)someone who cooks food; English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

architect

(Noun)someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

Booker

(Noun)someone who engages a person or company for performances

critic

(Noun)someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments; anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something

Dick

(Noun)someone who is a detective; obscene terms for penis

addict

(Noun)someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms; someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

airman

(Noun)someone who operates an aircraft

author

(Noun)someone who originates or causes or initiates something; writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

biographer

(Noun)someone who writes an account of a person's life

chronicler

(Noun)someone who writes chronicles

cleaner

(Noun)someone whose occupation is cleaning; the operator of dry-cleaning establishment

Carter

(Noun)someone whose work is driving carts; 39th President of the United States (1924-)

charm

(Noun)something believed to bring good luck; (physics) one of the six flavors of quark

action

(Noun)something done (usually as opposed to something said); the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

corn

(Noun)something sentimental or trite; ears of corn grown for human food

benefit

(Noun)something that aids or promotes well-being; a performance to raise money for a charitable cause

catalyst

(Noun)something that causes an important event to happen; (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

bind

(Noun)something that hinders as if with bonds; verb form a chemical bond with

concern

(Noun)something that interests you because it is important or affects you; something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

certainty

(Noun)something that is certain; the state of being certain

communication

(Noun)something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups; the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

composition

(Noun)something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

act

(Noun)something that people do or cause to happen; a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

counsel

(Noun)something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action; a lawyer who pleads cases in court

contrition

(Noun)sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation

description

(Noun)sort or variety; a statement that represents something in words

Boston

(Noun)state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

Austin

(Noun)state capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas

dilemma

(Noun)state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

candle

(Noun)stick of wax with a wick in the middle; the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin

cellar

(Noun)storage space where wines are stored; the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

Club

(Noun)stout stick that is larger at one end; a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

Adam

(Noun)street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine; (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race

concentration

(Noun)strengthening the amount of a substance in a unit amount of another substance (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing the other substance; bringing together military forces

chagrin

(Noun)strong feelings of embarrassment; verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

arts

(Noun)studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Classics

(Noun)study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

delicacy

(Noun)subtly skillful handling of a situation; smallness of stature

date

(Noun)sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed; a meeting arranged in advance

accord

(Noun)sympathetic compatibility; concurrence of opinion

des

(Noun)synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy; a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

dancing

(Noun)taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

Collins

(Noun)tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice; English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)

Coco

(Noun)tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics

blood

(Noun)temperament or disposition; the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart

digs

(Noun)temporary living quarters; an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology

Closure

(Noun)termination of operations; a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

abortion

(Noun)termination of pregnancy; failure of a plan

concision

(Noun)terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

brain

(Noun)that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; mental ability

s

(Noun)the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet; (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

C

(Noun)the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet; (music) the keynote of the scale of C major

c

(Noun)the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet; (music) the keynote of the scale of C major

D

(Noun)the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet; a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

Cherokee

(Noun)the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee; a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma

Alabama

(Noun)the Muskhogean language of the Alabama; a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Chickasaw

(Noun)the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw; a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi

Biloxi

(Noun)the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi; a old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico

Dakota

(Noun)the Siouan language spoken by the Dakota; the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota

creativity

(Noun)the ability to create

adoption

(Noun)the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

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

addition

(Noun)the act of adding one thing to another; a component that is added to something to improve it

Administration

(Noun)the act of administering medication; a method of tending to (especially business) matters

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.)

appearance

(Noun)the act of appearing in public view; pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

actuality

(Noun)the state of actually existing objectively

deal

(Noun)the act of apportioning or distributing something; the act of distributing playing cards

apprehension

(Noun)the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); painful expectation

access

(Noun)the act of approaching or entering; a way of entering or leaving

denial

(Noun)the act of asserting that something alleged is not true; the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

conception

(Noun)the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon; the creation of something in the mind

buying

(Noun)the act of buying

Carry

(Noun)the act of carrying something; verb continue or extend

catch

(Noun)the act of catching an object with the hands; a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth

causing

(Noun)the act of causing something to happen

descent

(Noun)the act of changing your location in a downward direction; a movement downward

chip

(Noun)the act of chipping something; a low running approach shot

Crash

(Noun)the act of colliding with something; a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

combination

(Noun)the act of combining things to form a new whole; the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order

coercion

(Noun)the act of compelling by force of authority; using force to cause something

ambush

(Noun)the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; verb wait in hiding to attack

conceding

(Noun)the act of conceding or yielding

congregation

(Noun)the act of congregating; an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together

conquering

(Noun)the act of conquering

consolation

(Noun)the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

association

(Noun)the act of consorting with or joining with others; the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

consumption

(Noun)the act of consuming something; the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

contamination

(Noun)the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors; the state of being contaminated

convention

(Noun)the act of convening; something regarded as a normative example

count

(Noun)the act of counting; a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

deception

(Noun)the act of deceiving; an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

deceit

(Noun)the act of deceiving; the quality of being fraudulent

decoration

(Noun)the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive); something used to beautify

delivery

(Noun)the act of delivering a child; the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

bringing

(Noun)the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

delusion

(Noun)the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas; a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

demand

(Noun)the act of demanding; an urgent or peremptory request

detection

(Noun)the act of detecting something; catching sight of something; a police investigation to determine the perpetrator

determination

(Noun)the act of determining the properties of something; the quality of being determined to do or achieve something

contrast

(Noun)the act of distinguishing by comparing differences; the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)

Approach

(Noun)the act of drawing spatially closer to something; a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green

capture

(Noun)the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property; the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

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

bet

(Noun)the act of gambling; the money risked on a gamble

collecting

(Noun)the act of gathering something together

collection

(Noun)the act of gathering something together; a publication containing a variety of works

commissioning

(Noun)the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

accordance

(Noun)the act of granting rights; concurrence of opinion

death

(Noun)the act of killing; the event of dying or departure from life

decision

(Noun)the act of making up your mind about something; a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

communion

(Noun)the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; sharing thoughts and feelings

boarding

(Noun)the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft; a structure of boards

deracination

(Noun)the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence; to move something from its natural environment

detachment

(Noun)the act of releasing from an attachment or connection; a small unit of troops of special composition

clearing

(Noun)the act of removing solid particles from a liquid; the act of freeing from suspicion

confinement

(Noun)the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them; the state of being confined

bridle

(Noun)the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control

chanting

(Noun)the act of singing in a monotonous tone

dirtying

(Noun)the act of soiling something

capitulation

(Noun)the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic

acceptance

(Noun)the act of taking something that is offered; (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

dig

(Noun)the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)

awakening

(Noun)the act of waking

design

(Noun)the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); a decorative or artistic work

colouring

(Noun)the act or process of changing the color of something; a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

achievement

(Noun)the action of accomplishing something

accomplishment

(Noun)the action of accomplishing something; an ability that has been acquired by training

change

(Noun)the action of changing something; a different or fresh set of clothes

aim

(Noun)the action of directing something at an object; the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

bullfighting

(Noun)the activity at a bullfight

communicating

(Noun)the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

aid

(Noun)the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; a resource

assistance

(Noun)the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; a resource

concealment

(Noun)the activity of keeping something secret; a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

control

(Noun)the activity of managing or exerting control over something; (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

Carolina

(Noun)the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina

Coast

(Noun)the area within view; a slope down which sleds may coast

ambience

(Noun)the atmosphere of an environment; a particular environment or surrounding influence

costume

(Noun)the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class

brevity

(Noun)the attribute of being brief or fleeting; the use of brief expressions

contiguity

(Noun)the attribute of being so near as to be touching

deathbed

(Noun)the bed on which a person dies; the last few hours before death

a

(Noun)the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen; the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet

B

(Noun)the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen; the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet

b

(Noun)the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen; the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet

businessmen

(Noun)the body of individuals who manage businesses

advertising

(Noun)the business of drawing public attention to goods and services; a public promotion of some product or service

breadth

(Noun)the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; the extent of something from side to side

Athens

(Noun)the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); a university town in northeast Georgia

Babylon

(Noun)the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia

cousin

(Noun)the child of your aunt or uncle

boyhood

(Noun)the childhood of a boy

casting

(Noun)the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie; the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

Calif

(Noun)the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth

coda

(Noun)the closing section of a musical composition

aftermath

(Noun)the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

art

(Noun)the creation of beautiful or significant things; the products of human creativity; works of art collectively

bit

(Noun)the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding

anniversary

(Noun)the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

corpse

(Noun)the dead body of a human being

climax

(Noun)the decisive moment in a novel or play; arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

chronology

(Noun)the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events; a record of events in the order of their occurrence

conducting

(Noun)the direction of an orchestra or choir; the way of administering a business

DC

(Noun)the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the nation's capital and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia; an electric current that flows in one direction steadily

dawn

(Noun)the earliest period; the first light of day

cabin

(Noun)the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried; small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

Bill

(Noun)the entertainment offered at a public presentation; a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

birth

(Noun)the event of being born; the time when something begins (especially life)

body

(Noun)the external structure of a vehicle; the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being)

Dial

(Noun)the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours; a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called

contrivance

(Noun)the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

boredom

(Noun)the feeling of being bored by something tedious

amazement

(Noun)the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

despair

(Noun)the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly

brotherhood

(Noun)the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers; people engaged in a particular occupation

complacency

(Noun)the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

Abraham

(Noun)the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son

Aries

(Noun)the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19; a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus

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

bedstead

(Noun)the framework of a bed

breast

(Noun)the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

Career

(Noun)the general progression of your working or professional life; the particular occupation for which you are trained

agility

(Noun)the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

Capo

(Noun)the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate

Angel

(Noun)the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally; spiritual being attendant upon God

compassion

(Noun)the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it; a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

clumsiness

(Noun)the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment); the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

corner

(Noun)the intersection of two streets; (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

bigotry

(Noun)the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot

Brazil

(Noun)the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter; three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

Baltimore

(Noun)the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center

Detroit

(Noun)the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor

Albuquerque

(Noun)the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river

Cleveland

(Noun)the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port; 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908)

Cuba

(Noun)the largest island in the West Indies; a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba

December

(Noun)the last (12th) month of the year

brightness

(Noun)the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white; intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

allegiance

(Noun)the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign); the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

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

dinner

(Noun)the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; a party of people assembled to have dinner together

Blackface

(Noun)the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro

diction

(Noun)the manner in which something is expressed in words; the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

atmosphere

(Noun)the mass of air surrounding the Earth; the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body

crew

(Noun)the men who man a ship or aircraft; the team of men manning a racing shell

April

(Noun)the month following March and preceding May

crux

(Noun)the most important point; a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

aristocracy

(Noun)the most powerful members of a society; a privileged class holding hereditary titles

Bach

(Noun)the music of Bach; German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of Western music (1685-1750)

Chopin

(Noun)the music of Chopin; French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)

confectionery

(Noun)the occupation and skills of a confectioner; a confectioner's shop

commitment

(Noun)the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital); the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

arms

(Noun)the official symbols of a family, state, etc.; weapons considered collectively

decay

(Noun)the organic phenomenon of rotting; a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

authorities

(Noun)the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

Bailey

(Noun)the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle; the outer courtyard of a castle

Brewer

(Noun)the owner or manager of a brewery; someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water

arm

(Noun)the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person; any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

afternoon

(Noun)the part of the day between noon and evening; a conventional expression of greeting or farewell

Calling

(Noun)the particular occupation for which you are trained

childbirth

(Noun)the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

birthplace

(Noun)the place where someone was born; where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

bowling

(Noun)the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc; (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman

cork

(Noun)the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle); a port city in southern Ireland

apex

(Noun)the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars; the highest point (of something)

democracy

(Noun)the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives; a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

Apprenticeship

(Noun)the position of apprentice

allure

(Noun)the power to entice or attract through personal charm; verb dispose or incline or entice to

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

calculation

(Noun)the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods; planning something carefully and intentionally

condition

(Noun)the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition; an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else

breath

(Noun)the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; a slight movement of the air

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

aliveness

(Noun)the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life; the condition of living or the state of being alive

consonance

(Noun)the property of sounding harmonious; the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

bulk

(Noun)the property possessed by a large mass; the property of something that is great in magnitude

chin

(Noun)the protruding part of the lower jaw; Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India

cognition

(Noun)the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

auction

(Noun)the public sale of something to the highest bidder; a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge

beauty

(Noun)the qualities that give pleasure to the senses; an outstanding example of its kind

camaraderie

(Noun)the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

comradeship

(Noun)the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

attraction

(Noun)the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

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

deadliness

(Noun)the quality of being deadly

candour

(Noun)the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech; ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

complexity

(Noun)the quality of being intricate and compounded

accuracy

(Noun)the quality of being near to the true value; (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number

dignity

(Noun)the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; formality in bearing and appearance

destructiveness

(Noun)the quality of causing destruction

disadvantage

(Noun)the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position; verb put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

aimlessness

(Noun)the quality of lacking any definite purpose

carelessness

(Noun)the quality of not being careful or taking pains; failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

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

boldness

(Noun)the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly; impudent aggressiveness

account

(Noun)the quality of taking advantage; importance or value

blackness

(Noun)the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white); total absence of light

Cask

(Noun)the quantity a cask will hold; a cylindrical container that holds liquids

culture

(Noun)the raising of plants or animals; (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)

Baring

(Noun)the removal of covering

anthropomorphism

(Noun)the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits

burial

(Noun)the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground

carnage

(Noun)the savage and excessive killing of many people

Africa

(Noun)the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

Bloodshed

(Noun)the shedding of blood resulting in murder; indiscriminate slaughter

Aunt

(Noun)the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

disagreement

(Noun)the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing; a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

disclosure

(Noun)the speech act of making something evident

circulation

(Noun)the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area; the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)

address

(Noun)the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball; (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

adulthood

(Noun)the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity; the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed

Denver

(Noun)the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river

childhood

(Noun)the state of a child between infancy and adolescence; the time of person's life when they are a child

Being

(Noun)the state or fact of existing; a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

ascendancy

(Noun)the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

ut

(Noun)the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization; a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young

re

(Noun)the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization; ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods

destruction

(Noun)the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

Country

(Noun)the territory occupied by a nation; an area outside of cities and towns

come

(Noun)the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract; verb come to pass; arrive, as in due course

days

(Noun)the time during which someone's life continues

demise

(Noun)the time when something ends

cost

(Noun)the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor; the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

arbitrariness

(Noun)the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

attentiveness

(Noun)the trait of being observant and paying attention; the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others

conceit

(Noun)the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; an artistic device or effect

decisiveness

(Noun)the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; the quality of being final or definitely settled

destination

(Noun)the ultimate goal for which something is done; written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location

belly

(Noun)the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish; a protruding abdomen

dialect

(Noun)the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

archaism

(Noun)the use of an archaic expression

conversation

(Noun)the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

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

Beatrice

(Noun)the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy

butt

(Noun)thick end of the handle; the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

discipline

(Noun)training to improve strength or self-control; the act of punishing

Commerce

(Noun)transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services); social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.

crossing

(Noun)traveling across; a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)

chinaberry

(Noun)tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree; evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans

bathos

(Noun)triteness or triviality of style; a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

details

(Noun)true confidential information

directness

(Noun)trueness of course toward a goal; the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

cancer

(Noun)type genus of the family Cancridae; the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

ambiguity

(Noun)unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

authenticity

(Noun)undisputed credibility

brilliance

(Noun)unusual mental ability; the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

credit

(Noun)used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

compulsion

(Noun)using force to cause something; an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

aggression

(Noun)violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked; deliberately unfriendly behavior

Blake

(Noun)visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)

digression

(Noun)wandering from the main path of a journey; a message that departs from the main subject

bird

(Noun)warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings; the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

dew

(Noun)water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

boating

(Noun)water travel for pleasure

Bourbon

(Noun)whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels; a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily

Crayon

(Noun)writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing; verb write, draw, or trace with a crayon

bath

(Noun)you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

acknowledge

(Verb.) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; accept as legally binding and valid

believe

(Verb.) accept as true; take to be true; credit with veracity

collude

(Verb.) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose

christen

(Verb.) administer baptism to

consult

(Verb.) advise professionally; seek information from

amaze

(Verb.) affect with wonder; be a mystery or bewildering to

allow

(Verb.) allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

classify

(Verb.) arrange or order by classes or categories; declare unavailable, as for security reasons

beseech

(Verb.) ask for or request earnestly

assure

(Verb.) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; inform positively and with certainty and confidence

contain

(Verb.) be capable of holding or containing; be divisible by

characterize

(Verb.) be characteristic of; describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of

consist

(Verb.) be composed of; be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous

depend

(Verb.) be contingent upon (something that is elided); have faith or confidence in

belong

(Verb.) be owned by; be in the possession of; be classified with

coincide

(Verb.) be the same; go with, fall together

deserve

(Verb.) be worthy or deserving

broaden

(Verb.) become broader; make broader

deepen

(Verb.) become deeper in tone; make deeper

behave

(Verb.) behave in a certain manner; behave well or properly

accuse

(Verb.) bring an accusation against; level a charge against; blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

bring

(Verb.) bring into a different state; induce or persuade

conclude

(Verb.) bring to a close; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

advertise

(Verb.) call attention to; make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

arouse

(Verb.) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); stimulate sexually

beg

(Verb.) call upon in supplication; entreat; ask to obtain free

commit

(Verb.) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

disconcert

(Verb.) cause to lose one's composure; cause to feel embarrassment

accumulate

(Verb.) collect or gather; get or gather together

appear

(Verb.) come into sight or view; come into being or existence, or appear on the scene

Converge

(Verb.) come together so as to form a single product; move or draw together at a certain location

contrive

(Verb.) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; put or send forth

Conn

(Verb.) conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane

confess

(Verb.) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith; confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

agree

(Verb.) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; be in accord; be in agreement

contemplate

(Verb.) consider as a possibility; look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought

contribute

(Verb.) contribute to some cause; be conducive to

create

(Verb.) create by artistic means; pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity

confront

(Verb.) deal with (something unpleasant) head on; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

condemn

(Verb.) declare or judge unfit; express strong disapproval of

admit

(Verb.) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

deliver

(Verb.) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)

contradict

(Verb.) deny the truth of; be in contradiction with

discourage

(Verb.) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged; admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

derive

(Verb.) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state; come from

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

bleed

(Verb.) draw blood; drain of liquid or steam

Conjure

(Verb.) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; ask for or request earnestly

become

(Verb.) enter or assume a certain state or condition; come into existence

assess

(Verb.) estimate the value of (property) for taxation; charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

correspond

(Verb.) exchange messages; be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

continue

(Verb.) exist over a prolonged period of time; continue talking

develop

(Verb.) expand in the form of a series; grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment

decry

(Verb.) express strong disapproval of

admire

(Verb.) feel admiration for; look at with admiration

determine

(Verb.) fix conclusively or authoritatively; fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property

constitute

(Verb.) form or compose; set up or lay the groundwork for

comprehend

(Verb.) get the meaning of something; to become aware of through the senses

define

(Verb.) give a definition for the meaning of a word; determine the nature of

describe

(Verb.) give a description of; identify as in botany or biology, for example

attend

(Verb.) give heed (to); take charge of or deal with

authorize

(Verb.) grant authorization or clearance for; give or delegate power or authority to

concur

(Verb.) happen simultaneously; be in accord; be in agreement

celebrate

(Verb.) have a celebration; assign great social importance to

conceal

(Verb.) hold back; keep from being perceived by others; prevent from being seen or discovered

deem

(Verb.) keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

contend

(Verb.) maintain or assert; be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

convince

(Verb.) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

discover

(Verb.) make a discovery; make a discovery, make a new finding

allude

(Verb.) make a more or less disguised reference to

ask

(Verb.) make a request or demand for something to somebody; consider obligatory; request and expect

accommodate

(Verb.) make compatible with; provide with something desired or needed

convey

(Verb.) make known; pass on, of information; transmit a title or property

confirm

(Verb.) make more firm; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

compensate

(Verb.) make payment to; compensate; make amends for; pay compensation for

destabilize

(Verb.) make unstable; become unstable

demonstrate

(Verb.) march in protest; take part in a demonstration; establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

confuse

(Verb.) mistake one thing for another; make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

descend

(Verb.) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; come as if by falling

choose

(Verb.) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; select as an alternative; choose instead; prefer as an alternative

argue

(Verb.) present reasons and arguments; give evidence of

confine

(Verb.) prevent from leaving or from being removed; deprive of freedom; take into confinement

accentuate

(Verb.) put stress on; utter with an accent; to stress, single out as important

destroy

(Verb.) put to death; destroy completely; damage irreparably

arrive

(Verb.) reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; succeed in a big way; get to the top

decide

(Verb.) reach, make, or come to a decision about something; bring to an end; settle conclusively

consider

(Verb.) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

alter

(Verb.) remove the ovaries of; make an alteration to

arise

(Verb.) result or issue; rise to one's feet

Avoid

(Verb.) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; refrain from doing something

capitulate

(Verb.) surrender under agreed conditions

adopt

(Verb.) take into one's family; take up and practice as one's own

avenge

(Verb.) take revenge for a perceived wrong

acquiesce

(Verb.) to agree or express agreement

achieve

(Verb.) to gain with effort

accept

(Verb.) tolerate or accommodate oneself to; consider or hold as true

ascend

(Verb.) travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; slope upwards

atone

(Verb.) turn away from sin or do penitence; make amends for